Netflix has a hidden gem that deserves your attention this Black History Month: Pioneers of African-American Cinema.

It’s a collection of groundbreaking films released in the first half of the 20th century that celebrates the works of some of the earliest black and African-American filmmakers.

The films, which are available to stream now, range from 1915’s Two Knights of Vaudeville to 1946’s Dirty Gertie from Harlem U.S.A.

Pioneers of African-American Cinema was originally collected in 2016 by Kino Lorber, and the current collection on Netflix features 20 different movies from creators like the Ebony Film Corporation, Spencer Williams, and Oscar Micheaux. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Celebrate Black History Month with 'Pioneers of African-American Cinema' on Netflix

Hey Alexa, you’re not the only one getting the holiday love. 

The holidays were good to Google’s parent company, Alphabet, because of hardware products like Google Home, an Alexa competitor, execs said during a fourth-quarter earnings call Thursday. 

During the call, Ruth Porat, CFO of Alphabet, and Google CEO Sundar Pichai boasted that revenue  was up 24 percent to $32.3 billion for the final quarter. However, Google’s per-share earnings still fell below Wall Street expectations, partially because of a new tax on foreign assets that hit Google like a $9.9 billion brick. That turned a $6 billion net income for the last three months into a $3 billion loss. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Google gets earnings boost thanks to Google Home holiday sales, but it's not all picture perfect

Vladimir Putin may not be bounding on stage to accept them any time soon. Regardless, all the ad industry’s marketing campaign awards should go to the Russian leader for his spectacular 2016 election hack, according to an international alliance of advertising creatives. 

The anonymous group calls itself Project Meddle, and it claims to have already paid to enter a portfolio describing Russia’s election activities to all the industry award shows: the Webbys, the One Show, the Cannes Lions, the Clios and the Addys.

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Source: Mashable | An ad industry group nominated Russia's election hack for all the awards

Declaring your son will never play football in a room full of fans before your big performance at the Super Bowl might not be the smoothest move but, here we are, witnessing another day in the life of Justin Timberlake. 

The singer, who is not releasing a country album this week, made the bold proclamation during a press conference ahead of the Super Bowl on Thursday. A reporter asked Timberlake if he would support his two-year-old son Silas, his son with actress Jessica Biel, to pursue a career in music down the road. 

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Source: Mashable | Justin Timberlake just declared his son will never play football

When taxis fly…

A California-based company is working to make that happen. But the secretive Joby Aviations isn’t sharing when its five-seater all-electric passenger plane will move from prototype to viable air taxi. But it’s moving to pre-production thanks to a new injection of cash announced Thursday from various investors including JetBlue’s and Toyota’s new venture arms.

The $100 million in new funding could mean the electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft could soon be taking commuters to work above the traffic jams and train delays below. But realistically its short-haul flights won’t be happening anytime soon. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Flying electric air taxi gets a boost from Toyota, JetBlue