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Image Credit: Chrisean Rose Following the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike on November 9, Issa Rae, 38, reflected on how the strike impacted some of her projects for Marie Claire’s The Power Issue. “The strike was devastating. I’ve been building [a project] for five years and now it’s gone,” the Insecure alum shared with the outlet on November 14. “On the [entertainment] business side, we lost some employees. That really, really sucks. But this industry is changing so much.” Issa Rae covers ‘Marie Claire’s The Power Issue for November 2023. (Chrisean Rose) Although Issa confirmed that she’s not “pivoting” from her go-to…

Is the grass greener on the other side? We’re not sure, but the sky is most certainly bluer. It’s been more than a year since Elon Musk purchased Twitter, now X, leading people to set up shop on alternative platforms. Mastodon, Post, Pebble (which has already shuttered operations) and Spill have been presented as potential replacements, but few aside from Meta’s Threads have achieved the speed of growth Bluesky has reached. Bluesky remains invite-only in its beta, but as more people get on the site, the hype around it is growing — though as we know from apps like Clubhouse,…

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Despite lower than expected United States inflation data which showed a 3.2% yearly increase, the bullish momentum that propelled Bitcoin (BTC) to 31.8% 30-day gains is waning on Nov. 14. Bitcoin price appeared overheated with close to $100 million liquidated within an hour, even after traditional markets reacted positively to flat month-over-month inflation. The contraction in Bitcoin price has not worried all analysts, with some believing Bitcoin is starting a path to $48,000. Bitcoin price. Source: TradingViewLet’s take a closer look at the factors impacting Bitcoin price today.$126 million in Bitcoin longs were liquidatedA sharp movement in the Bitcoin futures market…

Hormonal contraceptives taken by adolescents may influence development of the brain in a way that alters the recognition of risks, a new study in rats suggests. Scientists at The Ohio State University are exploring how common synthetic hormones used for birth control affect the prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain that continues to develop throughout adolescence. The researchers found that myelination, the formation of protective coating on axons projecting from the main body of brain cells, increased in rats given hormonal birth control compared to untreated rats, while the number of immune cells of the brain decreased. In behavior…

Location : The M6 southbound between junctions J6 and J5 . Reason : Congestion. Status : Currently Active. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 21:45 and 22:00 on 14 November 2023. Delay : There are currently delays of 15 minutes against expected traffic. Source link

Image Credit: ABC Barry Williams is still in the running to be the next Dancing with the Stars champion with partner Peta Murgatroyd. Barry and Peta have made it to Week 8 and will be dancing a rumba to Whitney Houston’s “Didn’t We Almost Have It All.” Hollywood Life spoke exclusively with the actor about his next dance and the stamina it takes to compete on a show like this. “I don’t think it would be overstating to say that it’s the most demanding project I’ve ever been a part of in my rather lengthy career,” Barry, 69, said. “I’m…

Anu Hariharan, who led YC Continuity before the storied accelerator scrapped the program, has partnered with two of her former colleagues and former Brex executive Lucas Fox to launch a new fund that is targeting raising about $350 million and operating a program that some peg as “YC for growth,” four sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The new fund, whose name is Avra, plans to operate an eight-week program with a cohort of about a dozen post-Series A startups each quarter. The invite-only program will pick startups with strong product market fit and generating at least a few…

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Crypto exchange OKX has launched a testnet for an upcoming Ethereum layer-2 network named “X1,” according to a Nov. 14 announcement. The network is being developed using the Polygon chain development kit (CDK) and will use zero-knowledge proofs to validate deposits and withdrawals between layers.OKX exchange interface. Source: OKXOKX is the sixth-largest centralized crypto exchange by volume, with over $1.8 billion in trading volume per day, according to data from CoinMarketCap. Its token, OKB, has a current market cap of over $3.6 billion, making it one of the top 30 cryptocurrencies. When a mainnet version of the new network is launched,…