A worker prepares packages at an Amazon same-day delivery fulfillment center on Prime Day in the Bronx borough of New York, US, on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Amazon.com Inc.’s Prime Day sales rose about 13% in the first six hours of the event compared with the same period last year, according to Momentum Commerce, which
For the first time in history, a NASA-funded researcher will accompany their experiment on a commercial suborbital rocket. This milestone will take place aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard suborbital rocket system, which is scheduled to launch no earlier than Thursday, August 29. The experiment, developed by a team from the University of Florida in Gainesville,
“I don’t think people realize how many librarians are being attacked,” Amanda Jones says from her home in Watson, Louisiana. “I used to think it was just a Southern thing. But I have friends in New Hampshire, New Jersey, Maine, California and New York who have experienced this.” Jones, the author of That Librarian: The
Similar to how people went on vacation with revenge as Covid simmered down, so did they return to cinemas this summer. Even though this season’s domestic box office take of $3.6 billion, per Comscore, is roughly a half-billion lighter than last summer’s $4.09 billion, chalk that up largely to a Marvel movie missing from the
Angelina Jolie’s been pretty quiet on the acting front for the past few years, but that doesn’t mean she hasn’t stayed busy. Jolie was awarded a Tony for her work as a producer on The Outsiders, and she’s apparently been going to great lengths for her role in the upcoming 2024 movie Maria. The effort
Not all kicks are built the same. Some prioritize style over comfort, and others do the exact opposite. You’ll rarely find options that feature exceptional support and functionality. New Balance sneakers stand out because they provide your feet with enough gait to prevent overpronation, keeping you stable while you walk or run. The problem is
Comedian—and Daily Beast contributor—Matt Friend certainly made the most of his 60 seconds with Barack Obama when the two men came face to face at the Democratic National Convention last week to make a video urging Americans to vote this November. As Friend demonstrated his eerily accurate impression of the former president, Obama couldn’t help
An Egyptian worker has been seriously injured after a fight broke out involving tourists, according to local media. The fracas reportedly started after four tourists did not pay for services that were used at a hotel in the town of Taba, Egypt‘s state-affiliated Al-Qahera News TV said on Friday. One of the tourists reportedly verbally
The Harris-Walz campaign is launching a bus tour and hundreds of millions of dollars in ads to make sure voters know where Trump-Vance stand on IVF and abortion, in spite of the Republicans’ gaslighting. Is Donald Trump lying to the public about where he stands on abortion? It sure seems like it. Trump
While the S & P 500 is on pace to close out this volatile trading month higher, some individual stocks may still be due for a pullback. On Friday, the final trading day in August, the S & P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average are on pace for monthly gains of roughly 1%.
Microsoft, Google and Amazon along with other tech companies have been getting creative in how they’re poaching talent from top artificial intelligence startups. Earlier this month, Google signed an unusual deal with Character.ai to hire away its prominent founder and more than one-fifth of its workforce while also licensing its technology. It looked like an acquisition, but
In 2023, scientists discovered subtle ripples in the fabric of spacetime, known as gravitational waves, originating from pulsar timing arrays. These low-frequency waves were initially thought to be the result of a phase transition that occurred shortly after the Big Bang. However, new research has cast doubt on this explanation, suggesting that our understanding of
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Katie’s parents never told her “no” when she asked for a book, which was the start of most of her problems. She has a BA in Creative Writing from Lake Forest College and is working towards a master’s
By Howard Bloom Anger is on the rise in 2024. Ask ChatGPT or the search engine for scientific studies, Consensus, and they will feed you great gobs of information showing that anger in America is reaching record highs. What’s more, they will tell you that much of the anger scientists have studied recently is based on
The Pitch: When successful documentary producer Catherine Ravenscroft (Cate Blanchett) gets a book in the mail, she’s intrigued by the opening disclaimer: “Any resemblance to persons living or dead is not a coincidence.” And she finds out how true that is when she reads the supposed novel, and it unlocks memories she’s worked hard to
Earlier today, the deputy director of communications for former President Donald J. Trump posted a video on X that featured the White Stripes’ 2003 Elephant song “Seven Nation Army.” The aide, Margo Martin, has since deleted the post, but that did not stop Jack White from criticizing Martin and her boss. “Oh….Don’t even think about