Allison Johnson / The Verge : Sony Xperia 1 III review: nice design with a 120Hz display and several manual camera modes, but expensive at $1,300, will get just two years of security updates — A good camera system and top-notch features, but it's priced too high to recommend — The Sony Xperia 1 III is a great phone that I won't recommend to many people.
Congressman Ronny Jackson blasted the dozens of Democrats who fled Texas to avoid voting on an election integrity bill and accused them of hypocrisy for posing mask-less on social media before several of them reportedly contracted the coronavirus.
Progressive Democrats are irked by talk from President Biden and national Democrats looking to move the party away from the anti-police rhetoric of 2020.
Penn State University said Saturday it would remove a quote by the late Cuban dictator Fidel Castro from a campus building following a campaign led by Erik Suarez, a PSU international student who experienced the effects of a communist regime firsthand in his native Venezuela.
Texas State. Rep. Briscoe Cain slammed the dozens of Democrats who fled the state capital earlier this week and argued they left purely for political reasons.
The White House isn't backing down from its harsh criticism of Facebook after President Biden on Friday accused the social media giant of "killing people" with misinformation about coronavirus vaccinations.
Julia Ducournau's "Titane," a wild body-horror thriller featuring sex with a car and a surprisingly tender heart, won the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, making Ducournau just the second female filmmaker to win the festival’s top honor in its 74 year history.
Flavia Rotondi / Bloomberg : An Italian museum is using cameras to monitor people looking at artwork, to define a work of art's “attraction value” and accordingly change museum layouts — As Italy's museums and galleries welcome back tourists and try to recoup some of the 190 million euros ($225 million) …
Bill Cosby's wife Camille stepped out in New York City on Friday without wearing her wedding ring. Bill and Camille reunited when he was released from prison in June.
Jennifer Lopez's children, Max and Emme, joined the pop singer and Ben Affleck on Friday as Lopez continues to house hunt. Lopez is relocating from Miami to Los Angeles amid her relationship with Affleck.
Richard Lawler / The Verge : WhatsApp is testing encrypted cloud backups on Android — Read the fine print before you switch it on — When you're using WhatsApp your messages are encrypted end-to-end, which means prying eyes can't easily see what's in them as they travel back and forth.
Bloomberg Law : TurboTax creator Intuit will leave the IRS Free File Program, which drew scrutiny in recent years after an investigation found Intuit hid free-filing options — Intuit Inc., the maker of TurboTax, is leaving an IRS program that offers millions of Americans the ability to file their taxes for free.
Shailene Woodley claimed she and Aaron Rodgers decided to stay in their own "little bubble" after announcing their engagement. The two were engaged for "months and months" before making the announcement.
Malki Roth, a talented young musician with a sunny and emphatic personality, was just 15 years old when she was killed by a terrorist attack while lunching at a crowded pizzeria with her teenaged friend.
FIRST ON FOX: Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich on Friday wrote to President Biden urging him to reverse a reported plan to rollback Title 42 public health protections that allow for the rapid expulsion of migrants at the southern border after figures show there were nearly 190,000 attempted crossings in June alone.
Gwen Stefani corrected husband Blake Shelton after he introduced her using her maiden name. The two made an appearance at Shelton's Ole Red in Oklahoma.
Kevin Truong / San Francisco Business Journal : Blend Labs, which provides tech to banks for facilitating loans and mortgages, closes up more than 15% in its market debut, valuing the company at nearly $4B — Blend Labs, the San Francisco fintech specializing in software to make the mortgage process more streamlined …
Wendy Lee / Los Angeles Times : How movie studios are using Cameo, Twitter Spaces, and TikTok to create personalized ads and experiences to attract audiences — Enrique GarcÃa wasn't planning to see Universal Pictures' “F9: The Fast Saga” at a theater. After the COVID-19 pandemic put the kibosh on large gatherings …
On Thursday, the supermodel, 51, who revealed to the world in May that she welcomed her first child, a baby girl, shared a rare glimpse of her daughter donning a Versace branded onesie.
A federal judge on Friday ordered the Biden administration to stop all applications for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, after a coalition of states sued and claimed that the Obama-era program was illegal.
President Biden accused the social media platform of “killing people” by allowing what he deems as misinformation on coronavirus vaccines to be shared on the site.
Sean Hollister / The Verge : Apple removed Fakespot, which claims to detect bad sellers and fake reviews, from the App Store after Amazon complained that the app provided misleading info — Did Fakespot need permission to call out fake reviews as you shop? — Fakespot, known for its web browser extensions that try …
Abner Li / 9to5Google : A week after dozens of AGs sued over antitrust, Google says developers who request an extension won't have to use Play Billing for Android IAPs until April 2022 — Last September, Google announced that in one year's time all apps distributed through the Play Store would have to use Play Billing for in-app purchases.
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat : OpenAI disbands its robotics team that researched machines that learn tasks like solving a Rubik's Cube, to focus on domains that are more data-rich — Join live for the final day of Transform 2021, including the AI Innovation & Women in AI Awards. Watch now.
Kanye West and Irina Shayk are reportedly still seeing each other following reports the two had called it quits. The model is "upset" over the rumors about her relationship with West, according to a report.
David Shepardson / Reuters : Psiphon says its tool helped ~1.4M Cubans circumvent internet censorship this week, as Cuba's government restricts internet access amid nationwide protests — Psiphon Inc's freely available internet censorship circumvention tool has about helped nearly 1.4 million Cubans this week gain access to websites …
Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC : Biden says platforms like Facebook are “killing people” with the way they are handling COVID-19 vaccine misinfo, as White House calls on Facebook to do more — - President Joe Biden on Friday said platforms like Facebook are killing people by allowing Covid-19 vaccine misinformation on their services.