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IOL News
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- IOL News
Michelle Obama reveals why Malia Obama dropped her last name in film credits
Former American First Lady, Michelle Obama opened up about her daughter's decision to drop the 'Obama' name. Image: X Malia Obama, the eldest daughter of former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama, has made headlines with her decision to drop her last name from her professional film projects. Malia Obama first dropped her last name last year, using her middle name, Ann, as her last name for the credits of a short film 'The Heart', which she wrote and directed. Her debut film was showcased at the Sundance Film Festival in 2024. Additionally, she directed a Nike commercial that came out earlier this year, and she was also a writer on the Amazon Prime hit series 'Swarm'. In a recent interview, Michelle Obama opened up about her daughter's choice, shedding light on the reasoning behind it. Speaking to actress Kate Hudson and her brother Oliver on their podcast 'Sibling Revelry', the former first lady Michelle revealed that Malia's decision to go by 'Malia Ann' in the credits of her short film is a part of her journey to establish herself as an individual in the film industry. Video Player is loading. Play Video Play Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration -:- Loaded : 0% Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 0:00 This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Window Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Transparency Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Dropshadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. Advertisement Next Stay Close ✕ Ad loading Michelle explained that both she and Barack respect their daughter's choice, understanding that she is trying to establish herself in the world without the influence of her famous last name. She further explained that both her daughters, Sasha and Malia, 'don't want people to assume they don't work hard,' or 'that they're just naturally handed things.' 'It's very important for my kids to feel like they have earned what they are getting in the world,' she said. The 61-year-old author attributed Malia's decision to the natural process of young adults seeking to establish their own identities. As parents, Michelle and Barack have encouraged their daughters to be independent and make their own decisions. Michelle shared that she and Barack have always given their children the freedom to explore and learn from their experiences. The former First Lady emphasised that Malia's decision is not about rejecting her family or her upbringing, but rather about finding her own path and establishing her own identity.
Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
The Swarm Raises Funding, Backed by HubSpot Ventures, Launches Clay Integration and Developer API
San Francisco, California--(Newsfile Corp. - June 11, 2025) - The Swarm, a San Francisco-based company, announced today that it has raised funding to expand its relationship mapping technology. The latest round includes participation from HubSpot Ventures, Motivate Ventures, and TRAC VC, signaling growing demand for network mapping tech that enables connections and warm introductions. The Swarm technology, developed over the last three years, can map a company's or individual's extended network, revealing hundreds of thousands of relationships in real time, ultimately surfacing the strongest intro paths. "In the age of AI, the winning go-to-market motions will be built on authentic relationships. The Swarm lets companies and agents programmatically map, reveal, and act on those connections at scale, and we're proud to support them," said Adam Coccari, Managing Director at HubSpot Ventures. Alongside this new funding, The Swarm has launched a native integration with Clay this year, the fast-growing go-to-market data platform that reached unicorn status this year. The integration allows users to enrich contact and account records with warm introduction paths, based on shared work history, college alumni, investors, LinkedIn connections, and email/calendar contacts. "Relationships—not automation—are what really move deals forward," said David Connors, Co-Founder & CEO of The Swarm. "With this new investment and integration, we're turning relationship data into an actionable data layer teams can rely on and developers can build on." Beyond its Clay integration, The Swarm offers a Data API that gives developers access to its proprietary data and relationship graph. The Swarm API includes access to: Company-specific network mapping data to reveal warm intro paths to target accounts and people 580m+ complete people and 100m+ company profiles Job and role change data tracked daily Fundraising data for startups and investors Network queries to programmatically answer, for example: "Who do we know at this company?" or "Who's worked with them before?" The idea, Connors says, is to help teams unlock their extended networks by making the data accessible inside CRMs, outreach tools, and other products. With this latest round, The Swarm plans to scale its developer platform, release a HubSpot and Salesforce app, deepen integrations with other GTM tools, and continue building a new kind of "relationship data layer." For more information, visit and explore The Swarm API at For press inquiries, please contact:David ConnorsCo-Founder & CEO at The Swarmdavid@ Contact: To view an enhanced version of this graphic, please visit: Company Name: The SwarmContact Person: David ConnorsPhone: (415) 216 6181Address: 548 MARKET San FranciscoState: CACountry: USWebsite: To view the source version of this press release, please visit
Yahoo
04-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Michelle Obama Shares Her Honest Thoughts on Daughter Malia's Name Change
Michelle Obama appeared on the latest episode of Kate and Oliver Hudson's "Sibling Revelry" podcast. She explained how her daughters, Malia and Sasha, have tried to separate themselves from their famous parents. "They're still doing that," the former first lady Obama just revealed why her eldest daughter Malia's name change was part of a "push away" from her famous family. Speaking to actress Kate Hudson and her brother Oliver on their podcast "Sibling Revelry" this week, the former first lady explained how her daughters (she also shares Sasha with her husband, former President Barack Obama) still battle with trying to separate themselves from their parents. "Where do we begin?" Michelle said. "Our daughters are 26 and 23, they are young adult women. But they definitely went through a period in their teen years…it was the 'push away.'" "They're still doing that, and you guys know this of children with parents who are known," she added. "You're trying to distinguish yourself. It's very important for my kids to feel like they've earned what they are getting in the world." Michelle also explained that Sasha and Malia "don't want people to assume they don't work hard," or "that they're just naturally handed things." "They're very sensitive to that," Michelle said of her daughters. "They want to be their own people." The bestselling author also made reference to Malia deciding to drop her last name from the short film she debuted at Sundance Film Festival last year. Professionally, she goes by Malia Ann, her first and middle names. "We were like, 'They're still going to know it's you, Malia,'" Michelle explained. "But we respected the fact that she's trying to make her way." Malia directed a Nike commercial that came out earlier this year, and she was also a writer on the Amazon Prime miniseries Swarm. Read the original article on InStyle
Yahoo
30-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Sound of Earth's Flipping Magnetic Field Is an Unforgettable Horror
Earth's magnetic field dramatically flipped roughly 41,000 years ago. We can now experience this epic upheaval, thanks to a clever interpretation of information collected by the European Space Agency's Swarm satellite mission. Combining the satellite data with evidence of magnetic field line movements on Earth, geoscientists mapped the Laschamps event and represented it using natural noises like the creaking of wood and the crashing of colliding rocks. The resulting compilation – unveiled in 2024 by the Technical University of Denmark and the German Research Center for Geosciences – is unlike anything you've ever heard. Generated by the swirling liquid metals in our planet's core, Earth's magnetic field reaches tens to hundreds of thousands of kilometers into space, protecting us all by deflecting atmosphere-stripping solar particles. As the iron and nickel inside our planet shift, so does Earth's magnetic field, meaning the North (and South) Poles are also constantly on the move. Recently, the position of the magnetic North Pole was officially changed, as it continues its shift away from Canada and towards Siberia. In its current orientation, the magnetic field lines form closed loops that are directed south to north above the planet's surface, and then north to south deep within it. Yet every so often the field randomly flips its polarity. Were this to happen again today, our north-pointing compasses would point to the South Pole. The last such cataclysmic event occurred about 41,000 years ago, leaving a signature in the Laschamps lava flows in France. As the field weakened to only 5 percent of its current strength the reversal process allowed a surpluss of cosmic rays to pass into Earth's atmosphere. Ice and marine sediment preserve isotopic signatures of this higher-than-normal solar bombardment, with levels of beryllium-10 isotopes doubling during the Laschamps event, according to a study published last year. These altered atoms are formed when cosmic rays react with our atmosphere, ionizing the air and frying the ozone layer. With global climate change being a potential consequence, it's speculated the extinction of Australia's megafauna as well as changes in human cave use may have been associated with this event. "Understanding these extreme events is important for their occurrence in the future, space climate predictions, and assessing the effects on the environment and on the Earth system," German Research Center for Geosciences geophysics Sanja Panovska explained at the time. It took 250 years for the Laschamps reversal to take place and it stayed in the unusual orientation for about 440 years. At most, Earth's magnetic field may have remained at 25 percent of its current strength as the north polarity drifted to the south. Recent magnetic field anomalies like the weakening over the Atlantic ocean have led to questions about an impending reversal today, but recent research suggests these anomalies are not necessarily connected to flipping events. The South Atlantic anomaly is, however, exposing satellites in the area to higher levels of radiation. Since 2013, ESA's Swarm constellation has been measuring magnetic signals from Earth's core, mantle, crust, oceans, ionosphere, and magnetosphere so we can better understand our planet's geomagnetic field and predict its fluctuations. An earlier version of this article was published in October 2024. World-First Study Reveals How Lightning Sparks Gamma-Ray Flashes The Universe Is 'Suspiciously' Like a Computer Simulation, Physicist Says Seismic Waves From Intense Storms Can Ripple Through Earth's Core
The Verge
15-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Verge
Love, Death, and Robots keeps a good thing going in volume 4
At its best, Netflix's Love, Death, and Robots creates the same feeling as picking up a collection of sci-fi short stories. You don't always know what to expect, and not everything is brilliant, but you're guaranteed to experience something interesting. That was especially true of volume 3 of the animated anthology, which offered nine shorts, all of which were excellent. The latest volume doesn't quite hit the same heights, nor does it have a singular standout episode like ' The Very Pulse of the Machine,' but it's still a strong offering. What volume 4 does do well — and it's something that's a strength of LDR as a whole — is offer a wide variety of tones and styles. There are still the dark, violent, and hyperreal episodes that are so closely associated with LDR, like 'Spider Rose,' a follow-up to last season's 'Swarm,' which tells a cyberpunk story about a woman consumed with revenge who ends up finding it with the help of a very strange creature. There's also 'The Screaming of the Tyrannosaur,' in which trained warriors fight to the death in front of rich dignitaries and royalty, all while racing on dinosaurs. In a strangely inspired bit of casting, the death races are hosted by MrBeast. But the show also continues to push beyond classic, darker science fiction. There's a lot of comedy here, for instance. One episode is a confessional for smart devices like connected toothbrushes and toilets, which complain about how horrible it is to serve humans. Another follows a cat intent on world domination, who finds the perfect accomplice when its owners bring home a robotic assistant. And if you enjoyed last season's 'Night of the Mini Dead,' there's a sequel that similarly turns an alien invasion into a cutesy diorama of death and destruction. And while the show still skews heavily toward CG animation, there are a pair of great 2D episodes, as well. 'How Zeke Got Religion' is pure Heavy Metal and is a story about a group of WWII soldiers who end up fighting a demonic monstrosity summoned by the Nazis. It's filled with copious amounts of blood and gore and a truly terrifying monster that's all hands, mouths, and screams. That's joined by '400 Boys,' a wild and kinetic post-apocalyptic action story about a world filled with warring gangs that join together to fight a group of towering, naked babies that are simply called 'boys.' Volume 4 takes a few fun risks, as well. 'Golgotha' is the show's first fully live-action short, a simple story about a priest, an alien invasion, and a resurrected dolphin who might be the messiah. Like the best of LDR, the episode is satisfying on its own, but it also leaves you wanting to see and learn much more about its world. Not all the episodes are quite so successful. 'For He Can Creep' is a fine-if-forgettable tale of a cat fighting Satan, while 'Can't Stop' is an impressive-looking music video that turns the Red Hot Chili Peppers into marionettes but feels pretty out of place amid the rest of the season (and LDR as a whole). But even the worst episodes of volume 4 are still interesting, and that's the promise of Love, Death, and Robots, really. Streaming services have helped usher in a new wave of sci-fi anthologies, which have ranged from prophetic and impactful to completely unnecessary. LDR might be the most consistent modern example of the form. It's funny, violent, and surprising — and almost never boring.
