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by: Sareen Habeshian Posted: Apr 26, 2021 / 05:02 PM PDT / Updated: Apr 26, 2021 / 05:25 PM PDT Angel Ramos-Corrales is seen in a February 2021 booking photo. (Riverside Police Department) A 19-year-old Riverside man was arrested Monday on a federal charge alleging that he slit the throat of a dog and posted a video of the dying puppy on Snapchat, officials said. Angel Ramos-Corrales was named in a federal criminal complaint filed Friday, charging him with animal crushing — a federal crime of purposely subjecting certain types of animals to serious bodily injury not related to hunting or other lawful activity, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said in a news release. The animal crushing statute carries a sentence of up to seven years in federal prison. Riverside Police received a complaint on Feb. 13, after Ramos-Corrales allegedly posted a video to Snapchat, showing a small brown dog with a large laceration on its neck, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said, citing the affidavit in support of the complaint. In the video, Ramos-Corrales allegedly made a series of statements including, “I’m cold-hearted,” and then kicked the dog, which he had named Canelo, who was…

by: Liz Jassin Posted: Apr 26, 2021 / 05:02 PM PDT / Updated: Apr 26, 2021 / 05:02 PM PDT MENLO PARK, Calif. (KRON) – Sometimes the biggest ideas start somewhere small. YouTube founders Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim happened to have their legendary idea while hanging out in Hurley’s garage. The cherished garage and house are for sale again for $5.7 million. Current owner Peter Hartwell purchased the Menlo Park home from the Hurleys back in 2012. And while the Hartwell’s didn’t brainstorm anything as big as YouTube, they’re hopeful that the new owners will “find similar inspiration here and change the world again.” Photographed by Blu Skye Media The house sits behind some Japanese maple trees, so it looks small from the street’s view. Photographed by Blu Skye Media Once you’re inside, the ceilings are high, and the windows are huge. Photographed by Blu Skye Media  The home is 3,256-square-feet with 4 bedrooms and 4.5 bathrooms. Photographed by Blu Skye Media The living room doubles as a cinema with 160” retractable screen. Photographed by Blu Skye Media Photographed by Blu Skye Media The backyard includes a large hot tub plus a gated driveway for lots of…

Join Blake, Bryan, Rod, and Phil for the biggest stories and recaps in weekly esports news on the Wide World of Electronic Sports. Hey Shackers, it's another Monday so it must be time for another brand new episode of Wide World of Electronic Sports. Our hosts Blake Morse, Bryan Lefler, Rod Conyers Jr., and Phil Visu are bringing the hottest stories and wildest commentary on esports developments over the past week. It all starts at 4:00 p.m. PT / 7:00 p.m. ET. This week on WWES, the boys are covering topics ranging from video games in the Olympics to Smash Brothers bootlegs. We'll also have continuing coverage of the Smash World Tour, James "PhantomL0rd" Varga and his battle with Twitch, Quake Pro League and rapha's goat status, and much more! This is also Blake Morse's last show as co-host so don't miss your chance to stop by and say thank you for being a friend. You can catch it all here with the embedded stream below or visit Shacknews Twitch HQ to chat with us live. As always, thank you to everyone that follows and subscribes to our Twitch channel. We're only here because of all of you watching and…

Home News CS:GO (Image credit: James "Phantoml0rd" Varga) In 2016, Twitch imposed a lifetime ban against popular CS:GO streamer James "Phantoml0rd" Varga. The reason for the ban was never made clear—Twitch said only that the channel was closed "due to terms of service violations"—but it was widely assumed to be related to allegations that he was also the owner of the CS:GO skin gambling site CSGOShuffle, which he heavily promoted on his channel.In 2018, Varga fired back with a lawsuit against Twitch, claiming that it suspended his channel and terminated his contract without providing a required explanation as to why. The suit alleged that Varga was never given written notice of violations and opportunities to correct them as required by the contract, and that his suspension arose from "unsubstantiated, false accusations leveled at Varga by a third party, whose accusations were the culmination of an effort to publicly disparage Varga and take advantage of his popularity." According to the suit, Varga wasn't informed of the reason for his suspension until January 2017, when a Twitch employee told him it was due to fraudulent subscribers to his channel. However, he said he was later told that the real problem was the amount…

Another week, another big tech hearing in Congress. With a flurry of antitrust reform bills on the way, Democratic lawmakers are again bringing in some of the world’s most powerful tech companies for questioning. In the next hearing, scheduled for Tuesday, April 27 at 10 AM ET, the Senate Judiciary’s subcommittee on privacy and technology will zero in on concerns about algorithmic amplification. Specifically, the hearing will explore how algorithms amplify dangerous content and shape user behavior on social platforms. The subcommittee’s chair Sen. Chris Coons previously indicated that he would bring in tech CEOs, but Tuesday’s hearing will instead feature testimony from policy leads at Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. The hearing might prove a unique opportunity to hold YouTube’s feet to the fire. In spite of being one of the biggest social networks in the world — one without much transparency about its regular failures to control extremism and misinformation — YouTube seldom winds up under the microscope with Congress. The company will be represented by Alexandra Veitch, YouTube’s regional director of public policy. In past big tech hearings, Google CEO Sundar Pichai has generally appeared on behalf of YouTube’s parent company while YouTube’s chief executive Susan Wojcicki inexplicably…

The FBI arrested a Riverside man on a federal charge in the murder of a Chihuahua puppy, an action which he also allegedly posted on his Snapchat account back in February. Angel Ramos-Corrales, 19, was arrested Monday morning by the FBI and the Riverside Police Department. Ramos-Corrales was named in a federal criminal complaint filed Friday that charges him with animal crushing, a federal crime of purposely subjecting certain types of animals to serious bodily injury not related to hunting or other lawful activity. This charges carries a sentence of up to seven years in federal prison, according to the FBI. Ramos-Corrales had originally been arrested on the evening of February 13, 2021 for cruelty to an animal and illegal possession of metal knuckles, both felonies. He was originally issued a “Notice to Appear” citation and released from custody a few hours later due to the emergency bail schedule for non-violent offenses, according to Riverside Police. Officers located a a 4 to 6 month-old Chihuahua dog in Ramos-Corrales’ bedroom suffering from a severe neck injury and barely alive. The puppy was rushed to an emergency pet clinic, but, veterinarians determined the dog would not survive and had to be euthanized.…

Snapchat has shared some new insight into the rising hype around the coming NFL season, with the 2021 NFL draft set to be held later this week. The disruption of COVID-19 over the past year has left many sports fans yearning for an outlet, and a return to arena events, and with the vaccine effort now well underway, enthusiasm is rising as the season kick-off closes in.  In some ways, that makes the return of the NFL a symbolic marker, as it looks set to be the first major sports league to return to a close to normal season. There will still be impacts, and restrictions on attendance and the like will still be in place for some time. But it feels, in some ways, like a symbol of new hope, a sign that we will return to normalcy sometime soon. In any event, Snapchatters are clearly keen for its return, as these stats show, while Snapchat will also be hosting exclusive NFL content, including a new AR experience for the draft, which will feature all 32 NFL teams and music from Machine Gun Kelly. Some interesting notes to factor into your tie-in campaign planning. Follow Andrew Hutchinson on Twitter

by Alex Billington April 26, 2021Source: YouTube "These kind of moments of breakthrough are positive because you understand better who you are…" This lovely animated short film is a self portrait of a filmmaker. Récit De Soi, which translates to Self Story (or Oneself Story) in French, is made by the Belgian non-binary animator Geraldine Charpentier. "Lou talks about their relationship to gender, clothes, and other markers." It's a film about their own experiences growing up and figuring themselves out. With a big nod to Céline Sciamma's film Tomboy (2011) as the key moment of discovery for them. An important lesson in representation in entertainment. But it's also just a good story to teach more of us about the lives of other people and the many ways they figure themselves out. Thanks to Short of the Week for the tip on this animated short. Brief description via YouTube: "While non-binary representations are rare, Lou talks about their relationship to gender, clothes, and other markers." Récit de soi (which just translates to Self Story) is directed by the Belgian animator / filmmaker Géraldine Charpentier - see more of their work on their Vimeo. The short film is written, directed, and animated…

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If you buy something from an Eater link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics policy. “We are sold out! Thank you so much everybody!!!!” Former Gramercy Tavern pastry cook Lauren Tran types out the note and publishes the update to her Instagram feed. Months into the venture, Tran, 32, still can’t believe customers often snap up her $40 pastry boxes within hours of posting her weekly menu for Bánh by Lauren, her Vietnamese-French pastry business, on Instagram. On a gray, snowy Monday in mid-January, with customers anchored to their apartments and scrolling through the app, Tran’s macarons and banh bo nuong — a chewy, striated Vietnamese pandan honeycomb cake — are irresistible. While customers light up Tran’s DMs to see if they can squeeze onto her waitlist, she’s plotting out her baking schedule for the next five days. Over 60 cumulative baking hours, she’ll make 80 langue de chat biscuits, 320 macaron shells, and five to six whole cakes. She’ll also test her recipe for banh bo nuong at least five times before getting up at 6 a.m. on Saturday to bake six loaf pans of the dessert. Lauren Tran Suzi Pratt By early evening on Saturday,…