As you’ve no doubt heard by now, the royal family is in a state of crisis. After removing herself from public life for several months, Kate Middleton announced last week that she has cancer. The Princess of Wales didn’t go into specifics with regard to the severity of her condition or the organs affected, but anyone who’s ever experienced the ravages of cancer — either firsthand or by witnessing a loved one’s battle — knows that it’s a horrible disease that extracts a devastating toll. In other words, it’s nothing to joke about, which is why…
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen testifies during a hearing before the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee at Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill on March 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty ImagesTreasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Wednesday warned that China is treating the global economy as a dumping ground for its cheaper clean energy products, depressing market prices and squeezing green manufacturing in the U.S.”I am concerned about global spillovers from the excess capacity that we are seeing in China,” Yellen said during a speech at a Georgia solar company called…
“AM I A LESBIAN?†by Rachael Marie Walker Well, well, well. Look at you, @teen-w00lf, back again. You’ve taken this quiz sixteen times. How many times can quiz creator @leavebritneyalone696969 tell you what you are? What are you so afraid of? It’s up to you if you want to continue. Remember: These quizzes are just for entertainment. Q: Do you ever buy clothes from the men’s section? I want my body to be something it can’t be. I want it to be slim, rail-thin. I want the spindly body in so much lesbian media. It isn’t. I force myself into…
The beaded bracelet is an iconic men’s style accessory, yet it can be tricky to find the perfect one. Even the best men’s beaded bracelets can offer you a handful of choices. You may be torn between obsidian and tiger’s eye gemstones, not to mention wooden and metal beads. You also have to consider different design elements that may make one bracelet more comfortable for you than another. The ultimate goal is to find a versatile and stylish accessory that pairs well with most of your wardrobe’s clothes. Luckily for you, this list breaks down some of the best men’s…
(Image credit: @camimendes)I don’t know about you, but I love a good press tour because of all the fantastic outfits that celebrities and their stylists put together. Right now, we’re being treated to the early stages of Zendaya’s Challengers media blitz and it’s shaping up to be a good one. Meanwhile, Sydney Sweeney is booked and busy promoting Immaculate. (ICYMI, we just did an exclusive photo shoot and interview with Sweeney that you simply must check out right away!) Plus, Camila Mendes is also on a press tour for her upcoming Amazon Prime film called Música, which is described as…
One thousand episodes is an impressive feat for a franchise. (“By the way, I’m pointing out that almost 500 of those are just us,†NCIS star Sean Murray told TV Insider.) With the April 15 episode of NCIS, that’s the milestone that franchise (also consisting of Los Angeles, New Orleans, Hawai’i, and Sydney, with two series still to come) hits. CBS has now revealed details and photos (which you can see below) for the episode, titled “A Thousand Yards†and featuring special appearances from LA‘s Daniela Ruah (who directed an episode of NCIS already this season) and Hawai’i‘s Vanessa Lachey. Joe Spano also returns as Fornell. According…
Martin Puddy | Digitalvision | 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.The wealth of the top 1% hit a record $44.6 trillion at the end of the fourth quarter, as an end-of-year stock rally lifted their portfolios, according to new data from the Federal Reserve.The total net worth of the top 1%, defined by the Fed as those with wealth over $11 million, increased by $2 trillion in the fourth quarter. All of the…
Today #TheSimonettaLeinShow continues its highly anticipated 6th Season, as the show welcomes American comedian, actor, and screenwriter, Deon Anthony Cole! Deon is best known for his role in the hit American sitcom, “Black-ishâ€, which ran from 2014 to 2022. The show earned Deon nominations for two NAACP Image Awards and two SAG Awards. In June of 2020, Deon also became the second panelist to win the Dorris Award on the ABC version of â€To Tell the Truthâ€. Apart from his time on screen, Deon spent many years as a standup comedian and was a writer for The Tonight Show with…
As inter-satellite laser links help fuel the rapid expansion of the largest constellations the world has ever seen, a traditional satellite operator wants to put stronger lasers to work clearing the debris that LEO megaconstellations risk leaving behind. Sky Perfect JSAT, Japan’s flagship geostationary satellite operator, announced the creation of a startup in January that would use in-orbit lasers to stabilize tumbling space junk and put it on course to burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere. The venture, Orbital Lasers, is developing spacecraft that would fire a laser at a defunct object, ablating material on the surface to generate thrust…
A hydrogel disc can increase 100 times in area when stretchedLili Chen et al. A hydrogel that can stretch to around 15 times its initial length is one of the most elastic materials yet known and could be used for robotic grippers or tendons. Hydrogels, which are made of long chain-like polymer molecules linked by water molecules, are well-known for their stretchiness, but they often don’t return to their original shape when they are stretched too much. Lili Chen at Tsinghua University in Beijing and her colleagues have developed a new kind of hydrogel that is extraordinarily stretchy but maintains…
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2024 Toyota Tacoma TrailhunterToyotaNEW YORK — Toyota Motor is evaluating an expansion of its U.S. truck lineup that could include all-electric or plug-in hybrid electric versions of its Tacoma and Tundra pickups.Jack Hollis, executive vice president of Toyota Motor North America, said the Japanese automaker is assessing its options to determine what makes the most sense based on expected customer demand and tightening federal emissions and fuel economy regulations.”I do think there’s room to grow our entire truck footprint. Whether it be Tundra, Tacoma or something else in addition to the lineup,” Hollis told CNBC on Tuesday during the New…
Newly appointed UBS CEO Sergio Ermotti (R) speaks with UBS Chairman Colm Kelleher during a press conference in Zurich on March 29, 2023.Arnd Wiegmann | Afp | Getty ImagesUBS CEO Sergio Ermotti earned 14.4 million Swiss francs ($15.9 million) in 2023 after his surprise return at the helm of the Swiss banking giant, following its takeover of stricken rival Credit Suisse.The bank announced in late March that Ermotti would return for a second spell as CEO, replacing Ralph Hamers from April 5 last year, as UBS undertook the mammoth task of integrating Credit Suisse’s business. Ermotti’s previous tenure ran from…
Hiatus Kaiyote have announced their fourth studio album: Love Heart Cheat Code is out June 28 via Brainfeeder and Ninja Tune. The follow-up to 2021’s Mood Valiant includes the new song “Make Friends.†Listen to the single, and find the Australian band’s upcoming tour dates, below.Hiatus Kaiyote—the quartet of guitarist and vocalist Naomi “Nai Palm†Saalfield, bassist Paul Bender, keyboardist Simon Mavin, and drummer Perrin Moss—enlisted a handful of Melbourne-based musicians for the new album: Taylor “Chip†Crawford, guitarist Tom Martin, and flutist Nikodemos. They also collaborated with Brazilian producer Mario Caldato Jr., known for his work with Beastie Boys,…
Anna Barclay | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesAdvertising guru Martin Sorrell has questioned the prospects of Donald Trump’s newly public Truth Social platform, saying it was currently “unfathomable” that clients would want to buy ads on the site.The British businessman told CNBC on Wednesday that the former U.S. president’s social media platform has yet to prove its financial viability in an already challenging advertising market.”It’s a bit unfathomable. What are the revenues there?” Sorrell, founder and executive chairman of digital marketing firm S4 Capital, said when asked if clients were likely to advertise.Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), the…
Suede’s Brett Anderson has teamed up with Nadine Shah for a moving version of Mercury Rev’s ‘Holes’ – check it out below. The collaboration has come about as part of a project led by Paraorchestra, and their founder and artistic director Charles Hazlewood, who have put together the album ‘Death Songbook’. The 12-track record features original compositions and new versions of “iconic songs exploring love, loss and transcendence†by artists including Depeche Mode, Suede and Japan. Watch Anderson and Shah’s live performance of ‘Holes’ here: ‘Death Songbook’ will be released on April 19 via BMG, and you can pre-order it here. There will also…
No more Fortnite Twitch streams on butts. I said what I said. If you’re out of the loop on all things Twitch, there’s a trend going around of streamers projecting their gameplays on green-screened body parts, usually intimate ones like butts and breasts. Because normal picture-in-picture is now apparently too boring. Twitch is putting a stop to its streamers’ shenanigans, though, and will officially prohibit “content that focuses on clothed intimate body parts such as the buttocks, groin, or breasts for extended periods of time” starting on March 29.Our Community Guidelines are designed to help make Twitch a welcoming place.…
Elon Musk, the owner of X (formerly known as Twitter), announced on Wednesday that Grok AI, an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered chatbot made by xAI, will be made available to all Premium subscribers of the platform. The move comes just days after the billionaire made its large language model (LLM) Grok-1 available in open source. So far, the AI chatbot was only bundled with the most expensive subscription plan Premium+, but now it is being added to the Premium tier as well. The Basic tier will still not be able to access Grok AI.Musk made the announcement via a post on…