‘Defying Democracy’: How Political Satirist Randy Rainbow Sang His Way Into His First Emmy Performer Nomination

Musical comedian, acclaimed political satirist and producer Randy Rainbow is no stranger to receiving Emmy nominations. However, for the first time, the New Yorker has received a nod for best performer in a shortform comedy or drama series for the political-parody music videos that make up his YouTube hit The Randy Rainbow Show. Also up…

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Why is the DOJ investigating Andreessen Horowitz’s board seats?

Andreessen Horowitz has two partners sitting on the boards of companies that now compete with each other: Ben Horowitz at Databricks and Martin Casado at Fivetran. Nothing too scandalous on the surface, except the Department of Justice has reportedly been investigating the arrangement for almost a year, dusting off a 112-year-old antitrust law that’s rarely used against VCs.  Board conflicts aren’t exactly new, and these companies weren’t necessarily direct competitors when a16z first invested…

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Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle Cour 2 Visual Released

A key visual for the second cour of Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle has been revealed. A trailer was released last month. ©裕夢/小学館/チラムネ製作委員会 Chitose Is in the Ramune Bottle adapts the light novel series written by Hiromu and illustrated by raemz. Yen Press describes the first volume’s synopsis as such: Being popular isn’t easy. It’s hard to beat Saku…

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World ID and peaqOS bring privacy-preserving human verification to robots and machines

TL;DR Robots and autonomous machines on peaqOS can now verify whether they are interacting with a real human through World ID, using zero-knowledge proofs instead of names, faces, or documents. The integration, available through robotic.sh, requires no API key or verification fee. A medication delivery scenario demonstrates the concept: a patient verifies at order, a…

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Digital Asset, Paul Ryan foundation target US state benefits with Canton pilot

The RISE program would use the Canton Network to combine and distribute state-administered benefits across three US states beginning in 2027. Digital Asset, the creator of the Canton Network, and former US House Speaker Paul Ryan’s American Idea Foundation plan to pilot a blockchain-based system for distributing state-administered benefits across three US states using the…

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