The massive bill authorizes $740 billion for national defense spending and sets policies affecting every aspect of military operations. WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives on Dec. 28 voted 322-87 to overturn President Donald Trump’s veto of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2021. The measure is now headed to the Senate floor
We streamed, we Zoomed, we ordered groceries and houseplants online, we created virtual villages while navigating laptop shortages to work and learn from home. In many ways, 2020′s pandemic-induced isolation threw our dependence on technology into overdrive, snipping away at our real-life connections while bringing digital relationships to the fore. But for every life-changing Zoom,
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden delivers a speech after a conference video call focused on foreign policy at his transition headquarters in Wilmington, Delaware, December 28, 2020. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President-elect Joe Biden said Monday his transition team has run into “roadblocks” and “obstruction” from Trump administration officials at key agencies, hindering the incoming Biden
Exclusive Lil Pump will NOT be flying with JetBlue anymore — at least that’s what the airline’s saying, because it claims he refused to wear a mask while up in the air. A rep for JB tells TMZ … a customer on one of their Saturday flights from Fort Lauderdale to L.A. became verbally abusive
The number of shipments coming through the nation’s busiest container port complex in Los Angeles is up substantially from the first half of the year, reflecting a rebound in business and shift in consumer habits. Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka in an appearance Monday on CNBC said cargo volume is up 50%
The future of the DC movie universe, at least some of it anyway, is on HBO Max. It has been revealed that DC Films is going to ramp up in the coming years, and not just on the theatrical side. On top of movies such as The Batman that are intended as theatrical releases, Warner
It’s been a long and winding road, but we are just days away from the final episodes of Vikings Season 6. As previously reported, Amazon Prime will be home to the final ten episodes, but they will see the light of day on History at some point in 2021. TV Fanatic had the opportunity to
Nothing Adds Up in American Math There’s till time to support exciting, relevant, and inclusive literature in 2020! If you enjoyed reading Electric Literature this year, please make a year-end contribution today. Dividing Line If every crosswalk is an equals sign, then every block’s an equation that needs balancing. On Kansas City’s State Line Road,
Containers and trucks at the port of Qingdao, China on February 14, 2019. Reuters BEIJING — China has not fully recovered from the shock of the coronavirus pandemic, business leaders said in a survey by the China Beige Book released Tuesday. After about a year since Covid-19 first emerged in the Chinese city of Wuhan,
Courtesy: iStock/agsandrew This pandemic-blighted year isn’t going to top anyone’s list of favourites, but looking on the bright side for a moment, 2020 has seen some remarkable advances in quantum science and technology. Here are a few of the highlights from subfields ranging from quantum fundamentals to quantum computing. The most precise thermometer possible How
Sunday AM Update: Refresh for more analysis and chart We’ll have to wait and see what success WarnerMedia drums up in regards to Wonder Woman 1984‘s outcome on HBO Max, but from a box office perspective over Christmas with 60% of the 5,8K theater domestic market closed due to COVID, it posted better 3-day numbers than
WASHINGTON — Viasat has petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to perform an environmental review of SpaceX’s Starlink broadband constellation, arguing that the satellite system poses environmental hazards in space and on Earth. In a Dec. 22 filing, Viasat formally requested that the FCC conduct either an environmental assessment or more rigorous environmental impact statement of
Realme Watch S and Realme Watch S Pro are going on sale today and tomorrow in India, respectively. While Realme Watch S will be available for its first flash sale today, the Pro variant will be up for grabs in a sale tomorrow, December 29. Recently, Realme launched the wearables with a circular dial design
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., September 28, 2020. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The House will vote Monday on increasing the second round of federal direct payments to $2,000 as Democrats embrace President Donald Trump‘s calls to put more money in Americans’ pockets. The measure would boost the stimulus
Grimes has announced a new album of Miss Anthropocene remixes. The record, called Miss Anthropocene Rave Edition, is out on January 1 and includes contributions from Channel Tres, Modeselektor, BloodPop®, and more. The collection also features two remixes that Grimes recently premiered in a DJ mix for Apple Music. Check out the tracklist and cover
Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, outside the Capitol, December 3, 2020. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Rep. Louie Gohmert became the latest Republican to file a long-shot lawsuit attempting to reverse President-elect Joe Biden‘s victory — this time by suing Vice President Mike Pence. The last-ditch legal effort, filed Sunday, came from
I made a delightful discovery this week: There might be no better way to close the door on 2020 than by stuffing your face with Christmas cookies and bingeing eight straight episodes of a period drama by Shonda Rhimes. The steamy, lavish Regency-set Bridgerton—Rhimes’s first new scripted series as part of her massive deal with
Putting the creepy, invasive, potentially dangerous ramifications to one side, the art of the deepfake has been a gift to movie fans, allowing dedicated fans to both improve on the sometimes-disappointing CGI renderings of Hollywood releases, and bring castings that never happened into some semblance of reality. Following John Krasinski as Captain America and Tom