While Emilia Perez star Karla Sofía Gascón’s racist tweets, and blackface allegations related to I’m Still Here lead actress Fernanda Torres have been grabbing headlines, the more overlooked 2025 Oscars scandal continues to be egregious nomination snubs for Black-led performances. The most notable omissions were Marianne Jean-Baptiste for Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths, Danielle Deadwyler for…
Aragon • Feb 20, 2025 • 3 min read Many governance tokens lack real onchain power over protocols and their capital flows. Even when a protocol generates value, it often doesn’t accrue to the token, leaving holders with little reason to stay engaged. If you’re building a protocol, you’ve probably seen this firsthand—governance becomes political…
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This as-told-to story is based on a conversation with GumGum Advertising CEO Phil Schraeder, who’s had a successful side hustle appearing as a contestant on game shows. The piece has been edited for length and clarity. I’m originally from a small town outside of Chicago. My brother, sister and I were on the swim team…
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Stress-Free IEP® with Frances Shefter, Episode 88 The Power of Peer Support In this episode of Stress-Free IEP®, host Frances Shefter welcomes Amanda Levin, founder of NeuroSpice Girls, a peer support and social group for moms of neurodivergent children in the greater Washington area. NeuroSpice Girls offers a private WhatsApp group, a Facebook community, and…
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Sony’s PlayStation Network (PSN) suffered a global outage on Saturday, February 8. Thousands of gamers faced connectivity issues due to this glitch and were unable to access online services, stores, and multimedia apps. Users also complained about login issues. The outage started at around 5:20 PM ET and lasted for nearly 20 hours. Server failure…
Hey there! If you remember gambling content on Deadspin from years ago, it was probably me who penned it. I’m back! And perhaps apropos, I come to you with a thrilling Sharks-Canadiens encounter from this lengthy Thursday hockey slate. We need something to keep us busy until baseball season commences, am I right? Let’s analyze…
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Phishing was no longer as common in 2024 as before, according to CrowdStrike’s 2025 Global Threat Report. Threat actors trend toward accessing legitimate accounts through social engineering techniques like voice phishing (vishing), callback phishing, and help desk social engineering attacks. We’re well within the era of what cybersecurity technology CrowdStrike called “the enterprising adversary,” with…
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Immutable partners with Japan’s top mobile gaming developer to bring TOKYO BEAST to Web3. TOKYO BEAST features a futuristic setting, competitive battles, and a pooled NFT system, allowing new players to participate without owning NFTs. Immutable has partnered with Japan’s top mobile gaming developer to bring Tokyo Beast, a highly anticipated blockchain battler, onto web3….
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A new week, a new selection of XR news to read! Top news of the week (Image by Niantic) Niantic is evaluating selling its gaming division According to a report from Bloomberg, Niantic is in talks with Saudi Arabia-owned Scopely to sell its gaming division for $3.5 billions. If you’ve not realized it yet, this basically means…
Fans’ beloved detective thriller series Reacher is back to rock their world with its all-new season. That’s right! Reacher Season 3 has finally gotten its official release date, and it looks like the wait won’t be that long. Since it debuted, it has been the most loved series among the youth. Reacher is set to…
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