House Republicans took a critical step late Thursday night toward bringing up the long-stalled foreign aid bill for Ukraine and Israel, after being forced to rely on Democratic votes to move a plan to consider it out of a key committee and onto the floor. The 9-to-3 vote in the critical Rules Committee was an … Read more
Just a week after the show first premiered, Amazon has confirmed that there’s more of its live-action Fallout series on the way. As of now there are no details available other than the fact that the show has been renewed for season 2. While there are no specific numbers about how well the show has … Read more
Associated Performer: Evan Smith, Jack Antonoff, Mikey Freedom Hart, Sean Hutchinson, Taylor Swift, Zem AuduAsst. Recording Engineer: Jack Manning, Jon SherDrums: Jack AntonoffMastering Engineer: Randy Merrill, Ryan SmithMellotron: Mikey Freedom HartMix Engineer: Bryce BordoneMixer: Serban GheneaPercussion: Jack Antonoff, Sean HutchinsonPiano: Jack AntonoffProgramming: Jack AntonoffRecording Engineer: Jack Manning, Laura Sisk, Michael Riddleberger, Oli Jacobs, Sean Hutchinson … Read more
Certain Wall Street analysts see substantial downside for shareholders of Tesla and Palantir Technologies. The artificial intelligence (AI) gold rush is in full swing. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite advanced 31% over the past year as investors piled into the market, hoping to strike it rich. Sentiment is still running hot, but it’s important to be … Read more
The Biden administration is planning to block oil and gas drilling across millions of acres in an Alaskan reserve, which Congress specifically set aside for resource development. The Department of Interior (DOI) is expected to finalize regulations on Friday, just days ahead of Earth Day. These regulations would effectively lock up more than 13 million … Read more
The Adobe Express app’s generative AI features are officially out of beta today. Now, everyone can access the company’s Firefly generative AI engine on iOS and Android. This version of Adobe Express is a pared-down version of the desktop app. Most of what you can make on it is for sharing on social media. Most … Read more
As one of the richest people in the world, it can pay to track Bill Gates’ portfolio. The biggest position currently in the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust is, unsurprisingly, Microsoft, representing a stake worth roughly $14 billion. His second-largest position, however, worth around $7.1 billion, is a much different kind of business. It’s … Read more
Money being at the heart of commercial decision making is neither revelatory nor necessarily evil. The biopic trend does feel inherently conservative, though, when paired with what is happening in the music industry. The past decade of streaming has placed increased importance on labels back catalogs. Greatest Hits albums dominate the charts and one well-placed … Read more
U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon on Thursday rejected requests from Donald Trump’s two co-defendants to dismiss the charges against them in the classified document case, ruling that federal prosecutors had met the legal threshold for the obstruction counts. Attorneys for Trump employees Walt Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira had argued that the charges should … Read more
We’re now living in a post-Mint world. Intuit shuttered the popular budgeting app on March 24, 2024, and suggested its millions of users switch to its other finance app, Credit Karma. I, along with 3.6 million others (as of 2021, according to Bloomberg), had been Mint users for a long time. Many of us liked … Read more
Originally seen in the May 1998 issue of Vogue, sisters Venus and Serena Williams were the first to wear Zendaya’s black and white striped Carolina Herrera ballgown in an editorial photographed by Annie Leibovitz. At the time, the duo was quickly rising in the ranks of the tennis world. More than two decades later, Herrera … Read more
Police said three people were wounded in port city of Karachi but bomber and accomplice died. A suicide bomber has detonated his explosive-laden vest near a van carrying Japanese autoworkers in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi, police said, injuring three bystanders. The van was heading to an industrial area where the five Japanese nationals … Read more
Oil prices jump and stocks sink on reports of escalating Middle East tensions. Israel struck Iran early Friday morning, multiple agencies reported, citing US officials. Potential wider conflict in oil-rich Middle East could disrupt energy supplies. Thanks for signing up! Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you’re on the go. download the … Read more
An estimated 85,000 additional childcare places would be required by September 2025 to enable the government’s planned expansion of funded childcare for working parents in England, according to the Department for Education. A pilot will explore how to repurpose unused school space to support childcare and increase capacity. If successful, the scheme will be rolled … Read more
The Central California coast is proving to be a playground for baby sharks. Earlier this year, we caught a glimpse of what could be the first images of a newborn great white shark. Now, we’re learning more about where they like to live during their formative years. Juvenile great white sharks select warm and shallow … Read more
Boy Wirat I’ve only recently returned from several weeks in Argentina. I didn’t have access to my charts, and besides, I was rather more interested in people, food, and wine than in blogging. Time now to catch up on the market’s latest focus: Is inflation still stubbornly high? Does the Fed need to tighten more? … Read more
If you follow figure skating, you know the name Amber Glenn. The 24-year-old won the 2024 U.S. National Champion title in January and has amassed over one million followers on TikTok, where she films the best of her skating moves, close-ups of her bejeweled makeup looks, and fun lip syncs with her friends on the … Read more
There are many reasons why teens should invest. The most significant advantage is the time they have to allow their investments to grow and increase in value. Sometimes it might seem confusing where to begin, but it does not have to be. There are many strategies and tools to help young people as they begin … Read more
Cutting out some types of food – and eating more of others – could ease irritable bowel syndrome Aamulya/Getty Images Two kinds of diet seem to work better than taking medication in addressing irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a trial has found. One diet was designed to be low in “FODMAPs”, a group of sugars and … Read more
“The thing that I’m actually ever so proud of, more than any of the work we have done, is honestly the celebration of creating.” So said Jony Ive, founder of design agency LoveFrom and former chief design officer at Apple, at a dinner created to serve up the hottest scoop of Milan Design Week: Moncler … Read more