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Arol Wright / Android Police : Spotify confirms it is retiring the Car View mode in its mobile apps, offering no replacement, but says it is working to improve how users listen while driving   —  Everyone likes listening to music in their car, so it's little surprise that Spotify had a Car View mode, allowing users to jam …

A woman who lived through kidnapping and sexual slavery at the hands of ISIS had an event cancelled by a Canadian school board due to fears of “Islamophobia.”

A new exhibit at the Smithsonian Institution features an interactive display that incorporates the first “genderless voice assistant.”

President Joe Biden was spotted shopping inside a store over the weekend without wearing a mask which he has repeatedly urged Americans to wear.

Jennifer Lopez believes her rekindled relationship with Ben Affleck is "truly meant to be." Lopez and Affleck were previously engaged for two years before calling it off in 2004.

Israel has approved a measure closing the Ben Gurion airport to non-citizen arrivals for two weeks due to fear of the spread of the new Omicron coronavirus variant.

Former "Real Housewives of New York" star Heather Thomson recently accused the reality TV franchise of staging and faking storylines. Thomson specifically referred to Sonja Morgan and Harry Dubin's engagement during season 12.

Tom Cruise was photographed performing a nail-biting stunt while filming for "Mission: Impossible 8." The actor dangled himself from the wing of an airplane at 2,000 feet.

A federal appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked an order that all California prison workers must be vaccinated against the coronavirus or have a religious or medical exemption.

Vice President Kamala Harris said Saturday that she has been briefed about the COVID-19 omicron variant and insisted that the Biden administration did what “is necessary” to prevent its spread.

A new migrant caravan has formed and is headed towards the U.S. border amid growing concerns over the heavily mutated COVID-19 omicron variant.

Vlad Savov / Bloomberg : Now that most video game platforms have a digital-only purchasing option, paying separately for the same video game on each is indefensible   —  Hey, this is Vlad in Tokyo, your substitute for Jason from a land where we worked on Thursday.  Today we're going to be discussing the lucrative fragmentation …

Wisconsin’s Democrat and Republican senators issued a joint statement Saturday warning of outside individuals or groups exploiting the Waukesha Christmas Parade attack for political gain and urged them not to do so.

President Biden’s Department of Transportation is being slammed on social media over a meme promoting his Build Back Better agenda with some people accusing the department of improperly lobbying.

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said in a Saturday tweet that the World Health Organization is more concerned about protecting the Chinese government's "feelings" than public health.

Stephen Diehl : Crypto tokens allow venture capitalists to dump their investments on an enthusiastic public without regulation, in the midst of a speculative mania   —  These days I read a lot of cross-disciplinary commentary on the crypto asset bubble, and what strikes me as particularly strange is the sheer level …

Christina Applegate marked her birthday with a message to her fans months after revealing her multiple sclerosis diagnosis.

A new poll shows that nine out of ten most popular governors in the United States are Republicans while President Biden’s approval rating is lower than the country’s least popular governor.

Gov. Greg Abbott promised Texans that the “lights will stay on” this winter following a near collapse of the state's electrical system last February.

Reuters : Indian government tells Starlink to stop “booking/rendering the satellite internet service” without a license to operate in the country   —  Starlink Internet Services, a division of billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX aerospace company, as it does not have a licence to operate in the country.

After weeks of remaining mum on social media, Kylie Jenner returned to Instagram on Friday to give fans a peek at her holiday decor.

Dan Bongino, host of Fox News' "Unfiltered," on Saturday said President Biden is "replicating what he himself called racist" by implementing a "travel ban" on eight African countries as the omicron coronavirus variant spreads.

The COVID-19 omicron variant is posing new risks for President Biden and his administration as they attempt to control the spread of a virus he vowed to "shut down" during the 2020 campaign.

U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C., and four other members of Congress traveled to Taiwan this week for a meeting with its president, in an unannounced visit held in defiance of the Chinese government.

The Economic Times : Paytm reports Q2 revenue of $144.8M, up 64% YoY, and a net loss of $63M, up 8%+ YoY, in its first post-IPO earnings report   —  Bengaluru: Payments firm Paytm, in its first quarterly earnings as a public company, reported a nearly 64% jump in its consolidated revenue from operations …

Only a small number of the Afghanistan evacuees who came to the U.S. following President Biden's decision earlier this year to withdraw U.S. troops from the country were vetted in addition to being screened, according to a memo drafted by Senate Republicans, a report said.

The “All My Children” actress, 40, and real estate tycoon, 44, spent part of their holiday giving back to the Los Angeles community in a big way when the couple volunteered their time to serve hot meals to the homeless at the Los Angeles Mission.

Jiyoung Sohn / Wall Street Journal : Gartner: global chip makers are projected to spend $146B this year, about 50% higher than before the pandemic and double the amount five years ago   —  Samsung's $17 billion bet on Texas mirrors large spending increases in Asia and elsewhere  —  SEOUL—Investment in U.S. chip production is on the rise.

On Thanksgiving, the actress-producer, 42, shared to Instagram a rare photo of her daughter, Katherine Swati, 3, and son Spencer Avu, 1, as the eldest child pushed her baby brother in a stroller during a sunset beach outing.

An individual was shot and killed Friday outside the entrance to a Marine Corps Recruit Depot in California.

Lisa Rinna honored her mother Lois at the family's first Thanksgiving without the matriarch. Lois recently passed away after suffering a stroke.

Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim has died, according to reports. The composer was 91 years old.

Wells, who went by the stage name “Tommy and Hollywood,” died Nov. 13 in Oklahoma, according to an obituary memorializing the lively son of Ricky and Rosemary Dean.

A North Carolina mall was evacuated after three people were reportedly shot on Friday afternoon.

Florida is reporting the lowest amount of coronavirus cases per capita in the nation after Gov. Ron DeSantis was widely criticized by media outlets for his handling of the virus.

Kanye West shared a photo of him kissing Kim Kardashian on his Instagram story as he continues to say God will bring the two back together. Kardashian has seemingly moved on with comedian Pete Davidson after filing for divorce from West in February.

The generational pop star, 63, took to the app to repost some of the missing snap while tearing into Instagram for taking down the sensual photos that show Madonna in various poses in lingerie, fishnet stockings and stilettos.

Tori Spelling shared a photo sans husband Dean McDermott during her Thanksgiving celebration with her two daughters. McDermott was notably absent from the family holiday card shared by Spelling days before Thanksgiving.

Hilaria Baldwin thanked her online community as she revealed she struggled with a "challenging year." The yoga instructor has been supporting her husband Alec Baldwin as he deals with the ongoing investigation into the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

President Biden has imposed another coronavirus-related travel ban just hours after one of his top advisers cautioned that the U.S. didn't have enough information to do so.

President Joe Biden has imposed  travel restrictions into the United States due to coronavirus fears despite previously slamming former President Trump as xenophobic for doing the same thing in 2020.

Martha Muir / Financial Times : Kazakhstan plans to ration power over winter to 50 registered crypto miners as illegal miners and mass relocations from China cause blackouts across the country   —  Illegal miners and mass relocations after a ban on crypto mining in China have overloaded energy grid

The singer was unable to perform her song "I Think We’re Alone Now" at a show in Florida and then cursed at the crowd.

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., on Friday apologized to the Muslim community and said she apologized personally to Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., after making comments that many deemed Islamophobic.

Aditya Kalra / Reuters : Source: WhatsApp has almost 20M users in India using its payment services and received regulatory approval to double the number to 40M   —  WhatsApp (FB.O) has won regulatory approval to double the number of users on its payments service in India to 40 million, a source with direct knowledge told Reuters on Friday.

Arabella Advisors-managed funds raked in $1.6 billion for left-wing groups and causes in 2020.

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch : Google agrees that its Privacy Sandbox APIs will be “designed, developed, and implemented with regulatory oversight and input” from UK's CMA and ICO   —  As part of an ongoing antitrust investigation into Google's Privacy Sandbox by the UK's competition regulator …

Dolph Lundgren is telling his side of the story and speaking of his relief after almost killing his pal and "Rocky IV" co-star Sylvester Stallone decades ago.

Vice President Kamala Harris faces fresh scrutiny of her performance in the White House while being floated as a possible successor if President Biden chooses not to seek reelection in 2024.

Stefanie Marotta / Bloomberg : Coveo, which offers AI-powered enterprise search and personalization services, raises CAD$215M from its Toronto IPO, one of Canada's largest tech IPOs this year   —  - Coveo shares fell below issue price twice in its first week  — Company closed one of the largest Canadian tech IPOs this year

Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson, the 85-year-old Texas Democrat, who recently announced that she will not seek reelection, said in an interview that party infighting over President Biden’s social spending bill contributed to her decision.

Eric Slivka / MacRumors : Kuo: Apple AR headset to launch in late 2022 with an M1-like chip and no tethering to a Mac or an iPhone; Apple wants to replace the iPhone with AR in 10 years   —  Apple's long-rumored augmented reality (AR) headset project is set to bear its first fruit late next year with the launch …

Bryan Adams, the fully vaccinated Canadian rocker, took to social media Thursday to announce that he has been diagnosed with COVID-19 for the second time in a month while visiting Italy to promote a new calendar.

Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” Anton Chekhov’s “The Seagull” and George Bernard Shaw’s “Man and Superman” all have something in common with the Democrats’ $1.75 trillion social spending bill: They are all dramas in four acts.

Liya Su / DealStreetAsia : Chinese GPU maker Moore Threads raises a $313M Series A co-led by Source Code Capital, Shanghai Guosheng Group, and Bohai Sheng Industrial Fund Management   —  Moore Threads, a Chinese semiconductor player which provides graphics processing units (GPUs), announced on Thursday that it has raked …

Bloomberg : Sources: Chinese regulators have asked Didi Global's management to devise a plan to delist from NYSE because of concerns about leakage of sensitive data   —  - Regulators asked Didi brass to devise a plan to go private  — Forced delisting will be severest action against China Tech

President Biden and his family celebrated Thanksgiving at the White House with family while enjoying a traditional holiday menu

Debby Wu / Bloomberg : UMC and Micron agree to withdraw their IP complaints against each other, with UMC paying Micron a one-time undisclosed sum, following a years-long legal battle   —  United Microelectronics Corp. and Micron Technology Inc. have settled a civil lawsuit in which the U.S. memory chipmaker accused …

Smokey Robinson encouraged people to get vaccinated during a recent interview about his harrowing encounter with COVID-19, which left him hospitalized for 11 days.

Paul Stamatiou : A look at some key design challenges in crypto and Web3, from onboarding to wallet security, that need to be addressed for the next generation of users   —  It's still early days in crypto.  —  That's what you'll hear everywhere when you start digging into crypto and web3 today.

Jennifer Aniston, Kristin Cavallari and more have shared how they celebrate the Thanksgiving holiday in the past

Olatunji Olaigbe / The Record : How one Nigerian university student turned to cybercrime during the pandemic to pay his bills, driven by high unemployment, few well-paying jobs, and boredom   —  ILORIN, Nigeria—Around November 2020, Kayode said he was invited to a house party—the kind attended mostly by others involved in the country's illicit digital economy.

The lawmakers traveled to South Korea on Thursday to support US troops and their families stationed in the country, bringing them Thanksgiving lunch and spending time with them.

Comedian Dave Chappelle made a surprise visit to his alma mater, Duke Ellington School of the Arts, on Tuesday.

Disney’s “Encanto,” Lady Gaga’s “House of Gucci” and more will hit theaters just after Thanksgiving this year

Former President Donald Trump hinted at a possible 2024 presidential run on Thanksgiving, saying, "we will be great again" and "we will all do it together."

On Thursday, the Bidens traveled to Coast Guard Station Brant Point in Nantucket, Massachusetts, to visit service members stationed there.

President Biden and the first lady on Thursday thanked the U.S. troops who are celebrating Thanksgiving overseas this year.

Patricia Allen / EU-Startups : Everstox, which offers product management and monitoring software for logistics operators, raises a €20M Series A led by Acton Capital   —  Logistics-as-a-service tech company everstox has just secured a €20 million boost to expand across Europe.  The Munich-based startup …

A viral video that appears to be taken at Western Carolina University shows a tampon dispenser in a male bathroom with a note saying the machine was paid for by student fees.

Tulsi Gabbard said Wednesday that the Ahmaud Arbery trial verdict proves America is not a racist country.

The Biden administration is planning to promptly reinstate the Trump-era "Remain in Mexico" policy that requires asylum seekers at the U.S. southern border to remain in Mexico while awaiting their hearings.

Wall Street Journal : Verizon and AT&T offer to reduce the power coming from 5G towers for six months as the FAA examines possible aircraft interference   —  Wireless operators said they will limit the strength of service while regulators review the impact on planes and helicopters

"Mean Girls" star Lacey Chabert mourned her sister Wendy in an Instagram post that revealed her death. Chabert shared a photo of a young Wendy along with a lengthy caption.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis blasted President Biden over his administration’s decision to remove the Colombian rebel group FARC from its list of foreign terrorist organizations.

An Indianapolis school administrator who went viral for explaining how his district is pushing Critical Race Theory on children has been locked out of his email and Google Drive accounts and been told to work from home because he was causing other staff members “anxiety.”

Fairfax County Public Schools reinstated two books that parents have condemned as obscene and pedophilic, Gender Queer and Lawn Boy. FCPS claims that two committees of school administrators, librarians, parents, and students determined that the books did not contain pedophilia and did not violate regulations by including obscene material. Parents condemned the move in comments to Fox News.

Vice President Kamala Harris reacted to the guilty verdicts in the murder trial of Ahmaud Arbery, saying the verdicts 'send an important message,' but warned there is still 'work to do.'

Financial Times : Refinitiv: Southeast Asian fintech companies have raised ~$3B across 80 deals so far in 2021, more than in 2020 and 2019 combined   —  Consumers turn to mobile banking and ecommerce during pandemic, fuelling investor interest  —  Investors have pumped record amounts into south-east Asian …

The Biden administration drew condemnation from China on Wednesday after the State Department announced they have invited Taiwan to its Summit for Democracy next month.

A project by students at Colby High School in Kansas resulted in a letter of encouragement from former President Trump.

Sam Reynolds / Blockworks : Banking Committee chair Sen. Sherrod Brown probes Coinbase, Binance.US, Tether, and others over stablecoin consumer risks, and seeks a response by December 3   —  - The Senate Banking Committee has sent letters to Coinbase, Gemini, Circle, Paxos, TrustToken, Centre, and Binance US to inquire about consumer protections and stablecoins

A federal judge ruled no phones, laptops or other recording devices will be allowed in the courtroom for Josh Duggar's upcoming child pornography charges. The "19 Kids and Counting" star was charged with two counts of downloading and possessing child pornography in April.

Olivia Jade and Bella Giannulli revealed how hard it was dealing with the negative media coverage of Lori Loughlin during the college admissions scandal on a recent podcast episode.

Wikipedia and several news outlets are being criticized for seemingly downplaying the severity of an alleged massacre on a Waukesha, Wisconsin Christmas parade where a man plowed through a crowd of people killing six.

President Biden weighed in on the guilty verdicts in the Ahmaud Arbery case, celebrating the verdict while warning the country still had work to do to achieve 'racial justice'

White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain on Wednesday defended the administration’s work to bring down coronavirus-related deaths despite GOP frustration at the persistence of the deadly virus.

Michael McSweeney / The Block : Coinbase acquires crypto wallet startup BRD and says BRD wallet users will have the option to migrate to the Coinbase wallet in 2022   —  Crypto exchange Coinbase has acquired the crypto wallet startup BRD, according to a notice from its leadership team.  —  In a letter address …

Demetri Sevastopulo / Financial Times : The US places a dozen Chinese groups developing quantum computing, semiconductor, and aerospace technologies on an entity list, blocking exports to them   —  Move reflects mounting concern Beijing could acquire encryption-busting technologies from US groups  —  The US has placed …

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer : A Windows 10 and Windows 11 exploit allows an attacker with physical access to gain SYSTEM privileges, bypassing Microsoft's patch from November   —  Malware creators have already started testing a proof-of-concept exploit targeting a new Microsoft Windows Installer zero-day publicly disclosed …

Jake Glaser is speaking out before World AIDS Day on Dec. 1.

Machine Gun Kelly isn’t happy with the Grammys and he’s letting the Recording Academy know about it.

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors : Apple delays the release of its digital ID feature in Wallet until early 2022   —  Apple recently updated its website to indicate that an upcoming iOS 15 and watchOS 8 feature that will let you add your driver's license or state ID to your iPhone and Apple Watch in participating U.S. states has been delayed until early 2022.

Maurizio Gucci was murdered in 1995 outside of his Milan office. He was 46.

The Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has subpoenaed the leaders of the right-wing Proud Boys, Oath Keepers and 1st Amendment Praetorian groups.

During her daily press briefing Tuesday, White House press secretary Jen Psaki refused to retract comments by President Biden characterizing 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse as a White supremacist.

President Joe Biden appeared to read technical jargon from his teleprompter during a Tuesday speech about rising gas prices.

Larry Dignan / ZDNet : HP beats in Q4 with revenue of $16.7B, up 9.3% YoY, Personal Systems revenue of $11.8B, up 13% YoY, and Commercial PCs revenue up 25% YoY   —  CEO Enrique Lores said HP saw strong demand in the fourth quarter and is well positioned with its portfolio of hardware, software and subscriptions.

Emma Betuel / TechCrunch : UK-based mental health provider Ieso raises a $53M Series B as it plans to use its real-life therapy session data to fuel AI-powered text-based therapy   —  UK-based digital therapy company ieso announced a $53 million Series B round on Tuesday.  The round is the funding the company needs …