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Biz Carson / Protocol : Interview with Matt Mullenweg on Automattic's recent funding news, which had a $288M primary round, buyback rounds, and an internal liquidity market for staff   —  Hello and welcome to Pipeline.  This week: the FBI's warning to startups, OnlyFans pulls a Tumblr and inside Automattic's unusual funding and buyback rounds.

Vice President Kamala Harris landed in Singapore on Sunday as she begins a visit to Southeast Asia that will also include a stop in Vietnam.

Kelly Clarkson is seemingly enjoying single life as she attended a Blake Shelton concert Friday night. The star shared her concert experience on her Instagram

Briana Thomas accused "The Young and the Restless" showrunner Anthony Morina of sexual harassment in a new lawsuit. The actress appeared on the show in 2018 and 2019.

Kanye West and model Irina Shayk have reportedly called it quits months after they sparked romance rumors on a trip to France.

John Travolta claimed he was passed over for large movie roles including on for the romantic comedy "Splash."

Sen. Chuck Schumer was widely mocked on Twitter over a video of him dancing with late-night host Stephen Colbert at a New York City concert.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tested negative for the coronavirus Saturday, just four days after he announced a positive test.

Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post : Facebook releases a previously shelved Q1 content transparency report, acknowledging the widespread reach of content casting doubt on COVID vaccines   —  The social-media platform's Saturday evening acknowledgment comes after a lengthy internal debate over whether to share data.

Lizzo admitted she doesn't wear deodorant, just like Matthew McConaughey. The musician claimed she smells better after changing up her hygiene habits

The Kentucky governor’s efforts to aggressively combat COVID-19 suffered a landmark legal defeat Saturday as the state’s high court cleared the way for new laws to rein in his emergency powers.

Christina Haack enjoyed a day at the beach Thursday. The "Flip or Flop" star was joined by her five-year-old son and her boyfriend Josh Hall.

More than 200 University of Virginia students who didn’t comply with the school’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement have been disenrolled ahead of the fall semester.

Chase DiFeliciantonio / San Francisco Chronicle : Profile of The Solidarity Fund by Coworker, which donated $112,000 to 44 tech workers in $2,500 increments, with the goal of supporting labor organizing efforts   —  Otavio Camargo's luck had run out, a few times.  Working as a mover for the startup Lugg, the cargo van he relied on for work was stolen.

The daughter of Afghanistan’s in-exile President Ashraf Ghani was spotted strolling around New York City this week as the deadly and chaotic US evacuations in Kabul continue.

Attorneys general of 20 states are fighting back against an "unconstitutional" Biden administration proposal to regulate gun parts.

For generations of R&B fans, Earth, Wind & Fire have been an elemental force in the soundtrack of their lives. And 50 years after the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band — founded by the late Maurice White — dropped its self-titled debut, EWF is still making us groove to ’70s classics such as “Shining Star,” “Boogie Wonderland” and, of course, “September.”

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey is suing the Biden administration over a key immigration policy reversal he says has fueled a "devastating" flow in the deadly drug fentanyl.

Post-Culture / @postcultrev : [Thread] OnlyFans is banning sexually explicit content because new Mastercard rules, in force from October 1, make hosting such content prohibitively expensive   —  A lot of people are getting the OnlyFans story wrong, and the reality of it is a lot more damaging and concerning to both the livelihood of sex workers and online freedom in general.

“Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star Erika Jayne is on the receiving end of death threats.

A new threat from the Islamic State’s (ISIS) branch in Afghanistan prompted a new warning from the U.S. Embassy in Kabul that urged Americans to not come to the besieged airport in Kabul, officials confirmed to Fox News on Saturday.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby stood by his comments last week that Kabul was not in "imminent" danger even though two days later the Afghan capital collapsed into Taliban control.

"American Idol" star Syesha Mercado and her partner are still fighting for custody of their son, who was placed in foster care after police seized him after suspecting child abuse.

New York Times : Facebook shelved its content transparency report in Q1 fearing public criticism, as the most-viewed link suggested a doctor died due to a COVID-19 vaccine   —  The company praised itself this week for being “the most transparent platform on the internet.”  —  When Facebook this week released …

"Dancing with the Stars" judge Carrie Ann Inaba has announced that she will depart her role as a co-host on "The Talk" after three seasons.

The Emmys -- this year honoring "WandaVision," "The Crown" and more -- will require attendees to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination as well as negative test results.

Madonna and her boyfriend Ahlamalik Williams were spotted kissing during the star's Italian birthday vacation. The pop star was joined by Williams and her family during the trip.

“For a while, I felt like an object. It felt gross for a long time,” Gomez, 29, told ELLE magazine in a candid cover interview in which she is depicted as a modern-day Marilyn Monroe.

State Department spokesperson Ned Price on Friday refused to pinpoint the number of Afghan evacuees expected to leave Kabul by the Aug. 31 deadline, when U.S. forces are scheduled to pull out.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced a trio of impeachment resolutions against President Biden on Friday, calling for him to be removed from office over his handling of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and other alleged offenses.

Sen. Ron Johnson slammed President Joe Biden’s Friday remarks on the evacuation of Americans from Afghanistan referring to the unfolding chaos in the Middle East a “disaster.”

The episodes of "Jeopardy!" hosted by Mike Richards will air as scheduled even after he stepped down from his role due to past comments.

Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday is leaving for a trip to Vietnam and Singapore, just as the Biden administration is grappling with ongoing chaos in Afghanistan.

Lawmakers quickly called out President Biden Friday for his White House speech on Afghanistan for not accurately depicting the reality on the ground.

President Biden has nominated Obama-era White House chief of staff and former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel a U.S. ambassador to Japan.

The Pentagon appeared to back track on President Joe Biden’s implication that al Qaeda was “gone” from Afghanistan and admitted the terror group still has a “presence” in the region.

Jon Porter / The Verge : Google says it's shutting down the standalone Android Auto for Phone Screens app with Android 12, in favor of Google Assistant driving mode in Google Maps   —  Android 12 will mark the end of the stopgap app  —  Google has confirmed it's shutting down the standalone “Android Auto for Phone Screens” app with Android 12.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin contradicted President Biden on Friday, telling House lawmakers on a phone call that multiple Americans trying to reach the Kabul airport have been beaten by Taliban fighters. 

U.S. borders along Canada and Mexico will remain closed to all land and ferry crossings for at least another month security officials announced Friday.

President Biden told Americans stuck in Afghanistan that the government will bring them back to the U.S. even as it is not sure how many Americans remain in country now controlled by the Taliban.

President Joe Biden is pushing back on claims that America's international credibility has been tarnished, days after the British Parliament and other NATO leaders have criticized the botched U.S.-led withdrawal from Afghanistan. 

Black Lives Matter (BLM) is attacking Senate Democrats for supporting what appeared to be a largely symbolic and nonbinding measure opposing attempts to defund the police.

Sixteen Republican senators sent a letter to President Biden calling on the president to use all means necessary to rescue Americans and Afghan allies trapped in Afghanistan.

Catalin Cimpanu / The Record : Cloudflare says it mitigated a 17.2M rps DDoS attack last month, ~3x larger than any previous DDoS attack, targeting a customer in the financial industry   —  Internet infrastructure company Cloudflare disclosed today that it mitigated the largest volumetric distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack that was recorded to date.