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Varanasi sets a release date for SS Rajamouli's mysterious new movie

Varanasi will release worldwide on April 7, 2027.

Talos, which develops digital asset trading infrastructure, raised a $45M extension from Robinhood and others to its $105M Series B, at a $1.5B valuation (Will Canny/CoinDesk)

Will Canny / CoinDesk:
Talos, which develops digital asset trading infrastructure, raised a $45M extension from Robinhood and others to its $105M Series B, at a $1.5B valuation  —  The $45 million Series B extension also includes participation from new strategic investors Sony Innovation Fund, IMC, QCP and Karatage.

The rise of the slopagandist

The violent federal occupation of Minneapolis - and the subsequent killings of two residents at the hands of immigration agents - began with a vlog. Nick Shirley, a roving 23-year-old with a smartphone and a taste for outrage, made a YouTube video with unfounded allegations of fraud at daycares operated by the local Somali American […]

Something very unexpected is happening to Norway’s polar bears

Polar bears became the poster child for the peril of climate change for obvious reasons: They hunt seals from the ice, and as fossil fuels warm the planet, the ice where these bears live is melting.  For more than three decades, scientists have been warning that climate change could drive polar bear populations extinct. That […]

Why Marvel’s ‘Wonder Man’ is So Relatable to Black People

As Marvel's Wonder Man, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II is a superhero chasing his big dreams— and it’s resonating HARD with Black viewers!

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