Electric Literature is pleased to reveal the cover for Jennifer Croft’s The Extinction of Irena Rey, which will be published by Bloomsbury Publishing on March 5th 2024. Preorder the book here. From the Booker International Prize-winning translator and Guggenheim fiction fellow, a propulsive, beguiling debut about eight translators and their search for a world-renowned author who goes missing in a Polish forest. Eight translators arrive at a house in a primeval Polish forest on the border of Belarus. It belongs to the world-renowned author Irena Rey, and they are there to translate her magnum opus, Gray Eminence. But within days of their arrival, Irena…
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Investors may want to stick with what’s working in the market.ETF experts Todd Sohn and VettaFi’s Dave Nadig believe a second winning half is in store for technology and artificial intelligence plays.Sohn, Strategas’ ETF and technical strategist, particularly likes Roundhill Generative AI and Technology ETF (CHAT).”What I like about [CHAT] is that it’s actively managed,” Sohn told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week. “This would be my preferred route if you want to get that AI exposure and see how real the demand is.”CHAT is up more than 10% so far this year.Sohn also recommends Global X Robotics & Artificial Intelligence…
In this articleBBBYFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT”Store Closing” signs at a Buy Buy Baby store in the Brooklyn borough of New York, on Monday, Feb. 6, 2023.Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBed Bath & Beyond canceled a Friday auction for its Buy Buy Baby chain because it failed to secure a buyer willing to keep its stores running – but it’s not quite over for the baby retailer just yet, CNBC has learned.Bidders backed out of the auction after they determined the chain was no longer worth buying because its value had deteriorated so much, but there are…
Sony/Stage 6 Films/Blumhouse’s fifthquel Insidious: The Red Door nearly locked out Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny yesterday at the box office. The Patrick Wilson starring and directed PG-13 horror film scared up $5M in previews at 2,806 locations that began showtimes at 4PM. That amount of money is very close to what Indy grossed, early estimates showing around $5.2M for the day in an awful week that ended at $94.5M for the $300M-plus grossing Disney/Lucasfilm finale sequel. Insidious is big with women under 25, Indiana Jones with older men. Red Door posted the best previews ever for an…
SAN FRANCISCO – Plasmos, the Los Angeles-based startup developing rocket engines, is pivoting to become an artificial intelligence-driven venture capital firm. Plasmos officially changed its business model in late May after struggling to attract investors and strategic partners due in part to the background of Plasmos CEO Ali Baghchehsara. Born in Iran, Baghchehsara moved to Germany as a teenager to earn a master’s degree in aeronautical engineering. There, he worked for the German Aerospace Center DLR and Airbus, before moving to the United States in 2021 to pursue his dream of developing hybrid electric-chemical rocket engine. While Plasmos could address the business…
Nothing Ear 2 was launched in India in March this year as a successor to the Nothing Ear 1 earbuds. Initially, the earbuds were launched only in a white colour option. A recent leak suggested that the company will introduce the earbuds in a black colour variant and soon after Nothing itself unveiled the black Nothing Ear 2. According to the specifications listed by the company, the black variant is identical to its white counterpart and indeed, the only thing setting them apart is the colour of the earbuds and the charging case. The earbuds will be available for purchase…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., son of former US Senator Robert F. Kennedy, speaks during the Bitcoin 2023 conference in Miami Beach, Florida, US, on Friday, May 19, 2023.Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesRobert F. Kennedy Jr., a Democratic candidate for president, stood at the world’s biggest bitcoin conference in Miami in May and told the crowd, “I am not an investor and I am not here to give investment advice.” Then he announced he would be accepting campaign donations in bitcoin.What Kennedy didn’t tell the crowd was that his family had invested in bitcoin recently, according to a…
NewsTaylor Swift Shares New Video for “I Can See You (Taylor’s Version)”: WatchShe premiered the video during her Eras Tour stop in Cincinnati, Ohio on the heels of releasing Speak Now (Taylor’s Version)By Allison HusseyJuly 8, 2023FacebookTwitterJohn Shearer/TAS23/Getty ImagesFacebookTwitterTaylor Swift has shared a new video for her “From the Vault” track “I Can See You (Taylor’s Version), following Friday’s release of Speak Now (Taylor’s Version). She premiered it on stage in Cincinnati, Ohio, as part of her ongoing Eras Tour. Check it out below.Swift announced Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) during the Nashville stop of her Eras Tour in May. It’s…
Bitcoin’s bounce back this summer has largely been fueled by renewed hopes of a spot bitcoin exchange-traded fund launch this year, but recent attempts from major firms like Fidelity and BlackRock continue to be deemed insufficient for approval by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.”Everybody refiled, depending on how you read the paperwork,” Dave Nadig, financial futurist at VettaFi, told Bob Pisani on CNBC’s ”ETF Edge” on Wednesday. “All of them are now talking about having a surveillance-sharing agreement with Coinbase.”Surveillance-sharing agreements between exchanges and crypto custodians like Coinbase were put into place by asset managers in an attempt to appease the SEC’s…
When the casual fashion fan views an haute couture show, they just see the seven to ten minute runway presentation of beautiful looks, replete with impressive show spaces, A-list attendees, and the fanfare outside the show and online. However, when one looks behind the curtain, months and months of work by artisans reveals it is not an easy feat to pull off. For Dior’s fall/winter 2023 haute couture show, the ateliers worked intensively for weeks beforehand to bring to life the creations that graced the runway earlier this week. A detailed shot of Look 60.© Melie HirtzThis season, artistic director…
Tom Christie is alive. His quick wits saved him in much the same way they worked to free Claire Fraser, saving her life. During a recent press day, we had the chance to speak with Mark Lewis Jones about Tom’s motivations and what it was like playing the enigmatic character who has fallen deeply in love with Claire. He shared many great insights about the story and the complexities of Tom Christie. I hope you enjoy the conversation. Tom Christie is a very complex man with a very strong moral code. How did that play into giving his life in…
“So, do you have any hobbies?” These days that feels like a quaint question. Hobbies for men sounds like something from a rose-tinted past where extra-curricular activities might have included something more wholesome than Facebook, Netflix or five ill-judged pints of pale ale. Well, let’s change that.We need more hobbies. Because frankly we could all do with a distraction or two. In a world that’s always on, always charged, where to-do lists are never-ending and everyone’s addicted to their screens, a hobby gives you an out. They’re a way to unplug, relax, meet people (in physical, 3D form no less)…
In 2019 Sarah Viren’s wife, Marta, was subject to a Title IX investigation for sexual misconduct. The allegations, which appeared via Reddit posts and emails, were that Marta had offered students wine during office hours, requested sexual favors, and threw wild parties. Viren knew the allegations were untrue—she’d never thrown a wild party with her wife, and the names of the accusers failed to line up with actual registered students at their university— and yet she couldn’t stop herself from occasionally doubting her reality. At the time, Viren was on the academic job market, and she would later discover that it…
Shining adventure: embark on a Minecraft tour of the solar system with Our Place in Space. (Courtesy: Our Place in Space) While Minecraft is the best-selling video game in history and might have kids glued to their screens more than their parents would like, it does come with some educational benefits. One example is a new cosmic adventure called Our Place in Space. Based on the work of artist Oliver Jeffers and Queen’s University Belfast astronomer Stephen Smartt, the free download allows Minecraft gamers to travel through the solar system and throughout history. As well as learning about the planets, users will…
In this articleMETADKNGFSLRBABAFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTA Rivian logo on an Amazon.com delivery electric van photographed in Chicago, Illinois, on July 21, 2022.Jamie Kelter Davis | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesCheck out the companies making headlines in midday trading.Alibaba — U.S. shares of the Chinese company added 8.8% in afternoon trading. Earlier on Friday, Reuters first reported that Alibaba’s affiliate company, Ant Group, would pay a $984 million fine to Chinese regulators, which would end several years of dispute. Alibaba also launched an AI tool that can generate images from text prompts.Rivian Automotive — The electric vehicle maker popped more…
A sci-fi comedy by Mel Eslyn and a literary noir by Alice Troughton – who are, respectively, the longtime producer for the Duplass brothers, and an award-winning UK television director (Dr. Who, Cucumber, The Living And The Dead) — debut in limited release this weekend, alongside Adele Lim’s Joy Ride, a Lionsgate wide-release – marking first-time feature film debuts by three women. (Noting that Chelsea Peretti’s recent Tribeca-premiering film First Time Female Director sort of re-coined that phrase.) Troughton called it “really reassuring” to see female helmers opening films. In the UK “we are below 20% of the directing force…
by Regina Avalos, July 6, 2023(Photo: HBO) HBO has cancelled the Game Theory with Bomani Jones TV series after two seasons, per The New York Post. Jones joined the cable network after he departed ESPN. The HBO sports talk show features timely issues that go beyond the world of sports. Low ratings are to blame for the cancellation of the series. The series reportedly lost 80% of its lead-in viewership between seasons one and two. Season two aired earlier this year and was featured on TNT ahead of its NBA doubleheader. That broadcast also had low ratings, and the series…
TAMPA, Fla. — Satellite TV broadcaster Dish Network is rumored to be considering recombining with internet-focused sister company EchoStar to strengthen its financial resources. The companies have engaged advisers to flesh out a potential deal, reported news publication Semafor July 6, citing people familiar with the matter. Dish and satellite fleet operator EchoStar — both controlled by billionaire Charlie Ergen — declined to comment on the speculation. A deal would need to navigate starkly contrasting financial standings following their split into separate companies and stocks back in 2008. Dish has been investing heavily to meet regulatory deployment deadlines for expanding…