Xbox One has received Microsoft’s new Xbox UI that will be present in the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S at launch. The new UI is a part of the October update for the now last-gen Xbox One. It brings a refreshed look and feel with stylised icons and the updated Xbox Store. The
Pressure-temperature (P-T) phase diagram of a NaYbSe2 single crystal. Courtesy: Run-Ze Yu Researchers in China report that they have observed both superconductivity and an insulator-to-metal transition in sodium ytterbium (III) selenide (NaYbSe2) simply by applying pressure to it. This inorganic substance, which is also a quantum spin liquid (QSL) candidate, could therefore become a new
Coronavirus clinical trials from drug giants Johnson & Johnson and Eli Lilly hit a snag this week after safety monitors halted them over bad reactions from participants. J&J said Monday it paused the late-stage trial of its coronavirus vaccine candidate after a participant reported an “adverse event.” Less than 24 hours later, Eli Lilly said its
Charlotte Chun-lam Yiu was born in Hong Kong when it was still a British colony. A translator and scholar, she completed her undergraduate and master’s degrees in her hometown before beginning her PhD in Asian languages and cultures at the University of Michigan. This past summer, the Chinese University of Hong Kong Press published Yiu’s
As the exhibition industry teeters, global cinema owners beseeched New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to reopen theaters in areas of the state with low infection rates. The response was not promising. The executive committee of the Global Cinema Federation — led by Alejandro Ramirez Magaña, CEO of Cinépolis, in a letter to the governor Wednesday,
SINGAPORE — Shares of Big Hit Entertainment, the music label of K-pop superstars BTS, soared as they made their market debut in South Korea on Thursday. Big Hit Entertainment’s stock opened at opened at 270,000 Korean won (approx. $236) per share on Thursday, according to Refinitiv Eikon. That was double the stock’s issue price of
It’s popped up everywhere from Oprah’s Favorite Things list to the New York Times: the one and only Orolay Thickened Down Jacket on Amazon. The coat, which has racked up over 11,ooo reviews with an average 4.4 star rating, is a best-selling item in the Women’s Down Jackets & Parkas category on the site. And
Telesat will adapt two Airbus Arrow spacecraft for the Blackjack program WASHINGTON — Telesat announced Oct. 14 it has won a $18.3 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to produce two satellite buses for the Blackjack low-Earth orbit constellation. The two satellites will be a “highly modified version” of the Airbus Arrow
Judge Amy Coney Barrett attends the third day of her Senate confirmation hearing to the Supreme Court on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, U.S., October 14, 2020. Michael Reynolds | Reuters Democrats have raked in millions of dollars in donations during the three days of Amy Coney Barrett’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings before the Senate
Kelly Moran and Prurient are releasing an album together: Chain Reaction at Dusk is out December 4 via Prurient’s Hospital Productions. The album includes three songs from Moran (recorded in 2018) and two songs from Prurient. Listen to Moran’s “Helix III” and Prurient’s “Tokyo Exorcist” from the album below. Moran and Prurient met in 2018
Tesla CEO Elon Musk cut the price of the company’s flagship sedan, the Model S, for the second time within one week on Wednesday. He disclosed the price reduction in a tweet, which said: “The gauntlet has been thrown down! The prophecy will be fulfilled. Model S price changes to $69,420 tonight!” Musk frequently demonstrates
It was announced earlier this week that Disney is debuting their latest Pixar animated adventure direct to Disney+. Soul will stream for all Disney+ subscribers beginning Christmas day. There will be no additional charge to watch Soul, unlike Mulan, which was touted by Disney as a Premier event and priced at an additional $30. Soul
The couples are at their most entertaining when they interact with one another. And that’s what made Married at First Sight Season 11 Episode 14 a fun hour. It’s one thing to experience each couple getting familiar with one another, but the group dynamics and respective friendships that come about from this process are illuminating too.
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US President Donald Trump rebuked Facebook and Twitter Wednesday for blocking links to a New York Post article purporting to expose corrupt dealings by election rival Joe Biden and his son in Ukraine. The newspaper said it had obtained a computer abandoned by Hunter Biden that implicated his father in his Ukraine business affairs. The
by Trevor Kimball, October 8, 2020 (Photo: Patti Perret/Sony/SHOWTIME) Another TV show renewal has been reversed due to the ongoing pandemic. Showtime has announced that plans for a second season of the On Becoming a God in Central Florida series have been cancelled. On Becoming a God in Central Florida stars Kirsten Dunst with Théodore
A United Airlines airplane takes off at San Francisco International Airport. Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty Images United Airlines on Wednesday posted a wider-than-expected third quarter loss as the coronavirus pandemic continued to hammer air travel demand, but the carrier trimmed its cash burn. Here’s how United performed compared with what Wall Street
Alongside Czech Republic and parts of Romania, Slovakia is now among the latest Central European countries to order the re-shuttering of its cinemas amid an escalation of COVID-19 cases, Deadline has confirmed. Movie theaters in Slovakia will close from this Thursday (October 15) after originally closing on March 9 and reopening May 20. A state