Qian Julie Wang’s debut memoir Beautiful Country is a compelling and intimate portrait of an undocumented childhood. Much like Betty Smith’s A Tree Grows In Brooklyn and Frank McCourt’s Angela’s Ashes, we are carried into the heart and mind of a child: this time, a young, undocumented girl in 1990s New York City who shows
In this article RIVN ZE594-CN R.J. Scaringe, Rivian’s CEO, introduces the world to his company’s R1T all-electric pickup and all-electric R1S SUV at the Los Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles, California, November 27, 2018. Mike Blake | Reuters Electric vehicle maker Rivian plans to use new types of battery cells in its electric trucks,
‘Black Adam’ Moving To October; ‘DC League Of Super-Pets’ Also On The Move – Deadline You will be redirected back to your article in seconds Skip to main content March 9, 2022 11:55am Dwayne Johnson just announced that Black Adam is going from July 29 to Oct. 21 and his animated DC League of Super Pets is going from
The Space Development Agency awarded BridgeComm and Space Micro a $1.7 million contract to demonstrate point-to-multipoint communications WASHINGTON — Each of the satellites in the Pentagon’s planned mesh network of communications satellites could have as many as many as four laser links so they can talk to other satellites, airplanes, ships and ground stations. Optical
PlayStation and Nintendo are suspending shipments to Russia, the Japanese gaming giants said Thursday, as international brands increasingly halt operations in the country following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Sony Group, which owns PlayStation, said in a statement that its video game unit “joins the global community in calling for peace in Ukraine“. “We have suspended
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conferenceat The Rosen Shingle Creek on February 26, 2022 in Orlando, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images A plane carrying former President Donald Trump made an emergency landing last weekend when one of its engines failed over the Gulf of Mexico after he spoke
In this article AMD MU BKR CVX AMZN CRWD A worker sits on a wall dividing an informal settlement from the new Amazon fulfillment center, which is under construction at RMSG Alamar Industrial Park, in Tijuana, Mexico September 7, 2021. Jorge Duenes | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Amazon —
News Pete Davidson to Star in New Lorne Michaels–Produced TV Show Bupkis The show is said to be in the spirit of Larry David’s HBO series Curb Your Enthusiasm By Quinn Moreland March 10, 2022 Facebook Twitter Pete Davidson, December 2021 (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Pete Davidson is set to play a
In this article @CL.1 Chairman Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., conducts a Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on domestic and international energy price trends, in Dirksen Building on Tuesday, November 16, 2021. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images West Virginia Joe Manchin, the most conservative Democrat in the Senate, is complicating President
Salma Hayek celebrated International Women’s Day, and she infused some serious style into the big day. In a new Instagram post, the 55-year-old Eternals star modeled a cool Gucci shirt—and nothing else. (Fun fact: Her husband, François-Henri Pinault, owns Gucci.) You can buy the shirt here and hat here. “Today on #IWD2022, @Gucci debuts a
The Breaking Bad prequel’s end begins soon. AMC dropped the trailer and key art for the highly anticipated sixth and final season of its Emmy-nominated acclaimed drama Better Call Saul on Thursday. As previously reported, Better Call Saul Season 6 will premiere with two back-to-back episodes on Monday, April 18 at 9:00 pm ET/PT on
In this episode of the Physics World Weekly podcast, we meet Jonas Zeuner, who is co-founder and managing director of the Austrian start-up company VitreaLab. He explains how the firm’s laser-powered photonic integrated circuits could find use in applications including holographic displays, medicine, and telecommunications. Our next guest is Kim Eggleton, who is Research Integrity
Since the wildly popular HBO series Insecure wrapped at the end of 2021, I’ve been obsessed with a behind-the-scenes photograph on Instagram. It shows a dazzling trio—Issa, Molly, and Lawrence—standing side by side at Molly’s wedding. Issa is draped in a scarlet pleated dress, Molly wears a strapless wedding gown in the center, and Lawrence
South Korean photographer Sang-kyu Gil has visited the Philippines around 10 times. Drawn by the beautiful scenery and affordable prices, the 42-year-old usually spends seven to 10 days in the country. That costs him around $400 — less than half the amount he expects to spend on a similar trip within his home country. His
UPDATED: We’ve heard that a number of these movies, which are VFX heavy, are being pushed due to the logjam many post-prod effects houses are facing as productions ramped up during Covid. The Flash alone has 2,500 VFX shots, we understand. The upside here is that it doesn’t put all of Warner’s DC event titles
WASHINGTON — In-space transportation company Momentus says it is making good progress toward the first launch of its Vigoride space tug, but that the schedule is “tight” for a launch in June. In an earnings call March 8 after the release of its fourth quarter and full year 2021 financial results, company executives said its
A video of students stranded in the war-hit Ukrainian city of Sumy holding Indian flags and threatening to take up a journey to the Russian border on foot created an uproar in national and international media, which in turn, prompted the Indian authorities to fast-track their evacuation process.Cut to Wednesday, all the stranded students have
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds a joint press conference with British Foreign Secretary Elizabeth Truss in the Benjamin Franklin Room of the State Department in Washington, D.C., March 9, 2022. Jim Watson | Pool | Reuters The United States and the United Kingdom on Wednesday hardened their opposition to imposing any form of