K-pop group BTS released their highly anticipated song “Black Swan,” a new single from their upcoming album “Map of the Soul: 7,” on Friday. The song was accompanied by an art film, which features the Slovenian MN Dance Company performing an interpretative dance in an abandoned shopping mall. The video opens with a quote from […]
US factory activity posts unexpected rise at the end of 2019
A gauge of American industrial output slipped further at the end of 2019. But manufacturing activity showed signs of stabilizing, unexpectedly edging 0.2% higher. The Institute for Supply Management said in early January that manufacturing activity contracted for a fifth straight month in December. Visit Business Insider’s homepage here. A gauge of American industrial output […]
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry retreated to a mansion on Vancouver Island in the weeks before #Megxit news broke. Here are 3 private islands for sale nearby.
Colliers International, a global real-estate firm, has listed three islands off the coast of British Columbia in Canada for sale. These islands aren’t far from the Vancouver Island mansion where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stayed during their winter vacation, shortly before #Megxit news broke. The prices of these islands range from around $1.1 million […]
These clothes use outlandish designs to trick facial recognition software into thinking you’re not human
Facial recognition technology is everywhere: More than half of Americans’ faces are now logged in police databases. To push back against surveillance, designers have invented clothes and accessories that make your face undetectable. The accessories combine fashion and technology, and can trick algorithms meant to detect and identify faces. Visit Business Insider’s homepage for more […]
Women are putting cigarette-sized sticks into their vaginas to tighten them, but doctors say they’re dangerous
Women in Indonesia are inserting cigarette-shaped “madura sticks” into their vaginas in an attempt to tighten them and remove discharge. To use a madura stick, a woman inserts it into her vagina for two to three minutes and then removes it, washes it, and lets it air dry for future use. Madura sticks contain chemicals […]
Apple will release its first major original movie, ‘The Banker,’ after reviewing allegations of sexual abuse against a producer
Apple will release its first major original movie, “The Banker,” to theaters and on Apple TV Plus in March after reviewing allegations of sexual abuse against one of the movie’s producers. Bernard Garrett, Jr. — who is also the son of one of the movie’s real-life subjects — was accused by his half sisters of […]
Joe Biden slams Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook for having too much power: ‘I’ve never been a big Zuckerberg fan. I think he’s a real problem’ (FB)
Former Vice President Joe Biden slammed Facebook and CEO Mark Zuckerberg over misinformation on the platform and privacy concerns. “I’ve never been a big Zuckerberg fan. I think he’s a real problem,” Biden said in an interview with The New York Times editorial board published Friday. Biden called for the repeal of internet laws that […]
Nursing Student Found Slain in Suburban Home After Not Showing Up to Daughter’s After-School Program
Police on Long Island are investigating the slaying of a 27-year-old mother who was working on her nursing degree, PEOPLE confirms. Nassau County Police offered an update on the killing of Kelly Owen during a press conference Thursday. Owen was found dead in her South Farmingdale, New York, home Wednesday afternoon. Owen lived with her […]
New insights into monarch butterflies’ mysterious migrations
When winter’s chill descends across the nation, two distinct populations of monarch butterflies get the urge to migrate: the eastern insects head to Mexico; the western insects flock to the California coast. That’s the age-old dogma. And it’s wrong. Emerging research shows that these spectacular migrations are linked by shared genes and behaviors, a finding […]
A Republican senator who called a CNN reporter a ‘liberal hack’ for asking an impeachment question refuses to answer the same question from a Fox News host
GOP Sen. Martha McSally on Thursday called a CNN reporter a “liberal hack” when asked whether she’d support allowing new evidence into President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. Fox News host Laura Ingraham invited McSally on her primetime show on Thursday, where the two laughed about the incident. But Ingraham wasn’t happy that McSally refused to […]
Washington State introduces Nick Rolovich: The Cougars got it right (every bit of it)
It took Washington State just four days to find a coach, then three more to introduce him. We cannot remember a faster coaching search that didn’t result in promoting from within. Moving fast and being smart aren’t always the same thing. In this case, they are. Seven thoughts on Nick Rolovich in Pullman … 1) […]
Mom had to pay $600 to see video of what happened on school bus
By Melissa Alonso, CNN (CNN) — A Dallas mother was told by her child’s school district that it would cost her $600 to see a video of what happened to her 5-year-old daughter on a school bus in November. Audrey Billings did so, and what she saw left her crushed. “I was devastated. I cried,” […]