Nineteen years ago, a young man named Jawed Karim uploaded the first ever video on YouTube. Titled ‘Me at the zoo’, the 19 second clip features Karim standing in front of elephants at the San Diego Zoo. Interestingly, the video, which was shot by Karim’s friends, was taken just a few months before YouTube’s public launch in May 2005. Despite its low quality, the video went on to revolutionise the digital scene. In 2006, tech giant Google acquired the platform for a whopping $1.65 billion, while...
Safety concerns have clouded Tesla's Cybertruck rollout. A recently surfaced drone footage has captured a backlog of unfinished trucks at the Texas factory, adding to worries raised by an insider who revealed severe safety issues during development.News of Tesla pausing Cybertruck deliveries due to reported gas pedal safety concerns aligns with worries expressed by a former company insider. According to Cristina Balan, an ex-Tesla engineer, safety concerns with gas and brake pedals that she...
Donald Trump's first criminal trial, Day One Catch up on the first day of Trump’s first of four criminal trials. Donald Trump's Gettysburg Address It’s truly amazing how much wrong Trump can pack into a 50-second speech. Trump’s supposed advantage with Latinos isn’t all that it seems Conventional wisdom might be wrong again. Who could have guessed that? Cartoon: Toppling Lady Justice Keep it up, GOP. 4 years ago: Trump claims 'ultimate' and 'total' authority Well, it’s not like he...
April 10, 1990, was the release date of a cornerstone in hip-hop music: Public Enemy’s Fear of a Black Planet. Still known as one of the most empowering albums of its time, the album was written during a pivotal era both in America and in music: the Golden Age of Hip Hop. Preceding the time when samples […] The post Today in Hip Hop History: Public Enemy’s ‘Fear of a Black Planet’ Was Released 34 Years Ago first appeared on The Source.
Ahead of its time to say the least, A Tribe Called Quest’s experimental, alternative, jazz rap was originally unappreciated by mainstream audiences. It took six years for the Tribe’s first album to hit gold. The album might not have been a huge commercial success at first, but their innovative and comedic sound beautifully balanced the light-hearted […] The post Today In Hip Hop History: A Tribe Called Quest Dropped Their Debut Album ‘The People’s Instinctive Travels And The Path To Rhythm’ LP...
Authorities in Texas say a 10-year-old boy has confessed to an unsolved 2022 killing, telling investigators that he shot a man he did not know while the victim slept
Bill Simmons, a well-known sportswriter and critic, just published a new episode of his official podcast. In it, he addressed one of the most hotly debated subjects in the basketball community: Bronny James’ NBA draft selection. Although it has long been known that LeBron James’ older son, the Los Angeles Lakers star, wants to play …
HONOLULU (KHON2) -- With summer creeping up on us and thousands expected to swarm the islands of Hawaii, we thought it would be fun to look back on Waikiki to see what the area looked like before its beaches were covered with sun-seeking visitors. Gracing the south shore of Oahu is one of the stateʻs []
To cut a long story short, after years of financial foolery, paying off my student loan, a change in personal circumstances, and squirrelling money away during the pandemic, I finally sorted my finances out enough to save £10,000 into an ‘emergency fund’. This is cash I’ve set aside for the proverbial rainy day should I lose my job or befall some sort of disaster. Rather than keep this money sitting in a savings account where I could be happier with the rate of interest, I decided to put it into...
By Stephanie Busari, CNN Chibok and Yola, Nigeria (CNN) — They were abducted from school and held in the depths of the vast Sambisa forest for years. Punished for daring to seek an education, the girls endured forced marriages, religious coercion and physical violence at the hands of their captors. Over the last decade, more
Once a year for the last 100 years, Hopkinton becomes the center of the running world thanks to a quirk of geography and history that made it the starting line for the world’s oldest and most prestigious annual marathon. The Boston Marathon was born next door in Ashland in 1897. But the start was moved to Hopkinton in 1924 to conform with a new international marathon standard. With a field for the 100th anniversary that will top 30,000 runners, the town strains to absorb the crowds and yet still...
For the past decade, My Father’s Arrows has served as a place of refuge and restoration for children, many of whom have spent most of their lives in the foster care system. On April 13, the nonprofit ministry, which is currently based out of Jay, held a celebration of the past, present and future of My Father’s Arrows.