“Surprising … Rising from the surp. What is a surp anyways?” The narrator of How We Are Translated by Jessica Gaitán Johannesson questions. The Swedish word for “surprising,” on the other hand, translates to “överraskning”—which, when taken apart into “över” and “raska”—literally translates back to English as “to trod over something.” Word games like this
Golar: “Golar is the play. Now, you have to understand, these are trades, sir. They go up and then they crater. There’s been some ones that have been involved in the shipping industry, periodically, they have incredible runs and then they’re done. You own this for a trade, not for an investment.” Corning Incorporated: “They
A blueprint for a quantum computer that uses trapped ions as qubits. (Courtesy: Ion Quantum Technology Group, University of Sussex) How big does a quantum computer need to be to accomplish something useful? Physicists from the University of Sussex, UK recently set out to answer this question for two pragmatic computational tasks: breaking the encryption
Antoine-François-Jean Claudet, [Multiple Exposures of the Moon] (1846–52), daguerreotype, 2019.47, Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Fund, through Joyce and Robert Menschel / Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art Queer Exposures: Sexuality and Photography in Roberto Bolaño’s Fiction and Poetry (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2021), by Ryan F. Long, is an innovative and original text that
The Battle At Lake Changjin II (aka Water Gate Bridge) led the Chinese New Year box office on day one today, coming in at an estimated RMB 657.6M ($103.4M). While that’s certainly an enviable single-market one-day score — and is the second-biggest CNY opening day ever — it’s about 35% below the record-breaking debut day
WASHINGTON — Launch companies Relativity Space and SpaceX were among the companies that submitted proposals last year to NASA for initial development of commercial space stations. NASA selected proposals led by Blue Origin, Nanoracks and Northrop Grumman Dec. 2 for funded Space Act Agreements as part of the Commercial Low Earth Orbit Destinations, or CLD,
Telegram has announced an update that brings video stickers, improved message reactions, new interactive emojis, new navigation options, along with some bug fixes and improvements. The instant messaging service will now allow users to create animated stickers from videos. Telegram has also improved how message reactions are displayed. Users will also be shown when their
President Joe Biden David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Justice Stephen Breyer’s impending retirement gives President Joe Biden his first, and possibly his best, chance to fill a seat on the Supreme Court. It’s clear he wants to make it count. Biden last week reaffirmed his campaign promise to nominate a Black woman
Kanye West has lots of drama with Kim Kardashian at the moment … but he looks like a man without a care in the world, at least while he’s surrounded by hot chicks at the beach. Ye was all laughs and smiles as he chatted up some sexy women Sunday, soaking up golden hour on
Employees of a funeral home and staff from Bucharest University Hospital morgue, all wearing personal protective equipment, prepare a COVID-19 victim for transport to a cemetery, in Bucharest, Romania, October 29, 2021. Inquam Photos | Reuters The ChristianaCare health system in Wilmington, Delaware, implemented “crisis standards of care” for the first time in its 130-year
Besides being battered by cold blows of winter wind, laying in wait for another year of homebound activities, and staring down the uncertainties of, how many variants?, how’s your 2022 thus far? But don’t let the winter blues set in. This is your wake-up call to do something for a change—for feeling better. Something that
FOX has struggled in recent years to find a new hit drama. The Cleaning Lady is the latest offering from the network, and it should be getting an official renewal for Season 2 in the near future. The Élodie Yung-led drama managed 3.4 million viewers and a 0.5 rating. It is rare for a new
In our series “Can Writing Be Taught?”, we partner with Catapult to ask their course instructors all our burning questions about the process of teaching writing. This month, we’re featuring Jubi Arriola-Headley a Blacqueer poet, author of original kink (Sibling Rivalry Press), and winner of the 2021 Housatonic Book Award. Check out the 6-week generative
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: AT&T (T) – AT&T announced plans to spin off its stake in the WarnerMedia/Discovery Communications (DISCA) combination to its shareholders when that merger is completed later this year. Shareholders will receive 0.24 shares of Warner Brothers Discovery for each AT&T share they now
Silvergate Capital CEO Alan Lane told CNBC on Monday the bank holding company hopes to launch a stablecoin by the end of this year, following its acquisitions of assets and intellectual property from Mark Zuckerberg’s beleaguered cryptocurrency project. The California-based financial firm, which through its subsidiary Silvergate Bank operates the crypto-focused payments platform Silvergate Exchange
Lionsgate’s feature take of Judy Blume’s classic Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret has been scheduled for Sept. 16 this year. As Deadline first reported in early March 2020, the studio won the film rights to Blume’s 1970 novel in an auction, green lighting the feature with a $30M production cost and Kelly Fremon Craig directing
WASHINGTON — A SpaceX Falcon 9 placed an Italian radar mapping satellite into orbit Jan. 31 after four days of delays caused by range and weather problems. The Falcon 9 lifted off from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 6:11 p.m. Eastern. The rocket’s upper stage deployed its
Fitbit is offering users the ability to view the highlights of their fitness data from the past year as part of the ‘2021 Year In Review’ feature. Users will be able to look at useful details of their activity and sleep from 2021, while looking at information in easy-to-understand metrics like average hours of sleep,