Ashley Wong
Wall Street Journal
New York, NY, United States
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The 20-Minute Scene That Took 20 Artists, Two Countries and More Than a Year to Pull Off
A crafty sequence in the new Joaquin Phoenix movie includes animated plants and a hand-drawn storm meant to help convey a mental breakdown. → Read More
How Colleen Hoover Conquered the Bestseller List
The author, whose novels span romances, thrillers and coming-of-age stories, returns to a few themes and devices in most every book she writes. → Read More
Trying to report LGBTQ discrimination at work? Good luck –
The Supreme Court could rule to fix that — or not. → Read More
Trying to report LGBTQ discrimination at work? Good luck –
The Supreme Court could rule to fix that — or not. → Read More
AC Transit cancels all school bus service for Nov. 16 after schools close because of poor air quality
AC Transit has canceled all services running this Friday to schools across Alameda County and Contra Costa County in response to widespread school closures due to poor air quality. → Read More
Artificial intelligence has a racial bias problem. Google is funding summer camps to try to change that
Google is joining the fight to curb racial bias in artificial intelligence by donating $1 million to a nonprofit in the Bay Area, USA Today reports. → Read More
No nudes: Facebook won't allow tourist board to advertise Rubens exhibition, including 'Descent from the Cross'
A Belgian tourist board based in Flanders, wrote an open letter to Facebook complaining that its posts featuring paintings by Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens had been taken down. Rubens was one of the most influential painters of the 17th century, known for his paintings of nude adults and cherubs. → Read More
What you do on Spotify is public and can be used against you. Here's how to add some privacy
Most people probably don't set up their Spotify accounts thinking about who can use their listening habits to harass them. But that's exactly how some people are using the popular music streaming app. Here's how to shield your listening habits from outsiders. → Read More
AT&T adds Charlotte, Raleigh and Oklahoma City to mobile 5G service plan
As part of a plan to bring 5G service to a dozen cities this year, AT&T announced Friday it is adding Charlotte, Raleigh and Oklahoma City. → Read More
In less than a minute, four thieves steal over $27,000 worth of goods from an Apple store
In less than thirty seconds, four men burst into an Apple store in Fresno, CA and made off with more than $27,000 worth in phones and laptops. → Read More
Elon Musk sends an 'escape pod' to help in Thailand cave rescue
The submarine weighs about 90 pounds dry and holds four oxygen tanks. → Read More
Elon Musk sends an 'escape pod' to help in Thailand cave rescue
Elon Musk has designed a 'kid-size submarine' that could be used to help rescue a Thai boys' soccer team that has been trapped in a flooding cave. → Read More
Elon Musk sends an 'escape pod' to help in Thailand cave rescue
Elon Musk has designed a 'kid-size submarine' that could be used to help rescue a Thai boys' soccer team that has been trapped in a flooding cave. → Read More
Elon Musk sends an 'escape pod' to help in Thailand cave rescue
Elon Musk has designed a 'kid-size submarine' that could be used to help rescue a Thai boys' soccer team that has been trapped in a flooding cave. → Read More
Elon Musk sends an 'escape pod' to help in Thailand cave rescue
Elon Musk has designed a 'kid-size submarine' that could be used to help rescue a Thai boys' soccer team that has been trapped in a flooding cave. → Read More
Elon Musk is sending a team to Thailand to help with cave rescue
Elon Musk is sending a team of SpaceX and Boring Co. engineers to Thailand to help rescue efforts for the twelve boys and their soccer coach trapped in a cave. Musk company technologies include radar location technology from the Boring Co. and SpaceX, plus drills and pumps and Tesla Powerwalls. → Read More
Comcast or Capital One calling? It may be a robocall scam. Here are the top 10
Wondering whether you should pick up that random number that just called? Chances are it was a robocall. An estimated 4.1 billion robocalls were made nationwide in June alone, according to YouMail. The number one most common robocall is always an interest rate scam mimicking a bank's sales call. → Read More
YouTube apologizes to LGBTQ creators after anti-gay ads ran on their videos
YouTube took to Twitter to apologize for how its new ad-sharing policies unfairly penalized its LGBTQ creators and after its ad platform ran homophobic advertisements before some of the videos. → Read More
What is Geofeedia? The tool police say could have warned them to Capital Gazette shooter
After the Capital Gazette shooting, police say that controversial social media surveillance tool could have helped track threats online. Its access to Facebook, Instagram and Twitter posts was revoked last year after an ACLU report showed police were using it to track and intercept protesters. → Read More
Exclusive: Facebook launches new fundraising features after record giving for immigrant children
Facebook will begin allowing users to make recurring monthly donations to nonprofits, while Pages will be allowed to make their own direct donations. → Read More