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NEW YORK (WTXL) — In an announcement Wednesday, Florida A&M University alumna Kimberly Godwin was tapped as the next president of ABC News. Godwin graduated from FAMU in 1984 with a bachelor's degree in journalism, according to her LinkedIn page. She most recently served as CBS’s executive vice president of news.In her new position, Godwin will be the first Black executive to run a major U.S. broadcast news division.“I have immense respect and admiration for ABC News,” Godwin said in a statement. “As the most trusted brand in news, they are to be commended for the extraordinary work and dedication of the journalists, producers, executives and their teams across the organization. I am honored to take on this stewardship and excited for what we will achieve together.”Godwin is taking over in May for James Goldston, who announced in January that was stepping down.At ABC News, Godwin will oversee editorial and business operations for broadcast, digital, streaming and audio news across the news organization including “Good Morning America,” “World News Tonight,” “20/20,” “Nightline,” and “The View.” Copyright 2021 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Sign up for the Headlines Newsletter and…

UNSPECIFIED: In this screengrab released on March 14, Suga of BTS performs onstage during the 63rd ... Annual GRAMMY Awards broadcast on March 14, 2021. (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) Getty Images for The Recording Academy BTS is one of the biggest musical acts on the planet right now (the argument could be made that they’re actually the most popular and powerful at the moment), and as if that level of success wasn’t enough, several of the members have released beloved albums, mixtapes and singles on their own as well. Today (April 14), one of the seven vocalists in the group hits a very special milestone on YouTube, one which is still extremely rare to approach for most singers. Suga’s music video for his single “Daechwita” has just reached 10 million likes on YouTube, a momentous occasion. The clip is quickly rising into the highest tiers of visuals among K-pop artists when looking at how many likes they’ve accrued. When looking specifically at music made by soloists from South Korea, it stands out as one of the uploads with the most thumbs-ups on the platform. The “Daechwita” video now has 219 million views, so 10…

Steph “FerociouslySteph” Loehr has been on the Twitch Safety Advisory Council since day one. Twitch announced the eight-member group on May 14th, 2020, and spent the next few days clarifying what exactly it would do. The advisors would offer insight regarding moderation policies and harassment on the site, but they wouldn’t have the power to change rules, arbitrate specific cases or represent Twitch publicly.Meanwhile, Loehr, a trans woman, was targeted in a coordinated harassment campaign led by Twitch fans who didn’t like the idea of a Safety Advisory Council, regardless of what it would actually accomplish. Loehr became the de facto face of the council and her streams were inundated with cruelty, transphobia and death threats. She was doxxed and she feared for her life daily. She had to move. She stopped streaming for a while.“Twitch has not done enough to protect me in the slightest,” Loehr said.Even as a member of the Safety Advisory Council, Loehr has felt like she’s on her own with the death threats, bigotry and vitriol spewing out of Twitch. She may have the company’s ear, but this relationship hasn’t given her any extra tools to combat harassment on the platform.So, she created her own.Peer2Peer.Live…

San Francisco (AFP) A Twitch star held a new record for subscribers on Wednesday after winning fans with a monthlong live stream at the Amazon-owned platform popular with video game players.Ludwig Ahgren had more than 283,000 subscriptions in what TwitchTracker website ranked as an all-time high, topping well-known Tyler "Ninja" Blevins."Since I started streaming -- Prince Phillip died -- The Suez Canal got blocked and unblocked -- (YouTuber) David Dobrik made two apology videos -- Jesus of Nazareth died and then rose from the dead," Ahgren quipped in a tweet before his 31 days of continuous live streaming ended late Tuesday.Ahgren launched what he referred to as a subscription marathon in mid-March, originally promising to add a bit of time to the stream for each subscription.As his stunt became a sensation, Ahgren set a definite stop time for fear that the Twitch community would keep his stream alive indefinitely, according to US media.During the streaming binge, sometimes Ahgren was not in view or off sleeping.Ahgren also promised that a portion of each subscription, costing $5 monthly, would be donated The Humane Society or St. Jude's charities."Records are meant to be broken, I would be lying if I said wasn’t a…

ABINGDON, Va. – A North Carolina man, who used the popular social media messaging app Snapchat to solicit minors to send him sexually explicit photographs and videos in exchange for expensive gifts, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Abingdon, Acting United States Attorney Daniel P. Bubar, Stanley M. Meador, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Richmond Division, and Grayson County Sheriff Richard Vaughan announced today. Jason Kelly Inman, 40, of Mount Airy, N.C., waived his right to be indicted and pleaded guilty today to a one-count Information charging him with persuading, enticing, and coercing and attempting to persuade, entice, and coerce minors to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing visual depictions of such conduct. At sentencing, Inman faces a term of imprisonment of 15 to 17-and-one-half years, and a mandatory minimum term of supervised release of five years.  A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for July 21, 2021 at 2:30 p.m.   “This defendant used the internet to prey on vulnerable victims, promising them expensive gifts and cash in order to facilitate this egregious behavior,” United States Attorney Bubar said today. “An unfortunate side effect of living our lives increasingly online is the…

WhatsApp is one of the most widely used online messaging application with millions of users from around the globe. This strong strength of users makes the company realize how dependent many people are on their messaging service and in return makes them work hard to improve the quality of app and its feature to provide a better experience to their audience as well as attract new users as well.Last Year in November, WhatsApp introduced feature which allowed users to send disappearing messages. The disappearing messages on groups or personal chats when sent and read by the user will soon disappear automatically making it unavailable to read after that, but now WhatsApp is planning to bring about changes in it as well. There is a news circulating around that WhatsApp will be adding support group members to have control over disappearing messages. Disappearing messages while currently are available in group chats but it is restricted to the admins only but according to news from WABetaInfo, things are changing now as WhatsApp will be introducing a testing for support for group members to disable/enable disappearing messages in the latest beta on Android version 2.21.8.7. This means that while participants did not have…

Fred WilsonDavid Orrell | CNBC By 2013, venture capitalist Fred Wilson had established himself as a preeminent investor in consumer tech, having made early and highly lucrative bets on Twitter, Zynga, Etsy and Tumblr. In May of that year, he took a slight sideways turn."We have been thinking about and looking to make an investment in the Bitcoin ecosystem for several years," Wilson wrote on the site for his firm, Union Square Ventures. "Today, we are happy to be able to talk about our first investment in the sector."The deal was Coinbase. The round was Series A. The price tag was $5 million at 20 cents a share for a valuation of around $20 million.Coinbase had recently graduated from the Y Combinator incubator program and only raised seed funding to that point. With Coinbase's Nasdaq debut on Wednesday, Union Square's wager on a web service that at the time had just over 100,000 members buying and storing bitcoin is now worth about $4.6 billion. His New York-based firm invested out of a $200 million fund.An avid user of nascent tech products, Wilson indicated he was a happy customer before becoming an investor. "Coinbase is where I have purchased my Bitcoin…

Heath Streak was found guilty of breaching 5 rules of the ICC's Anti-Corruption Code related to betting.© AFP Former Zimbabwe cricket captain Heath Streak was on Wednesday banned for eight years on corruption charges, the International Cricket Council announced, after being implicated for his dealings with a shadowy Indian gambler identified only as "Mr X". "Mr Streak chose to admit the charges and agreed the sanction with the ICC in lieu of an Anti-Corruption Tribunal hearing," an ICC statement said. The Zimbabwe coach from 2016 to 2018, his ban extends until March, 2029. Streak, 47, was found guilty of breaching five rules of the ICC's Anti-Corruption Code related to betting.He disclosed inside information in relation to matches in the 2018 Tri-Series involving Zimbabwe, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, the Zimbabwe v Afghanistan series in 2018, the IPL 2018 and the APL 2018, the statement revealed.He also "facilitated or attempted to facilitate" the introduction of four players including a national captain to a third party for inside information for betting purposes.He was also found guilty of obstructing the ICC's investigation, and failing to declare a "gift, payment, hospitality or other benefit" from passing on inside information.In the ICC's rap sheet Streak is…

April 14, 2021Updated: April 14, 2021 12:10 p.m. In this Oct. 25, 2019 photo Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the Paley Center in New York.Mark Lennihan / Associated Press 2019 Facebook’s filings to the U.S. Securities and Exchanges Commission revealed that $23 million was put toward founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s security. The tech behemoth spent a whopping $13 million on security detail to protect its CEO for “at his residences and during personal travel” on a private aircraft. Another $10 million, pre-tax, was allocated to cover additional costs related to his and his family’s personal security. That amount, according to the filing, was based on a comprehensive security program afforded to Zuckerberg to address “specific threats to their safety arising directly as a result of Mr. Zuckerberg's position as our founder, CEO, Chairman, and controlling shareholder.” “We believe that Mr. Zuckerberg's role puts him in a unique position: he is synonymous with Facebook and, as a result, negative sentiment regarding our company is directly associated with,  » Read More

Snapchat is collaborating with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art to bring five augmented reality monuments to Los Angeles.In celebration of the International Day for Monuments and Sites later this week, Snapchat is sharing news of the first projects that will be part of a multi-year LACMA x Snapchat initiative – Monumental Perspectives – which was announced in December.As explained by the recent announcement, Monumental Perspectives brings together artists and Snap Lens Creators to create “five new augmented reality monuments that explore history and representation for communities across Los Angeles.” The experiences have been designed for locations around the city and can be viewed through the Snapchat Camera.These locations include LACMA, MacArthur Park, Earvin “Magic” Johnson Park, and Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Users who are in the area of these locations are able to find the virtual monuments on the Snap Map. Other users around the world can also view the monuments from their mobile devices by visiting lacma.org/monumental.The goal of this collaboration is to use an immersive medium like AR for advocacy and representation, empowering artists and Lens Creators, alike, and “support their desire to share untold stories through a new lens.”Monumental Perspectives AR ProjectsTake a look at the…