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Google is making a number of changes to its executive team running Google Search: Liz Reid, who was leading up core search experiences, will now be the Head of Search at Google. Cheenu Venkatachary will be the new lead of Search quality and ranking. With these changes, Pandu Nayak is stepping down as lead of search quality and ranking and will become Chief Scientist of Search. In another change, Cathy Edwards is moving to the Long-term Bets team in Knowledge and Information. What Google said. A Google…

My earliest reading memoryWhen I was around nine, my dad said I was old enough to take on the responsibility of reading bedtime stories to my younger brother. And so, one night at a time, I read him all of The Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary and then Bunnicula, by James and Deborah Howe, a book about a vegetarian vampire rabbit that we both loved. I was so incredibly proud to be the one telling him the story. I felt so grown up.My favourite book growing upLove, Lucy by Lucille Ball. I picked it up when I was…

“He loves to play the game, and he loves to help his team win. It’s not a selfish thing," the Kansas City Chiefs head coach shared about Kelce's apparent criticism of a bad call during the big game Super Bowl LVIII ended with a triumph for the Kansas City Chiefs, a feat that colored all of the moments leading up to the big win with rose-colored glasses. The team played with a passion that at one point escalated to the height of Travis Kelce almost knocking over head coach Andy Reid, who the tight end…

Kansas City Chiefs tight end was none too happy with being taken out of the game during a running play that resulted in a key fumble Hell hath no fury like a Travis Kelce scorned. With 13:01 left in the second quarter of Super Bowl LVIII between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers, and the Chiefs down 3-0, star quarterback Patrick Mahomes — a generational talent and the best player on the field for either team — completed a 52-yard heave on the run to wide receiver Mecole Hardman…

Reading Kiley Reid’s fiction feels a bit like watching a prestige TV series. There are expansive casts of characters, many of whom happen to be good-looking. The plots are pacy and compelling, motored by flashbacks and cliffhangers and twists, while also dealing with social issues – particularly race and class – that add intellectual heft. Dialogue is hyper-realistic, often written out phonetically (“Ohmygod” is a favourite) so that you can hear it aloud in your head. No wonder the screen rights for Reid’s debut novel,…

‘I knew I wanted to write about young people and money,” says Kiley Reid, recalling the moment in spring 2019 when the idea for her next book came into view. She had finished editing her debut, the much-loved Such a Fun Age, and was completing her masters degree in fiction at the University of Iowa. She began interviewing undergraduates about their relationship to money, paying them $15 for 40 minutes of their time. She asked them about their interpretation of “load-bearing” words, like “classy”, and “trashy”. One student…

Image: NetflixWell, the nominations were certainly promising, at least. This year’s Emmy Awards—finally handed out last night after a strike-related delay—had the potential to recognize fandom favorites like Wednesday, The Last of Us, Andor, and Hulu movie Prey. In the end, sci-fi, horror, and fantasy didn’t exactly score big—but isn’t every nomination a win for genre TV?Here are all the genre shows snubbed at the Emmys last night, which televised the biggest awards like Best Drama Series and Best Actor. We should note…

Last night saw the Creative Arts Emmy Awards show, during which The Last of Us came away the breadwinner with eight wins under its belt. Thanks, Last of Us. Thanks a Lot. | The Last of Us Episode 7 ReviewActing-wise, the HBO series won for Best Guest Actor and Actress in a Drama series. Nick Offerman took the former for his performance as Bill in episode three (“Long, Long, Time”), and Storm Reid for Riley in episode seven (“Left Behind”). “Time” was previously nominated during last year’s Primetime Emmys, and this marks…

Hoffman and others said that there’s no need to pause development of AI. He called that drastic measure, for which some AI researchers have petitioned, foolish and destructive. Hoffman identified himself as a rational “accelerationist”—someone who knows to slow down when driving around a corner but that, presumably, is happy to speed up when the road ahead is clear. “I recommend everyone come join us in the optimist club, not because it's utopia and everything works out just fine, but because it can be part of an amazing…

Tara Reid was inspired to be an actress by Drew Barrymore in E.T. (Picture Credit: Bang Showbiz & IMDB) Tara Reid was inspired to become an actress by Drew Barrymore in ‘E.T’. The ‘American Pie’ star instantly knew she wanted to be a Hollywood star as a little girl when she watched child star Drew play Gertie in Steven Spielberg’s 1982 sci-fi classic about a lost alien who secretly lives with an American family after getting separated from his spaceship. Tara can recall turning to her mother and telling her that…