Baauer Announces Sophomore Album, Shares Chaotic Visual for “Planet’s Mad”
Baauer, the producer behind the ultra-viral “Harlem Shake,” has announced that his sophomore album, Planet’s Mad, will arrive on June 5 via longtime label LuckyMe. The new project follows the Philly native’s 2016 debut, Aa, which featured a slew of excellent cameos from the likes of Novelist, Leikeli47, M.I.A., G-Dragon, Pusha T, Future, and Rustie.…
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Virus could push half a billion people into poverty
Image copyright Getty Images The economic fallout from the coronavirus could increase global poverty by as much a half a billion.This bleak warning comes from a United Nations (UN) study into the financial and human cost of the pandemic.It will be the first time that poverty has increased globally in 30 years, according to the…
Pluto formed quickly with a deep ocean covering its entire surface
By Jason Arunn Murugesu An enhanced color image of the area around Pluto’s North poleNASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research InstituteThe ancient oceans of Pluto may have arisen relatively quickly after the now-frozen dwarf planet came to be, melting from ice in a process that suggests Pluto formed in just 30,000 years. “We don’t…
Coronavirus latest: Interventions ‘saved 59,000 lives’ in 11 countries
By Sam Wong , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool A train attendantwaves to passengers before departing from Wuhan, China today.Xinhua/Shutterstock Latest coronavirus news as of 5.30 pm on 8 April Lockdown lifted in Wuhan The lockdown in Wuhan, China, which has been in place since 23 January was lifted today, four months…
Baffling 500-page ABC maths proof to be published after eight-year row
By Donna Lu It isn’t this simpleYAY Media AS/AlamyAfter a saga eight years in the making, a mathematician is finally set to formally publish a proof that rocked number theory and baffled almost everyone who read it – including other mathematicians. In 2012, Shinichi Mochizuki at Kyoto University in Japan produced a massive proof claiming…
Vivarium review: An indie sci-fi that packs a creepy punch
In Vivarium, a young couple in need of a starter home meet an estate agent who is very definitely not what he seems, and nor is the estate he shows them, finds Simon Ings Humans 8 April 2020 By Simon Ings You can buy one of Vivarium’s homes, but can you leave?Vertigo FilmsFilm Vivarium Lorcan…
The FBI’s new fitness app may be better for it than you
Feedback is our weekly column of bizarre stories, implausible advertising claims, confusing instructions and more 8 April 2020 Bottomless brunch Working from home doesn’t always bring out the best in us. The rot sets in early, with late starts and cheekily long lunch breaks. By about day three or four, many people start to crave…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX bans Zoom over privacy concerns -memo – The London Free Press
Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX has banned its employees from using video conferencing app Zoom, citing “significant privacy and security concerns,” according to a memo seen by Reuters, days after U.S. law enforcement warned users about the security of the popular app.Use of Zoom and other digital communications has soared as many Americans have been…
China stocks rise on energy, tech sectors – Financial Post
SHANGHAI — China stocks settled higher on Thursday, led by energy shares as crude oil futures jumped on hopes for a deal to end the price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia, and by tech firms.** At the close, the Shanghai Composite index was up 1.69% at 2,780.64.** The blue-chip CSI300 index was up 1.62%,…
Coronavirus latest: No new deaths in China and hopes of plateau in NYC
By Sam Wong , Adam Vaughan , Conrad Quilty-Harper and Layal Liverpool A train attendantwaves to passengers before departing from Wuhan, China today.Xinhua/Shutterstock Latest coronavirus news as of 5.30 pm on 8 April Lockdown lifted in Wuhan The lockdown in Wuhan, China, which has been in place since 23 January was lifted today, four months…
‘Modern Family’ co-creator breaks down emotional series finale, reunion possibilities – EW.com
Family time is over. The family lives on. Modern Family ended its 11-season, 250-episode, Emmy-encrusted run with a sweet-hearted farewell that crammed those needed last laughs into the final hugs. (Sometimes literally. Phil, leaving the group hug and then weepily returning to it, reporting back: “It was awful!”) And goodbyes abounded in the episode, most…
Full House cast gives show’s opening credits a quarantine makeover
It’s been almost 25 years since Full House went off the air, but it’s still proving to be a source of joy after all this time. In a clip originally posted on TikTok as part of the video-sharing platform’s Full House challenge, most of the original cast and series creator Jeff Franklin recreate the sitcom’s…
What SHOULD Bengals do with No. 1 pick? – NFL.com
Published: April 3, 2020 at 11:00 a.m. Updated: April 5, 2020 at 06:46 p.m. There’s a widespread assumption that the Cincinnati Bengals, who hold the first pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, will select LSU quarterback Joe Burrow to begin the proceedings on April 23. But is that the best use of the selection? The…
Debt nation: Canada borrowed itself into a tough spot, now it must borrow its way out of coronavirus crisis
Murdoch Alexander MacPherson had come to Toronto bearing feel-good stories about debt. “I want to read another letter that has to do with a case,” the Saskatchewan lawyer and politician told his audience, “a report from the manager to one of those so-called soulless corporations in the City of Toronto.”The story of a debtor coming…
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