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About 1 in 5 Asian Americans hide their heritage from non-Asians, some out of fear, report says
About 1 in 5 Asian Americans hide their heritage from non-Asians, some out of fear, report says
An estimated 1 in 5 Asian Americans in the US have hidden details about their heritage from people who are not Asian, a new report shows.
1970-01-01 08:00
Reshaped Death Valley park could take months to reopen after damage from Hilary
Reshaped Death Valley park could take months to reopen after damage from Hilary
Officials say it could take months for Death Valley National Park to reopen to visitors after Tropical Storm Hilary
2023-09-05 06:25
Who is Trista Fullerton? Arkansas mom arrested for kidnapping her 8 children from foster homes
Who is Trista Fullerton? Arkansas mom arrested for kidnapping her 8 children from foster homes
A mother, Trista Fullerton, was arrested in Shasta County, California for allegedly kidnapping her eight children from foster homes
2023-10-23 17:34
FIFA 22 FUTTIES Batch 3 Player Pick: How to Complete
FIFA 22 FUTTIES Batch 3 Player Pick: How to Complete
FIFA 22 FUTTIES Batch 3 Player Pick is now live and expensive. Here's how to complete the SBC and if it's worth it.
1970-01-01 08:00
Elon Musk red-faced as police halt Twitter sign removal leaving company called ‘ER’
Elon Musk red-faced as police halt Twitter sign removal leaving company called ‘ER’
The headquarters of Twitter was left with a sign saying “ER” after San Francisco Police interrupted the physical rebrand of the social media platform’s offices. The new name, “X”, was later projected onto the building as night fell. The operation to take down the old sign was put on hold on Monday afternoon after Mr Musk didn’t obtain the correct permits for the crane that had been placed on the street, blocking traffic, according to a witness. “Welp, @twitter name so coming off the building right now but @elonmusk didn’t get permit for the equipment on the street so @SFPD is shutting it down,” Wayne Sutton tweeted from the scene. A San Francisco Police Department spokesperson told The Daily Beast that they had responded to “a report of a possible unpermitted street closure. Through their investigation officers were able to determine that no crime was committed, and this incident was not a police matter”. The name change has led to the social media platform dropping in value by between $4bn and $20bn, according to Bloomberg. The move has also been mocked as uninspired. “The old Twitter logo was open, accessible, instantly recognisable around the world. This new one looks like the logo of a seedy suburban strip club. Devoid of colour, bland, generic... BORING! This is branding suicide!” CM Kosemen wrote. “Taking one of the most recognizable brand names in the world and changing it to X is unfathomably dumb. Sounds like a porn site and the logo looks like the emblem to a bad Call of Duty gamebattles team from 2008,” YouTuber Charlie White wrote. “Gonna be honest this new widget design looks like an app for a membership-only human trafficking gentlemen’s club headquartered in Budapest,” one user said. “Musk doesn’t have the money or the staff to meaningfully update or even fix Twitter, so he’s making the cheapest, smallest tweak he can – literally swapping out a GIF file - that grabs the biggest headlines. It’s nothing but a cheap, meaningless play to get his name in the press,” comedian Adam Conover added. Mr Musk wrote on Sunday about wanting “a good enough X logo,” prompting his supporters to offer their suggestions. Sawyer Merritt posted several, with Mr Musk choosing one of them, saying: “Going with minimalist art deco on the upper right. Probably changes later, certainly will be refined.” The new logo is very similar to a generic Unicode character, which is an international symbol that would be impossible to trademark, the founder of Bellingcat, Eliot Higgins, noted. Meta, the operator of X competitor Threads, and Microsoft both own versions of the X symbol, which could possibly lead to legal disputes. “Twitter Japan apparently legally cannot change their rebranding to ‘X Japan’ because the Jrock band X JAPAN owns the rights to the name. How funny would it be if Yoshiki is the one who saves us all from this awful rebranding move? LOL,” one user noted. “I’m not a [copyright] lawyer but I think he should have figured out if he owned the name before changing it,” Vanity Fair special correspondent Molly Jong-Fast wrote. “Twitter was acquired by X Corp both to ensure freedom of speech and as an accelerant for X, the everything app,” Mr Musk wrote on Monday. “This is not simply a company renaming itself, but doing the same thing. The Twitter name made sense when it was just 140 character messages going back and forth – like birds tweeting – but now you can post almost anything, including several hours of video.” Mr Musk claimed that users would soon have the “ability to conduct your entire financial world” on the app. “The Twitter name does not make sense in that context, so we must bid adieu to the bird,” he said. Mr Musk has reportedly been fond of the letter X for decades, co-founding an online bank called x.com in 1999, which later merged and grew into what is now PayPal. Read More Elon Musk’s ‘X’ already trademarked by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta for ‘social networking services’ TikTok launches text-only posts as social media innovation race heats up Twitter to X: Why Elon Musk rebranded the social networking platform Elon Musk’s ‘X’ is already trademarked by Mark Zuckerberg Twitter to X: Why Elon Musk rebranded the social networking platform Twitter rebrands to X as Elon Musk loses iconic bird logo
2023-07-25 23:31
Is Taylor Swift at the Chiefs game today against the Chargers?
Is Taylor Swift at the Chiefs game today against the Chargers?
Taylor Swift has made it to three of the last four Chiefs game since being romantically linked to tight end Travis Kelce. Will she be at Arrowhead again?
2023-10-22 14:57
Booker Prize: What are the secrets to Ireland's success?
Booker Prize: What are the secrets to Ireland's success?
Four Irish writers have been longlisted for this year's award, making up a third of the longlist.
2023-09-10 14:35
Casemiro lauds 'incredible quality' of Man Utd teammates
Casemiro lauds 'incredible quality' of Man Utd teammates
Man Utd midfielder Casemiro lauds the quality of teammates Antony and Fred and says the players must not get complacent over qualifying for the Champions League.
2023-05-23 17:30
Euro zone business downturn deepens far more than thought in July -PMI
Euro zone business downturn deepens far more than thought in July -PMI
LONDON A downturn in euro zone business activity deepened much more than expected in July as demand in
2023-07-24 16:07
ECB mulls changing spread between rates in step towards new era - sources
ECB mulls changing spread between rates in step towards new era - sources
FRANKFURT European Central Bank policymakers began this week a debate on evening out the "corridor" between the ECB's
2023-06-16 01:02
Tory MP Ellwood quits Commons post after Afghanistan row
Tory MP Ellwood quits Commons post after Afghanistan row
Defence Committee chair Tobias Ellwood was facing pressure after comments about the Taliban's rule.
2023-09-14 00:40
The Nightmare of Sage Blair: Mom sues school after daughter was kidnapped and trafficked
The Nightmare of Sage Blair: Mom sues school after daughter was kidnapped and trafficked
Sage Blair ran away from home and was sex-trafficked through multiple states
2023-09-05 15:13