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Twitter co-founder and one-time chief executive Evan Williams is stepping down from the board, leaving the one-to-many messaging service to focus on "other projects". Williams will depart the Twitter board at the end of this month, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday. "It's been an incredible 13 years, and I'm proud of what Twitter has accomplished during my time with the company," Williams said in the filing. "I will continue rooting for the team as I focus my time on other projects." Williams throttled back his role in the San Francisco-based startup eight years ago, turning his attention to a new endeavors including creating popular online publishing platform Medium. Williams ceded his role as Twitter chief executive to Dick Costolo in 2010. Co-founder Jack Dorsey returned as Twitter chief in 2015, having held the position when the startup was nascent. Dorsey said in a Tweet that Williams was the reason he joined startup Odeo, an endeavor … [Read more...] about Twitter co-founder Evan Williams leaving board

Following its success in hosting the Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, South Sumatra, last year, the country is raising its bar higher. In a letter dated Feb. 11, which Indonesian Ambassador to Switzerland Muliaman D. Hadad conveyed to the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Thomas Bach, President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo expressed Indonesia’s bid to host the 2032 Summer Olympic Games. The country has three years to complete all the necessary documents before the deadline but the efforts should start now. Indonesia, for example, has to name the host cities, which will very likely include Jakarta and Palembang, on account of the supporting facilities and infrastructure already in place. Opposition will come from South Korea and Australia, both of which are experienced in hosting the Olympics, as well as India, which has proposed New Delhi and Mumbai. South Korea is still playing its Korean reconciliatory tune to lure the IOC with a plan to jointly host the … [Read more...] about Hosting Olympics: Yay or nay

Every school child knows the dinosaurs were killed off by an asteroid smashing into the Earth some 66 million years ago. But scientists say the story may not be quite that simple, and that massive volcanic eruptions over hundreds of thousands of years may have contributed to the dinosaurs' demise at the end of the Cretaceous period.  Two studies published Thursday in the journal Science contributed to a longstanding scientific debate about what exactly finished off the mighty reptiles.  Before the 1980s, the dominant theory had been that huge and prolonged volcanic eruptions caused a rapid and deadly shift in the planet's climate by sending vast clouds of ash, gas and dust into the atmosphere. Then scientists discovered the huge Chicxulub crater of an ancient asteroid impact off the Caribbean coast of Mexico, which they posited had sent so much debris into the atmosphere that it hampered photosynthesis in plants and killed off three-quarters of life on Earth. Ever since, … [Read more...] about Were dinosaurs killed off by asteroid or volcanoes? It’s complicated

"Kingsman" star Taron Egerton appears as Elton John in the first trailer for "Rocketman," which focuses on the iconic performer's breakthrough years. Opening on a young Elton John -- born Reginald Dwight -- as he sits down at the piano to play the newly composed "Your Song" for the first time, the trailer moves through key steps in the musician's early career, as he changes his name and takes on the flamboyant persona he became known for. Read also: Watch: First trailer for 'Tolkien' biopic Richard Madden (Game of Thrones"), who plays the singer's longstanding manager John Reid, appears in the trailer, while John's dynamic with his songwriter partner ("Turn: Washington's Spies," "Billy Elliot") Bernie Taupin, played by Jamie Bell, is also touched on. Directed by Dexter Fletcher, who finished directing the Queen and Freddie Mercury musical biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Rocketman" is set for US release in theaters on May 31. … [Read more...] about Watch a first trailer for Elton John biopic ‘Rocketman’

The Italian fashion house Salvatore Ferragamo said Thursday it has named Paul Andrew as its new creative director. British designer Andrew joined the group in 2016 and headed the women's footwear division, the brand's strongest sector, before taking overall responsibility for women's wear in October 2017, a statement said. Read also: Wanda Ferragamo, who built fashion giant from shoes, dies at 96 Now, "all the brand's design functions will be grouped under his responsibility," it added. In July, Micaela Le Divelec Lemmi was named the company's chief executive, bringing 20 years of experience at French luxury group Kering with her. … [Read more...] about Salvatore Ferragamo names Paul Andrew creative director