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Shigeichi Negishi, the Japanese entrepreneur who invented the first-ever karaoke machine, died on January 26, The Wall Street Journal reports. Negishi, who was based in Tokyo, was 100 years old.Journalist Matt Alt, who interviewed Negishi for his book Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World, reported the news on X and expanded on Negishi’s legacy in an obituary for The Wall Street Journal. Negishi’s daughter confirmed her father’s death to Alt, stating that he died from natural causes after a fall.Negishi was the head of an electronics company when he first envisioned what would become the Sparko Box—a blueprint…

Seal has called out an electroacoustic harpist over her guitar pedal video which features her cleaning a pedal in the sink. Emily Hopkins shared a video clip on her Instagram of her cleaning her guitar pedals. â€Å�This is exactly how I clean my pedals,” she begins and shows herself washing them with soap and water. To really â€Å�get in there,” she shows herself using a toothbrush for the circuit board. To end the video, Hopkins reveals that she is giving away one of her favourite Uni-Vibe pedals – the Eventide Riptide pedal – telling her followers that in order to…

Microsoft has been pushing Bing pop-up ads in Chrome on Windows 10 and 11. Windows Latest and The Verge reported on Friday that the ad encourages Chrome users (in bold lettering) to use Bing instead of Google search. â€Å�Chat with GPT-4 for free on Chrome! Get hundreds of daily chat turns with Bing Al”, the ad reads. If you click â€Å�Yes,” the pop-up will install the â€Å�Bing Search” Chrome extension while making Microsoft’s search engine the default.If you click â€Å�Yes” on the ad to switch to Bing, a Chrome pop-up will appear, asking you to confirm that you want to…

Beeper for Android has received a complete revamp with the latest update to the app. Android users who download the new application will notice a redesigned interface, and Beeper now offers support for some native features available on Google’s mobile operating system. The app has also been optimised for tablets, foldable phones and devices with larger displays. While there’s a waitlist for users who sign up to use the service, users can avail of invite codes to skip the line.In a blog post announcing the new version of the app that is now in open beta, Beeper Founder Eric Migicovsky…

Gilles Marini stars with Brooke D’Orsay in Crimes of Fashion: Killer Clutch, a delightful movie filmed on location in France that uses location and fashion as key characters. Marini is OK with that, as the Frenchman who came to America to act was thrilled to be whisked back to his home country to do what he loves. This is Marini’s first time with Hallmark, but it certainly won’t be his last. If ever there was a leading man who fit beautifully into the Hallmark world, Marini is that man. The movie focuses on D’Orsay’s Lauren, a…

Former U.S. Vice President Mike Pence arrives to speak at the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Summit in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. October 28, 2023. Steve Marcus | ReutersWASHINGTON — Former Vice President Mike Pence said Friday that he would not endorse his former boss for president in the 2024 election.Pence revealed the decision during an interview on Fox News. “I will not be endorsing Donald Trump this year,” the Republican said.Pence’s announcement came as Trump secured enough Republican delegates this week to clinch the party’s nomination.Trump “is pursuing and articulating an agenda that is at odds with the conservative agenda that we governed…

Is an identity crisis just par for the course as human beings? Does it happen to everybody? I wondered this to myself as a friend told me that her brother-in-law had decided, in his late thirties, to hit the pause button on his life. He was going to Bali for two months, she said, to â€Å�find himself.” This was shocking not in the least because he had a family he would be leaving behind in order to go off and conduct this search, but also, because he wasn’t entirely clear about whether he would be coming back. A search for…

Real leather is always worth the extra investment, especially when it comes to a quality pair of boots, but it needs maintenance in order to last longer. Without the best leather conditioners for boots, you’re essentially throwing money down the drain as the leather cracks and fades. I must say, conditioning my boots has turned into a bit of a hobby. I enjoy the ritual of cleaning my boots, brushing them down, applying the cream or oil, and letting them dry back into the gorgeous, supple state I found them in. The entire process doesn’t take longer than twenty minutes,…

It’s editor Aniyah Morinia here to say that it’s offically time to give our wardrobes the spring refresh they deserve. I’m talking bright hues, cozy layers, unexpected patterns, and the closet staples you’ll keep coming back to. I have one goal for spring 2024, and that’s to wear what makes me feel good (even when I’m laying on the couch), so I created a spring guide with all the inspo you need this season. Here are my favorites from Macy’s brands, including On 34th and State of Day. Read the original article here

Remember when Paramount+ was CBS All Access (first launched in 2014)? Well, since the rebrand in 2021, the streaming service has only grown—and keeps doing so! Where else will you find not one or two but multiple (and more still to come!) new Star Trek series, starting with Discovery and bringing back an icon in Picard? Or Taylor Sheridan shows beyond Yellowstone, both in and out of that world? There are even a couple of CBS shows that made the move over to become Paramount+ originals in recent years, like Evil and SEAL Team. And while there are more than a few on…

Bitcoin offices are seen in Istanbul, Turkey, on February 28, 2024. Umit Turhan Coskun | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesBitcoin suffered a steep drop in overnight trading, showing that the world’s largest cryptocurrency hasn’t shaken its tendency for big drops despite continuing to gain acceptance within the mainstream financial world.Data from Coin Metrics shows bitcoin was trading above $72,000 late Thursday night before falling to about $67,000 on Friday, a decline of roughly 7%. The price had rebounded to about $69,670 on Friday afternoon. Stock Chart IconStock chart iconBitcoin fell sharply overnight after trading above $72,000 on Thursday.It was not immediately clear…

WASHINGTON — Space infrastructure company Redwire plans to continue its growth and its push to profitability by seeking larger contracts for its lines of components while moving up the value chain, including a new satellite design. In financial results released after the markets closed March 14, Redwire reported revenue of $243.8 million in 2023, a 51.9% increase over 2022. When excluding the contribution from QinetiQ Space NV, a Belgian company Redwire acquired in late 2022, Redwire’s revenue still grew by 26.9%. The company also reported positive adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of $15.3 million, versus an…

Landforms called yardangs can form on Earth – and they might also be present on Saturn’s moon TitanMa Mingyan/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images Saturn’s moon Titan may have strange features called yardangs all over its polar regions. Yardangs are long, perfectly straight ridges that form when erosion wears away strips of soft ground, and they could help us understand Titan’s complex geology. Titan’s upper latitudes are home to hundreds of strange lines that planetary scientists have named bright linear features. Those could be either sand dunes, which astronomers have already observed near… Read the original article here

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Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen speaks during an interview with CNBC on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on Feb. 20, 2024.Brendan Mcdermid | ReutersAdobe shares tumbled as much as 11% in extended trading Thursday after the design software maker issued strong fiscal first-quarter results but came up slightly short on quarterly revenue guidance.Here’s how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG, formerly known as Refinitiv:Earnings per share: $4.48 adjusted vs. $4.38 expectedRevenue: $5.18 billion vs. $5.14 billion expectedAdobe’s revenue grew 11% year over year in the quarter, which ended March 1, according to a statement. Net income…

In this photo illustration, the Madrigal Pharmaceuticals logo is displayed on a smartphone screen. Rafael Henrique | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesThe Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved the first-ever treatment for a common and potentially deadly form of liver disease that affects millions worldwide.The FDA’s decision means Madrigal Pharmaceuticals has succeeded in a disease area that several larger companies have failed — or are still trying to break into. Madrigal shares jumped more than 20% in extended trading Thursday following the approval.Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly are testing their respective blockbuster weight loss injections as treatments for…

Vampire Weekend are back with the third preview of their new album, Only God Was Above Us. The new song, â€Å�Classical,” arrives with a new music video that you can watch below.Ezra Koenig wrote â€Å�Classical,” and he co-produced it with longtime collaborator Ariel Rechtshaid. The single follows last month’s â€Å�Capricorn” and â€Å�Gen-X Cops.”Only God Was Above Us arrives April 5. In the first episode of the band’s new Vampire Campfire podcast, Koenig dove into some of the influences behind the new LP.Check out â€Å�Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig on 10 Things That Inspired Father of the Bride,” as well as the…

Taylor Swift’s career-defining ‘The Eras Tour‘ concert film arrives on Disney+ this week (March 15). Directed by Sam Wrench, the film is described as a â€Å�breathtaking, cinematic view” of Swift’s latest tour, which runs through her biggest hits and rarities across all ten of her studio albums. During the film’s cinematic run in late 2023, it earned over $250million at the box office, making it comfortably the highest-grossing concert film of all time. Check out the latest trailer for the new version of the film: In a four star review, NME wrote about the film: â€Å�It’s a staggering feat. In the space of…