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U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo speaks during a Reuters interview at the Department of Commerce in Washington, September 23, 2021.Kevin Lamarque | ReutersU.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo is set to meet with senior Chinese officials and U.S. business leaders in Beijing as the two countries continue high-level talks.Her trip is a crucial but also a tough one to tread with U.S.-China economic ties hanging in the balance, according to a former senior U.S. diplomat.”Gina Raimondo’s trip is going to be a tricky one, because she is going to have to talk to the Chinese about their concerns about the…

Just weeks after Brad Pitt was rumored to be seeing Emily Ratajkowski (who went on to reportedly date Pete Davidson for a couple weeks), the 59-year-old actor seems to have a different new woman in his life. The Daily Mail ran photos of Pitt at a Bono concert on Nov. 13 with Ines de Ramon, a 32-year-old Swiss jewelry professional. The Daily Mail claimed it was informed by sources that de Ramon was part of Pitt’s team. People, meanwhile, reported that de Ramon works for the jewelry brand Anita Ko. Her LinkedIn lists her position as vice president of the…

Life is filled with second chances and new starts, and no matter how settled you might be in your world, something is always coming your way to upend it. On When Calls the Heart Season 10 Episode 5, Rosemary and Lee realize that having a child of their own is entirely different than caring for someone else’s little one. Nathan realizes that parenting a teenager is much different than parenting a little girl. Before we get started, please remember that a full recap can be found by clicking the link above. Now, let’s dig in. Things have been going great…

Oh sure, it has more to do with rampant consumerism than old-fashioned romance, but the way we look at it, there’s nothing wrong with getting nice new stuff. Unfortunately, Valentine’s Day gifts are synonymous with schmaltz and tat. (FYI, we don’t want a neon sign to go above the headboard that says #blessed.)So, for the avoidance of doubt, we’ve compiled a list of Valentine’s Day gift ideas that no man alive will gag at. From stylish threads to essential tech, if you really want a way to his heart, tie one of these up in ribbon and make him panic…

Didi launched a free robotaxi service in parts of Shanghai in 2020.Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty ImagesBEIJING — Chinese electric car company Xpeng said Monday it is buying Didi’s smart electric car development business in an exchange of shares worth $744 million.The Chinese ride-hailing company will become a strategic shareholder of Xpeng, and the two companies are looking to cooperate in marketing, financial and insurance services, charging, robotaxis and international expansion. That’s according to releases from both companies.Xpeng shares rose more than 13% in Hong Kong trading as of Monday morning.Stock Chart IconStock chart iconWith the strategic partnership…

Wednesday morning at 8:30 am Eastern Time, India landed its first rover on the surface of the moon.  It’s called Chandrayaan-3.  Which means “moon craft” in Sanskrit. Fourteen hours later, the Chandrayaan-3’s rover rolled out and, said India’s space agency, “took a walk around.”  But, unlike America’s rovers on Mars, which keep on trucking for up to 15 years, Chandrayaan-3’s rover is only built to explore for two weeks.  That’s one lunar day.  Then, when lunar night comes, the rover will run out of batteries and shut down. The success of the Chandrayaan-3 makes India only the fourth country to successfully land…

In this articleSWBIRGRFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTPeople fire an assortment of guns at the annual Machine Gun Shoot sponsored by Shooters Gauntlet on June 03, 2023 in Monroe, Pennsylvania. The shoot, which has been held since 2016, lets gun enthusiast and others shoot machine guns at targets in a controlled and secure wooded location.Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesThe gun industry is finding its footing after a post-pandemic sales slump forced some of the largest manufacturers roll back production.In July, Americans bought an estimated 1.19 million guns, down 17% from the previous July, according to FBI data analyzed by gun…

Emma Seligman’s Bottoms is looking at an estimated weekend gross of $516k on ten screens with a possible leading $51,625 per-theater average for the raunchy, teenage high school girl take on Fight Club. That’s a win for MGM, its Orion Pictures label and Brownstone Productions, producers on the modestly budgeted ($11.3 million) film written by Seligman and Rachel Sennott. The film skews young and was backed by edgy marketing — ingredients, although never surefire, behind the biggest post-Covid indie film breakouts. Sunday’s final tally will determine if Bottoms nabs the highest per-screen average post-pandemic on ten or more screens. A24’s…

WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying four people representing four different space agencies docked with the International Space Station Aug. 27, almost 30 hours after its launch from Florida. The Crew Dragon spacecraft Endurance docked with the zenith port of the station’s Harmony module at 9:16 a.m. Eastern. While the docking took place nearly 45 minutes later than previously announced, NASA reported no issues with the spacecraft’s approach or docking with the station. Endurance launched Aug. 26 on the Crew-7 mission to the ISS, the seventh crew rotation mission by SpaceX under a commercial crew transportation contract with…

Meta is being accused of endangering lives by blocking news links in Canada at a crucial moment when thousands have fled their homes and are desperate for wildfire updates that once would have been shared widely on Facebook. The situation “is dangerous,” said Kelsey Worth, 35, one of nearly 20,000 residents of Yellowknife and thousands more in small towns ordered to evacuate the Northwest Territories as wildfires advanced.She described to AFP how “insanely difficult” it has been for herself and other evacuees to find verifiable information about the fires blazing across the near-Arctic territory and other parts of Canada. “Nobody’s…

Walt Nauta, personal aide to former U.S. President Donald Trump, arrives at Alto Lee Adams Sr. U.S. Courthouse, in Fort Pierce, Florida, U.S. August 10, 2023.Marco Bello | ReutersThe defense attorney for Donald Trump’s valet Walt Nauta complained Friday that he received threats after special counsel Jack Smith revealed that a Mar-a-Lago IT director had admitted to giving false testimony in the former president’s classified documents criminal case.The lawyer, Stanley Woodward, had represented IT director Yuscil Taveras when his client gave that false testimony to a grand jury about video surveillance footage at Mar-a-Lago, according to Smith’s recent court filing.Only…

NewsWatch Aphex Twin’s Entire Field Day 2023 SetNTS Radio has 360 video and spatial audio of the headlining performance in London from earlier this monthBy Evan MinskerAugust 27, 2023FacebookTwitterAphex Twin at Field Day 2023 (Danny North)FacebookTwitterOn August 19, Aphex Twin headlined Field Day festival at London’s Victoria Park. Today, a livestream featuring 360 video and spatial audio of the set is being shared by NTS Radio. Watch it below.NTS livestreamed Richard D. James’ last Field Day headlining set in 2017. This year’s Field Day also included performances from Bonobo, Arca, Fever Ray, Jon Hopkins, Jayda G, Kelela, Moderat, Sbtrkt, Sudan…

Members of the United Auto Workers union hold a rally and practice picket near a Stellantis plant in Detroit, Aug. 23, 2023.Michael Wayland / CNBCFrom writers’ rooms to car factories, workers are pressing companies for higher pay and better quality of life. Many are willing to walk off the job to get there, and some are winning.Emboldened in the wake of shifting job security and grueling conditions during the Covid-19 pandemic, skyrocketing company profits, inflation, a decades-high approval rating for labor unions and growing disparity between worker pay and executive compensation, more workers across industries have taken a hard stance…

Well, this is a bummer. Disney+ has pulled the plug on its TV adaptation of the Spiderwick Chronicles. Deadline shared the unfortunate news over the weekend, revealing that all eight episodes had been completed prior to the decision. That means the show will become like the countless projects scrapped by streaming networks this year, including the Batgirl movie. The move comes as Disney+ reevaluates its streaming strategy, and Deadline revealed that the series is part of the content write-off announced in May. Disney+ recently purged countless original series and movies from its platform, including the Willow sequel series. “We are…

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Since the new “supercapacitor” concrete would retain its strength, a house with a foundation made of this material could store a day’s worth of energy produced by solar panels or windmills, and allow it to be used whenever it’s needed. (Courtesy: Franz-Josef Ulm, Admir Masic and Yang-Shao Horn) A new cost-effective and efficient supercapacitor made from carbon black and cement could store a day’s worth of energy in the concrete foundation of a building or provide contactless recharging for electric cars as they travel across it. The device could also facilitate the use of renewable energy sources such as solar,…

In this articleWFCFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTSpencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesWells Fargo paid back $40 million to almost 11,000 customers who for years were overcharged on fees for investment advice, the Securities and Exchange Commission said Friday.The bank also agreed to pay a $35 million civil penalty to settle SEC charges. Wells Fargo neither admitted nor denied the allegations, the agency said.Certain Wells Fargo financial advisors — including those from legacy firms acquired during a merger — agreed to reduce some clients’ standard advisory fees at the time their accounts were opened, according to the…

In what was to be expected, Legendary Entertainment and Warner Bros’ anticipated sequel Dune: Part Two from Denis Villeneuve is moving off its November 3 theatrical release to March 15, 2024, due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike. The sequel based on the Frank Herbert novel also will play Imax on its new date. Don’t be surprised if Dune: Part Two fires off either at the Berlin Film Festival or SXSW in late winter/early spring. Meanwhile, despite the rumors out there about Warner Bros further shaking up its December release calendar due to the strike, the studio’s current holiday tentpoles of…