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. One by one, the girls got the texts, all from an unknown number: menacing messages, threats and jeers. Worse, videos of them,
Month: June 2021
After a 15-month, pandemic-induced hiatus, cruising has returned to America. Royal Caribbean‘s Celebrity Edge is less than 24 hours away from setting sail off the coast of Florida, the first passenger cruise from a U.S. port since the Covid pandemic shuttered the industry’s operations across the globe last year. “We’ve waited so long for this
How it works: electrons accelerated by a laser pulse (left) are used to drive the second-stage particle accelerator (right). (Courtesy: Thomas Heinemann/Strathclyde and Alberto Martinez de la Ossa/DESY) Laser wakefield acceleration and plasma wakefield acceleration have the potential to boost the energy of particle accelerators, but implementing the techniques is challenging. Now, an international team
Universal’s F9 is off to a great start as expected having grossed $7.1M from 3,100 theaters that began showtimes at 7PM. The pic expands to 4,179 theaters today, the widest ever for a film being released during the pandemic. In more great news: F9 did more business last night than Hobbs & Shaw did in its Thursday previews which were $5.8M
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Nike (NKE) – Nike reported quarterly earnings of 93 cents per share, well above the 51 cents a share consensus estimate. Revenue beat forecasts by a wide margin and exceeded $12 billion for the first time. Nike benefited from pent-up demand for its
WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration has granted permission to Virgin Galactic to fly customers, and not just employees, on its SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle, a move that could allow the company’s founder to fly to the edge of space soon. Virgin Galactic announced June 25 that the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation had updated
The US House of Representatives Judiciary Committee voted on Thursday to require Big Tech platforms to choose between running a platform and competing on it, wrapping up two days of votes that saw the approval of four measures directly aimed at reining in the power of some of the country’s most successful companies. The bill
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani arrives at his apartment building after the suspension of his law license in Manhattan in New York City, New York, June 24, 2021. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Rudy Giuliani did not show up for a court hearing Thursday in a $1.3 billion defamation case against him that took
Britney Spears‘ decision to speak out against her conservatorship is inspiring others in California who are feeling trapped in similar situations … and they want out too. It’s pretty incredible … the day after Britney’s impassioned court testimony, a California lawmaker spearheading legislation to change the way conservatorships operate tells us his office started getting
In this article SPCE VSS Unity is released from carrier aircraft VMS Eve during the launch of its third spaceflight on May 22, 2021. Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic announced on Friday that the Federal Aviation Administration granted the company the license it needs to fly passengers on future spaceflights, a key hurdle as the venture
Marvel is finally bringing its first Asian lead to the big screen. Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings, the next chapter in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s extensive Phase Four rollout, is headed for theaters on September 3—and if the trailer’s any indication, we’ll be treated to be one of the better action offerings
Who returned to help Hope? On Legacies Season 3 Episode 16, the teenager was forced to work with a face from her past to get answers. Meanwhile, Landon and Cleo’s mission put them on the outs with the rest of the Salvatore School. Elsewhere, Kaleb and MG embarked on their first official superhero mission. Lizzie
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. My aunt Lisa is the first female scientist I ever knew, the only one I knew for years. One of my mother’s eight siblings,
A medical staff member checks on Covid-19 coronavirus patients at a hospital’s intensive care unit ward in Bogor on June 18, 2021, as Indonesia’s Covid-19 coronavirus infection rate soars. Aditya Aji | AFP | Getty Images Medical workers in Indonesia are grappling with the pressure of caring for Covid-19 patients while quickly vaccinating the country’s
Consumer enthusiasm for the return of in-person events combined with deeper digital engagement during the pandemic will allow both to thrive, according to a new study by UTA IQ, the research arm of the giant agency. The report, Virtual + Reality: The Future of Digital & Live Entertainment in a Post-Pandemic World, backs up what’s
by Regina Avalos, June 24, 2021 A year ago, the #blackAF comedy series was renewed for a second season by Netflix but the decision has now been reversed. Viewers may still see more of the characters, however. The Kenya Barris comedy may become a series of movies on the streaming service, per Deadline. In October,
WASHINGTON — With the Ingenuity helicopter continuing to demonstrate its abilities on Mars, NASA engineers are examining concepts for larger, more capable rotorcraft that could be flown on future missions. Ingenuity performed its eighth flight on Mars June 21, traveling 160 meters and landing at a new site 133.5 meters from the Perseverance rover. The
After a long wait, Philips has finally introduced the first ‘Designed for Xbox’ gaming monitor, the Momentum 559M1RYV, which comes packed with a Vertical Alignment (VA) 55-inch 4K HDR display for improved viewing angles and good colour reproduction. The Dutch multinational says its latest high-end product has sound by British sound experts Bowers & Wilkins
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