WASHINGTON — NASA has selected Lockheed Martin to build a small rocket that will transport samples collected by the Perseverance rover into orbit around Mars. The agency said Feb. 7 it awarded a contract valued at up to $194 million to Lockheed to develop the Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV), an essential element of the overall
Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 and Galaxy Watch 4 Classic smartwatches are getting a major fitness-related update in India and other countries. It will bring improvements such as a new advanced interval training designed for cyclists as well as runners, a new sleep coaching programme and new body composition insights. The update also brings along new
WASHINGTON – President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz had an awkward exchange with a reporter Monday at the White House over the future of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. The discord at a press conference during Scholz’s first visit to the White House was brief and civil. But it also represented a
In this article MRNA JNJ PFE Syringes and a box of Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Paul Hennessy | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images The only Johnson & Johnson facility currently making usable batches of the company’s single-shot coronavirus vaccine has temporarily halted its production, a new report said Tuesday. The Netherlands-based plant has
Kanye West might have more people in his corner than some anticipated — including Travis Scott … and yet ANOTHER Kim K doppelganger. Ye had a huge get-together Monday night in L.A. with tons of stars coming out for the listening party he held to celebrate his forthcoming album “DONDA 2” — and the event
People walk past an Apple retail store on July 13, 2021 in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Apple is increasing benefits for U.S. retail workers, including doubling sick days for full-time and part-time employees, an Apple representative confirmed to CNBC. The move indicates that Apple is making changes to attract
Not long ago, the South African designer Thebe Magugu consulted a local healer who “reads” bones and other objects in the same way someone might read tea leaves. Magugu requested she ask the ancestors what was next for him. But before she could respond, he stopped her: “It made me too nervous, for some strange
Almost Paradise is getting another shot at life. IMDb TV, Amazon’s free streaming service, announced today the Season 2 pickup of the action series, created by Dean Devlin and Gary Rosen, who will also serve as co-showrunners. The popular drama follows Alex Walker (Christian Kane, Leverage: Redemption), a former U.S. DEA agent who, after his
The gloomy moors of Wuthering Heights are famously vulnerable to the wind—so, too, are the unfortunate families who call them “home.” It’s basically Emily Brontë’s whole deal, right? From the first pages of her only novel, we’re introduced to a home beleaguered by “pure, bracing ventilation … at all times.” And it shows! Trees slant
Malika Moustadraf is a feminist icon in contemporary Moroccan literature, celebrated for her stark interrogation of gender and sexuality in North Africa. “Thirty-Six” is one of the stories in Blood Feast, the complete collection of her published short fiction, forthcoming from Feminist Press on February 8, 2022, translated from the Arabic by Alice Guthrie. “Thirty-six”
Moviegoers line up in front of promotional posters for Chinese Lunar New Year films in Shanghai on Feb. 1, 2022. Costfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese consumer spending on movies plunged during the Lunar New Year holiday last week as theaters raised prices to record highs. The seven-day holiday that ended
The UK’s high-end TV (HETV) and film industries have defied the Covid odds and are back, pulling off a record year in 2021 as they delivered a massive £5.6B ($7.6BN) of production spend. Today’s annual statistics from the BFI showed a hefty turnaround after last year’s spend fell by 20%, in a year that included
TAMPA, Fla. — E-Space, the Greg Wyler-led startup behind Rwanda’s September filing for a constellation of 300,000 satellites, said Feb. 7 it has raised $50 million to fund the launch of two sets of test satellites this year. While E-Space’s “Beta 1” launch is planned for March and serial satellite production is slated for 2023,
Apple acquired a startup called AI Music that uses artificial intelligence to generate tailor-made music, according to a person with knowledge of the matter, adding technology that could be used across its slate of audio offerings. The purchase of AI Music, a London-based business founded in 2016, was completed in recent weeks. The company had about
Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort is seen in Palm Beach, Florida, February 8, 2021. Marco Bello | Reuters The National Archives and Records Administration last month retrieved 15 boxes of White House records that had been sent to former President Donald Trump’s resort-home Mar-a-Lago instead of the National Archives as required by law,
News Pusha T Releases New Song “Diet Coke”: Listen Kanye West is a co-producer of the new single, which prominently features a Fat Joe sample By Matthew Strauss February 8, 2022 Facebook Twitter Pusha T, August 2018 (Jason Mendez/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Pusha T has released “Diet Coke,” a new song that’s was teased earlier
The massive amount of automation and digital transformation taking place in the business world would be impossible if companies needed to code all of it “the old-fashioned way.” Low-code and no-code platforms are building new applications faster and allowing non-coders within a company to be involved. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Computers are getting better
Actress Shay Mitchell and Matte Babel’s relationship is one of the most private romances in Hollywood. The two were first romantically linked together in 2017 and share two year-old daughter, Atlas Noa, together. Now, they’re expecting their second child. Mitchell is known for publicly sharing snippets of her high-profile celebrity life with her fans, but