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Set in a quiet suburban neighborhood, one might mistake the Ray’s NYC x Bumble pop-up for a random house party if they didn’t know better. The line in front of the house was crowded Saturday night, but many of those unlucky patrons were unable to get in. Although the email for the event declared it …
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There are numerous safety threats that come with being an influencer: doxing, harassment, stalking, and attacks. Specifically for gamers and live-streamers, viewers are brought into their homes on a daily basis, blurring the lines between personal and public life. Aerial Powers, a gamer, influencer, and Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) athlete; Paul Foster, CEO of …
Web3 is a hot topic at this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) conference. However, for all the talk about how accessible and equitable the space can be, the path to a better internet using blockchain technology felt vague at best. In other words, why should we believe the hype? Saturday’s “Black in Web3” panel presented …
Zero, a virtual influencer and “cyborg” with spiky red hair, made an appearance via Zoom at SXSW today. The animated character lives “in a bunker” in the “Nexus” universe—a storytelling universe created by Offbeat Media Group. “Hello, how are you today. My name is Zero and I am so happy to be here with you,” …
Tyler “Ninja” Blevins is one of the biggest names in streaming and esports, with over 17.5 million followers on Twitch gathering regularly to watch him play Elden Ring, Fortnite, and League of Legends. Blevins and his long-time manager and wife Jessica Blevins gave a talk called “Beyond Gaming: Ninja on the Future of Entertainment” at …
Getty Image John Cleese has spent his career challenging taboos, often going to uncomfortable places to make people laugh and think. But lately he’s been having some issues. The Monty Python and Fawlty Towers alum is no fan of what some have dubbed “woke” and “cancel culture,” which he wants to explore in a documentary, …
The Daniels’ (the duo comprised of Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert) new film, Everything Everywhere All at Once, is magnificent in the ways that it explores family trauma and how to find beauty in a life often filled with disappointments and failures. But it also includes scenes that are absolutely ridiculous and sometimes flat-out gross. …
On a windy Friday morning at the South by Southwest festival (SXSW) in Austin, former Texas state senator Wendy Davis sat down with Texas state Representative Donna Howard to talk about abortion. Specifically, Senate Bill 8, or the “Heartbeat Bill” which prohibits abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, makes no exceptions for survivors of rape …
