One they made earlier: micro model of the Belle II experiment at KEK, Japan made using LEGO blocks. (Courtesy: KIT ETP Belle II team) Only last month we had a design for a LEGO quantum computer and now comes a micro model of the Belle II experiment at the KEK particle-physics lab in Japan. The miniature brick version of the experiment, which was made in Germany by a team led by Torben Ferber at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), is made from 75 pieces and apparently takes less than 10 minutes to build. Despite being small, the design still includes details of…
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Two from Magnolia Pictures, the story of an iconic record album design firm back and a sighting of Brian Cox usher in a specialty weekend with smoke clearing over New York City. Acrid plumes from Canadian wildfires have smothered the key arthouse market over the past few days in an unusual air quality event that had Mayor Eric Adams urging people to home. Friday the sky was visible and air fresher, a boon for all — including the ongoing Tribeca Festival, which opened Wednesday night and will be unspooling 100+ features and events through June 17. New openings: From Magnolia,…
WASHINGTON — U.S. Space Force deputy chief of space operations Lt. Gen. DeAnna Burt during a recent trip to Germany and the United Kingdom heard a consistent message from allies: They don’t expect the United States to bear all the costs of protecting satellites from cyber attacks and other threats. In an interview with SpaceNews, Burt said a growing number of spacefaring nations are looking to work with the United States on technologies and strategies to defend their assets from anti-satellite weapons, and are increasingly making their own investments in space defense systems. Burt, who is deputy chief for operations,…
Apple and Amazon.com must face a consumer antitrust lawsuit in US court accusing them of conspiring to artificially inflate the price of iPhones and iPads sold on Amazon’s platform, a federal judge in Seattle ruled on Thursday.In his ruling, US District Judge John Coughenour rejected bids from Apple and Amazon to dismiss the prospective class action on various legal grounds.Coughenour said the “validity” of the relevant market, a central issue in antitrust litigation, was a question for a jury.The lawsuit, filed in November, is among several private and government actions challenging Amazon’s online price practices. Coughenour’s ruling means the case…
[The stream is slated to start at 3 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.]Special counsel Jack Smith is set to deliver an on-camera statement following the public release of the federal indictment against former President Donald Trump.Smith has been leading the Department of Justice investigation into the transfer of classified documents to Trump’s home Mar-a-Lago.Trump announced Thursday that he had been indicted in the criminal probe into his handling of classified records after leaving the presidency. The case in federal court in South Florida was under seal until about…
NewsDavid Byrne and Broadway Musicians’ Union Reach Hiring Agreement for Here Lies LoveA dozen musicians will now provide the show’s live score, following union pushback over the new productionBy Allison HusseyJune 9, 2023FacebookTwitterDavid Byrne, May 2023 (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)FacebookTwitterDavid Byrne has come to an agreement with the American Federation of Musicians’ Local 802 over hiring live musicians for the musiacl Here Lies Love, which is set to begin previews on June 17. The show, which Byrne co-wrote with Fatboy Slim, will now move forward with 12 musicians, as a Local 802 representative confirmed to Pitchfork. “Broadway is a…
Gary Gensler, Chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, takes his seat before the start of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on Oversight of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2021.Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesSEC Chair Gary Gensler stepped up his attack on the crypto industry this week, suing Coinbase and Binance for securities violations and casting doubt on the future of token trading.Crypto investors took the hint. Four of the 10 most valuable coins plunged in value by at least 15% this week, according to CoinMarketCap,…
NBC is moving and shaking this Friday afternoon. As reported by Variety, the network has greenlit a new series while canceling two established ones. NBC is saying goodbye to Young Rock and Grand Crew while saying hello to St. Denis Medical. Young Rock was the series based on Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson through various stages in his life. Three different actors portrayed Johnson in addition to himself in the series that has been airing since 2021. Grand Crew followed a group of Black friends as they unpacked life’s ups and downs at their favorite watering hole, a wine bar in…
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They say it’s what’s on the inside the counts—except, of course, when you are a book cover, and your entire existence relies on looking pretty and being judged. That’s right, folks. You know it, you love it. We here at Electric Lit have once again asked our lovely followers on Instagram and Twitter to vote between UK and US book covers to determine which trends are hot and which are so last year. Is the blob back with vengeance? Is photorealism still a thing? Will maximalism finally supersede minimalism? Is realism hanging on by the skin of its teeth? We…
In this articleTSLAFGMFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTTESLA logo on a charging station at on May 26, 2023 in Merklingen, Germany. Harry Langer/ | Defodi Images | Getty ImagesIn a matter of weeks, Ford Motor, General Motors and Tesla appear to have shifted the tide on electric vehicle charging infrastructure in North America.Tesla owners have long enjoyed reliable charging away from home at the company’s Supercharging stations, the largest charging network in North America by far. But the charging industry at large has been fragmented, and non-Tesla owners haven’t had it as easy.related investing newsOne of our recent top-performers is not…
Shopping carts outside a Target store in the Queens borough of New York, US, on Saturday, May 13, 2023. Target Corp. is scheduled to release earnings figures on May 17. Bing Guan | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesCheck out the companies making headlines in premarket trading.Tesla, General Motors — Both carmaker stocks were climbing in premarket trading, with gains of 5.7% and 5%, respectively. General Motors announced on Thursday plans to utilize Tesla’s electric vehicle charging network, and said its vehicles will also utilize Tesla’s North American Charging Standard port in its cars starting in 2025.related investing newsMorgan Stanley says this materials…
Six weeks into the writers strike, the early returns on summer studio films have been some of the best since Covid brought the exhibition business to a screeching halt. But if SAG-AFTRA members trade lines of dialogue for picket lines beginning July 1, the business might well look like pandemic redux. The domestic box office is just getting back on its feet, nearing $4 billion for the year and coursing 30% ahead of the same January-to-early June period a year ago. Theatrical release dates have again become prized commodities worth millions of dollars in revenue and the grease for triggering…
by Trevor Kimball, June 8, 2023(Photo by: Nicole Wilder/Showtime) Joanna’s tale won’t continue on Showtime. I Love That for You has been cancelled so it won’t be returning for a second season on the cable channel. The first season of eight episodes aired a year ago. A comedy series, the I Love That for You TV show stars Vanessa Bayer, Molly Shannon, Jenifer Lewis, Paul James, Ayden Mayeri, Matt Rogers, and Punam Patel with Johnno Wilson in a recurring role. The story is inspired by Bayer’s own story of overcoming childhood leukemia. Joanna Gold (Bayer) dreams of becoming a host…
WASHINGTON — NASA and congressional officials are still grappling with the implications of a debt-ceiling agreement that enacts spending caps, but acknowledged it likely means the agency will get less money than it requested for 2024. The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, signed into law by President Biden June 3, suspends the debt ceiling through the end of 2024, allowing the government to continue to borrow money and thus avoiding a fiscal crisis. As part of the agreement to suspend the debt ceiling, the bill caps non-defense discretionary spending at 2023 levels for fiscal year 2024 and increases that cap…
Itel S23 was launched in India on Friday as a budget-friendly offering from the Chinese smartphone manufacturer. The latest Itel S series handset comes in two distinct colour options and the phone’s display has a waterdrop-style notch. It is powered by a Unisoc T606 chipset, coupled with up to 8GB of RAM and 128GB of inbuilt storage. With the Memory Fusion technology, the onboard memory of the handset can be virtually expanded up to 16GB utilising unused additional storage. It is backed by a 5,000mAh battery that is said to deliver up to 15 hours of playback time with a…
President Joe Biden and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Rishi Sunak arrive for a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House on June 08, 2023 in Washington, DC.Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesDespite a U.S.-U.K. trade deal remaining very much elusive, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and President Joe Biden signed a new “Atlantic Declaration” aiming to bolster economic security in the face of threats coming from Russia and China.The agreement, announced Thursday at a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House, is a series of mini deals…
Blueface might not be locked up at the moment, but if the new details about his recent Las Vegas robbery charge are true … his freedom could be in jeopardy. According to the police report, obtained by TMZ Hip Hop, Blueface, his pregnant girlfriend Chrisean Rock and several others in their entourage are accused of assaulting a woman … on May 29 inside the Palms Casino. Cops say the woman walked up to Chrisean and professed her love for the reality star, and congratulated her on her pregnancy … but also proclaimed she didn’t care for Blueface, and added a…