The singer posted the TikTok video on a Monday afternoon; by Tuesday evening, it had zoomed past 10 million views. The clip hints at the messy dynamics and murky ethics behind the race to capture the profit from viral songs. Hearn tells Rolling Stone, “An artist blowing up on TikTok is the most vulnerable person ever.” Goldman counters that he tried to negotiate with the singer, claiming that Hearn threatened to “expose” him on TikTok if he didn’t agree to sell the beat back. Goldman also says that he’s been subject to death threats on the internet as a result of Hearn’s TikTok video. … [Read more...] about Buying Beats for Viral Songs Is Becoming a Popular (and Messy) Business
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EDD mishandled California unemployment claims, auditor says
• Delays in paying claims. “Although it would be unreasonable to have expected a flawless response to such an historic event, EDD’s inefficient processes and lack of advanced planning led to significant delays in its payment of UI claims,” said the report. “EDD was unable to automatically process nearly half of the claims submitted online between March and September 2020; instead, many of these claims required manual intervention from staff. As a result, hundreds of thousands of claimants waited longer than 21 days— EDD’s measure of how quickly it should process a claim—to receive their first benefit payments.” … [Read more...] about EDD mishandled California unemployment claims, auditor says
An Invercargill factory producing merino face masks
READ MORE:Coronavirus: Fashion designer sees face masks becoming a Kiwi essential after Covid-19 lockdownShould New Zealand follow other countries making face masks mandatory? Apparel-maker converts entire factory capacity to making face masksCoronavirus: The volunteer army using Kiwi ingenuity to 3D print face shields for medical workers … [Read more...] about An Invercargill factory producing merino face masks
Inside look at Baton Rouge’s real estate market and why some homes are selling in hours
But Christy Solar, a senior market manager and team leader for Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp. in Denham Springs, said she's been working seven days a week to process mortgage applications. She normally does more than 200 home sales a year, but so far she's already processed about 300 sales since January. Lenders are working with potential home buyers, even those who might have been temporarily unemployed as a result of the pandemic. Lenders are willing to overlook a temporary lapse in employment caused by the coronavirus. … [Read more...] about Inside look at Baton Rouge’s real estate market and why some homes are selling in hours
These crowdsourced maps will show exactly where surveillance cameras are watching
The NYPD’s own statistics show that it ran almost 10,000 facial recognition searches against its DAS database in 2019, leading to 2,510 “possible matches.” This may have been significantly understated. BuzzFeed News reported in February 2020 that the department had run more than 11,000 searches using the controversial Clearview AI technology. Clearview AI says it works with 600 law enforcement agencies in the U.S., and DataWorks Plus’s Face Plus technology is widely used by law enforcement agencies across the country. … [Read more...] about These crowdsourced maps will show exactly where surveillance cameras are watching
