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Whether you want a feel-good escape from reality or to embroil yourself in drama you would never experience in your daily life, TV has got you covered. But what happens when the world you see onscreen is overshadowed by what’s going on behind the cameras? If you’ve ever had a favorite show hit by scandal, you might have noticed it affected how you watched the show — for better or worse. The Curious Case of Queer Eye Season 8 Typically, when a new season of Queer Eye drops on Netflix, I’m on it like Antoni…

Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesCapital One Financial is set to acquire Discover Financial Services, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. The deal could be announced Tuesday, the outlet said, citing sources.It will be an all-stock deal and Capital One, which already uses Visa and Mastercard networks, plans to keep the Discover brand, the Wall Street Journal said.”Discover has done a better job of bringing in a lot of deposits and [has] access to a lot of institutions to run the debit card network and provide service. So it gives them a lot of deposit gathering…

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., February 7, 2024. Brendan Mcdermid | ReutersEmbattled lender New York Community Bank disclosed a litany of financial metrics in the past 24 hours in a bid to soothe skittish investors.But one of the most crucial resources for any bank appears to be in short supply for NYCB lately: confidence.The regional bank late Tuesday said that deposits were stable at $83 billion and that the firm had ample resources to cover any possible flight of uninsured deposits. Hours later, it promoted chairman Alessandro DiNello to…

Activists at a “Look Down action” rally to stop deep sea mining, outside the European Parliament in Brussels on March 6, 2023.Kenzo Tribouillard | Afp | Getty ImagesIt’s likely only a matter of time before scraping the ocean floor for valuable metals becomes a reality, according to the head of the International Seabed Authority, the U.N. regulator that oversees deep-sea mining.Michael Lodge, secretary-general of the ISA, told CNBC that global interest in deep-sea mining has climbed to levels not seen since the 1970s, with advocates clearly excited by the industry’s potential role in the energy transition.”One of the main drivers…

Strauss/curtis | The Image Bank | Getty ImagesA version of this article first appeared in CNBC’s Inside Wealth newsletter with Robert Frank, a weekly guide to the high-net-worth investor and consumer. Sign up to receive future editions, straight to your inbox.While many institutional investors are trimming their alternative investments such as hedge funds and private equity, family offices are pouring even more money into the sector, according to a new study.KKR’s family office survey of 75 chief investment officers around the world found that family offices had 52% of their portfolios invested in alternative investments in 2023, up from 42%…

French President Emmanuel Macron welcomes Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, February 8, 2023.Sarah Meyssonnier | ReutersMunich, GERMANY — Should we borrow from global markets as one combined entity and raise new debt together?That’s the question hanging on the shoulders of EU officials as they promise to spend more on defense amid Russia’s onslaught in Ukraine.This debate is not new — and it is historically complex.For many years, EU nations that were traditionally more conservative over how they spend their money did not want to tap capital…

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Let’s face it. Nobody likes a soggy slipper. Apart from finding out your favorite series has been removed from Netflix, there’s nothing else that ruins a night on the couch quite like it. Which I why I’ve set out on a sartorial search to find the best slippers for sweaty feet—allowing you to bask in coziness while avoiding the kind of clamminess that can upset the cat and have you frantically spraying deodorant to try and mask the smell. So whether you’re looking for your next summer savior, or simply something to keep you dry all year round, treat your…

Almost by definition, it’s a fundamental condition in fashion that things tend to come and go. And, as much as we try to fight the ‘fad’ culture at Who What Wear, it’s a given that trends have their moment. There are however some staples that seem to stand the test of time, that never seem to fade away—cashmere or a really good wool coat, for example, there’s just no arguing their position in a capsule wardrobe. There’s another item on this list too: Denim. Imagine a world without it? It’s hard, isn’t it, because it’s so firmly ingrained in our…

[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for the CSI: Vegas Season 3 premiere “The Reaper.”] Is Josh Folsom (Matt Lauria) a murderer? That’s the question CSI: Vegas left fans with between seasons and one that the rest of the Crime Lab must ask in the premiere. Not only do we find out what happened the night Josh learned he had his mother’s killer in front of him, but we also get a tease of a major storyline for Catherine (Marg Helgenberger) for the season. Allie (Mandeep Dhillon) thinks Josh is covering for Trey (Daniel Di Tomasso), and when the other man ends up…

Ariana Grande has recruited the inimitable Mariah Carey for a new version of “Yes, And?” The singers had previously connected in 2020 for “Oh Santa!” Listen to their new song below.Ahead of the new remix’s release, Grande wrote online, “there truly are no words that suffice. thank you from the bottom of my heart for this dream come true and for sprinkling your brilliance and magic on my little song @mariahcarey. it means more to me than i could ever possibly articulate and i cannot wait for everyone to hear this ! i love you eternally !!!!!!! 𖦹 ☼ ⋆｡˚⋆ฺ.”In…

Pulp‘s Jarvis Cocker has thanked fans for their support after his mother passed away at the beginning of this year. The frontman shared in a new Instagram post today (February 19) that his mum, Christine, died the day after Pulp performed a Hogmanay concert in Edinburgh to ring in the new year. “It’s 49 days since my mum passed away,” the musician captioned the post. “She died the day after Pulp played the Hogmanay concert in Edinburgh. I travelled back down south on new year’s day & she left this Earth at 10:15pm that evening.” His images were accompanied by…

Instagram has added new features to add some flair to your Valentine’s Day celebrations. There are two new features that have been rolled out by the Meta-owned social media platform, but they are not very easy to discover. These hidden features can only be triggered with specific actions inside the Android or iOS app. One of the features can be found in the Notes section on the direct messages (DM) page. The second hidden feature has been added to Instagram Stories.The first feature is a floating or exploding hearts animation, which can be seen when using the Notes feature. Users…

Nintendo’s “Switch 2” was widely expected to arrive sometime this year, but a new rumor is putting that timeline into question. Now, the company is telling publishers that the next-gen console is slated for release in the first quarter of 2025, according to VGC, Eurogamer and other sources. That would line up with the release of the original Switch, which was announced in October 2016 but came out in March 2017.Publishers were reportedly briefed recently on the launch date change from late 2024 to early 2025. Several sources said they were working on Switch 2 games with releases planned for…

Stem cells can be obtained from unneeded embryos made during in vitro fertilisationnobeastsofierce Science / Alamy A kind of stem cell transplant that has long been seen as one of the most promising new kinds of medical treatments could bring a greater risk of cancer than we previously thought. A study has found that more than a fifth of stem cells being grown in laboratories for regenerative medicine research harbour cancer-causing mutations. The cells tested haven’t been put into people, but were being used in research to explore their medical use. The findings show… Read the original article here

The specter of Ashton Shaw was hanging heavy over this one. Colter’s father has proven to be quite the major player over the first two hours of this new series, with Colter taking on a new case that had his father heavy on his brain. And while the case of the week on Tracker Season 1 Episode 2 wasn’t anything to write home about, it did further the lore that is the Shaw family mystery, which again seems to be the strongest thing going for this action-adventure which continues to be light on the action. While…

Updated 12:45 p.m. Eastern with confirmation of contact with satellite after deployment. WASHINGTON — A Rocket Lab Electron launched an Astroscale spacecraft that will rendezvous with and inspect a spent upper stage in low Earth orbit as a precursor to removing it. The Electron lifted off from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand at 9:52 a.m. Eastern Feb. 18. The launch was the second this year for the company after the Jan. 31 launch of four satellites for space situational awareness company NorthStar Earth and Space. The sole payload for this launch was the Active Debris Removal by…

A “For Sale” sign outside a house in Albany, California, on May 31, 2022.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMortgage rates shot higher Friday after a monthly government report on wholesale prices showed inflation is still persistent and hotter than most analysts had expected.The average rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage jumped to 7.14%, according to Mortgage News Daily. That is the highest level in two months.Mortgage rates hit their last high in October but then fell sharply over the next two months, leveling out at around 6.6% in December. They climbed back over 7% last Friday after another…