WASHINGTON — An entrepreneur has purchased a SpaceX Crew Dragon mission slated for launch late this year that will include three other people as part of a project that is a mix of charity and commerce. SpaceX announced Feb. 1 that Jared Isaacman, the founder and chief executive of online payment processing company Shift4 Payments,
Month: February 2021
Samsung is soon going to launch its Health Monitor app in 31 new countries for people to take electrocardiogram (EKG) and blood pressure readings. Users of the same will be able to use the app with a Galaxy Watch 3 or Galaxy Active 2 smartwatch. According to a report by The Verge, Samsung says the
An employee holds a jar of marijuana on sale after it became legal in the state to sell recreational marijuana to customers over 21 years old in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Illinois begins the legal sale of marijuana on Jan 1, 2020. Matthew Hatcher | Reuters Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and two other Democratic senators
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana suggested that the Covid relief figure should not be “foreordained” and should be based on data, moments after his meeting with President Joe Biden. “If we’re driven by data, we’ll come to the right figure,” said Cassidy to CNBC’s “The News with Shepard Smith” during a Monday evening interview.
We can’t predict what 2021 will bring, but that hasn’t stopped us from searching for answers in the stars. The practice of self-reflection and spirituality hits different these days as we approach a year in quarantine. Some dove into birth charts seeking solace while others discovered numerology or rabidly DM’d astro memes to their friends
The Ebola Rex vs. Murder Hornets trailer has arrived. Director Dustin Ferguson may just be the hardest working man in show business. In 2020 alone, he released two of the most-talked about “mockbusters” of the year with Ebola Rex and Angry Asian Murder Hornets. Now, he’s back and has combined two of 2020’s most formidable
Spencer smartly freed himself from some of the weight on his shoulders. It was good that he’s learning to cope with his new folk hero status on All American Season 3 Episode 3. Too bad it wasn’t detailed what was on a Spencer James sandwich. How was it that no one had mentioned that honor to
Why Don’t You Keep Your True Nature to Yourself If you enjoy reading Electric Literature, join our mailing list! We’ll send you the best of EL each week, and you’ll be the first to know about upcoming submissions periods and virtual events. Ode to Boy Boy’s a murder of boys circling overhead, black feathers fluttering
Stripes, curved fibres, dot arrays and some exotic stripe-dot hybrids on the surface of a frozen liquid metal. Courtesy: K Kalantar-Zadeh Highly ordered nanopatterns spontaneously form on the surface of alloys as the metal solidifies. This process, which is very different from those that occur in the materials’ bulk, could make it possible to create
Close-up of Moderna vaccine at the Park County Health Department COVID-19 vaccination clinic for seniors 80 years and older on January 28, 2021 in Livingston, Montana. William Campbell | Getty Images Some health-care providers have been regularly holding back Covid-19 vaccine doses to ensure there will be supply when people come back to get their
Ying Li. Photo from WEIBO. The emergence of “girl power” literally saved the show in Chinese stand-up comedy, while at the same time forming a concerted feminist voice. In this essay—punch lines included—Ping Zhu explains how women comedians in China not only saved the show but stole it. The female stand-up comedian Yang Li has
Holdover play continued to dominate the international box office this weekend, notably Disney/Pixar’s Soul which led the frame with $9.3M in 13 markets amid scant drops in both Russia and Korea. This brings the offshore total to $85.2M. Next up were a trio of Chinese movies that have been around for a few weeks as
WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic announced Feb. 1 that the company will launch its SpaceShipTwo suborbital spaceplane in mid-February, two months after a technical problem aborted an earlier launch attempt. In a statement, Virgin Galactic said the window for its next SpaceShipTwo flight will open Feb. 13 at Spaceport America in New Mexico. The exact date
The European Union is seeking to overturn Apple’s victory in a 13 billion-euro ($15.8 billion) (roughly Rs. 1,15 lakh crore) tax dispute, saying judges used “contradictory reasoning” when they found that the company’s Irish units weren’t liable for huge payments. A summary of the appeal published Monday shows the EU’s determination to challenge the critical
President Joe Biden speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on January 29, 2021. Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden will meet with 10 Republican senators Monday as he decides whether to slim his coronavirus relief proposal to win GOP votes or forge ahead with only
Breaking News Tony Bennett is revealing he’s suffering with Alzheimer’s Disease … but he says he’s been battling it since 2016. The beloved singer revealed his diagnosis to AARP magazine … and his family says there were warning signs well before doctors confirmed it. Like in 2014 when he and Lady Gaga got together to
As college costs rise, financial aid is a growing necessity, yet many students still don’t apply. Now, more states are requiring that they do — and paving the way to a college degree for some who might not be able to otherwise afford it. The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, serves as the
For years, Meghan Markle has endured racist attacks from the British tabloids, in part contributing to her and Prince Harry’s decision to step back from their senior royal family roles last year. Prince William, Kate Middleton, and the rest of the royal family never publicly condemned the tabloid treatment of Meghan once she married into