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The 2025 Tribeca Festival has announced more programming for this year’s event, including premieres of two more visual albums, joining the debut of Miley Cyrus’ Something Beautiful visual album, and the New York premieres of Sundance award winners Twinless and Come See Me in the Good Light. The festival will host the international premiere of Slick Rick‘s Victory visual album, directed by Meji Alabi, with appearances by Idris Elba, Nas and Giggs. Slick Rick will participate in a live conversation after the premiere. And Tribeca will world premiere a visual album from Baltimore hardcore band Turnstile, followed by a conversation…
Opinion by Jonathan Farnell, CEO of FreedxIt’s 2025, and over 560 million people worldwide are already using cryptocurrency — roughly 17 times the population of Tokyo. That’s a vibrant community, yet for every user who’s embraced it, billions more stand on the sidelines, put off by the complicated interactions and clunky interfaces of protocols, platforms, decentralized apps (DApps), and mobile applications. Why? Blockchain technology offers game-changing potential — decentralized ownership, secure trades — but let’s face it: Most people still find it intimidating, risky, and confusing. User experience (UX) might just be the deciding factor in whether cryptocurrency achieves mass…
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May 8, 2025 UPDATE Local inspiration, global impact: Meet four of this year’s Swift Student Challenge winners Every year, the Swift Student Challenge invites students from around the world to follow their curiosity and explore their creativity through original app playgrounds built with Apple’s intuitive, easy-to-learn Swift coding language. From a starry sky glimpsed through a telescope in Nuevo León, Mexico, to a pack of cards discovered in a Japanese game shop, the inspirations behind this year’s 350 winning submissions span the globe, representing 38 countries and regions, and incorporating a wide range of tools and technologies. “We’re always inspired by the talent and…
OpenAI is introducing a new data residency program in Asia, the company announced Thursday, following the rollout of its data residency program in Europe in February. The new program, which is available for OpenAI’s ChatGPT Enterprise, ChatGPT Edu, and the OpenAI API, aims to help Asia-based organizations meet local data sovereignty requirements while using the AI company’s products. Eligible API customers and new ChatGPT Enterprise and Edu subscribers can choose to have their data stored at rest in supported countries: Japan, India, Singapore, and South Korea. “For the API platform and ChatGPT business products, data remains confidential, secure, and entirely…
Rising costs, shrinking margins, and demanding members are forcing associations to rethink their event strategy. The Purpose Under Pressure: Global Association Trends in 2025 report from the Global Association Research Initiative reveals insights from a survey of nearly 600 association professionals worldwide. The report confirms events as a top driver of member engagement and core income stream. However, events are hard to pull off and research suggests delivering successful ones is becoming increasingly difficult. Over three-quarters (78%) of respondents say they are a significant organizational challenge. Their top challenges: Controlling costs and managing budgets (66%) Sourcing sponsors and exhibitors (56%)…
The Cannes Film Festival has added a handful of films to its official selection just days ahead of the 78th festival, which kicks off on Tuesday. Among the last-minute entries is Eugene Jarecki‘s Julian Assange documentary feature, The Six Billion Dollar Man, which will receive a special screening. The Six Billion Dollar Man had been set to screen at Sundance this year, but was pulled weeks before the festival with Jarecki saying he needed to incorporate “significant recent and unexpected developments” into the film before releasing it. Resurrection, a sci-fi detective movie from Chinese director Bi Gan (Long Day’s Journey…
CNN — Kendrick Lamar is continuing his streak as the hottest rapper in the game right now. The nominees for the 2025 BET Awards were announced Thursday. Lamar led with ten nods, including album of the year for “GNX“ and video of the year for his viral hit, “Not Like Us.” Lamar was followed by the man he engaged in an epic hip-hop beef with, Drake, as well as fellow rappers Doechii, Future and GloRilla, who had six nominations each. The following is a list of the nominations: Drake and PartyNextDoor, “$Some $Sexy $Songs 4 U” Chris Brown, “11:11 Deluxe”…
CNN — Barry Keoghan finally got to meet Ringo Starr, who he is set to portray in the upcoming Beatles biopics, and the two “just sat in the garden chatting away” during the meeting. Keoghan appeared on Wednesday’s episode of “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” and told the late night host that he only recently met the Beatles drummer for the first time at his home, and that Starr even played the drums for him. “He asked me to play but I wasn’t playing the drums for Ringo,” Keoghan said, adding that Starr’s private drum performance “just kind of naturally happened” and…
Whoop member wears the new device.Courtesy of WhoopWhoop on Thursday announced two new wearable devices, Whoop 5.0 and Whoop MG, which feature sleeker hardware, a longer battery life and additional in-app health insights. Both of the company’s new devices are designed for 24/7 wear. The Whoop 5.0 and Whoop MG support 14 days of battery life, which is around triple the four-to-five-day range offered by Whoop 4.0. The new hardware is also 7% smaller than the previous device, with a processor that’s 60% faster, the company said. “We’ve taken everything we’ve learned over the past decade and built a platform to help…