Spotify continues to ramp up its Snapchat-like stories feature, allowing artists to personalize playlists with Clips. The platform began testing out the Clips feature last year, and now it’s moving to more artists and playlists across the app. Just like Snapchat or Instagram stories, artists can share behind-the-scenes snippets related to the curated playlists they
If you love political mysteries, you’re in for a treat this October when a novel hits shelves written from an interesting new perspective: that of former Secretary of State and presidential nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton. Clinton is teaming up with award-winning Canadian mystery writer Louise Penny to co-write State of Terror, which tells the story
Play video content BACKGRID Travis Scott‘s whipped up another frenzy over the launch of one of his new projects … this time it went down in front of a newsstand. The rapper surprised fans Tuesday by announcing a pop-up shop in WeHo to promote his new “i-D Magazine.” As you can see … it drew
Jack Dorsey, chief executive officer of Twitter Inc. and Square Inc., speaks during an Empowering Entrepreneurs events at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Cole Burston | Bloomberg | Getty Images Square bought $170 million worth of Bitcoin, the company revealed in its fiscal fourth quarter financial report on Tuesday.
Scotland’s route out of lockdown will come in stages, with the country’s stay-at-home order set to end on 5 April, followed weeks later by a return to a system of levels. Unveiling the plan, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon told MSPs that at present there is “limited scope” to ease restrictions. She said the Scottish government
The number of women on the boards of top UK-listed companies has risen by 50% in five years but “significant progress” still needs to be made in leadership roles, a review has found. Progress made since 2015 also means there are now no all-male boards in the FTSE 350, though there are 16 so-called “one
Ireland’s prime minister Micheal Martin has confirmed the country will continue at the highest level of coronavirus restrictions until at least 5 April. The Taoiseach said there will be a difference in the current Level 5 restrictions, with the phased reopening of schools from 1 March. The government’s revised Living With COVID plan will also
Tiger Woods is undergoing surgery for “multiple leg injuries” after being cut from his car following an accident in Los Angeles. The accident happened on the border of Rolling Hills Estates and Rancho Palos Verdes on Tuesday morning. LA County Sheriff’s Department said Woods was the only person in the car. Image: The 45-year-old golfer
Oh Boy Records, the independent, family-run record label started by John Prine and his longtime manager Al Bunetta, is getting a new documentary. The film celebrates the label’s 40th anniversary, and includes archival footage of John Prine as well as interviews with Todd Snider, Prine’s wife and Oh Boy president Fiona Whelan Prine, members of
Courtesy of the designer. Style Points is a weekly column about how fashion intersects with the wider world. You might not expect an haute couture presentation to begin with a closeup of the designer himself, his face and body daubed with Day-Glo paint, wielding an aerosol can. But Charles de Vilmorin, the 24-year-old French phenom
Shares of the nation’s largest theater chain bucked a down market Tuesday, fortifying their advance of the day before after news that cinemas in New York City will open soon after a year-long lockdown as Covid infection rates fall in the city and state. AMC Ent. stock is up 11% in late morning trades, after
NASA on Monday released the first high-quality video of a spacecraft landing on Mars, a three-minute trailer showing the enormous orange and white parachute hurtling open and the red dust kicking up as rocket engines lowered the rover to the surface. The footage was so good — and the images so breathtaking — that members
Tesla, led by Elon Musk, confirmed that it purchased about $ 1.5 billion in bitcoin in January and expects to start accepting it as a payment in the future. Artur Widak | NurPhoto | Getty Images Tesla’s share price is now directly linked to the price of bitcoin after Elon Musk’s company invested $1.5 billion
Prime Minister Boris Johnson is “very optimistic” that he will be able to remove all coronavirus restrictions in England by 21 June under his four-stage plan for lifting lockdown. Under his roadmap for easing COVID measures, the prime minister hopes “all legal limits on social contact can be removed” under the last of those four
Rates of pay growth are running at their highest level since 2008, according to official figures which also show the first rise in payrolled employment since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported average weekly earnings up by 4.7% on an annual basis during the three months to December.
Facebook will lift a block on news pages in Australia following a week-long standoff between the social media giant and the government. The site had removed access to all news content in the country on its platform and also prevented people around the world from posting links to Australian publications after the government considered legislation