• News publishers join battle against Apple over App Store revenue

    News publishers join battle against Apple over App Store revenue

    Apple’s App Store rebellion is growing. A week after “Fortnite” maker Epic Games sued Apple for booting its mega-popular game off the App Store when it tried to circumvent the company’s steep 30 percent cut of all in-app purchases, major news publishers are banding together to seek more favorable terms on commissions. In a letter …
  • Facebook reportedly eyes shutting off political ads after US election

    Facebook reportedly eyes shutting off political ads after US election

    Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg and other company executives have been discussing a “kill switch” to shut off political advertising after the election is over to curb misinformation, the New York Times reported Friday, citing unnamed sources. Facebook is looking at post-election scenarios that include attempts by President Trump or his campaign to use the …
  • US home sales hit a 14-year high amid coronavirus pandemic

    US home sales hit a 14-year high amid coronavirus pandemic

    US home sales rose at a record pace for a second straight month in July and home prices hit a record as historically low interest rates boosted demand for homes even as the coronavirus pandemic put millions of people out of work. The National Association of Realtors said on Friday existing home sales rose 24.7 …
  • Oh, Marge! Americans are weirdly turned on by these cartoon characters

    Oh, Marge! Americans are weirdly turned on by these cartoon characters

    These babes may be two-dimensional, but they still turn heads. A perplexing new report has found which cartoon characters internet users are the most sexually attracted to, based off Google search data crunched by dating app-review website Datingroo. Coming in hot in first place is Bugs Bunny’s basketball-playing girlfriend, Lola Bunny — who made her …
  • Coronavirus is draining craft booze makers’ sales, study claims

    Coronavirus is draining craft booze makers’ sales, study claims

    The coronavirus pandemic has left craft booze makers with one big hangover, a new study says. The nation’s craft distilleries expect to lose 41 percent of their sales now that the virus has made it harder to pour drinks for curious visitors, according to the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States. Small producers of …
  • Hailey Baldwin stars in Levi’s 2020 voting campaign

    Hailey Baldwin stars in Levi’s 2020 voting campaign

    Hailey Baldwin is getting out the vote in style. With less than 75 days to go until the presidential election, the 23-year-old model has teamed up with Levi’s and “Loving” directer Oge Egbuonu on a new campaign aimed at getting our country’s 70 million young eligible voters to the polls. According to Levi’s, Baldwin approached …
  • Feds probing Robert F. Smith, billionaire who pledged to pay off students debt

    Feds probing Robert F. Smith, billionaire who pledged to pay off students debt

    The billionaire financier who promised to pay off an entire college class’s student debt is under federal probe for possible tax crimes, a new report says. A web of offshore financial transactions is at the heart of the probe of Robert F. Smith, a money manager and philanthropist who is the wealthiest black person in …
  • Megan Thee Stallion publicly accuses Tory Lanez of shooting her

    Megan Thee Stallion publicly accuses Tory Lanez of shooting her

    Megan Thee Stallion has publicly accused Tory Lanez of shooting her last month. The “WAP” rapper, 25, appeared in an Instagram Live video on Thursday and told fellow rapper Lanez, 28, to “stop lyin’” about the incident. “Yes, this n—a Tory shot me,” Megan claimed in the video. “You shot me, and you got your …
  • ViacomCBS considers working with Nick Cannon again after apology tour

    ViacomCBS considers working with Nick Cannon again after apology tour

    ViacomCBS has opened the door to working again with Nick Cannon, more than a month after the company severed ties with him over anti-Semitic comments the multi-hyphenate made on his podcast. Speaking at a town hall with employees Monday, Chris McCarthy, president of entertainment and youth brands at ViacomCBS, praised work that Cannon claims to …
  • No Joe Biden, Governors Shouldn’t Require Everyone to Wear a Face Mask

    No Joe Biden, Governors Shouldn’t Require Everyone to Wear a Face Mask

    Last week, presumed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden called on state governors to order residents to wear masks in order to reduce transmission of the SARS‐​CoV‐​2 virus. According to UPI: “Every single American should be wearing a mask when they’re outside for the next three months at a minimum,” Biden said. “Every governor should mandate mandatory mask wearing.” …