Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin There are a few anime that pop-up every few years that are life affirmingly wonderful and Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! is definitely one of them. Based on the manga by Sumito Ōwara, it follows the lives of three high-school girls trying to make an anime of their very own. The main cast consists of the nerdy Midori Asakusa, the exuberant Tsubame Mizusaki and the deadpan Sayaka Kanamori. Asakusa is obsessed with settings and making an enormous world through an anime, whereas Mizusaki just wants to be allowed to work on an anime in spite of the wishes of her glamorous parents and Kanamori just wants to see it happen, especially if money is involved. What makes Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! So special though is how it depicts the merging of disparate imaginations through the medium of anime. This series is also a love letter to anime as a whole, with Asakusa being obsessed with the classic anime series … [Read more...] about ‘Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!’ Is Easily The Best Anime Of The Season
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‘Future Boy Conan’ Blu-Ray Review: Hayao Miyazaki’s Best And Most Influential Anime Work
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Of all the anime series that we assumed would never see an English release, Future Boy Conan was the main candidate. Yet, here we are and while we are several decades late to the party, it’s certainly been worth the wait. Originally aired on Japanese television back in 1978, it told of events of the then future of 2008, where humanity has created ultra-magnetic weapons that shatter the tectonic plates and tilt the Earth on its axis. Killing billions in an instant, whole continents sink beneath the sea and humanity nearly becomes extinct. The series itself then picks up twenty years later, where survivors live on an island thinking they are all that is left of humanity. With these being an old gentleman simply called Grandpa and the uniquely tough and upbeat Conan. It’s not long after the series starts that we are introduced to a girl called Lana washed up on a beach. Quickly followed the forces of a mysterious … [Read more...] about ‘Future Boy Conan’ Blu-Ray Review: Hayao Miyazaki’s Best And Most Influential Anime Work
‘Resident Evil 4’ Gets An Adorable Retro Anime Trailer
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin With the imminent release of the Resident Evil 4 remake almost upon us, we now have a lovely retro anime trailer for the game. Specifically, the trailer was done by Nippon Animation in the style of their World Masterpiece Theater series. So much so that the trailer is called the Resident Evil Masterpiece Theater . If you are unfamiliar with this classic anime series, it was the precursor to anime such as Heidi, Girl of the Alps , with the latter directed by Isao Takahata of Studio Ghibli fame. This kind of call back to classic anime, such as with Heidi and World Masterpiece Theater , is actually something that happens a lot in Japan nowadays. With various companies using the setup for advertising, often with hilarious results. This is no different in that regard, as a very cute Leon enters the Mysterious Village to find Ashley, only to get an axe in his head for all his trouble. If … [Read more...] about ‘Resident Evil 4’ Gets An Adorable Retro Anime Trailer
India Banned TikTok In 2020. TikTok Still Has Access To Years Of Indians’ Data.
India’s 150 million users were forced to stop using the Chinese-owned app in 2020. But an internal tool reviewed by Forbes showed that ByteDance and TikTok employees can still mine some of their most sensitive data. One employee called it “NSA-To-Go.” By Alexandra S. Levine , Forbes Staff A lmost three years after TikTok’s largest market, India, banned the Chinese-owned social media app over geopolitical tensions, troves of personal data of Indian citizens who once used TikTok remain widely accessible to employees at the company and its Beijing-based parent, ByteDance, Forbes has learned. The revelation comes as President Joe Biden’s administration threatens to ban the platform used by more than 100 million Americans if TikTok’s Chinese owner does not sell its stake. Officials in the highest levels of the U.S. government see a blanket TikTok ban as a possible solution to the country’s national security concerns about the potential for China to surveil or … [Read more...] about India Banned TikTok In 2020. TikTok Still Has Access To Years Of Indians’ Data.
India Banned TikTok In 2020. TikTok Still Has Access To Years Of Indians’ Data
India’s 150 million users were forced to stop using the Chinese-owned app in 2020. But an internal tool reviewed by Forbes showed that ByteDance and TikTok employees can still mine some of their most sensitive data. One employee called it “NSA-To-Go.” By Alexandra S. Levine , Forbes Staff A lmost three years after TikTok’s largest market, India, banned the Chinese-owned social media app over geopolitical tensions, troves of personal data of Indian citizens who once used TikTok remain widely accessible to employees at the company and its Beijing-based parent, ByteDance, Forbes has learned. The revelation comes as President Joe Biden’s administration threatens to ban the platform used by more than 100 million Americans if TikTok’s Chinese owner does not sell its stake. Officials in the highest levels of the U.S. government see a blanket TikTok ban as a possible solution to the country’s national security concerns about the potential for China to surveil or … [Read more...] about India Banned TikTok In 2020. TikTok Still Has Access To Years Of Indians’ Data
YouTube Has Allowed Music Video Featuring Myriam Fares To Be Edited To Remove Problematic Content
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin After apparently months of requests, video sharing service YouTube finally agreed to allow a 2018 music video by Lebanese singer Myriam Fares to be edited to remove "offensive" imagery. According to a report from Rolling Stone , a member of Fares' management team confirmed that they had "successfully trimmed" some of the footage of the singer in blackface from the video for her hit international single "Goumi." The music publication first pointed out the controversial footage last November. However, even when it was released five years ago, there had been some backlash for her being seen in blackface to appear African. "We are now very well aware of the offensiveness that escaped our judgment when we launched the music video as it was never intentional. Especially since the blackface concept is non-existent in the Arab world and it was not considered a sensitive phenomenon in the Middle East," a statement to the … [Read more...] about YouTube Has Allowed Music Video Featuring Myriam Fares To Be Edited To Remove Problematic Content
Vimeo CEO Anjali Sud On How To Talk To Employees—And The Future Of Video
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin “We can’t be everything to everyone.” It’s been a tough year for video-sharing platform Vimeo, from job cuts to a stock that’s worth a fraction of its 2021 IPO debut. While the company is not growing revenue at the 40%+ rate it saw during the pandemic, it is seeing strong growth in the enterprise market. For CEO Anjali Sud, that’s emblematic of where the business is going. “We set out to pivot the platform from competing with YouTube to being a platform that could power video for work,” she says. “We want to make video far easier and more accessible for every employee, every team and every organization to be able to create and share content the same way that they do on TikTok or their personal lives. While Sud acknowledges the headwinds from a tough economy, she’s investing in AI and other technologies to prepare for a video-first world. From being a platform for creatives, she finds herself speaking … [Read more...] about Vimeo CEO Anjali Sud On How To Talk To Employees—And The Future Of Video
How Do Poisonous Animals Get Their Warning Colors?
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin How did prey species survive long enough to evolve warning coloration whilst living amongst predators who can better see them but have not yet learned to avoid them? © Copyright by GrrlScientist | hosted by Forbes Some of the world’s most spectacularly colorful animals are amphibians — especially frogs and salamanders. Many of these colorful animals are toxic or have developed some sort of chemical defense, and they rely on their brilliant colors to warn would-be predators to stay away. This form of advertising by an animal to warn its predators that it is not edible is a phenomenon known as aposematism. But how these animals become so colorful has inspired and mystified scientists for many decades. “If you’re the first conspicuous individual in a chemically defended lineage, it will be very difficult for that mutation to take hold in the population, because predators have no way of knowing your coloration … [Read more...] about How Do Poisonous Animals Get Their Warning Colors?
The ‘Deadliest Drug’ In America Explained: How Xylazine—An Animal Tranquilizer— Is Getting Mixed With Fentanyl
Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Topline Xylazine-laced fentanyl has been found in 48 states, creating what experts call the “deadliest drug” in the U.S., which results in side effects like necrosis, amnesia, blurred vision and death. Key Facts The Drug Enforcement Administration issued a warning Monday about the widespread threat of fentanyl mixed with xylazine, a powerful sedative approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in animals. The DEA confiscated fentanyl and xylazine mixtures from 48 out of 50 states and in 2022, about 22% of fentanyl powder and 7% of fentanyl pills the DEA seized were laced with xylazine. Xylazine , also known as “tranq,” is a veterinary tranquilizer and central nervous system depressant that can cause slow breathing, amnesia and drowsiness—it is not approved for use in humans. The DEA alert states the Mexican Sinaloa Cartel and Jalisco Cartel’s chemicals, which are mainly sourced from … [Read more...] about The ‘Deadliest Drug’ In America Explained: How Xylazine—An Animal Tranquilizer— Is Getting Mixed With Fentanyl
Aussie dad gets into fistfight with monkeys on Ko Phi Phi in Thailand (video)
An Australian dad got into a fistfight with a gang of monkeys on a Thailand beach after they attacked his one year old son. No pistols at dawn followed but it got quite feisty. Riley Whitelum and his wife Elayna Carausu , along with their two sons, were on the Ko Phi Phi Islands when the incident occurred. While relaxing on the beach, one monkey attacked their infant while the others rifled through their bag. Riley managed to rescue his son, Darwin, but not before sustaining injuries from the monkeys’ bites and scratches. The family subsequently required shots for tetanus and rabies, reported the Daily Mail. The couple attempted to attract the monkeys earlier in the day for their sons to observe but failed. They returned to the beach at sunset, where they spotted the animals. When Riley approached the group, the monkeys headed toward their bag, which contained important items such as money, passports, phones, and wallets. One of the monkeys lunged at Riley and his … [Read more...] about Aussie dad gets into fistfight with monkeys on Ko Phi Phi in Thailand (video)