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Samsung Wallet has been updated with support for several new features in India. Owners of the company’s Samsung Galaxy smartphones will now be able to store official documents securely using the Samsung Wallet app. They will also be able to recharge and manage their FASTag funds from within the Wallet app. The update will make it more convenient for Samsung customers in India, where most users with smartphones and Internet connectivity are accustomed to using digital services for day-to-day transactions.According to a press release issued on Monday, the Samsung Wallet app can now securely store and display digital versions of…

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In this articleCMCSAFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTA photograph of the 16 July 1945 first atomic bomb test is displayed along a fence at Ground Zero at Trinity Site, at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico 05 July 2005. The crater which the blast created has long since been filled it, leaving only a modest stone obelisk, a few historic photos and explanatory panels, and chain-link fence to mark the spot which ushered the world into the atomic age.Robyn Beck | AFP | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — The U.S. Army said its upcoming open house of the Trinity Site is expected…

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Play video content TMZ.com The food critic in Too Short is putting his stamp of approval on Snoop Dogg’s arsenal of food products … as he’s been able to get his chops on as much as he can handle!!! TMZ Hip Hop linked with the OG Short Dog at LAX on Monday who says his Mt. Westmore bandmate has left his personal cereal and wine brands in his dressing room during their tour this summer!!! Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media. Short says he’s loaded up with so much Snoop Cereal, he gives some away to fans,…

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FTC Chairwoman Lina Khan testifies during a budget hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Innovation, Data, and Commerce, April 18, 2023.Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty ImagesFederal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan defended her progressive approach to antitrust enforcement at an event Monday, as the agency has attracted a barrage of criticism from the business community.”The role of the FTC is not to have our own personal philosophical beliefs about the virtues of big versus small. It’s really about the statutes,” Khan said during a Q&A session at The Economic Club of New York.”Congress, when…

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Despite its friendly competition with Barbie at the box office, Oppenheimer still made a sizable dent on opening weekend, raking in $80.5 million, becoming the highest-grossing R-rated film so far this year, and breaking a number of other theatrical records. Christopher Nolan’s colossal epic about the “father of the atomic bomb” will certainly continue to draw in hordes of moviegoers around the world (especially after making $93.7 million abroad this past weekend); however, its arrival on streaming services is unclear. That should come as no surprise. A technological and cinematic feat, Oppenheimer was filmed on IMAX cameras and boasts booming…

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While most series have shut down production to the SAG-AFTRA strike When Calls the Heart is set to continue filming. Deadline reported Monday that the long-running Hallmark drama series had been granted an “interim agreement by SAG-AFTRA.” The decision means that production on When Calls the Heart Season 11 can enter production and produce episodes, likely for 2023. The Erin Krakow-led drama secured an early renewal earlier this year, well ahead of the premiere of When Calls the Heart Season 11. The news means that there should be no interruption to Hallmark’s rollout strategy. When Calls the Heart Season 10…

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“This is one of those stories that begins with a female body,” opens Erica Berry’s evocative exploration of wolves, fear, and the female experience, Wolfish: Wolf, Self, and the Stories We Tell About Fear. Though the body Berry speaks of is not the human one we conjure in our minds, but that of a two-year-old wolf, OR-106, whose corpse was discovered on the side of the road in a small Oregon town. “Her body is the same palette as the snow beneath her,” Berry writes, suggesting that OR-106’s body could be easily missed or mistaken for a part of the…

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Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer and Margot Robbie as BarbieJulien De Rosa | AFP | Getty Images; Stuart C. Wilson | Getty Images”Barbenheimer” exploded over the weekend, generating an estimated $235.5 million in ticket sales and reinvigorating the domestic box office.”Barbie” tallied around $155 million during its first three days in theaters, the highest opening of 2023. Its counterpart “Oppenheimer” snared an estimated $80.5 million during its debut. Final numbers for the pair’s debuts will be revealed Monday.related investing newsBarbie is everywhere this summer. Here are the stocks that can benefit from the highly anticipated filmAlex Harring2 days ago”I don’t think…

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In this articleCDNSNXPIFFIVWHRFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTNXP SemiconductorsSource: nxp.comCheck out the companies making headlines in extended trading.Cadence Design Systems — Shares fell 4% after the company posted its second-quarter results. Revenue in the company’s product and maintenance category came in at $922.8 million, compared to analysts’ estimates for $928.8 million, according to StreetAccount. Revenue for services also missed expectations, coming in at $53.8 million, compared to $57.9 million anticipated by analysts.Whirlpool — The kitchen and laundry company’s stock dipped 2% after a mixed earnings announcement. Whirlpool posted $4.21 in adjusted earnings per share, coming above Refinitiv analysts’ estimates of…

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Illustration courtesy of the author Julius D. Jones is a talented and thought-provoking artist who cares deeply about humanity, justice, and peace. Despite being incarcerated for more than twenty years, Jones has independently published three books of poetry. To celebrate Julius’s birthday on July 25, two of his favorite poems along with one of his drawings are featured here with his permission. Jones’s “Ida B. Wellas” explores facing injustice and speaking back to it with dignity, integrity, and vulnerability. “Treal Forgiveness” meditates on what it means to forgive for a crime you did not commit.—Karlos K. Hill   Ida B.…

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Over the past fifteen years, I’ve had the pleasure of crossing paths with the peripatetic Angolan author José Eduardo Agualusa on several occasions. In 2008 we were in conversation at the Brooklyn Book Festival—my first as a moderator—to celebrate the release of his novel The Book of Chameleons, which won the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. Eight years later, at an event at Community Bookstore in Brooklyn, we met again to talk about A General Theory of Oblivion, winner of the International Dublin Literary Award and shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize. This month, Agualusa will publish a new collection…

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In this articleJNJFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTKenvue, a unit of Johnson & Johnson’s consumer health business.CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty ImagesJohnson & Johnson on Monday said it plans to reduce by at least 80% its stake in Kenvue, the consumer health business it spun out as an independent company earlier this year, via a stock exchange offer. J&J owns 89.6% of Kenvue’s common stock, which amounts to more than 1.72 billion shares. related investing newsSigns are emerging that the IPO market can make a comeback soonValida Paua day agoThe exchange offer, also known as a split-off, will allow J&J…

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Photo by Oluwafikunmi KilankoAmong the shortlisted short stories for this year’s edition of the Caine Prize for African writing is Yejide Kilanko’s “This Tangible Thing,” which narrates a child’s journey of self-realization and self-affirmation. Kilanko is a Nigerian-born writer. Her debut novel, Daughters Who Walk This Path, a Canadian national best-seller, was longlisted for the 2016 Nigeria Prize for Literature. Her work includes a novella, Chasing Butterflies (2015), and two children’s picture books, There Is an Elephant in My Wardrobe (2019) and Juba and the Fireball (2020). Guernica Editions published her latest novel, A Good Name, in 2021. Kilanko’s short fiction…

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Searchlight Pictures’ comedy Theater Camp held its own on a big weekend of box office coin flowing in from Barbie and Oppenheimer. Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman’s Sundance-winner (U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Award for Ensemble) expanded to 10 markets/51 theaters, up from six locations in New York and LA opening weekend, taking in an estimated $266,000 for a per-screen average of $5.2k. That follows a notable opening last week when the Ben Platt and Gordon-starrer sported a $50.2k PSA — Searchlight’s biggest PSA for a limited opening since Jojo Rabbit in 2019. It will move to another 35-40 markets next week,…

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SAN FRANCISCO – German thermal satellite data startup constellr raised 17 million euros ($18.93) in seed funding. Karista led the round. Participants included Einstein Industries Ventures, FTTF, Lakestar, Vsquared, Amathaon Capital, Natural Ventures, OHB Ventures and EIT Food. With the latest funding, announced July 20, constellr plans to accelerate deployment of its shoebox-size thermal imagery satellites and meet growing global demand. Constellr’s first thermal infrared imaging sensor traveled to the International Space Station in 2022 on a Northrop Grumman resupply mission.   Thermal Imagery Constellation The first satellite in constellr’s operational constellation are scheduled to launch in 2024. “We only…

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PlayStation fans can rejoice as Sony has confirmed a limited-time promotional offer for its PS5 console, promising a discount of flat Rs. 7,500 in India. The offer is only applicable on the 4K Blu-ray-equipped disc version of the console and goes live on Tuesday, July 25, at select online and offline retailers. The sale will run for two weeks, going through August 7, and will cut the price of the PS5 down to Rs. 47,490, which is slightly lower than the original cost at which the console was launched in February 2021. This does not affect any game bundle variants…

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Bill Forte from North Sky Communications works on a fiber optic line during a heat wave gripping the Pacific Northwest in Lake Forest Park, Washington, U.S., June 26, 2021.Karen Ducey | ReutersWith extreme heat waves and climate-related disasters becoming more frequent across the U.S., some politicians are becoming more urgent in their call for action. ”The climate change bomb has gone off. … The earth is screaming at us,” Washington state Governor Jay Inslee said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.” ”There’s good news,” he added, noting that “this is a solvable problem. But we need to stop using fossil fuels. That is…

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NewsMitski Announces New Album The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We, New Song Out Next WeekShe revealed the title of her Laurel Hell follow-up in a voice memo sent via her newsletterBy Madison BloomJuly 23, 2023FacebookTwitterMauricio Santana/Getty ImagesFacebookTwitterMitski has announced her next album, which is called The Land Is Inhospitable and So Are We. She revealed the title in a voice memo that was included in her official newsletter (viewed by Pitchfork). Mitski also said that the album’s lead single will arrive on Wednesday (July 26).“Hi, this is Mitski, and I’m at Bomb Shelter Studios in Nashville, where we…

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