WASHINGTON — United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno said he has “a bunch of questions” about the latest changes announced by the Space Force for the procurement of national security space launch services. Speaking on the CNBC “Manifest Space with Morgan Brennan” podcast that aired July 27, Bruno was asked to comment on the Space Force’s decision to add a third heavy-lift launch provider in the next round of contracts, known as National Security Space Launch Phase 3. Currently ULA and SpaceX are the only NSSL launch providers. Due to concerns about growing commercial demand, the Space Force in a…
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Honor Pad X9 was launched in India on Saturday. The tablet succeeds the Honor Pad X8, which was released in September 2022 with a MediaTek Helio G80 SoC, a 10.1-inch full-HD IPS display and a 5,100mAh battery. The newly-launched Pad X9 has arrived with significant improvements and upgrades over its predecessor. Notably, the new tablet comes with a larger and better display and a bigger battery. The company also confirmed the price and sale date of the device in the country.Honor Pad X9 price in India, availabilityThe lone 4GB RAM + 128GB storage model of the tablet is priced in India at…
Republican presidential candidate U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-SC) speaks to the New Hampshire Federation of Republican Women (NHFRW) at Saint Anselm College’s New Hampshire Institute of Politics in Manchester, New Hampshire, May 25, 2023.Nicholas Pfosi | ReutersSen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., is seeing a wave of wealthy donor interest as he runs for president, while Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis struggles in the polls and hunts for donors in the ritzy Hamptons on Long Island, according to people briefed on the matter and invites to events reviewed by CNBC.Scott is planning to make a fundraising swing through the Hamptons himself during the…
Kyle Richards isn’t putting out the fire over speculation about her and Morgan Wade — in fact, she’s kinda throwing gas on … ’cause now, they’re out in Colorado, just the 2 of ’em. The ‘RHOBH’ star was spotted hitting the town in Aspen Friday with none other than Morgan tagging along, right by her side. In photos obtained by TMZ, you can see them cruising into a shop and perusing the shelves … eyeing jewelry and other knickknacks strewn about. We’re told that while Kyle and Morgan did have a little entourage with them … they were mostly left…
In this articleJNJFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTIn this photo illustration, a container of Johnson and Johnson baby powder is displayed on April 05, 2023 in San Anselmo, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesA federal bankruptcy judge on Friday rejected Johnson & Johnson’s second attempt to resolve tens of thousands of lawsuits alleging the company’s talc baby powder and other talc-based products caused cancer. J&J in 2021 offloaded those talc liabilities into a new subsidiary, LTL Management, and immediately filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protections. Judge Michael Kaplan in Trenton, New Jersey, said in an opinion that LTL Management’s second bankruptcy must be…
On Friday night, Florence Pugh left the Chiltern Firehouse with friend Jacob Smith wearing a stunningly sexy jumpsuit by Moschino in fire engine red from their Resort 2024 collection. The body-hugging cut featured a halterneck bodice with a plunging neckline and wide legs. Across her torso a gold chain was fastened, punctuated with a gold heart pendant. Pugh wore the look with jewelry from Tiffany & Co. around her neck and on her wrist and a pair of black open-toe platform heels from Aquazzura. She was carrying a black handbag on a long gold strap. Pugh’s hair was freshly bleached…
Finales carry expectations, and Good Omens Season 2 Episode 6 does that thing where it closes out some plotlines and leaves others twisting in the wind like so many tangled kite strings. The solution to Gabriel’s amnesia turns out to be a story of growing beyond the role he was created for. His relationship with Beelzebub humanizes them both for better and worse. Meanwhile, Crowley and Aziraphale also reach a tipping point in their relationship. And we’re left twisting. As far as mysteries go, there weren’t a lot of signposts that Gabriel’s condition was the result of a forbidden love.…
Viewing cryptocurrency as “digital gold” may be a mistake.State Street Global Advisors’ George Milling-Stanley, whose firm runs the world’s largest gold exchange-traded fund, believes cryptocurrency is no substitute for the real thing due its vulnerability to big losses.”Volatility does not back up any claims for crypto to be a long-term strategic asset as a competitor to gold,” the firm’s chief gold strategist told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” earlier this week.Milling-Stanley’s firm is behind SPDR Gold Shares, the world’s largest physically backed gold ETF. It has a total asset value of more than $57 billion as of last week, according to the…
In this articlePFEMRNANVAXFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTA pharmacist delivers a COVID-19 booster dose at a Chicago CVS store.Antonio Perez | Tribune News Service | Getty ImagesA new round of Covid vaccines is coming to the U.S. this fall — but many Americans may not roll up their sleeves and take one.That’s largely because pandemic fatigue, the belief that Covid is “over” and confusion over personal risk levels could deter some people from getting an additional shot, experts in public health and health policy told CNBC.But they said public health officials and health-care providers could potentially increase uptake of the…
Very early figures here for Barbenheimer given their wonderous first week. So early we don’t have the figures for Disney’s Haunted Mansion previews yet, nor the official studio numbers. But it’s another sexy $20M+ day for Barbie with an estimated $21.4M on Thursday (-7% from Wednesday), ending its first week at $258.6M. The pic should easily become the fastest female demo feature to $300M, beating the 10 days that it took Beauty and the Beast to cross. We’ll update you with Warners’ official number soon. Among all Warner Bros Thursdays, Barbie is fourth after The Matrix Reloaded ($37.5M, May 15,…
by Trevor Kimball, July 28, 2023(Photo by: Dash Pictures) The magic is gone already. The CW has cancelled the Fantastic Friends TV series after just two airings. The show has been renewed for a second season, but it’s unlikely that the US network will be airing it. A light-hearted docu-series, the Fantastic Friends TV show stars James and Oliver Phelps, aka the Weasley twins from the Harry Potter movies. Part adventure-travel series and part a celebration of friendship, the cameras follow the Phelps twins as they travel around the globe, from Iceland to Ireland, from St. Lucia to Dubai. The…
TAMPA, Fla. — SpaceX launched EchoStar’s more than nine metric ton Jupiter-3 spacecraft July 28 and successfully dropped off the world’s heaviest commercial communications satellite in geosynchronous transfer orbit. The Maxar Technologies-built satellite lifted off on a dedicated Falcon Heavy at 11:04 p.m. Eastern from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, separating from the rocket about three and a half hours later. Both Falcon Heavy side boosters landed at nearby Cape Canaveral Space Force Station just over seven minutes after launch for reuse. They had supported two earlier Falcon Heavy missions, both for the U.S. Space Force: USSF-44 in November and USSF-67…
Epic Games on Thursday asked the US Supreme Court to allow a lower court ruling to take effect against Apple that could force the iPhone maker to change payment practices in its App Store.Epic, maker of the popular video game Fortnite, filed a request asking the nation’s highest court to lift a July 17 decision by the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals to pause its ruling that upheld an injunction against Apple. The decision gave Apple 90 days to pursue an appeal at the Supreme Court.In the closely-watched case, Epic filed its antitrust lawsuit in 2020 challenging…
In this articleDISFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTAn entranceway to Walt Disney World on February 08, 2023 in Orlando, Florida.Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesA judge on Friday denied Disney’s bid to dismiss or pause a state court lawsuit related to its bitter feud with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over control of a special tax district around the company’s Orlando theme park.The ruling in the state-level case is separate from Disney’s ongoing federal lawsuit accusing DeSantis and his allies of waging a political retaliation campaign against the entertainment giant over its opposition to a controversial classroom bill last year.”Today’s decision has…
NewsDrake Bought Tupac Shakur’s Ring at Sotheby’s Auction for $1 MillionThe late rapper wore the custom gold, diamond, and ruby crown ring during his final public appearance in 1996By Allison HusseyJuly 28, 2023FacebookTwitterDrake (Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage)FacebookTwitterDrake has been identified as the buyer of a gold, ruby, and diamond crown ring that Tupac Shakur wore during his final public appearance. He paid $1,016,000 for it at a Sotheby’s auction, according to a press release. The late Shakur designed the ring himself, and wore it to the MTV Video Music Awards in early September 1996. Take a look at the piece…
In this articleBALMTFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTGPS, or the Global Positioning System, is the oldest and most widely used satellite navigation system in the world with 6 billion users. GPS is owned by the U.S. government and run by the Space Force, an independent military branch that’s organized under the U.S. Air Force. GPS was initially designed as a military tool and is used for things like missile guidance and drone operation. But the technology has also become indispensable to the lives of civilians.”If we had an attack on the system, you know, it could really bring so many areas…
That’s the way you begin a season. We knew how Tom Spade died, and we knew how it affected his sons, but we never knew what happened in the immediate aftermath. With Jack and Ace once again at odds, Heels Season 2 Episode 1 gives us a peek into how Jack began leading the DWL and how Ace became its leading man. It’s a perfect time to go down that dark and winding road. Jack made a terrible mistake putting his own feelings and hopes for the DWL’s success before his brother. Sure, siblings do that kind of stuff on…
When I was 16, a teacher handed me a copy of The Joy Luck Club because it was a book about “people like me.” At night, in parking lots, guys like me rattled four-bangers, hoping to leave Hangul-like skid marks on blacktops while trying to decipher the art of donuts. Guys like me tried to work up the courage to ask someone to hang, hoping to tie tongues as the sun dropped behind the evergreens. Guys like me played football, hoping to get a shot at the guy who liked to whisper chink in the hallways as he passed our…