The Federal Reserve said Tuesday it is extending its menu of lending programs to businesses, governments and individuals to the end of 2020. Originally set to expire Sept. 30, the myriad facilities, stretching from credit to small businesses up to the purchase of junk bonds now will stretch to Dec. 31. The Fed began rolling
Month: July 2020
A former UFO task force consultant says the United States government is holding alien craft “not made on this Earth.” The Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon Task Force has been conducting classified briefings for over a decade, “analyzing various encounters between military craft and unidentified aerial vehicles.” Astrophysicist and Pentagon contractor Eric W. Davis says he gave
The Ellen Degeneres Show is under investigation, it has been announced. The popular series has been the subject of complaints about toxic behavior in the workplace for a while now. And, according to Variety an internal investigation is to be carried out by WarnerMedia due to issues on the set of the show, as well
By: Hannah Pell “The American Physical Society (APS) has a vision of the future of physics publishing, in 2020 or so.” So begins a 1993 Science article titled “Publication by Electronic Mail Takes Physics by Storm.” Burton Richter, then-president of APS and former head of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), elaborated: “Any physicist, any
Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . Before the stay-at-home orders came down in Baltimore, the last thing I did in person was participate in a panel conversation about—ironically—“art
Hong Kong’s new tech index rose on its second day of trading as experts said its diverse list of constituents will be attractive for traders looking to invest across the sector. The Hang Seng Tech Index rose 2.64% as of 2:18 p.m. HK/SIN, beating the broader Hang Seng index which traded up 0.34%. “It’s a
Merging two atoms into a molecule with a precise, reversible quantum state that lives long enough to measure. Courtesy: J. Zhang/Harvard University Researchers at Harvard University in the US have used optical tweezers to create a single molecule from a single pair of atoms. The technique they employed, known as magnetoassociation, made it possible to
EXCLUSIVE: We’ve just heard that Cineworld, in response to the recent changes on the theatrical release schedule with Tenet, is reopening its U.S. circuit Regal, on Aug. 21. “Welcoming theatergoers back to our cinemas will be a celebration for not only our team and our industry, but most importantly for the fans who have been
SAN FRANCISCO – U.S. and U.K. defense agencies plan to award $1 million to startups at the first International Space Pitch Day in November during the Defence Space Conference in London. The event, backed by the U.K. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Royal Air Force, U.S. Space Force and NATO, is designed to identify commercial
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell unveiled the Republican coronavirus relief plan on Monday. Here is what we know about the bill, as Republican leaders release the details: It would set enhanced federal unemployment insurance at 70% of a worker’s previous wages, replacing the $600 per week which states stopped paying out this week. The GOP would
Exclusive Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are together for the first time since the disastrous campaign rally in South Carolina a week ago, and their first outing was … Wendy’s!!! Kim flew to Cody, WY Monday … this after weeks of back and forth where she was desperately trying to get Kanye to get treatment
A pedestrian walks past Intel Corp. signage at the entrance to the company’s headquarters in Santa Clara, California. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Intel said Monday that Venkata “Murthy” Renduchintala, the chipmaker’s chief engineering officer and group president of its technology, systems architecture and client group, will resign on August 3. The announcement
The 2020 CFDA Fashion Awards are moving ahead, but with a few changes. Earlier this year, the Council of Fashion Designers of America announced that it had postponed the in-person ceremony (dubbed by industry insiders as “fashion prom”) as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The new date is September 14, when winners of the
We’re going back in time this October. What better way to celebrate Back to The Future day than with the ultimate 4K collection, featuring all three movies and hours of special features. Doc, Marty and the rest of Hill Valley’s most infamous residents have never looked so good. Universal Pictures confirmed the release today, offering
It’s July, which means ComicCon, except this is 2020… So the San Diego convention center is sadly silent. (If I could insert a crying emoji here, I would.) Thankfully, the creative people behind the spectacle that is ComicCon would not let a virus kill our fun, so they moved it all online. Which left us
Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . Set in a small town in an abstracted American South, Catherine Lacey’s Pew traces a week in the life of its eponymous
Food seems to be one of the few joys we still cherish while social distancing, and while most of us would love to come out of this pandemic with a brand new physique, that’s no easy task. The factors today that cause us to overeat are a result of this pandemic, such as social distancing,
In this May 4, 2020 photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Medicine, the first patient enrolled in Pfizer’s COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine clinical trial at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, receives an injection. University of Maryland School of Medicine | AP U.S. drugmaker Pfizer and German biotech BioNTech said
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