A Duolingo logo is seen on a smartphone. Pavlo Gonchar | LightRocket | Getty Images Duolingo shares rose nearly 7% on Thursday following a large spike in users signing up to learn Mandarin in conjunction with soaring usage of Chinese social media app RedNote, a TikTok rival. The company confirmed to CNBC that there’s been…
For reasons only he understands, Kanye West posted a video of a naked Pamela Anderson on his Instagram Story last night. Obviously, Kanye does a lot of weird stuff on social media. But even so, fans were surprised to see him sharing footage of a nude woman whom he seems to barely know. Kanye West…
If an NFL team opts to hire Bill Belichick this offseason, it could potentially do so without owing a dime to North Carolina. Belichick has yet to officially sign his contract at North Carolina, which could create an issue with his buyout, CBS Sports reported Thursday. UNC general manager Michael Lombardi confirmed that Belichick hasn’t…
Houston has found itself with a problem after drug-eating rats invaded the city’s police evidence room, according to officials. Last Friday, a handful of city officials including Houston mayor John Whitmire, police chief J Noe Diaz and Harris county district attorney Sean Teare gave a press conference in which they announced new efforts to clear…
Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Microsoft is adding artificial intelligence tools to its consumer Microsoft 365 bundle and bumping up the price in the U.S. for the first time since introducing subscriptions 12 years ago. In a blog post Thursday, Microsoft said it’s bringing its Copilot AI assistant into the Word, Excel, PowerPoint,…
Wu-Tang Clan rapper Method Man (real name Clifford Smith) has been accused of assaulting an acquaintance at a Crunch Fitness facility in Staten Island. Police sources say the hip hop legend punched a man in the face seven times “with a closed fist.” The 28-year-old alleged victim reportedly had a relationship with Smith’s daughter more…
SpaceX launched the seventh test flight of its Starship rocket on Thursday, as the company looks to push development of the mammoth vehicle further, including with a crucial test for how it will deploy satellites. The company launched Starship from its private “Starbase” facility near Brownsville, Texas, shortly after 5:30 p.m. ET. A few minutes later, the…
The Biden administration on Thursday withdrew a proposal to expand protections for an endangered whale species. The rules would have required some ships along the Eastern Seaboard to slow down. North Atlantic right whales, a rare species conservationists have aimed to safeguard, have been injured or killed by collisions with vessels along the East coast….
“Love Island USA” star Hannah Smith has just been slapped with criminal charges stemming from her recent arrest in Atlanta … after prosecutors say she threatened to kill a police officer. Cobb County prosecutors reviewed Hannah’s case and decided to formally charge her with two felonies … terroristic threats and willful obstruction of a law…
The No. 19 Illinois Fighting Illini have been rolling as winners of six of their last seven games. They have also caught the attention of Tom Izzo, the head coach of their next opponent, the No. 12 Michigan State Spartans. “Right now, from what I saw the last two times I watched Illinois, we got…
