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Occidental, a leading energy company and carbon management pioneer, has chosen Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its preferred cloud provider. The collaboration aims to bolster Occidental’s operational efficiency and support its ambitious plans to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere, primarily through large-scale direct air capture (DAC) plants. Under the partnership, Occidental will undergo a substantial migration of its core production applications and on-premises IT infrastructure to AWS Cloud. This transition is expected to optimize operations, eliminate upfront capital costs, and provide a more flexible and secure IT environment for the energy provider. By utilizing AWS’s cloud services, such as Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) and Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS), Occidental will gain access to scalable compute capacity and high-performance block storage, allowing the company to adapt to market fluctuations more effectively. One of the pivotal aspects of this collaboration is Occidental’s utilization of AWS analytics and machine learning capabilities. These cutting-edge technologies will enable Occidental to gain valuable insights and automate various processes. For instance, AWS Lake Formation will facilitate the management of data lakes and the integration of historical data, leading to enhanced exploration decision-making and improved equipment performance. In addition to supporting Occidental’s

Barbie really is a pink unicorn. The movie is on course to earn $95 million or more in its sophomore outing, one of the best second weekends of all time at the North American box office, and the best second weekend gross ever for Warner Bros., not adjusted for inflation. That includes a $29 million Friday. The female-fueled Barbie, which continues to shatter any and all expectations, should finish Sunday with a domestic cume of around $350 million. Detractors had predicted it would fade away quickly after a history-making debut over the July 21-23 weekend, but that isn’t the case. Barbie is looking at a scant decline of 41 percent, a rare hold for a pic originally opening to such a big number at $162 million. Barbie continues to paint the overseas box office pink as well for a dreamy global total of $750 million or more by Sunday as it fast approaches the $1 billion mark. It will be only the second pic of 2023 so far to join the box office billion-dollar club after Universal’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie, which grossed $92.3 million in its second weekend on its way to topping out at $1.34 billion worldwide. Other stats: Barbie enjoyed

Meta Platforms executives are focusing heavily on user retention for their new 𝕏 (née Twitter) rival, Threads, after the app lost more than half of its users in the weeks following its launch. Reuters: Retention of users on the text-based app was better than executives had expected, though it was “not perfect,” said Zuckerberg, speaking at an internal company town hall, the audio of which was heard by Reuters. “Obviously, if you have more than 100 million people sign up, ideally it would be awesome if all of them or even half of them stuck around. We’re not there yet,” he said. Zuckerberg said he considered the drop-off “normal” and expected retention to grow as the company adds more features to the app, including a desktop version and search functionality. Meta is looking at adding more “retention-driving hooks” to entice users to return to the app, like “making sure people who are on the Instagram app can see important Threads,” said Chief Product Officer Chris Cox. MacDailyNews Take: A desktop version would be nice, as we’re forced to post on Threads via iPhone, while either auto-posting or easily posting via our Macs to every other social media entity. MacDailyNews Note:

Webcomic Platform Market Is Booming WorldwideThis press release was orginally distributed by SBWirePune, Maharashtra -- (SBWIRE) -- 07/28/2023 -- The latest study released on the Global Webcomic Platform Market by HTF MI Research evaluates market size, trend, and forecast to 2029. The Webcomic Platform market study covers significant research data and proofs to be a handy resource document for managers, analysts, industry experts and other key people to have ready-to-access and self-analyzed study to help understand market trends, growth drivers, opportunities and upcoming challenges and about the competitors.Key Players in This Report Include: Webtoon (South Korea), Tapas Media (United States), Line Manga (Japan), Pixiv Comic (Japan), Comic Fury (United States), Lezhin Comics (South Korea), Smack Jeeves (United Kingdom), Comic Rocket (United States), Comic Strip It! (United States), Drunk Duck (Canada)Download Sample Report PDF (Including Full TOC, Table & Figures) @ https://www.htfmarketintelligence.com/sample-report/global-webcomic-platform-marketDefinition: There are many webcomic platforms available, each with its own strengths and weaknesses. Some of the most popular platforms include:Webtoon: Webtoon is one of the most popular webcomic platforms in the world. It has a large user base and offers a variety of features for creators, including the ability to monetize their comics through in-app purchases.Tapas: Tapas is another

South Cobb Drive road sign (photo by Larry Johnson, Cobb County Courier, CC 4.0) Posted By: Larry Felton Johnson July 27, 2023 [ South Cobb Drive has been a major commercial and commuter highway in Cobb County since the mid-1940s. In fact, until the 1940s, South Cobb Drive, or SR 280 did not even exist. In December of 1941, after Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States entered World War II.  The entire nation, including Atlanta and its surrounding area, was mobilized for the war effort.  In February of 1942, the plans for the construction of the Bell Bomber plant were announced after Marietta won out over East Point and Stone Mountain in competition for the plant’s location.  By March of 1943, the plant began building the B-29 bomber.  According to the New Georgia Encyclopedia, the workforce at the plant grew to over 28,000 by 1945. A B-29, photo taken at an unknown date in the 1940s (public domain) The state determined that a new highway was necessary to transport workers and goods from Atlanta.  At that point, the current Atlanta Road (then called Marietta-Atlanta Road) was the main route from Atlanta to Marietta. It was determined that Marietta-Atlanta

The current real estate market is tough. But despite obvious challenges like high interest rates, these standout New York City next-gen real estate agents — Eric Brown of Compass, Maggie Chong of Serhant, the Corcoran Group duo of Marko Arsic and Jason Lau, Douglas Elliman’s Erin Lichy (a star of the new season of The Real Housewives of New York City), and Brown Harris Stevens’ Michael Kelley-Bradford — just keep going. All six are nominated for The Hollywood Reporter‘s 2023 Power Broker Awards‘ Rising Star Award for up-and-coming agents 35 and under. The winner will be announced later this month. “If anyone says interest rates don’t impact pricing, that’s just a lie, honestly,” says Brown, 32, a top agent at Compass. “I have so many buyers who have just paused. Everybody’s kind of freaked out from the instability,” says Chong, 35, a Serhant agent who lives in Brooklyn. “But,” Chong counters, “in terms of the higher cash market, if you look at the Manhattan $4 million-plus market, it’s doing just fine. Really healthy.” So healthy that some of these agents have had the best year of their career amid the past three years despite the tight conditions created by the

As thousands of its members remain on strike, the Writers Guild of America West is attempting to organize staffers at MTV’s long-running comedy show devoted to viral Internet videos, Ridiculousness. On Wednesday, July 12, 11 full-time “creative consultants” (the WGA West did not offer specific job titles but said many had that phrase associated with their roles) on the Rob Dyrdek-hosted show filed a petition for a National Labor Relations Board election in an attempt to organize with the western branch of the writers’ union. According to the union, the staffers initially asked for voluntary recognition from management after a number signed union cards, a request that was denied. The WGA West said in a statement that the staffers are seeking “parity with their peers in the industry and respect for their work” with the union drive. The union considers Ridiculousness comparable to pre-existing covered projects including America’s Funniest Home Videos and Tosh.0, and its creative consultants comedy-variety writers. The Hollywood Reporter has reached out to lawyers representing Purple Shark, LLC, a subsidiary of Dyrdek and Shane Nickerson’s Superjacket Productions, for comment. Multiple attempts to get in touch with representatives for the companies did not yield a response as of

From creators Simon Kinberg (“X-Men” films, “Deadpool” films, “The Martian”) and David Weil (“Citadel”) comes the second season of the AppleTV+ hit series “Invasion.” Ahead of its August premiere, we’ve got the new trailer that teases an all-out war between humans and aliens. “The action-packed second season of “Invasion” picks up just months later, with the aliens escalating their attacks in an all-out war against the humans. The trailer gives a suspenseful sneak peek into the new season, as aliens and destruction abound, answers are relentlessly pursued, and the fight for the world’s survival continues.” The 10-episode season stars Golshifteh Farahani, Shioli Kutsuna, Shamier Anderson, India Brown, Billy Barratt, Azhy Robertson, Paddy Holland, and Tara Moayedi. New series regulars joining season two include Enver Gjokaj, Nedra Marie Taylor, and Naian González Norvind. “Invasion” is produced for Apple TV+ by Boat Rocker. In addition, series creators Simon Kinberg & David Weil, Audrey Chon, David Witz, Alik Sakharov, Andrew Baldwin, and Katie O’Connell Marsh serve as executive producers. Tune in for the “Invasion” season two premiere on August 23, 2022.

L-R Mableton District 1 Councilman Ron Davis, Mableton District 2 Councilwoman Dami Oladapo, Mableton District 3 Councilwoman Keisha Jeffcoat, Mayor Michael Owens, Mableton District 4 Councilwoman Patricia Auch, Mableton District 5 Councilman T.J. Ferguson, Mableton District 6 Councilwoman Debora Herndon (Photo by Larry Felton Johnson/Cobb County Courier) Posted By: Larry Felton Johnson July 25, 2023 Mableton Interim City Clerk Susan Hiott distributed the agenda for the July 26 Mableton City Council meeting plus supporting documents for the meeting. Those include minutes from the previous three meetings: May 25, June 21, and June 29. So if you’d like to read the official record of previous meetings you can access minutes from those meetings by following this link. Wednesday’s meeting Previously, Mableton Interim City Clerk Susan Hiott distributed the following announcement: “CITY OF MABLETON STATE OF GEORGIA COBB COUNTY PUBLIC NOTICE “Special Called Transitional City Council Meeting “There will be a Special Called Meeting of the City of Mableton, Georgia, (“City”) Mayor and Council for the purpose of discussing and/or acting upon municipal, transitional and incorporative matters, which include approval of prior minutes, the second read of ordinances concerning hotel excise taxes and the granting of franchises, essential administrative needs and executive

In the midst of so much social media hullaballoo—most recently Twitter’s seemingly nonsensical rebranding to “X,”—I have been very quick and happy to point out that Tumblr is still a pretty great website. As someone who’s been using it for right around a decade, I still find it to be the optimal social media site: It’s fairly private, user interactivity is limited to whatever you want to see, and unlike most sites that actively try to sell you things, Tumblr’s advertising methods are more memeable than anything else. However. I might have spoken too soon, as the site recently underwent a massive UI overhaul on desktop that literally nobody asked for. Behold: (screengrab via Madeline’s account, oh-so-cleverly hidden by that emoji) No one is happy about this. Compared to the old UI, this just feels clunky and overly congested for what should be a simple scrolling experience. Moreover, as one user pointed out, much of this UI is just a one-to-one Twitter copycat, with Tumblr features jammed into there: Considering just how much of a dumpster-fire Twitter has become, one has to wonder: why did they do this? Did anyone ask for this? Because it’s very clear that none of