Astronomer CEO Resigns After Viral ‘Coldplay’ Kiss Cam Video

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2 months ago

July 19, 2025

Andy Byron has stepped down from his role as CEO of tech company Astronomer after a video of him holding a woman at a Coldplay concert went viral, according to a statement obtained by Variety. The woman was widely speculated to be Byron’s HR chief, Kristin Cabot.

“As stated previously, Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding,” read the statement. “Our leaders are expected to set the standard in both conduct and accountability, and recently, that standard was not met. Andy Byron has tendered his resignation, and the Board of Directors has accepted. The Board will begin a search for our next Chief Executive as Cofounder and Chief Product Officer Pete DeJoy continues to serve as interim CEO.”

It continued, “Before this week, we were known as a pioneer in the DataOps space, helping data teams power everything from modern analytics to production AI. While awareness of our company may have changed overnight, our product and our work for our customers have not. We’re continuing to do what we do best: helping our customers with their toughest data & AI problems.”

In a statement released Friday, the Astronomer said that its Board of Directors launched a “formal investigation” into the incident, and that a decision on Byron’s future at the company would come “very shortly.”

At a Coldplay concert Wednesday night in Foxborough, Mass., a fan cam found Bryon with his arms around a woman. Once spotted, they quickly moved away from each other and hid their faces from the camera. The couple was identified on social media, and the clip of them together has amassed tens of millions of views since it was posted late Wednesday.

Coldplay frontman Chris Martin noticed the couple’s odd reaction on the arena’s jumbotron. As they ducked away, Martin joked, “Either they’re having an affair or they’re just very shy.”

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Week 5 Results + Scorecards | Dana White’s Contender Series Season 9

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September 10, 2025

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Strawweights Carol Foro and Shanelle Dyer kicked things off with a fight that brought Dana White into the Octagon to congratulate both athletes, with Foro coming away with the victory. From there, the finishes just started rolling, as Samuel Sanches stopped Chasen Blair and Freddy Vidal snatched a submission in the final minute of his fight with Felipe Franco before Lerryan Douglas detonated a left hook on the chin of Cam Teague. And then, to close out the night, Steven Asplund needed just 16 seconds to dispatch Anthony Guarascio to close out the evening.

After brief deliberations, White emerged to announce the new additions to the UFC roster, awarding contracts to both Foro and Dyer, Sanches, Douglas, and Asplund while also announcing that Vidal would get another opportunity to compete on the final episode of the season.

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Judge blocks Trump from firing Fed Governor Lisa Cook for now

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September 10, 2025

Dan Mangan

Lisa Cook takes the oath of office to serve as a member of the Board of Governors at the Federal Reserve System during a ceremony at the William McChesney Martin Jr. Building of the Federal Reserve May 23, 2022 in Washington, DC.

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A federal judge on Tuesday night blocked President Donald Trump from firing Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook as her lawsuit challenging her termination plays out in court.

Judge Jia Cobb‘s issuance of a preliminary injunction in the case came nearly two weeks after Cook sued Trump to prevent him from becoming the first president in history to remove a Fed governor for purported cause.

Trump said on Aug. 25 that he was firing Cook because of suggestions by Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte that she had committed mortgage fraud in connection with documents she signed for two residential properties she owns in Georgia and Michigan. Those documents were signed before she joined the Fed.

Cook, who is the first Black woman to serve on the Fed board, denies any wrongdoing.

“The public interest in Federal Reserve independence weighs in favor of Cook’s reinstatement,” Cobb wrote in an opinion on her decision Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.

“At this preliminary stage, the Court finds that Cook has made a strong showing that her purported removal was done in violation of the Federal Reserve Act’s ‘for cause’ provision.”

Cobb said that “the best reading” of that provision is that the bases for removing a Fed governor are limited to actions relating to that governor’s ‘behavior in office.’ “

” ‘For cause’ thus does not contemplate removing an individual purely for conduct that occurred before they began in office,” the judge wrote, referring to the allegations that Trump cited in seeking to fire Cook.

Cobb’s order enjoins Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and the Board of Governors “from effectuating in any manner” Cook’s removal because of Trump’s order.

Cook’s lawyer, Abbe Lowell, in a statement, said, “Today’s ruling recognizes and reaffirms the importance of safeguarding the independence of the Federal Reserve from illegal political interference.”

“Allowing the President to unlawfully remove Governor Cook on unsubstantiated and vague allegations would endanger the stability of our financial system and undermine the rule of law,” Lowell said.

“Governor Cook will continue to carry out her sworn duties as a Senate-confirmed Board Governor.”

The White House and the Federal Reserve did not immediately reply to requests for comment on Cobb’s order.

The Supreme Court is expected to have the final say in the case.

J.J. McCarthy gets critique and praise from Peyton Manning, Eli Manning, Randy Moss

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3 hours ago

September 10, 2025

Michael Rand

For exactly three quarters Monday night, things could not have looked more bleak for the Vikings.

Their young quarterback, J.J. McCarthy, looked overwhelmed. His indecisiveness early had led to a stalled offense, and his third quarter pick-six had put the Vikings in extreme danger of losing control of their opener in Chicago.

Their defense had allowed Bears QB Caleb Williams to complete his first 10 passes, the first Chicago quarterback to start a season with that many completions in almost a half-century.

The whole vibe just seemed off, a far cry from the crispness that embodied much of a 2024 season that ended with 14 victories.

Then Randy Moss showed up. And J.J. McCarthy showed out.

That’s too simple of an explanation, but the stars certainly aligned Monday.

In rewatching the Vikings’ 27-24 victory, this time via the alternate “ManningCast” production featuring Peyton and Eli Manning — and Moss, for one important quarter ― the highs and lows of the night as seen through McCarthy really came into focus.

I talked about that on Tuesday’s Daily Delivery podcast, and I want to dig into some of the biggest takeaways from watching offensive legends watch the Vikings’ young quarterback.

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