Breaking news: Black Swan Data has raised $18.5M! It's been quite the journey from bootstrapped idea written on the back of a beermat ten years ago, to today but I'm so proud of what all of our amazing Swans have achieved. Our latest growth fundraise, led by Oxx and including Albion VC, will help us continue disrupting the $90BN market research sector. Over the past three years, we’ve boosted subscriptions by +100% and grown our customer base to +50 amazing partners. Today, Trendscope (our flagship product): ? Predicts consumer needs and trends with 89% accuracy 6+ months into the future. ? Enables CPG companies to develop more relevant innovation ideas and improve their new product launch success rates. I’d like to thank our customers, our investors, and most importantly, our awesome team of swans spread across our London, New York, Cape Town, and Szeged offices—none of this would be possible without you. Learn more about how we plan to use this latest round of funding here: https://lnkd.in/e2RMuE5Z #growth #bigdata #innovation #cpg #uktech #ukstartup #blackswandata

International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda: International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda is commemorated by UNESCO on April 07, every year. 2022 marks the 28th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, one of the darkest chapters in human history. On April 7th, the date where the genocide against members of the Tutsi began. History of the day: The day was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2003. The day commemorates the beginning of the genocide perpetrated against members of the Tutsi minority by the Hutu extremist-led government. Within just over 100 days, more than 1 million Tutsi were systematically murdered. Moderate Hutu and others who opposed the massacres were also killed during this period.

La Liga: Luis Suarez piled more misery on Barcelona by scoring in a 2-0 victory for Atletico Madrid but Ronald Koeman insists he has the club's support to continue as coach. Luis Suarez piled more misery on Barcelona by scoring in a 2-0 victory for Atletico Madrid on Saturday but Ronald Koeman insists he has the club's support to continue as coach. Barca president Joan Laporta had said a few hours before kick-off that Koeman would continue as coach "regardless of the result" at the Wanda Metropolitano, but another limp display will put that commitment to the test over the two-week international break. Koeman confirmed after the game he spoke to Laporta on Friday night and Saturday morning.

Digital rights group CitizenLab has discovered a vulnerability that allowed Israeli spyware company NSO Group to implant its Pegasus malware onto virtually every iPhone, Mac, and Apple Watch device. CitizenLab revealed the vulnerability on Monday, a week after discovering it by analyzing the phone of a Saudi activist that had been infected with the malware. The discovery was announced to the public shortly after Apple rolled out an update to patch the vulnerability. The vulnerability allowed the NSO Group’s clients to send malicious files disguised as .gif files to a target’s phone, which would then exploit “an integer overflow vulnerability in Apple’s image rendering library” and leave the phone open to the installation of NSO Group’s now-infamous ‘Pegasus’ malware. The exploit is what’s known as a ‘zero-click’ vulnerability, meaning that the target user would not have to click a suspicious link or file to allow the malware onto their device. While most Apple devices were vulnerable, according to the researchers, not all of those afflicted by the spyware were breached in this way. Instead, NSO Group sold the use of its malware to clients around the world, who used the tool to spy on the phones of rival politicians, journalists, activists, and business leaders. News of the malware’s existence was first broken earlier this summer by Amnesty International and Forbidden Stories, a French investigative outlet, and reported by a collection of partner news outlets. Among those accused of using the Israeli malware are the governments of Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Morocco, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Hungary, India, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). A leaked list suggested that as many as 52,000 names were marked as possible targets for surveillance by NSO Group’s customers, and roughly a tenth of these targets were reportedly surveilled. Pegasus granted users access to calls, messages, photos and files, and allowed them to secretly turn on the target phones’ cameras and microphones. CitizenLab pinned the latest exploit on NSO Group after discovering a so-called ‘digital artifact’ left behind that matched calling cards left by the company’s other exploits, and similarly-named processes in its code. The NSO Group has not commented on CitizenLab’s latest research, which comes just one day before Apple’s anticipated unveiling of the iPhone 13 ahead of its launch later this month. Think your friends would be interested? Share this story!

Series Name: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier “It's far from being a perfect show but The Falcon and the Winter Soldier has a solid story, structure, topics, themes, and cast presence. Like most post-Endgame entry Falcon and the Winter Soldier also deals with loss, recovery, or filling the void in some way.” SharpRatings: 8 - #Great Ironically #TheFalconAndtheWinterSoldier was the first #Disney+ #MCU television series, it had to open and introduce the new world of television for MCU however #WandaVision came first and everything turns out well because WandaVision is a better introductory show than Falcon and the Winter Soldier. The show starts off months after events of #AvengersEndgame, #CaptainAmerican is gone, #Ironman is gone and the world is without a leader, hell the #Avengers are gone leaving only Falcon to clean up messes, while also trying to help his sister keep their family business up. While Bucky is being evaluated for past crimes. The first episode of the show was actually promising and showed the real potential of what this show could be. From episode 2 and moving forward, the show really grabs its two main leads and the story. There is a lot of necessary political stuff thrown around here and there every episode. On top of all that, you will get an action-comedy duo of Bucky and Sam, something started from the very first moment these two characters shared scree. Like MCU movies the comedy comes at a price and that is storytelling. The final episode was cringy at times. But the last few scenes were really emotional and good. The series done gave action priorities to Sam and emotional priorities to Bucky. Now that's two-good series from MCU. I get why this show is important and will greatly impact the MCU from here on out. The show isn’t heavy on CGI like WandaVision, but the effects are pretty impressive, the action reminded me of #CaptainAmerica movies, while not on par with the movie budget the show delivers very high production values. Costumes, locations, and props are wonderful. #SebastanStan deserves a lot of praise as he gets much-required character development. #DanielBruhl returns as #Zemo, one of my favorite MCU villains, and he gets developed backstory with closure which was left in #CaptainAmericaCivilWar. The show really hits off when we get to see Zemo, Bucky, and Sam together. #AnthonyMackie as Sam also provides a demanding and commanding performance. chemistry and comedy. Also, most of the characters were complex, as they had to deal with their demons, or fight for their own ideals. These characters divide fans and created some fun discussions online. #WyattRussells plays show’s captain America replacement, as mostly has a decent story over the course of 6 episodes. The show's best come in episode 4, you have to watch the show for that moment that shocked the world. One of the most brutally graphic scenes in MCU. Overall, Falcon and the Winter Soldier, or Captain American and the Winter Soldier is a great transition story, its subplots are welcoming but feel more like bait than solid. The cast is enjoying their roles and their characters get much-needed light when the big guns left the universe now, just like WandaVision. The topics and themes are integrated and handled properly. Mature social commentary, hilarious moments, thrilling action sequences, and great chemistry between Anthony and Sebastian that just meshes together like a charm.

Hale, pues... ya empecé con "The Falcon and The Winter Soldier" ("Falcon y el Soldado de Invierno") de Marvel Studios en Disney+. Tras acabar de ver todos los capítulos de "WandaVision", ahora voy ya por el 4° capítulo de esta otra #SerieTV dentro del UCM - Universo Cinematográfico Marvel.

HAPPY BERNIE MAC DAY!! On November 14, 2016, Steve Harvey read a proclamation (during his talk show) from the then mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emmanuel proclaiming “Nov 14th Bernie Mac Day”. This date was chosen to commemorate the airing of Bernie’s hit tv show “The Bernie Mac Show”. During the taping of the show, Steve invited Bernie’s wife Rhonda, daughter Je’Niece and his one and only granddaughter Jasmine..all of which were overcome with emotion because they had no clue that Bernie would be bestowed with such an honor. Bernie and Steve’s comedy king brothers DL Hugley, Cedric the Entertainer and the original host of “The Original Kings of Comedy” tour, Guy Tory joined them as well. Comedic great Mike Epps added to this auspicious day by revealing “The Bernie Mac Auditorium” at Bernie and Rhonda’s alma mater Chicago Vocational School. Today and everyday, we celebrate HIS LIFE, HIS LAUGHTER and HIS LEGACY...and what a great one he left! HAPPY BERNIE MAC DAY!! #berniemac #berniemacday #icon #legend #kingsofcomedy #hislife #hislaughter #hislegacy #theberniemacshow #babygirl #wanda #jordan #nessa #unclebernie #november14th #chicago #steveharvey #dlhughley #cedrictheentertainer #guytory #mikeepps #longlivetheking #keepinghislegacyaliveonepostatatime

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2021/08/21: A fantastic #MarvelCinematicUniverse group shot at the Dallas Comic Show #FantasyFestival in #LewisvilleTX, featuring Manic Magpie as Doctor Strange, Jessica as #TonyStark, Charlemagne Cosplay as #BuckyBarnes / #TheWinterSoldier, Hannah Elric as Black Widow, @jhyena86 as #Vision, and @princesstadashi as #ScarletWitch! #DallasComicShow #DallasComicShow2021 #DCS #DCS2021 #TXCosplay #NTXCosplay #DFWCosplay #Cosplay #Cosplayer #Cosplayers #DoctorStrange #ManicMagpi #IronMan #WinterSoldier #BlackWidow #WandaVision #Halloween #MCU #Marvel #MarvelStudios #MarvelComics #CosplayersOfFacebook See Less — with Manic Magpie and 11 others at Music City Mall Lewisville.

2021/08/21: Another shot of the fantastic #MarvelCinematicUniverse group at the Dallas Comic Show #FantasyFestival in #LewisvilleTX, featuring Manic Magpie as Doctor Strange, Jessica as #TonyStark, Charlemagne Cosplay as #BuckyBarnes / #TheWinterSoldier, Hannah Elric as Black Widow, @jhyena86 as #Vision, and @princesstadashi as #ScarletWitch! #DallasComicShow #DallasComicShow2021 #DCS #DCS2021 #TXCosplay #NTXCosplay #DFWCosplay #Cosplay #Cosplayer #Cosplayers #DoctorStrange #ManicMagpi #IronMan #WinterSoldier #BlackWidow #WandaVision #Halloween #MCU #Marvel #MarvelStudios #MarvelComics #CosplayersOfFacebook See Less — with Manic Magpie and 11 others at Music City Mall Lewisville.