When Paramount+ brought Trek back to television in September 2017 with Star Trek: Discovery’s double-decker premiere event, it broke ground on a road that would see the rebirth of the Trek franchise. Six years later, Star Trek: Discovery has saved the galaxy multiple times; traveled through the mycelial network, to the Mirror Universe and back, forward in time nine hundred years, and beyond the edge of the known universe; and spawned the highly successful spin-off Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. In March, Paramount+ announced the fifth season will be the USS Discovery’s final mission. We’ve gathered all the intel on…
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Unless your mom is still buying your tighty-whiteys, you’ll understand the importance of quality underwear. It’s the bedrock of your outfit and can be the difference between an uncomfortable crotch or balls that are living their best life.So in an attempt to please your private parts, I’m introducing you to the best men’s bamboo underwear. Offering unparalleled comfort and breathability, the eco-friendly option boasts natural moisture-wicking, hypoallergenic, and antibacterial properties that’ll keep you cool and dry while pleasing sensitive skin. So put away the downstairs deodorant and powder and read on for my round-up of the finest undies in the…
There’s something strange about being from a place that no longer exists. The Soviet Union lasted nearly 70 years; it transformed regional as well as global politics, redrew myriad national borders, killed millions of its own people, seeded widespread cultural chaos and then…Poof! In 1991, it dissolved. People who lived in the Soviet Union suddenly lived in entirely independent countries, many of which freely reasserted their national identities for the first time in decades. But though the Soviet Union went away, its legacy has been complicated—it left its mark psychologically on people, on the landscape, on ethnic and national identities,…
In this articleTSLA9868-HKNSSCNVDAESTEFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTAn exterior view of the Nvidia headquarters in Santa Clara, California, May 30, 2023.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesCheck out the companies making headlines in midday trading.Palo Alto Networks — The security software provider jumped 15.2% after Palo Alto beat expectations for earnings when reporting after the bell Friday. Goldman Sachs reiterated the stock as a buy following its report.Earthstone Energy, Permian Resources — Earthstone jumped 13% following the announcement that Permian Resources is buying the oil and gas company in an all-stock deal valued near $4.5 billion, including debt. Permian shares were flat.Nvidia —…
The Young Man—forthcoming from Seven Stories in September 2023—is Annie Ernaux’s first novel in English translation after receiving the most coveted honor in literature, the Nobel Prize in Literature, in October 2022 (see WLT’s review of Le Jeune Homme, May 2023, 73). A slim book of autofiction, translated by Alison Strayer, it is a few pages shorter than Simple Passion (1991), her shortest book so far. With deft terseness, Ernaux recounts her short relationship with a student thirty years younger than her. The epigraph reiterates the raison d’être of her writing: living is incomplete without evaluating life’s experiences. Life is…
Ryan Ratliff (C), Real Estate Sales Associate with Re/Max Advance Realty, shows Ryan Paredes (L) and Ariadna Paredes a home for sale on April 20, 2023 in Cutler Bay, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesMortgage rates jumped Monday, following a rise in bond yields driven by investors’ concerns that high interest rates and inflation will linger longer than expected.The average rate on the popular 30-year fixed mortgage hit 7.48%, the highest level since November 2000, according to Mortgage News Daily. It has risen 29 basis points in just the past week.”Investors just aren’t seeing the kind of deterioration in economic data…
National Cinema Day will return this Sunday, August 27, for a second edition, the nonprofit Cinema Foundation announced today, with discounted admissions for all movies at over 3,000 participating theaters and 30,000 screens. Tickets for all tickets, all shows and all formats will be no more than $4. Concession discounts are up to each exhibitor. At last year’s event — which was held later, on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend — tickets were $3. In the midst of a slow Covid-recovery for exhibition, it brought 8.1 million people to theaters and grossed $24 million – up 8% from the previous…
WASHINGTON — The Space Development Agency announced Aug. 21 it awarded contracts worth $1.5 billion to Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin to build and operate 72 satellites. The Space Development Agency (SDA), an organization under the U.S. Space Force, is building a mesh network of military satellites in low Earth orbit. The 72 satellites will make up a portion of SDA’s network known as Tranche 2 Transport Layer. SDA is building a large constellation called the proliferated warfighter space architecture that includes a Transport Layer of interconnected communications satellites and a Tracking Layer of missile-detection and warning sensor satellites. Northrop Grumman’s…
Aria — Opera’s AI browser assistant, has made its way to iOS devices. The AI assistant, developed in partnership with ChatGPT maker OpenAI, is already available for all users of the Opera browser for Android and Opera One for desktop. The AI assistant is integrated directly into the iOS Web browser and can be accessed for free. Aria works similarly to the Bing chatbot and users can find answers to their queries and access real-time Web results with this functionality. Besides Aria, Opera browser for iOS comes with an inbuilt ad blocker and free VPN serviceOpera on Thursday announced the…
A driver whose car stalled out on flooded Avenue 48 gets bottled water from a passing motorist while waiting for help during tropical storm Hilary on August 20, 2023 in Coachella, California.Gina Ferazzi | Los Angeles Times | Getty ImagesCalifornia was bracing for more flash flooding on Monday as the first tropical storm to hit the state since the 1930s dumped record rainfall in the Los Angeles area over the weekend.Hilary made landfall in Baja California, Mexico, as a tropical storm on Sunday. The storm had broken virtually all rainfall records in Los Angeles by Monday morning, according to the…
NewsBleachers Sign to Dirty Hit Amid Flurry of Jack Antonoff Industry MovesAntonoff is also “launching a new joint venture” with Dirty Hit co-founder Jamie Oborne and has a new exclusive agreement with Universal Music Publishing GroupBy Matthew StraussAugust 21, 2023FacebookTwitterBleachers’ Jack Antonoff, July 2022 (Douglas Mason/Getty Images)FacebookTwitterJack Antonoff’s band, Bleachers, is signing to the British independent record label Dirty Hit, Variety reports. Antonoff is also “launching a new joint venture” with Dirty Hit co-founder Jamie Oborne, who will now manage Antonoff and Bleachers. The band’s first release for the label, Live at Radio City Music Hall, is out this Friday,…
In this articleAALFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTAn American Airlines plane takes off from the Miami International Airport on May 02, 2023 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesAmerican Airlines pilots approved a sweetened labor deal, making the carrier the second major U.S. airline to seal a new contract with its highest-paid work group.The more than 15,000 pilots at American will get immediate raises of 21% with compensation rising more than 46% over the duration of the contract, their union said Monday.Delta Air Lines pilots ratified a new agreement earlier this year.This is breaking news. Check back for updates.
Chlöe and Halle Bailey are what the industry calls triple threats: singers, dancers, and, despite the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike, actresses. In fact, Chlöe’s first solo tour for her debut solo album In Pieces sold out—which was enough for her to embark on a second leg this fall. Halle, for her part, has had a blockbuster year, starring in The Little Mermaid, which hit theaters in May, and the upcoming movie-musical adaptation of The Color Purple. She also released her first standalone single, “Angel,” in August, which nabbed the top spot on multiple Billboard and iTunes R&B charts. In order to…
As previously reported, ABC is pressing on with a reality tv-heavy fall line-up in response to the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes. On Monday, the network announced premiere dates for some of its upcoming series and some casting news. We’ll begin with Celebrity Jeopardy! The primetime edition of the series is set to premiere Wednesday, September 27, at 8 p.m. Mayim Bialik will not be fronting this edition. Jeopardy! host Ken Jennings has been tapped to headline the second season. Bialik was absent from hosting the final weeks of filming for Jeopardy! Season 39, standing in solidarity with striking writers. The…
We all know that time of year when the temperature begins to drop, and a flannel won’t quite cut it anymore but a coat would just be too much.So, maybe Marty Mcfly was onto something when it comes to rocking a vest. See, some of the best vests for men provide insulation in cooler temperatures while offering complete mobility. Serving as the perfect alternative to a jacket or heavy sweater, the vest is certainly a statement piece. It can fill a distinct role in any man’s wardrobe, ranging from an insulated puffer all the way to a classy, suit vest.…
Telepathy Is the Sixth Stage of Grief Jane Pek Share article Exercises in Thinking by Jane Pek I I chose my psychic for her name. Faith, or Hope—that would have been too much. But: Grace. Maybe she even heard me when I thought, Yes. I found her, like everything else, on the internet. All you have to do is google finding missing people psychic brooklyn and the true believers float to the surface, unable to sink despite themselves. The crystal healers, the Tarot readers, the ghost whisperers and demon exorcists, the astrologers and alchemists. Grace Banks. Grace’s website was also…
Hot air: two US direct air capture pilot plants will be built, one in Kleberg County, Texas and the other in Louisiana’s Calcasieu Parish costing a total of £1.bn (courtesy: Battelle) The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced plans to build two commercial-scale pilot plants that would remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through direct air capture (DAC). The $1.2bn effort represents the first phase of a 10-year, $3.5bn programme for four carbon dioxide removal hubs. Environmentalists, however, have criticized the plan saying DAC technology is expensive and its adoption would give oil and coal companies cover to continue…
In this articleADYEN-NLFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTAdyen reported a big miss on first-half sales Thursday. The news drove a $20 billion rout in the company’s market capitalization .Pavlo Gonchar | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesSpirits were high when Dutch payments firm Adyen floated on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange in 2018.The company was riding a wave of growth in Europe’s technology sector and snapping up competition from its mega U.S. rival PayPal.Since then, the company has weathered a turbulent ride, including a global pandemic that knocked volumes from travel clients significantly.The firm expanded aggressively in North America, where…