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From left, Vice President Kamala Harris and her bestie, the author Stacey Johnson-Batiste. Image: courtesy of Twelve Books. If you are lucky, you have one best friend who is your ride or die. And if that one person has been with you since 5-years old, she has a lot of stories to tell.  In a new memoir written by Vice President Kamala Harris’ best friend from kindergarten class, Friends from the Beginning: The Berkeley Village that Raised Kamala and Me, celebrates the good trouble and shared experience between the Vice President and her childhood friend Stacey Johnson-Batiste. “We first met in kindergarten at Berkwood Hedge school in Berkeley. Her mother, Shyamala, and my mother met around this time and immediately became close friends. Therefore, we were together not only at school but after school and on weekends when our mothers would get together,” says Johnson-Batiste, a National Sales Channel Manager at AT&T. The book retells of their formative years set against the backdrop of the bold and vibrant Berkeley social and political revolution in the 60s and 70s that not only stirred the anti-war movement but recruited the disaffected sons and daughters of white privilege with organizations like the Black…

Meta's (formerly, Facebook's) experimental app division, the NPE team, is shifting gears. The group, which first launched in mid-2019, has been focused on building consumer-facing apps that would allow the company to test out new social features and gauge people's reactions.Over the years, the largely Menlo Park-based team launched and retired a number of experiments, ranging from dating and calling apps to meme-makers to TikTok, Twitter and Clubhouse rivals to apps for couples and more. Now, NPE will begin testing out a new thesis: that the next big idea may come from a market outside the U.S.To capitalize on that potential, the organization recently set up an office in Lagos, Nigeria, and it will soon open another in Asia. It's also adjusting its strategy to include making seed-stage investments in small, entrepreneurial teams.One such check has already been written. Meta's recent investment in an A.I.-powered developer platform for building virtual characters,  » Read More

Clubhouse, a social audio app, has launched the second wave of its local language support, adding thirteen more languages to the mix, ...  » Read More

An artist impression of Kilnamanagh Football Club’s new clubhouse PLANS for a new two-storey clubhouse for Kilnamanagh AFC have been given the green light by South Dublin County Council. As previously reported in The Echo, the club plans to develop a state-of-the-art clubhouse on Treepark Road at a cost of approximately €500k. The football club has over 500 members, and its senior side and women’s teams have grown substantially over the years. However, a lack of facilities has meant that their teams had to share toilets with the local community centre. The grant of planning permission is welcome news in the club, as it means they will now have their own facilities after a successful fundraising drive for the development of the clubhouse. Last March, the club held a fundraiser called Run for Rockets, where participants were invited to donate a minimum of €5 and run, scoot, cycle or walk as much as they could throughout the month. The club raised over €25,000 as a result of the fundraiser,  » Read More

The Egyptian president has ratified a new law which he says is to fight coronavirus but which critics fear could be a further attempt to consolidate control over civil liberties. Under the new law, the prime minister is authorised to ban public meetings, processions, celebrations, exhibitions, festivals and shut down cinemas and theatres, reports the New Arab. Citizens must adhere to precautionary measures such as wearing the face mask and getting the vaccination, whilst schools and universities can be suspended. Also under the law private businesses, public institutions, and transportation can be suspended and sports clubs and places of worship can be closed. The export of some commodities could be banned. All of this will be overseen by a supreme committee which will decide how the different rules will be enforced. Rights advocate Sherif Azer told the New Arab that the wording of the law is unclear and evasive and includes articles which were in the emergency law. It also limits the freedom of individuals and gives authorities unlimited power.  » Read More

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — It is, no question, one of the most recognizable edifices in any sport. And surely the most recognizable building in all of golf. Since 1854, the clubhouse of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club has sat directly behind the first tee on the Old Course at St. Andrews, the most famous 18 holes in any land. Not a bad spot really. Hang on though. Only the outside of this esteemed establishment is really familiar to the vast majority. For most of us, what lies inside remains something of a mystery. Routinely, only the 2,500 or so worldwide R&A members and their guests are permitted entry through the side door on the right as you look at the building from the course. That fact is true 364 days of any non-leap year. On one day, however, November 30 or St. Andrews Day, the clubhouse is open to members of the public interested enough to take a tour of the premises. I am, so I did. In the company of clubhouse manager Graham Clark,  » Read More

News Analysis Disney is in the midst of an identity-crises that could shape the future of the company and the worldwide media landscape for decades to come. Bob Chapek, the CEO of Walt Disney Co., recently announced that it is “aggressively” looking to enter the sports gambling business. In the company’s fourth quarter earnings call on Nov. 1o, Chapek said, “as we follow the consumer, we necessarily have to seriously consider getting into gambling in bigger way.” Chapek believes ESPN would be a “perfect platform” for this new venture. “We have done substantial research in terms of the impact to, not only the ESPN brand, but the Disney brand in terms of consumers’ changing perceptions of the acceptability of gambling. And what we’re finding is that there is a very significant insulation. Gambling does not have the now that it had, say, 10 or 20 years ago.” Disney’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox brought with it franchises like “Predator,” “The Simpsons” and “Deadpool,” which carry associations and connotations that depart dramatically from the Disney brand.  » Read More

Apps Some users still see it in their app, but Spotify has confirmed the feature is being removed. If you use Spotify for your in-car listening while on your way to work, you might have noticed that your UI no longer changes when you connect to your car’s Bluetooth connection. That’s because Spotify has shuttered Car View, leaving its many users without a good alternative. Android Police noticed a thread in Spotify’s user forum, where users were complaining that the Car View option had disappeared from their devices. That wasn’t a bug, however, as a Spotify moderator turned up to say that the Car View option was being removed on purpose, while “actively exploring a variety of new ways to deliver the best in-car listening experience.“ If you’ve been relying on the simplified Car View while listening in your car, it’s time to figure out another way. The integration with either Google Assistant or Siri works well,  » Read More