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Guard Caitlin Clark #22 of the Iowa Hawkeyes listens as the crowd cheers after breaking the NCAA women’s all-time scoring record during the game against the Michigan Wolverines at Carver-Hawkeye Arena on February 15, 2024 in Iowa City, Iowa. Matthew Holst | Getty ImagesWomen’s sports reached an inflection point in 2023, propelled by major new broadcast deals, once-in-a-lifetime players and record-breaking audiences that dramatically changed the sports landscape.From Caitlin Clark fever in Iowa to a packed house of 92,000 fans for women’s volleyball in Nebraska, women’s sports have never been more at the forefront.And it’s not slowing down.Revenue generated by women’s…

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesFour of investors’ top five favorite destinations are in Europe, according to the Milken Institute’s Global Opportunity Index (GOI) report.Denmark topped this year’s rankings, scoring first on business perception, a measure of the ease of doing business in a country as well as other regulatory metrics.The index factors in 100 indicators under five categories: business perception, economic fundamentals, financial services, institutional framework, and international standards and policy.Denmark ranked third on economic fundamentals which capture macroeconomic performance, workforce talent, and “efforts to…

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Cardi B has shared her second new song of the month, “Enough (Miami),” as well as guesting alongside SZA on a new remix of Flo Milli’s “Never Lose Me.” Listen to both songs below. “Enough (Miami),” which follows Cardi B’s “Like What (Freestyle),” comes with a minimalist video directed by Patience Harding. Find both new songs below.SZA, who shared a new song of her own, “Saturn,” last month, was announced yesterday as a Glastonbury 2024 headliner. Both the original “Never Lose Me” and the remix appear on Flo Milli’s Fine Ho, Stay, out today.Read Dylan Green and Alphonse Pierre’s rundown…

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Steve Harley, the frontman of 70s band Cockney Rebel and best known for ‘Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)’, has died aged 73. The news was confirmed by his family in a statement, who said: “We are devastated to announce that our wonderful husband and father has passed away peacefully at home, with his family by his side.” Harley, who had been receiving cancer treatment, had cancelled a run of shows in late 2023, writing on his website at the time that it was a “heartbreaking” decision, but necessary in order to fight a “nasty” cancer. His family…

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Hyper Light Breaker is a hoverboard sim. Technically, it’s a third-person roguelite adventure set in a luminous fantasy-cyberpunk universe, but after playing a 30-minute preview, it’s clear to me that Hyper Light Breaker is all about the hoverboard. Vicious beasts, secret alcoves and shiny weapons are secondary to the feeling of gliding over green hills and shallow waters on my glowing blue slab, finding joy in narrowly avoiding enemy encounters.Intentionally skipping battles was probably the opposite of what lead animator Chris Bullock wanted me to do during the first public hands-on opportunity with Hyper Light Breaker — but if that…

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Apple has announced five titles coming to the Apple Arcade service in April, including two spatial games for the Vision Pro Headset. New games Puyo Puyo Puzzle Pop, Super Monsters Ate My Condo+, and Sago Mini Trips+ will be available on April 4 across Apple devices. Meanwhile, Apple Vision Pro users will get Crossy Road Castle and Solitaire Stories on April 25. The Vision Pro mixed reality headset launched last month and boasts over a dozen spatial gaming experiences.Apple announced the Apple Arcade lineup for April on Tuesday, confirming the return of the Japanese Puyo Puyo tile-matching series of games…

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Did anybody call for a lawyer? We can barely contain our excitement about the news that Disney+ is bringing back Daredevil in a bid to reignite the character for Phase 5 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The glimpses of Matt Murdock that we got on Echo and Spiderman: No Way Home were great, but we have missed this tortured, hopeless do-gooder and his heart of gold. At the risk of sounding like a superfan (guilty), this Marvel nerd has faithfully watched everything that has led up to this moment, hoping for an eventual Daredevil return. …

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TikTok creators gather before a press conference to voice their opposition to the “Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act,” pending crackdown legislation on TikTok in the House of Representatives, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 12, 2024. Craig Hudson | ReutersWhite House national security adviser John Kirby said Sunday that the Senate should swiftly advance a bill that would force Chinese technology company ByteDance to sell TikTok. The bill passed in the House with overwhelming bipartisan support.”We’re glad the House took it up. And we urge the Senate to move swiftly on this,” Kirby said on ABC’s…

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Trying to find the true meaning of the phrase smart casual can quickly turn into a nightmare. The Oxford Dictionary defines it as “neat, conventional, yet relatively informal in style, especially as worn to conform to a particular dress code”. But these days it’s quite common for smart casual to be the dress code. So you go online to search for smart casual style guides that variously counsel everything from shorts, which don’t strike us as especially smart, to Ascot ties, which don’t come over as particularly casual. And as the latter indicates, many of these guides feel like they…

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As someone whose wardrobe is comprised almost solely of capsule wardrobe staples, when I stumbled upon Marks & Spencer’s new single breasted blazer I couldn’t keep it to myself. A lightweight yet smart style, the blazer features a singular button closure, two side pockets and a neat but relaxed silhouette. Available in grey, black and beige, the perfectly-cut blazer is an ideal lightweight layer for early spring through to late autumn styling—layering well over a knit, but looking equally chic when styled with a tee.Destined to sell out soon, I’ve taken it upon myself to craft three spring-ready outfit that…

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In 2020, we were introduced to Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist, a unique musical dramedy about a computer coder (Jane Levy) who suddenly began to hear people’s innermost thoughts through song, allowing for many impressive performances and some of our favorite moments of TV to this day. After two seasons at NBC, it was canceled, but then fans got a follow-up movie on The Roku Channel, Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas, in 2021. So what are the chances for more of any kind? We’ll take another season, movie, anything! “I’m sitting right now in the production office of Zoey’s because we actually shoot on this exact…

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The Hong Kong observation wheel and the HSBC building in Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong.Ucg | Universal Images Group | Getty ImagesHSBC is “very positive” about the mid- to long-term outlook for the Chinese economy despite current headwinds, the British bank’s chief financial officer told CNBC.Growth in China has been weighed down over the past year by a slump in the country’s traditional economic pillars of real estate, infrastructure and exports. This prompted Beijing to ramp up its efforts to bolster manufacturing and domestic tech in a bid to modernize its economy and remain globally competitive.Speaking to CNBC’s Karen Tso…

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THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Despite not making it to the moon, NASA and others flying payloads on Astrobotic’s Peregrine lunar lander say they still got useful data from the mission. Peregrine launched Jan. 8 on the first flight of United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan Centaur. The spacecraft, though, suffered a propellant leak hours after launch that ruled out any chance of attempting a lunar landing. The spacecraft instead reentered a week and a half after launch. Although Peregrine did not reach the moon, many of the payloads on board were tested during the flight. “In transit, we were going to keep…

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A miniature chair and table 3D printed from waste woodThakur et al., Sci. Adv. 10, eadk3250 (2024) Recycled wood can be turned into an ink for 3D printing, which could offer a more sustainable way to manufacture furniture or even build houses. “Wood has been used for building and structural purposes for centuries,” says Muhammad Rahman at Rice University in Texas. But working with the material isn’t especially efficient, as chiselling it down to size can result in lots of waste. To make use of this leftover material, Rahman and his colleagues split it into lignin and cellulose – molecules…

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Workers assemble cars on the line at Tesla’s factory in Fremont. David Butow (Photo by David Butow/Corbis via Getty Images)David Butow | Corbis News | Getty ImagesElectric vehicle maker Tesla has settled a racist discrimination lawsuit in which a federal jury previously awarded $3.2 million in damages to Owen Diaz, a Black man who worked as an elevator operator at its Fremont, California factory in 2015.Attorney Lawrence Organ, with the California Civil Rights Law Group, who represented Diaz told CNBC via e-mail: “The parties have reached an amicable resolution of their disputes. The terms of the settlement are confidential and we…

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Read CNBC’s full investigation into the alleged organized theft groups that police say are stealing and reselling items from retailers including Ulta Beauty, T.J. Maxx and Walgreens.Faced with sophisticated organized retail crime rings that investigators say have targeted his company, Ulta Beauty CEO Dave Kimbell is laying some blame on e-commerce sites.In the first in-depth interview given by a retail CEO about organized theft, Kimbell responded to a monthslong CNBC investigation that showed how police broke up what they say is a professional network of thieves who used Amazon to resell millions in cosmetics stolen from Ulta stores and other…

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Gouge Away weaponize introspection in anthemic post-hardcore strokes on Deep Sage, their first album since 2018. The Florida band’s maelstrom of thrashing hooks, unvarnished production, and relentless velocity backdrops Christina Michelle’s screams of delirium and agoraphobia, but, also, on songs like “Dallas,” conceals moments of tender beauty.Listen on Apple MusicListen on SpotifyListen on TidalListen on Amazon MusicListen/Buy at BandcampBuy at Rough TradeChief Keef & Mike Will Made-It: Dirty Nachos [43B/Ear Drummers/RBC]Fans are still hoping that Chief Keef releases the long-teased Almighty So 2, but, while they wait, the Chicago rapper has a new mixtape with Mike Will Made-It. The Trap-A-Holics-hosted…

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