Critic’s Rating: 5 / 5.05After an intense and thrilling first season, Orphan Black: Echoes has concluded its exciting introduction into the franchise family. Coming from a beloved cult classic, the odds were stacked against this incredible series. Orphan Black: Echoes brought a more straightforward and cleaner story than its parent show. (AMC/Screenshot) And while fans are still reticent to jump on board, those who have do not regret their decision. We met very well-developed characters and reintroduced ourselves to fan-favorite franchise characters. More than anything, audiences got an experience they will never forget about what it means to be human.…
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Apple is gearing up to launch the iPhone 16 series of smartphones, according to a Bloomberg report. The Cupertino company is said to be targeting a launch date of September 10 for its latest iPhone models that are expected to succeed the iPhone 15 lineup that was unveiled a year ago. At its next launch event, Apple is also expected to unveil new Apple Watch and AirPods models equipped with new features. This year, Apple’s Pro models are expected to sport slightly bigger displays, while the company is also tipped to equip its handsets with a dedicated ‘capture’ button.Apple Said…
As Vladislav Klyushin’s cybersecurity scam grew, collecting more than $93 million in less than three years, the FBI’s investigation was closing in on unraveling his scheme.Klyushin had become incredibly rich through his ownership of Moscow-based cybersecurity firm M-13, which was a front for his real business: stealing corporate earnings reports before they were released and trading based on that information. The cybersecurity scam targeted well-known American companies like Skechers, Snapchat and Roku.The FBI and U.S. prosecutors had enough evidence to put him away – but they also had one significant roadblock: as a Russian citizen living in Russia, there was…
Grace Cary | Moment | Getty ImagesTravelers, be warned: The federal government may revoke your passport if you ignore a big tax bill.Such punishments have become more frequent in recent years, experts said.Federal law requires the IRS and Treasury Department to notify the State Department if an American has a “seriously delinquent tax debt.”This is a large federal debt — of more than $62,000 in 2024 — that the taxpayer has repeatedly ignored.The debt threshold includes aggregate total federal tax liabilities, plus penalties and interest, levied against an individual. It’s adjusted annually for inflation.The State Department generally won’t issue a…
Peter Dinklage is so proud of his The Toxic Avenger reboot that he just wants more people to finally get to see it. The Emmy-winning actor was recently asked if the film could get a wide release soon, given it was “a really big hit” after it opened the Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, last year. “No, I’m not a producer on it. I don’t know,” Dinklage admitted to ComicBook.com. “I do want it to get out there into the world because it was a really big hit at Fantastic Fest in Austin, and Macon Blair, the writer/director who is also in The…
The Chicks sang “The Star-Spangled Banner” to kick off the final evening of the 2024 Democratic National Convention Thursday night (August 22). The Texas trio of Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire, and Emily Strayer performed the National Anthem onstage at Chicago’s United Center, filling out the a capella number with three-part harmonies. Check it out below.Later in the evening, P!nk took the stage alongside an acoustic guitarist and a handful of vocalists—one of whom was her 13-year-old daughter, Willow Sage Hart. P!nk and Hart shared singing duties on the pop artist’s hit ballad “What About Us.”Throughout the week, there had been…
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks from behind bulletproof glass during a campaign rally, at the North Carolina Aviation Museum & Hall of Fame in Asheboro, North Carolina, U.S. August 21, 2024.Jonathan Drake | ReutersFormer President Donald Trump painted a dark picture on Thursday of what the U.S.-Mexico border would be like if Vice President Kamala Harris were to be elected president.Trump visited Arizona just hours before Harris was due to accept her party’s presidential nomination on the final night of the Democratic National Convention.Throughout an hour-long press conference, Trump falsely claimed that Harris supported open…
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Blocked from the U.S. by tariffs, Chinese electric vehicle makers have looked elsewhere to sell their high-tech cars. But as Mexico has emerged as a hot spot for Chinese EVs, Washington officials worry the country may be used as a “backdoor” to the U.S. market. Last year, China was the leading car supplier to Mexico, exporting $4.6 billion worth of vehicles to the country, according to the Mexican Ministry of Economy. Even customers wary of EVs have been won over by affordable price tags. Tesla rival BYD sells its Dolphin Mini in Mexico for around 398,800 pesos, or about $21,300, a…
Delta Air Lines planes sit parked at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta on June 28, 2024.Andrew Harnik | Getty ImagesDelta Air Lines’ chief operating officer is leaving at the end of the month, the company said in a securities filing Friday.CEO Ed Bastian said in an employee memo that Chief Operating Officer Mike Spanos is taking a job at another company.His departure, after just over a year on the job, comes weeks after Delta suffered a meltdown in the wake of the massive CrowdStrike outage in July. Delta estimates those disruptions cost the airline some $500 million and said…
WASHINGTON — Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner will return from the International Space Station in September without the two astronauts on board who launched on it in June after NASA concluded thruster problems posed too much risk. NASA announced Aug. 24 that Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, the NASA astronauts who flew to the ISS on Starliner’s Crew Flight Test (CFT) mission in June, will remain on the station until next February, with Starliner returning to Earth in early September uncrewed. Agency officials said at a briefing they reached that decision after concluding they did not understand well enough the performance of…
[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for SEAL Team Season 7 Episode 4 “Heroes and Criminals.”] There’s some pushback with a decision Jason (David Boreanaz) makes in the latest SEAL Team episode as Bravo targets a factory in Myanmar tied to China and fentanyl production—but who exactly is he protecting? That’s the question Ray (Neil Brown Jr.) poses at the end. Jason refuses to allow the team to attempt their mission until he’s sure he minimizes the risk; then things go wrong during the heist part—if they take away the workers’ money, no one will be working when they make their move—and…
Infinix Note 40 Series Racing Edition was launched in India on Saturday. The company launched the Infinix Note 40 Pro and Note 40 Pro+ in the country in April, and the new models have an F1-inspired design that was designed in collaboration with BMW’s Designworks. These handsets bear the same specifications as the original models, including a MediaTek Dimensity 7020 chipset paired with 12GB of RAM. They are also equipped with a 108-megapixel camera and offer support for up to 100W wired charging and 20W wireless charging.Infinix Note 40 Pro Racing Edition, Infinix Note 40 Pro+ Racing Edition Price in IndiaInfinix…
A Delta technician works on a set of screens displaying a blue page and reading “Recovery” in Terminal 2, Delta Airlines, at Los Angeles airport, on July 19, 2024. Airlines, banks, TV channels and other businesses were disrupted worldwide on Friday following a major computer systems outage linked to an update on an antivirus program.Etienne Laurent | AFP | Getty ImagesMicrosoft said Friday it will hold a conference in September for cybersecurity firms to discuss ways the industry can evolve following a faulty CrowdStrike software update that caused millions of Windows computers to crash in July.The incident sent internet-connected systems…
It appears more investors are eyeing dividend stocks ahead of the Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision in September.Paul Baiocchi of SS&C ALPS Advisors thinks it is a sound strategy because he sees the Fed easing rates.”Investors are moving back toward dividends out of money markets, out of fixed income, but also importantly toward leveraged companies that might be rewarded by a declining interest rate environment,” the chief ETF strategist told CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week.ALPS is the issuer of several dividend exchange-traded funds including the ALPS O’Shares U.S. Quality Dividend ETF (OUSA) and its counterpart, the ALPS O’Shares U.S. Small-Cap…
(L to R) John Cena and Awkwafina in ‘Jackpot!’. Credit: Image Courtesy of Amazon MGM Studios. Copyright: @ Amazon Content Services LLC.On Prime Video on August 15th, ‘Jackpot!’ finds Paul Feig back in the sort of action-comedy territory that served him well for the likes of ‘Spy’ and ‘The Heat.’Yet his latest, like a couple of his other recent efforts, has been sent direct to streaming, signaling just how tough it is for filmmakers’ work to find theaters outside of giant franchise or indie films that score a release. Still, it’s entertaining enough.Does ‘Jackpot!’ succeed in the movie lottery?(L to…
Fred again.. headlined Reading Festival tonight (August 24). Check out his full setlist, and a re-cap of his performance below. READ MORE: Reading & Leeds 2024 liveblog: all the action as it happens The producer, real name Fred Gibson, was the final act to play on the main stage tonight, following Lana Del Rey’s set. He’ll play Leeds tomorrow (August 25) at 9:35pm. Fred again.. began his set, while hovering over the crowd on a B-stage, playing ‘Turn On the Lights again..’, his 2022 track with Swedish House Mafia and Future. He then ran to the main stage to play ‘Danielle…