Shawn Kemp, former Seattle Sonics star, sentenced to home monitoring
Shawn Kemp pleaded guilty in May to shooting at two men inside a Toyota 4Runner outside the Tacoma Mall in March 2023.
Day: August 23, 2025
On its 10th anniversary, YouTube Music gets new features, including “Taste Match” playlists similar to Spotify Blend and event notifications through Bandsintown (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
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On its 10th anniversary, YouTube Music gets new features, including “Taste Match” playlists similar to Spotify Blend and event notifications through Bandsintown — YouTube is celebrating 10 years…
Meta to unveil Hypernova smart glasses with a display, wristband at Connect next month
Meta’s glasses are codenamed Hypernova and will include a small display in the right lens of the device, people familiar with the matter told CNBC.
Ghislaine Maxwell interview released by DOJ; Epstein procurer questioned about Trump
The Trump administration has been criticized for reneging on promises to release files about sex offenders Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
Hegseth fires Pentagon leader whose agency determined Iran strikes were less effective than Trump claimed
The Defense Intelligence Agency previously found Iran’s nuclear program had not been ‘fully obliterated’ as Trump had touted
US health department moves to strip thousands of employees of collective bargaining rights
Union decries effort as illegal as department confirms it is ending its recognition of unions for some employeesThe US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has moved to strip thousands of federal health agency employees of their collective bar…
Five people killed, including one child, in New York bus crash
More than 40 passengers evaluated or treated at hospitals with injuries ranging from head trauma to broken arms and legsAt least five people, including a child, were killed after a tour bus carrying 51 people crashed in upstate New York on its way back…
Anime fans hate live-action remakes – here’s why studios still keep making them
Beloved anime series Solo Leveling is the latest of the genre to be turned into a live-action remake by Netflix.
Ether notches first new record since 2021 after Powell speech teasing rate cuts
The price of ether smashed through its 2021 record on Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell hinted at upcoming rate cuts.
Lawyers for wife of former US Sen. Bob Menendez request 1-year prison sentence
Lawyers for the wife of former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez say she should be sentenced to a year and a day in prison rather than the eight years recommended by the federal court’s probation office.