John Amos, a former football player turned actor, starred in several major TV shows, including the groundbreaking 1970s sitcom “Good Times” and the miniseries “Roots.” He passed away on August 21 in Los Angeles at the age of 84. His talent agency, Buchwald, confirmed his death, though no cause was specified. It’s unclear why the … Read more
John Amos, the actor famous for playing the father on the TV show “Good Times” and the adult Kunta Kinte in the miniseries “Roots,” has passed away at 84. His publicist, Belinda Foster, confirmed that Amos died of natural causes in Los Angeles on August 21. In a statement, Amos’ son, Kelly Christopher Amos, expressed … Read more
Weight loss can feel like a race against time, especially when you’re looking to shed pounds quickly for an event or simply to feel better in your body. But here’s the deal: it’s crucial to lose weight in a way that doesn’t sacrifice your health. While there are plenty of “quick fixes” out there, the … Read more
OpenAI released its new o1 models on Thursday, giving ChatGPT users their first chance to try AI models that pause to “think” before they answer. There’s been a lot of hype building up to these models, codenamed “Strawberry” inside OpenAI. But does Strawberry live up to the hype? Sort of. Compared to GPT-4o, the o1 models feel … Read more
Alex Parmley has been thinking about building his latest company, ORNG, since he was working on his last company, Phood. Launched in 2018, Phood was a payments app that let students use dining dollars to order food from third-party apps and merchants anywhere in the world. It built the first campus-integrated debit card and worked … Read more
Over the last several years, fusion power has gone from the butt of jokes — always a decade away! — to an increasingly tangible and tantalizing technology that has drawn investors off the sidelines. The technology may be challenging to master and expensive to build today, but fusion promises to harness the nuclear reaction that … Read more
Last year, I had the unfortunate experience of losing all my playlists when I switched from Apple Music to Spotify. To me, playlists are important. They’re snapshots of a time in your life; maybe your summer of 2016 had a certain soundtrack to it. But, traditionally, music streaming services don’t make it easy to take … Read more
I have a guilty pleasure, and it’s not that I just rewatched “Glee” in its entirety (yes, even the awful later seasons), or that I have read an ungodly amount of Harry Potter fan fiction in my time. My guilty pleasure is that I play the LinkedIn games. To answer the obvious question: Wait, LinkedIn … Read more