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Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Three South Korean musicians appear inside the top 10 of the Digital Song Sales chart this week in a show of popularity for artists from that part of the world. Two of those tunes are debuts, with one of them landing their intro hit, while another has added to their already impressive list of successes. So!YoON! and RM, both beloved South Korean artists, debut their joint single “Smoke Sprite” inside the top 10 on the Digital Song Sales chart, opening it at No. 9. The cut sold just over 5,200 copies, according to data shared by Luminate. “Smoke Sprite” is the first chart hit for So!YoON! and the fourth top 10 hit for RM as a soloist. As a member of the popular South Korean band, BTS, RM has sent 32 different songs into the highest tier on the Digital Song Sales chart. He now claims one of the most impressive collections of top 10 hits on the Digital Song Sales chart among South Korean musicians, ranking in third place … [Read more...] about BTS’ RM Scores Another Milestone Solo Top 10 Billboard Chart Hit

(CTN News) – When a banking crisis hits, it can be scary and uncertain. With economic uncertainty looming, knowing where to invest your money can be tough. The good news is that there are still safe places to put your money during a banking crisis. This article will explore some of the best options for investing your money during a financial crisis. Government Bonds Government bonds are considered one of the safest investment options during a banking crisis . They are issued by the government and backed by the full faith and credit of the government. This means that they are considered to be almost risk-free investments. In times of financial uncertainty, investors flock to government bonds as a safe haven for their money. High-Quality Corporate Bonds High-quality corporate bonds are another safe investment option during a banking crisis. Companies issue these bonds with strong credit ratings and financial stability. While they may not be as safe as … [Read more...] about Where to Invest During a Banking Crisis: Safe Options for Your Money

Explore the full 2023 list of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies , 540 organizations that are reshaping industries and culture. We’ve selected the firms making the biggest impact across 54 categories, including advertising , beauty , design , and more. In this age of tumult, the world needs more than pretty buildings. The architects, designers, and firms in this year’s list of Most Innovative Companies are designing beautiful things, to be sure, but they are also thinking bigger and deeper about the production, the impacts, and the future of what they’ve designed. This year’s winning firm, 3XN , has created what could be a model-setting project: an office tower built mostly from the bones of the aging building it’s replaced. The approach not only slashed the building’s environmental impact, it demonstrated that creative, new designs don’t always need blank slates—or new construction! Other companies in this year’s list, such as Carmody Groarke and … [Read more...] about The 10 most innovative companies in architecture for 2023

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin One of the things I like about Sony is that every once in a while the company is willing to swing for the fences and release a product that is — different — from everything else out there. Extreme. That’s the case with the Sony SRS-RA5000 , a big, pricey wireless speaker that’s bristling with drivers, sculpted to look like a piece of modern art and optimized to make the most of the 360 Reality Audio format. First Impression Sony knows how to design eye-catching products, and the SRS-RA5000 certainly draws attention. It’s a large (13-inches tall) speaker. All curves, the unit is wrapped in black cloth and dominated by a trio of copper-coloured speaker grills across the top. Maybe they’re rose gold. It depends on the light. Either way, they pop against the black. There are discrete touch controls for music playback on one “side” and for power and connectivity on another. The speaker basically looks like a piece of … [Read more...] about Sony SRS-RA5000 Review: A Sculpted, 7-Driver Speaker That’s Optimized For 360 Reality Audio

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The 1981 fantasy film Dragonslayer was way ahead of its time, and its influence has been felt in film and TV shows ever since it crash-landed in movie theaters. "It was a little bit too much ahead of its time," mused director and co-writer Matthew Robbins. "It didn't make him so much as a ripple at the box office when it was released." The filmmaker had no idea the film had become beloved and achieved cult status until a few years ago. It's now being released on 4K Ultra HD for the first time. "I am becoming aware, these last few months in the conversations I've been having about it, that there is this affection for the movie all over the place. I had no idea," Robbins explained. "The transfer to VHS tape and DVDs were so inferior and shoddy that I did my best to avoid any screening of it at festivals or workshops and so on. If they showed it, I wouldn't go until the Q&A afterward. I was still apologizing for it … [Read more...] about How Cult Classic ‘Dragonslayer’ Finally Delivers The Director’s Vision In 4K

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin When Brentford FC manager Thomas Frank finally broke his silence about the potential for star striker Ivan Toney to be hit with a lengthy ban he didn’t hold back. Toney pleaded guilty to 232 alleged breaches of rules related to gambling earlier this month and there is speculation the Football Association will deliver a severe punishment. Anti-gambling charities have highlighted the irony in Toney being reprimanded for indulging in a pastime soccer actively promotes. “If you force young people to endorse addictive products, don’t be surprised if they use them,” one organization, The Big Step, tweeted alongside a picture of Toney wearing different shirts emblazoned with gambling logos and player of the month trophies sponsored by betting firms. Amongst the images was a photo of Toney in the current Brentford FC home shirt which carries the ‘Hollywood Bets’ logo. And, when handling the topic of Toney’s ban, it … [Read more...] about Brentford FC Coach Thomas Frank’s Gambling Blindspot

Explore the full 2023 list of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies , 540 organizations that are reshaping industries and culture. We’ve selected the firms making the biggest impact across 54 categories, including advertising , beauty , design , and more. How do four septuagenarian Swedish pop stars pull off a dazzlingly energetic 20-song set list before thousands of fans in a custom-built stadium? Easy: They get their holograms to do it. ABBA Voyage , a stunning marriage of art and technology architected by the visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), has been a critical and financial success. It’s also a symbol of how the live performance industry is being transformed by technology, as digital elements are deployed to deepen fan immersion while staying true to what makes a live music experience so irreplicable. With concerts becoming increasingly visual extravaganzas, artists have access to new mediums to explore their creative … [Read more...] about The 10 most innovative companies producing live events in 2023

Eventbrite is No. 42 on Fast Company’s list of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies of 2023 . Explore the full list of companies that are reshaping industries and culture. Halloween. That’s the tell for Eventbrite . If the haunted yacht cruises and cemetery tours are reaching out to the event planning and digital ticketing platform to list and promote their events, then the Thanksgiving Eve bar crawls, holiday light shows, and New Year’s Eve specials will follow. During Halloween 2022, the number of paid events on Eventbrite grew 30% over 2019, and ticket volume beat the company’s prior record by more than 50%. The reinvigorated enthusiasm for live experiences has been a boon to Eventbrite’s fortunes—and a success made possible only because Julia Hartz, cofounder and CEO, has spent the past few years effectively re-founding the company, which she created with her husband, Kevin, and their technical cofounder Renaud Visage in 2006. After the pandemic hit in … [Read more...] about How Eventbrite CEO Julia Hartz brought the ticketing platform back from the brink

Airbnb is No. 3 on Fast Company’s list of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies of 2023 . Explore the full list of companies that are reshaping industries and culture. Spring 2020 felt like a “near-death business experience,” says Airbnb cofounder and CEO Brian Chesky, as bookings dropped 80% within a few weeks . It was also an opportunity to trim back the company’s distracting side projects—tours, hotels, even an airline—and, he says, “focus on the core”: the design and experience of Airbnb’s home-rentals platform. “If not for the pandemic and the crisis, I don’t know how I would have made that pivot,” Chesky says. “But I had to basically rebuild the company a bit from the ground up.” Last spring, that work led to the biggest change to Airbnb in a decade : a top-to-bottom redesign that lets people search accommodation by category, rather than just destination, which has the benefit of introducing travelers to places and properties they might have otherwise … [Read more...] about After a “near-death business experience,” Airbnb’s Brian Chesky is perfecting his home-rentals platform

Valve is No. 37 on Fast Company’s list of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies of 2023 . Explore the full list of companies that are reshaping industries and culture. Valve’s Steam Deck is more than just a beefed-up Nintendo Switch alternative. It’s also a counterpoint to the closed platforms that have come to define modern consumer electronics, and a way to upend traditional consoles by making PC gaming more accessible. The handheld costs more than a Switch at $399, but it’s better-equipped to play the latest games at higher quality, and it draws on Valve’s wildly popular PC storefront to offer a vast game selection. Even so, Valve doesn’t limit users to the Steam catalog. Through a built-in Linux-based desktop mode, the Steam Deck supports installing all kinds of other applications, from web browsers and classic emulators to such rival game marketplaces as the Epic Games Store. Users can also tweak the system’s theme, sounds, and boot-up animations, and they … [Read more...] about Valve’s Steam Deck is letting gamers hold the future of open platforms in their hands