Microsoft lays off nearly 1,000 employees
SOPA Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Microsoft announced layoffs on Monday for nearly 1,000 employees worldwide, the company confirmed to ABC News.
The move marks the latest sign of weakness among some of the largest U.S. tech companies amid persist…
Los Angeles City Council names new president amid controversy
Alexander Spatari/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — The Los Angeles City Council elected Paul Krekorian as its new council president a week after the previous president resigned following a leaked recording of her making racist and offensive comments about …
It’s slime time: ‘Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed’ unleashed on gaming platforms Tuesday
If you’ve ever wanted to bust ghosts — or be one — Illfonic’s new Ghostbusters: Spirits Unleashed might just be for you.
Launching Tuesday on the Epic Games Store for PC gamers, as well as PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One p…
Keke Palmer stars in ‘Don’t Run Out’, Uber Eats’ spooky Halloween candy giveaway
Uber EatsWhile Keke Palmer recently appeared in Jordan Peele’s hit scary movie Nope, she’s now scaring up some laughs — and a million bucks’ worth of free candy — in Uber Eats’ new Halloween promotion.
The clever promo comes in the form of a spooky …
Buffalo mass shooting suspect ‘radicalized’ by fringe social media: NY attorney general
Nay Ni Ratn Mak Can Thuk / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A scathing report released Tuesday by the New York Attorney General’s office slams dark web platforms for “radicalizing” the teenage suspect in the racially motivated Buffalo grocery store mas…
Daisy Ridley cries foul after learning of university’s purported “torment” of animals named after ‘Star Wars’ characters
David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for BFIDaisy Ridley is fired up after learning the University of Massachusetts – Amherst reportedly experimented on monkeys named after Star Wars characters.
The English actress, who played Rey in the sequel tr…
Henry Cavill reportedly back for ‘Man of Steel’ sequel
Cavill in “Zack Snyder’s Justice League”/HBO Max(SPOILERS) In what was a long time coming for fans of The Witcher star — and a no-brainer for those who peeked at the leaked after-credits for Black Adam — Warner Bros. Discovery apparently wants Henry …
George Floyd’s brother considers lawsuit over Kanye West comments
Ronald Martinez/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — George Floyd’s brother is considering suing Kanye West over comments suggesting his brother died from fentanyl use.
The rapper and fashion designer, who legally changed his name to Ye, was on an episode of th…
‘The Crown”s stars Elizabeth Debicki and Dominic West talk of the “sensitivity” in handling Princess Diana’s death
NetflixElizabeth Debicki plays Princess Diana in the upcoming fifth and sixth seasons of The Crown, and the latter — which is currently being filmed — takes the time-spanning Emmy-winning drama to the point of Diana’s untimely 1997 death and beyond.
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Nord Stream pipeline leaks caused by ‘powerful explosions,’ Danish police say
picture alliance/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A preliminary investigation of damages to the two Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Danish part of the Baltic Sea shows that the leaks were caused by “powerful explosions,” Copenhagen police said Tuesday.
Swe…