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Así fue cómo Playboy cortó lazos con Hugh Hefner para crear una marca pos-#MeToo

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:58 GMT

(CNN) — Hugh Hefner lanzó la revista Playboy hace 70 años este año. El primer número incluía una fotografía desnuda de Marilyn Monroe, que había comprado y publicado sin su conocimiento o consentimiento.Hefner pasó a construir la marca Playboy a partir de las innumerables mujeres que aparecen en sus páginas, cuya belleza y desempeño de la sexualidad femenina realzada han entretenido a sus lectores durante generaciones.Acercándose a su aniversario número 70 en diciembre de 2023, Playboy ahora ha cambiado radicalmente. Dado que la revista ya no se publica, la Mansión Playboy se vendió a un desarrollador y el último Club Playboy restante de Londres cerró en 2021, ¿cuál es el futuro de Playboy? La marca está cambiando para mantenerse al día con el mundo pos-#MeToo.Hefner falleció un mes antes de que surgieran acusaciones contra el productor de cine Harvey Weinstein en 2017, lo que dio impulso al movimiento #MeToo (en el que sobrevivientes de agresiones y acoso sexuales hablaron en...

Investors bought $10B worth of Denver area homes since 2021

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:58 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Investors snapped up a big slice of Denver real estate in the last two years. Online brokerage Redfin kept quarterly reports of how many homes in each major U.S. metro were purchased by investors in the last two years, as opposed to being purchased by people who planned to live in the homes themselves. Nationally, as many as one in five homes in the U.S. were bought by investors, depending on the quarter.In Colorado, investors have been very active in the housing market. Between the first quarter of 2021 and the fourth quarter of 2022, about 15% of the number of homes sold in the Denver metro were to investors - about one in every seven homes. Yes, it is remote workers who spiked housing, rent costs Through 2021 and 2022, investors bought a total of $9.5 billion in Denver area housing. This does not include the total sold in the first quarter of 2021, for which Redfin had no record. In reality, investors likely purchased over $10 billion in those two years if that...

FBI warns phone users against using free public charging stations

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:58 GMT

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a new warning against the use of free charging stations in public spaces, like airports or hotels. According to the agency, cyber criminals use a technique known as “juice jacking” to gain users’ personal devices through USB ports and charging cables.Juice jacking refers to loading malware onto public USB charging stations to maliciously access electronic devices while they are being charged, experts said. Malware installed through a “dirty” USB port can lock a device or export personal data directly to the offender. Hackers can use the information to access online accounts or sell them to bad actors.The FBI warns that these bad actors have become increasingly adept at disguising their malware and monitoring software to avoid detection. To protect against juice jacking, the FBI advises travelers to carry their own chargers and USB cords instead of relying on public charging stations. This way, they can en...

New shark-inspired robot can help tackle water pollution

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:58 GMT

LONDON (WSVN) — A new robot inspired by sharks that eat just about anything, is making waves in the fight against ocean pollution.The autonomous “Waste Shark” is designed to collect trash, debris, and biomass from the surface of city waters. Creator Richard Hardiman explained that the device measures water quality by analyzing parameters such as turbidity, salinity, temperature, PH balance, and water depth.London’s River Thames has a Waste Shark hard at work and is reportedly capable of clearing the equivalent of more than 22,000 plastic bottles a day. Data collected by the United Nations revealed 85% of marine litter is some form of plastic and predictions indicated that by 2050, the amount of plastic in the ocean could outweigh all the fish.The Waste Shark’s ability to stop trash before it reaches the ocean could make a significant impact in reducing this pollution. According to Hardiman, the device can travel up to three miles before it needs to be r...

Peregrine Falcons nest at top of Boston’s Custom House

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:58 GMT

The Marriott Vacation Club Pulse at Custom House is welcoming some new guests to the top of the building’s 100-year-old clock tower this spring.The hotel announced Tuesday that a family of Peregrine Falcons has returned to the tower this spring, nesting 30 floors above the busy streets of Boston. Peregrine Falcons, which were once on the brink of extinction, have been nesting on top of the Custom House since 1987, the hotel said. Known as the fastest birds on the planet, these birds have been documented at speeds of up to 242 miles per hour. At Marriott Vacation Club Pulse, the falcons often swoop around the 26th floor observation deck.Over the years, more than 100 Peregrine Falcon chicks have fledged from the Custom House nest, which is cared for by professionals from Mass Audubon and the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, the hotel said. To follow the falcons through a live feed, click here.

Hampton Beach, NH makes Country Living Magazine’s list of top beach boardwalks

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:58 GMT

Hampton Beach, New Hampshire has made Country Living Magazine’s list of top beach boardwalks.While Hampton Beach’s annual sand sculpture contest draws crowds, it’s also known for its old school arcade games and salt water taffy stands. Boardwalks in Coney Island, New York, Venice Beach in California, and Virginia Beach also made the list.

Volcano erupts in Russia’s far east, spewing ash 20 kilometers into the air

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:58 GMT

(CNN) — The Shiveluch volcano erupted early Tuesday morning in Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka region, spewing ash up to 20 kilometers above sea level, according to the local branch of the Russia Academy of Sciences (RAS) Geophysical Survey.Seismic activity was first reported around 12:54 a.m. local time on Tuesday (8:54 a.m. ET on Monday), the Geophysical Survey said on Telegram, adding that the volcano was still erupting nearly 15 hours later.Videos posted on social media from the region show a large ash cloud in the sky and ash covering roads and cars in the town of Ust-Kamchatsky, about 90 kilometers (55 miles) from the volcano.According to satellite data, the size of the plume cloud measures 400 by 250 kilometers and has spread to the west and south of the volcano, the Geophysical Survey said.The Institute of Volcanology and Seismology of the Far Eastern Branch of RAS said a “red” hazard designation, the highest level, has been issued for aviation and tha...

Patience with purpose: Kyle Lowry’s Heat maintenance program all about this moment

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:58 GMT

Patience in a playoff race can test the limits of both coach and player.It was a lesson learned by Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra immediately upon Kyle Lowry’s return from a month out of action due to knee pain.So, no, the plan on March 11 was not to play the 37-year-old veteran point guard 36:09 in his first game back in that overtime road loss to the Orlando Magic.“I felt we were very disciplined, except for the head coach the first game he came back,” Spoelstra said Monday with a smile.Since then, a slow build back to speed toward this play-in round, including Tuesday night’s win-and-in game against the Atlanta Hawks at Kaseya Center, the new name of the Heat’s arena.Utilized only in reserve.Held out for one of the two games in back-to-back sets.No more than 27 minutes after the initial misstep by Spoelstra.And now, the ability to play more minutes, with comfort about that element of the equation from both coach and player.“Yes,” Lowry s...

‘He’s the new sheriff in town:’ 3 moments that defined the Chicago Cubs’ 3-2 walk-off win over the Seattle Mariners

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:58 GMT

Chicago Cubs catcher Yan Gomes spotted the cowboy hat laying in the Wrigley Field clubhouse and felt inspired.He didn’t know who the hat belonged to, but Gomes grabbed it and delivered it to his intended recipient, second baseman Nico Hoerner. Gomes instructed Hoerner to wear it during his postgame interview, and the Cubs budding star obliged.A beaming Hoerner, whose game-winning single completed a three-hit night, sported the cowboy hat fittingly emblazoned with a silver star.“He’s the new sheriff in town,” Gomes declared after Hoerner’s first career walk-off hit gave the Cubs a 3-2 win in 10 innings Monday against the Seattle Mariners.“Just trying to have fun in here, man. I feel like this is a good place and we’ve got a good thing going on, especially a guy like Nico. Man, this guy works his tail off. He’s one of the faces of our team, and what a better way to start that?”A win on April 10 might not mean anything come Septembe...

Key lawmakers win access to mishandled classified docs

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:00:58 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has begun sharing with a bipartisan group of lawmakers known as the Gang of Eight classified documents found in the possession of former President Donald Trump, President Joe Biden and former Vice President Mike Pence, according to five people familiar with the matter.Top lawmakers, including Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, had for months been asking the Justice Department to provide access to the documents — or at least an assessment of what was in them — so that Congress could gauge the potential national security harm. That process recently got underway, said the people, who insisted on anonymity to discuss private interactions between the Justice Department and Congress. Committee leaders have been granted access to them on a rolling basis, said one of the people.A Justice Department special counsel, Jack Smith, is investigating whether Trump mishandled roughly 300 documents with classified markin...