• ‘Pop, Lock & Drop It’ rapper Huey killed in St. Louis double shooting

    ‘Pop, Lock & Drop It’ rapper Huey killed in St. Louis double shooting

    Rapper Huey has been killed in a double shooting in his hometown of St. Louis, according to reports. He was 32. The “Pop, Lock & Drop It” star — real name Lawrence Franks Jr. — was shot at least once at about 11 p.m. Thursday while in a front yard, according to the St. Louis …
  • Kristen Bell exits ‘Central Park,’ will be replaced by black actress

    Kristen Bell exits ‘Central Park,’ will be replaced by black actress

    Kristen Bell will not return as the voice of “Central Park‘s” mixed race Molly, should Apple TV+ renew the animated musical comedy for a second season. The animated series’ producing team of Loren Bouchard, Josh Gad, Nora Smith, Halstead Sullivan and Sanjay Shah made the announcement on Wednesday, saying in a statement, “Kristen Bell is …
  • Apple, Google, Tesla CEOs slam Trump’s move to suspend immigrant visas

    Apple, Google, Tesla CEOs slam Trump’s move to suspend immigrant visas

    Big Tech CEOs including Tesla’s Elon Musk, Apple’s Tim Cook and Google’s Sundar Pichai slammed President Trump’s move to suspend an immigrant visa program that they say helps them recruit talent from abroad. Trump issued a proclamation Monday that temporarily halts several work-based immigration programs including H1-B visas, which allow American employers to hire immigrants …
  • Apple will now let you put a face mask on your memoji

    Apple will now let you put a face mask on your memoji

    It’s a whole new kind of antivirus. Apple on Monday announced an update to memoji — its popular program which lets users create custom cartoon avatars of themselves to send to others — which will allow them to put a mask on their virtual personas. Getty Images The iPhone maker during its WWDC developers conference …
  • Apple cuts ties with Intel during WWDC keynote address

    Apple cuts ties with Intel during WWDC keynote address

    Apple on Monday officially split from longtime chip-provider Intel during its Worldwide Developers Conference. The iPhone-maker, which has since 2006 sourced its processors for Mac computers from the company, announced the long-awaited move to its own house-designed chips during its WWDC keynote address, the Wall Street Journal reported. Apple already uses its own processor designs in …
  • Andy Cohen’s son and Anderson Cooper’s son ‘meet’ for the first time

    Andy Cohen’s son and Anderson Cooper’s son ‘meet’ for the first time

    They’re best friends already. Good friends Andy Cohen and Anderson Cooper introduced their sons to each other virtually for a special Father’s Day episode of “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” on Sunday. “I thought it would be fun if they met right now,” Cohen, 52, told viewers as he held his son Benjamin, …
  • Chief Keef-affiliated rapper Tray Savage fatally shot in Chicago

    Chief Keef-affiliated rapper Tray Savage fatally shot in Chicago

    Tray Savage, a Chicago rapper who was part of Chief Keef’s Glo Gang, was shot to death Friday morning on the city’s South Side. The 26-year-old rapper, née Kentray Young, had just dropped his girlfriend off on South Evans Avenue in the Chatham neighborhood (where he lived) at around 11 a.m. when he was shot …
  • Rapper Hurricane Chris busted for alleged murder in Louisiana

    Rapper Hurricane Chris busted for alleged murder in Louisiana

    Rapper Hurricane Chris — best known for his debut single “A Bay Bay” — has been busted for allegedly fatally shooting a man in Louisiana, according to media reports. The rapper, whose given name is Christopher Dooley Jr., was hit with a second-degree murder rap for shooting dead a man at a Texaco gas station …
  • Apple shutters 11 recently opened stores as coronavirus cases surge

    Apple shutters 11 recently opened stores as coronavirus cases surge

    That didn’t last long. Less than a month after it began reopening, Apple said Friday it will be closing 11 stores as coronavirus cases rise in states that have lifted their lockdowns. The 11 stores are in Arizona, Florida, North Carolina and South Carolina. Customers who left devices at the stores for repairs will have …
  • Jony Ive, ex-Apple design chief, clashed with VR headset team

    Jony Ive, ex-Apple design chief, clashed with VR headset team

    Before leaving the company, Apple design chief Jony Ive reportedly clashed with the team developing its upcoming virtual reality headset. While the team — which had grown under executive Mike Rockwell to to number more than 1,000 employees — had high technical ambitions for its dual virtual reality and augmented reality wearable, Ive demanded that …