Oprah or Hasan Piker? DNC tests the value of celebrities vs. influencers

Oprah or Hasan Piker? DNC tests the value of celebrities vs. influencers

Last night, talk show icon Oprah Winfrey received roaring applause at her first-ever appearance at a national political convention. The day before, actor Sean Astin strutted onstage to call for the first woman president in United States history, while managing to slide in references to his roles in both Stranger Things and Rudy. And Atlanta rapper Lil … Read more

Canada gets roped into Drake’s beef with Kendrick Lamar

Canada gets roped into Drake’s beef with Kendrick Lamar

Drake’s beef may have become Canada’s burden. Kendrick Lamar’s smash hit Not Like Us, a pointed diss track aimed at the Toronto rap superstar, was used after Canadian losses at two major sporting events this month, and has some worried it’s becoming a theme. When Argentina’s soccer team defeated Canada at the Copa America tournament … Read more

Conservatives, NDP sling mud as they squabble over Speakers’ neutrality

Conservatives, NDP sling mud as they squabble over Speakers’ neutrality

A third member of the House of Commons leadership team is in the hot seat as accusations fly over allegedly partisan online posts featuring MPs who sit in the Speaker’s chair. The squabbles over chair-holders’ neutrality — and parties’ hypocrisy — have been dominating the lead-up to a parliamentary summer break. Conservatives are chiding the … Read more

Add Some Life to the Office with $60 off This Bluetooth Speaker

Add Some Life to the Office with  off This Bluetooth Speaker

Disclosure: Our goal is to feature products and services that we think you’ll find interesting and useful. If you purchase them, Entrepreneur may get a small share of the revenue from the sale from our commerce partners. Sometimes, the office gets a little quiet. We know there are more than a few examples of teams … Read more

Mysterious writer behind ISIS-K propaganda calls himself ‘the Canadian’

Mysterious writer behind ISIS-K propaganda calls himself ‘the Canadian’

A mysterious writer making propaganda for an Afghan branch of ISIS claimed to be based somewhere in Canada which, experts say, could be cause for concern for authorities.  Voice of Khurasan, an online publication used by the Islamic State of Khorasan (ISIS-K), which is suspected of being behind the Moscow attack that killed at least 140 … Read more

How this Canadian producer is using AI to allow artists to sing in different languages

How this Canadian producer is using AI to allow artists to sing in different languages

When Canadian producer Jordan Young started playing around with AI voice-cloning technology — ultimately creating a fake Kanye West song that sounded, well, just like Kanye West — it immediately prompted him to think about the ethical implications of the technology.  “As soon as I made it, I started to think … if anybody can make music with … Read more