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. Lauren Oyler’s debut novel brings the reader down a rabbit hole of endless, mindless scrolling, online identities, and conspiracy theories. Fake Accounts
Dr. Rochelle Walensky, who has been selected to serve as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention speaks during an event at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. Susan Walsh | AP The decline in Covid-19 cases reported in the U.S. since early January may be flattening, a concerning
Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Foot Locker (FL) – Foot Locker shares tanked 12.1% in premarket trading after quarterly revenue came in below Street forecasts and comparable-store sales unexpectedly declined. The athletic apparel and footwear retailer also reported quarterly profit of $1.55 per share, beating consensus by 20
Hayao Miyazaki’s 2001 Oscar winning animated film, Spirited Away (Sen To Chihiro No Kamikakushi), has been set for a stage production which will have its world premiere in Tokyo in 2022. This is the first-ever stage adaptation of the beloved movie and will be written and directed by Tony and Olivier Award-winner and Honorary Associate
WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic says it is delaying the next test flight of its SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle by more than two months to address technical issues, part of a revamped flight test program that will postpone flights of space tourists to 2022. In an earnings call Feb. 25 timed to the release of its fourth
Samsung One UI 3.1 update has brought DeX wireless support on PC to more Galaxy flagship smartphones, as per user reports. A screenshot was shared on Reddit in which a user said that he got the One UI 3.1 update, revealing support for DeX feature on his Galaxy S20 Ultra. This means that users can
Newly confirmed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses reporters during his first press briefing at the State Department in Washington, January 27, 2021. Carlos Barria | Reuters Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed the importance of Saudi Arabia making progress on human rights in a call with the foreign minister on Thursday, as the
Exclusive The abduction of Lady Gaga‘s dogs and the shooting of her dog walker has put Hollywood dog walkers on high alert … they’re looking to protect themselves and the pets they care for with some significant firepower. We contacted a bunch of dog walking companies in the Hollywood area — where the shooting/abduction went
The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield retreated on Friday morning, but remained above the 1.4% mark, after surging to 1.6% in the previous session. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note dipped to 1.489% at 3:30 a.m. ET. The yield on the 30-year Treasury bond fell to 2.276%. Yields move inversely to prices. On Thursday,
The joint efforts of Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons have not gone unnoticed. The very opposite, in fact—they’re all anyone can talk about. Since the announcement [hyperlink https://www.elle.com/fashion/a31067150/raf-simons-prada-co-creative-director/] of their co-creative director titles in February 2020, right before the COVID-19 led to global lockdowns, the runway has drastically changed. Their debut collection last September came
While Marvel Studios has re-entered the world of television through WandaVision and already has an impressive list of upcoming shows like The Falcon and The Winter Soldier and Loki, the future of its earlier TV shows had become more and more blurry. Fans of the shows had been disheartened by the fact that it now
At least Clarice was proven right. Some of the truth came out on Clarice Season 1 Episode 3. The question now is where ViCAP goes from there. Despite Krendler trying his hardest to deliver a serial killer to please Attorney-General Martin, Clarice shot down that theory, in front of the press no less, on Clarice Season
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. When the trailer for Cruella dropped, Twitter greeted it with jeers. People mocked it for being too much like The Joker; too
Beyond Meat “Beyond Burger” patties made from plant-based substitutes for meat products sit on a shelf for sale in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Beyond Meat on Thursday announced that it has struck deals with fast-food giants McDonald’s and Yum Brands, sending shares up 7% in extended trading. The company
The famous no-hair theorem says that black holes can only be defined in terms of three properties: mass, charge and spin. It has held up pretty well for about 50 years, but now some physicists are hoping to find evidence of violations of the theorem in gravitational waves from merging black holes. In this episode
by Trevor Kimball, February 25, 2021 (CBS All Access) Next week, the CBS All Access streaming service will morph into Paramount+. As part of trying to attract new subscribers, Paramount+ has announced plans for numerous reboots and revivals but one is being left behind. The latest incarnation of The Twilight Zone has been cancelled. There
In a clear sign that Paramount is committed to theatrical, but still open to the future of streaming, A Quiet Place Part II and Mission: Impossible 7 will go on the streaming service 45 days after their theatrical release dates. A Quiet Place Part II was originally scheduled to open on March 20 last year before Covid derailed
VALETTA, Malta — On the heels of raising $24 million in December, Orbex announced Feb. 24 that it has commissioned AMCM to build a large-volume 3D printer for manufacturing its rocket engines. The Scottish microlauncher startup is currently developing Prime, a two-stage launch vehicle powered by six first-stage and one second-stage biopropane engines. The maiden