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Meta’s Oversight Board is expanding its purview to include Threads. The group announced that Threads users will now be able to appeal Meta’s content moderation decisions, giving the independent group the ability to influence policies for Meta’s newest app.It’s a notable expansion for the Oversight Board, which up until now has weighed in on content moderation issues related to Facebook and Instagram posts. “Having independent accountability early on for a new app such as Threads is vitally important.,” board co-chair…

The alt-country pioneers will drop their latest album American Primitive on April 5 Rhett Miller bums a ride in the back of a pickup and receives the signs of his past and future in the video for “Where the Road Goes,” the Old 97’s’ new song that celebrates the band’s more than 30 years of longevity. While Miller sings about various highs and lows of life and career (“from the bottom of a bottle to the palazzo/who knows where the road goes”), he sees the number 97 everywhere — on a highway…

It’s no secret that David Attenborough documentaries such as Planet Earth III and Dynasties use some of the most cutting-edge technology on the market, capturing natural spectacles that leave audiences (myself included) in floods of tears.   The latest project from Humble Bee Films and Infield Fly Productions, featuring the revered presenter, puts this equipment at the forefront.   Secret World of Sound, debuting on Sky Nature and Now this weekend, explores how animals communicate through their noises and how…

Beyoncé is back.The pop superstar announced Sunday night that the second act of her promised “Renaissance” trilogy is due March 29.She revealed the news in a video posted on Instagram that was timed to a Verizon commercial featuring the singer that aired during Super Bowl LVIII.The follow-up to 2022’s club-inspired “Renaissance,” the new album appears to be a country-music immersion for Beyoncé, who released a pair of songs from the album Sunday in “Texas Hold ’Em” and “16 Carriages.”According to credits posted on…

Sheryl Crow has tried everything: She’s read Eckhart Tolle and Deepak Chopra, consulted with Jesus and Buddha, and even taken mushrooms. Yet, as she sings on her new single, “Do It Again,” she keeps making the same mistakes. At least she sounds serene as she lists here near revelations (and confesses, “Yeah, I’ll probably fuck it up again”) on the four-minute, bluesy pop-rock song off her upcoming Evolution album. Mike Elizondo (Dr. Dre, Keith Urban) produced the LP, which comes out on March 29. “I feel like I’ve…

SMX Advanced, the premier conference for experienced senior-level search marketers, returns online June 11-12. As you know, 2023 was an unprecedented year for search and the pace of change will continue through 2024. There’s a growing sentiment that Google search is not serving search marketers well. How do we continue to optimize search efforts and focus on what matters most to reach customers?We’re still waiting and watching for Google Search Generative Experience to launch and we don’t know what it will mean…

Running a studio where movies and TV are filmed is going to always bring in a lot of celebrity names. However, fewer celebrities are bigger names than Tom Cruise, so getting both him and a Mission: Impossible movie to film at your studio, had to feel pretty good for Christian Cashmit of Litewave Media. But what made it even more wild wasn't an amazing Tom Cruise stunt sequence, but the fact that this was where Mission Impossible 7 ended for Tom Cruise.Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning was a film shoot that lasted for…

Ariana Grande’s Eternal Sunshine is set to drop March 8, but those itching to hear new songs from the set before then will have to wait. Grande announced on her Instagram Story that she won’t be sharing any more new singles ahead of its release. “I wanted to say… as hard as it is to resist the urge to share another song or single with you all ASAP, I would really love for you to experience the album in full this time.” Grande announced her seventh studio album last month, a few days after releasing its first…

The romantic ballad doubles as a message to fans that have waited all these years for new material Billy Joel‘s new single “Turn the Lights Back On,” his first original song in 17 years, has been released. Produced by Freddy Wexler, who has worked with everyone from Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez to Celine Dion and Kanye West, the song is a tender love ballad that doubles as a message to fans that have waited all these years for new material. It was written by Joel, Wexler, British songwriter Wayne…

Kevin Conroy at New York Comic Con in 2019.Photo: Craig Barritt (Getty Images)It’s been over a year since we lost legendary voice actor Kevin Conroy, but his most famous role will live on a little bit longer. The man who voiced Batman in Batman: The Animated Series and beyond passed in 2022, leading many to wonder what would be the the final time we’d hear him voicing the Caped Crusader. Rocksteady’s upcoming video game Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League seemed like the obvious answer, but that may not actually be the…