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Ariana Grande-Butera (/ˌɑːriˈɑːnə ˈɡrɑːndeɪ/, born June 26, 1993) is an American singer and actress. Born in Boca Raton, Florida, Grande began her career at age 15 in the 2008 Broadway musical 13. She rose to fame for her role as Cat Valentine in the Nickelodeon television series Victorious (2010–2013) and Sam & Cat (2013–2014). She subsequently signed with Republic Records in 2011 after the label's executives discovered YouTube videos of her covering songs. Her 1950s doo-wop-influenced pop and R&B debut album,[1] Yours Truly (2013), topped the US Billboard 200 chart, while its lead single, "The Way", charted in the top ten of the US Billboard Hot 100. Upon release, critics compared Grande to Mariah Carey for her wide vocal range and whistle register. Grande maintained her pop and R&B sound on her second and third studio albums, My Everything (2014), and Dangerous Woman (2016), with the former exploring EDM and producing the UK number-one singles "Problem", and "Bang Bang", and the latter becoming her first of four consecutive number-one albums in the UK Singles Chart. Her personal struggles influenced her trap-infused fourth and fifth studio albums, Sweetener (2018) and Thank U, Next (2019), which were both critical and commercial successes. The former won Grande a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album, while the latter broke the record for the largest streaming week for a pop album, and was nominated for the Album of the Year.[2] The singles "Thank U, Next", "7 Rings", and "Break Up with Your Girlfriend, I'm Bored" made Grande the first solo artist to hold the top three spots on the Billboard Hot 100 simultaneously, and the first woman to succeed herself at the top of the UK. In 2020, her collaborations "Stuck with U" with Justin Bieber and "Rain on Me" with Lady Gaga helped her break the record for most number-one debuts on the Hot 100. Grande's R&B-influenced sixth studio album, Positions (2020), and its title track, debuted at number-one in the UK and US.

She has received numerous accolades throughout her career, including one Grammy Award, one Brit Award, two Billboard Music Awards, three American Music Awards, nine MTV Video Music Awards, and 20 Guinness World Records.[3] Grande also holds several Billboard Hot 100 chart records; among the above, she is also the only artist to have five number-one debuts, to have their first five number one singles debut at the top spot, to have three number one-debuts in one calendar year, and to have all lead singles from each of her first six studio albums debut in the top ten. Grande's first five full-length albums have been certified platinum or multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Having amassed billions of streams thus far, Grande is the most streamed female artist on Spotify and Apple Music,[4][5] and is currently the most followed solo female artist on Spotify, and YouTube. She has been included on Time's annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world (2016 and 2019) and on Forbes Celebrity 100 (2019 and 2020), while Billboard has honored her as Woman of the Year (2018), the greatest pop star of 2019,[6] and the most accomplished female artist to debut in the 2010s.[7] Aside from music, Grande is known for her fashion, and signature ponytail hairdo. Since 2019, Grande is the most followed woman on Instagram.

Apple reportedly approached Nissan about making an autonomous car together Apple reportedly approached Nissan about making an autonomous car together, but the talks collapsed after they clashed over branding Apple approached Japanese carmaker Nissan about partnering on its autonomous car, but the talks fell through after the tech giant said it wanted the vehicles to be Apple-branded, The Financial Times reported.

The news comes just a week after South-Korean manufacturer Hyundai and its sister company Kia denied being in talks with Apple over the vehicle.

The discussions between Apple and Nissan in recent months didn't last long, and collapsed after Apple said it wanted Apple-branded downgraded Nissan's role to just a hardware supplier, sources briefed on the matter told the publication.

Ashwani Gupta, Nissan's chief operating officer, told the FT the carmaker was not in talks with Apple. No way we are going to change the way we make cars," Gupta said. "The way we design, the way we develop, and the way we manufacture is going to be as an automotive manufacturer, as Nissan."

Nissan is open to working with tech companies as interest in autonomous vehicles grows, he said – but the companies would have to "adapt their services to our product, not vice versa."

A Nissan spokesperson confirmed to Insider that it isn't in talks with Apple, but noted that the company is "always open to exploring collaborations and partnerships to accelerate industry transformation."

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Claudia Conway digs into her past for 'American Idol' audition. Will she make it to Hollywood?

"American Idol" is back!

ABC's singing competition returned Sunday night with a premiere that saw Katy Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie back in the (socially distanced) judges' seats. But they weren't the only familiar faces.

Claudia Conway, the 16-year-old daughter of former White House counselor Kellyanne Conway and attorney George Conway, a fierce Trump critic, walked into the "Idol" audition room hoping to score a prized golden ticket to Hollywood. Accompanied by her dad, the teen showed off her vocal chops while getting personal about her upbringing.

"It’s a lot, but, you know, I only want to spread love," she told the judges. "I love a compromise, and I do agree to disagree with my mom and my dad.”

Before her audition, Conway shared a moment with her mother, who appeared remotely on a large screen. When her daughter admitted to feeling nervous, Kellyanne replied, "You should be nervous, honey."It’s a very humbling experience," Kellyanne continued. "But remember, honey, winners are people who are willing to lose."

Claudia opened up to the judges about her complicated relationship with her mom.

“She loves me. I love her," the teen said. "I feel like our relationship’s a little iffy. Most of my life, my feelings had been suppressed, so then I got social media, and I was like 'Well, damn. Now my voice is being heard.' "Conway currently has more than 1.7 million followers on TikTok and has made national headlines for posting videos on the site critical of former President Donald Trump.

"The internet can be a very, very dark place, but when life is all going downhill, I have my music," she said. "Now I kind of want to get out of the controversy, get out of the drama, get out of the political whatever, and let people know that I am a singer and that this is what I want to do."After the heartfelt introduction, it was time to put Conway's voice to the test. The teen sang "Love on the Brain" by Rihanna, but was interrupted by Perry after a rocky start.

"OK, that song, you lost it," the judge said, before urging Conway to take off her sparkly high heels, which the teen said were tripping her up. Conway got a chance to redeem herself with a performance of Adele's "When We Were Young Before she started again, Perry gave an emotional pep talk.

“When you sing this next song, think about when you were young, and go back to that time," Perry said. "There’s a sadness there. It’s like, you lost your youth, because you weren’t able to experience it on your own, without all of this noise."

The "Firework" singer continued: "Your dad’s your dad. Your mom’s your mom. Who is Claudia? You have to calm the storm that is around you, 'cause if you sing like you want to read the social media comments afterwards, you’re only ever gonna be a TikTok star. We want an American Idol."'American Idol': Contestant's Louis Armstrong cover moves judges during first taped-from-home show

As Conway channeled her past for her second chance, her dad listened from outside the audition room.

“I couldn’t imagine anything that would make her happier than to do this," he said, wiping tears from his face.

But were the judges as moved?

Bryan said Conway was limited by her range. Richie said her second song was better than her first, showing she could improve with coaching. Perry suggested Conway unplug from social media to let her voice shine through. There’s a lot of noise in your life," she said. "Before you sing, you need to get off your phone. You need to stop reading your comments. Push it aside. Because if not, you may not ever rise above your dad or your mom. It’s your choice."

Katy Perry, George Conway jump in to support Trump critic Claudia Conway's 'American Idol' audition

Then it was time to vote.

Bryan was a no. Perry was a yes. Which meant it all came down to Richie. Ok done

KEY TAKEAWAYS

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Dark pools provide pricing and cost advantages to buy-side institutions such as mutual funds, and pension funds, which claim that these benefits ultimately accrue to the retail investors who invest in these funds.

However, dark pools’ lack of transparency makes them susceptible to conflicts of interest by their owners and predatory trading practices by HFT firms.

The prospect of a fresh ban on cryptocurrencies in India has sent an army of crypto investors scrambling to think of ways to protect or liquidate their holdings. This, as the government appears to be in final stages of bringing in a new legislation governing Bitcoin and other such tokens in India.

On Thursday, BloombergQuint reported that India will go ahead with a complete ban on investment in cryptocurrencies via domestic and foreign exchanges, after giving investors a transition period of three-to-six months. The full contents of proposed cryptocurrency bill are not in public domain.

While there is no official data available, the three largest crypto-exchanges—WazirX, Unocoin and CoinDCX—claim that there are anywhere between 60 lakh to one crore cryptocurrency holders in the country with holdings of over Rs 10,000 crore.

These crypto investors are looking at options ranging from ‘self-custody wallets’ to transferring and selling their tokens. To be sure, provisions included in the upcoming legislation, once detailed, will eventually guide these choices.

Option 1: Move Towards ‘Self-Custody’ Wallets

One option being explored by crypto investors is to move their holdings into ‘self-custody’ wallets.

This means that investors could either store their digital wealth in a hard wallet, which is a small digital device like a USB drive, microSD card or a smart card. This device stores the investor’s private bitcoin key/s and can be locked away at a safe place or sent to a friend or relative. Some of the popular hardware wallets for storing bitcoins include Ledger, Trezor, SafePal and BitLox.

Further, there are online self-custody wallet services provided by global firms such as Blockchain, Electrum and MetaMask, among others. Youtuber Aditya Singh, who runs a channel called ‘Crypto India’, told BloombergQuint that many cryptocurrency investors have reached out with queries on how they could stash their digital tokens away from cryptocurrency exchange wallets.

“There are multiple ways to do that (store cryptocurrency) but the easiest is to take the custody of your wallet,” said Singh. “Investors who are worried that it might be end of the road for cryptocurrency in India are shifting their virtual currencies from exchange custody to self-custody online or hardware wallets,” he said.

However, there is a caveat. If a cryptocurrency is transferred via a wallet that exists on an Indian exchange, authorities can track it down if they want. Even as the blockchain system is decentralised, the know-your-customer norms followed by the country’s exchanges require users to reveal their identity and that could be a way for authorities to trace it back to the person who holds cryptocurrency in the exchange’s wallet,” said Singh.

Key takeaways: With acquittal, Trump wins battle for the Republican soul The decision by most GOP senators to acquit Trump in the 57-43 vote on a charge of incitement of insurrection demonstrates that there remains deep hesitation in the party to disown the former president or his brand of politics. That comes despite Trump's role in the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol that endangered their safety and that of others, in a failed attempt by his supporters to overturn his defeat in the 2020 election.

While impeachment managers won a majority of Senate votes to convict Trump, with seven Republicans joining all 50 Democrats and independents, the margin fell short of the two-thirds majority of 67 votes required under the Constitution to convict. He's a strong force in the party. There's no doubt about that," Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., told NBC News.

The consensus of Senate Republican leadership in favor of acquittal sends a signal to aspiring officeholders, donors and activists: They are unlikely to build or support political infrastructure to elevate GOP candidates who stand against the ex-president.

During Trump's presidency, several Republicans who clashed with him left the party, including former Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan, while others pulled the plug on their political careers, like Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona. The dynamics that exiled them were entrenched by Trump's acquittal. Some Democrats were shocked at the GOP's desire to stand behind Trump.

"I'm just incredulous," Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, told reporters before the vote on Friday. "Incredulous, except I've watched, I've watched my spineless colleagues walk around with fear in their eyes for four years. And so maybe I shouldn't be surprised."

The impacts are likely to reverberate in American politics for years. Here's how the vote affects the relevant parties:

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Apple Car will not be made by Hyundai, Kia after all

Hyundai Motor and Kia have denied they are in talks with Apple.

This denial comes after a week's time since the company confirmed it first.

Hyundai's statement, however, does not mean the talks cannot reopen.

South Korea’s Hyundai Motor and its affiliate Kia have collectively said they have ended talks with Apple for the autonomous electric car project. This comes a week after the horde of speculations emerged. A Reuters report first suggested Hyundai is holding discussions with Apple for Apple Car, only to be denied later by the company itself, probably under the threat from Apple that likes secrecy of plans. Then, a fresh reporting reasserted Apple and Hyundai are back to it. The latest falling out, however, does not mean the companies might not initiate talks again.

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