Block co-founder Jim McKelvey. CNBC | NBC Universal | Getty Images BARCELONA — In 2014, Amazon launched a product that sounded strikingly similar to something already on offer from Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey’s payments company Square, which is today known as Block. It was called Amazon Register, and it would let small businesses accept credit
New study provides insight into how solar wind is generated and accelerated. (Courtesy: NASA/Johns Hopkin APL/Steve Gribben) A close analysis of data from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has revealed that electromagnetic “whistler waves” – so named because early radio operators mistook these eerie, descending sounds for a person whistling – are unexpectedly absent from certain
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Wednesday offered investors a list of stocks with sizable dividend yields that he believes should be on their shopping list. Investors may turn to dividend-paying stocks during periods of market turbulence, viewing their tangible payouts as a place of safety, the “Mad Money” host said. And Wall Street has been volatile
China has cleared Warner Bros’ Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore for release in the market, though a date is still to be set. The WB Weibo account posted today that “magic is coming” and said, “stay tuned.” This is the third film from the studio this year to be granted access, following The Matrix
TAMPA, Fla. — OneWeb on March 2 ordered staff to leave Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan amid an impasse over the planned March 4 launch of its latest batch of satellites on a Soyuz rocket, an executive for the U.K.-based company said. Chris McLaughlin, OneWeb’s chief of government, regulatory affairs and engagement, told SpaceNews it
Apple on Tuesday invited media to its March 8 event where it is expected to unveil its new MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, Mac mini, and the iMac Pro based on a mix of Apple M1 and M2 silicon. Alongside the new Mac machines, the Cupertino company is speculated to unveil the long-awaited iPhone SE 3
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration announced a new task force Wednesday that will enforce sweeping U.S. and allied sanctions imposed on Russian officials and oligarchs that have helped finance President Vladimir Putin‘s unprovoked war in Ukraine. The new task force, comprised of interagency law enforcement officers from the FBI, Marshals Service, IRS, Postal Inspection, Homeland
Play video content @kanyewest / INSTAGRAM Kanye West appears dead set on burying Pete Davidson — or at least the cartoon version — he just imagined the burial of his ex-wife’s boyfriend in a music video for a song where he rips the ‘SNL’ star. Ye just dropped the music vid Wednesday for his song
Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson looks on during a meeting with U.S. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumeron March 02, 2022 in Washington, DC. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images The Senate Judiciary Committee will question President Joe Biden’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, over two days in late March, committee Chair Dick Durbin,
American Eagle had no idea the boon it had coming when Outer Banks arrived on Netflix in the summer of 2020. With its young, sunburned cast draped in muscle tanks, cropped camis, board shorts, and tattered denim as they sought treasure and true love along the North Carolina shore, the show epitomized the kind of
Cal Fire is taking shape at CBS. Billy Burke and Kevin Alejandro are the latest cast names to join the cast of the drama pilot, according to Deadline. They join star, co-writer, and executive producer Max Thieriot. Cal Fire follows a young convict named Bode Donovan, who is seeking redemption and a shortened prison sentence.
The Day She Ditched Them at the Beach Brendan Mathews Brendan Mathews is the author of the novel The World of Tomorrow and the short story collection This Is Not a Love Song. Share article Maniacs The cousins are supposed to spend the day at the lake. Summer vacation, 1980, and the radio is saying
Photo by Pierre Châtel-Innocenti / Unsplash In Winter Lights, rising star Irati Elorrieta’s first novel, Añes is a Basque woman who has immigrated to Berlin by way of Paris. Her story explores the contradictions of pulling up roots and embarking on a new life: melancholy and freedom, detachment and memory, alienation and independence. The following
A summer wheat harvest in Chernihiv, Ukraine, on Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. Vincent Mundy | Bloomberg | Getty Images Wheat futures reached new multiyear highs Wednesday, as war between major exporters Russia and Ukraine continued to raise concerns about the global supply of the commodity. The moves in the commodity market come amid reports that
In the wake of Sony’s Spider-Man: No Way Home rattling box office records, and creating a gravitational pull toward cinemas with a $1.85 billion global gross, Warner Bros.’ The Batman is looking to keep this big screen rally going. Industry projections for the Robert Pattinson movie stand at $115M-$125M domestic, and another $110M-$120M overseas for a global reach
WASHINGTON — Members of Congress, concerned about growing costs and slipping schedules, pressed NASA for more details about the management and overall strategy of the agency’s Artemis lunar exploration plan. At a March 1 hearing by the House Science Committee’s space subcommittee, members of both parties said they were impatiently waiting for long-promised plans from
WhatsApp is often used for circulating fake news and misinformation. Although the instant messaging app is claiming to have implemented a list of features to restrict fake news circulation, WhatsApp users get misleading messages containing unverified information on a regular basis. It, thus, becomes important to know how you can verify the information you get
Alfa Group Supervisory Board Chairman Mikhail Fridman attends the 2017 Atlases Russian Business Forum at the Crocus City Hall. Artyom Geodakyan | Tass | Getty Images An investment fund backed by Russian oligarchs that have been sanctioned by the European Union following the invasion of Ukraine has ties to Teneo, an influential corporate advisory firm