In this articleMETAEBAYAMZNFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTLocked up merchandise, to prevent theft in Target store, Queens, New York. Lindsey Nicholson | Universal Images Group | Getty ImagesThe Inform Act, a new law that aims to curb organized retail theft and the sale of counterfeit and harmful products on online platforms, takes effect Tuesday as more retailers blame theft as a reason for lower profits. The bipartisan legislation, which stands for Integrity, Notification and Fairness in Online Retail Marketplaces, passed in December as part of an omnibus spending bill, more than a year after it was introduced by Reps. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill.,…
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Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional is rebalancing its investment portfolio for greater resilience against market volatility, according to its managing director.Khazanah’s net asset value declined 5% to 81 billion ringgit ($17.4 billion) in 2022 from a year ago, hit by global market downtrends, the fund said in March. The Kuala Lumpur-based fund invests more than half of its portfolio in public markets.”What we are focused on doing here is to look at how we can be a bit more resilient in the market,” Khazanah’s managing director Amirul Feisal Wan Zahir told CNBC Monday on the sidelines of the Energy…
Noisy but nice: close up of part of IBM’s Eagle quantum processor, which was used in this latest research. (Courtesy: IBM) A 127-qubit quantum processor has been used by an international team of researchers to calculate the magnetic properties of a model 2D material. They found that their IBM quantum computer could perform a calculation that a conventional computer simply cannot, thereby showing that their processor offers quantum advantage over today’s systems – at least for this particular application. What is more, the result was achieved without the need for quantum error correction. Quantum computers of the future could solve…
Focus Features expanded Asteroid City to the highest grossing weekend for a Wes Anderson Film with a projected three-day estimate of $9 million from 1,675 theaters – no. 6 at the domestic box office — pushing the film’s cume to $10.2 million. It opened last weekend in six locations. Some 64% of moviegoers were 35 or younger. Males topped females by 66% to 44%. New York was the biggest market — not highly unusual to have NY in the lead for an arthouse film, with LA a close second. Alamo Drafthouses turned in a hefty 8.8% share with over $16.3k per theater. Landmark locations…
SAN FRANCISCO – D-Orbit will supply a small orbiting laboratory and test optical intersatellite links under the latest contracts awarded through Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan. Under a 6 million euro ($6.54 million) contract announced June 22, D-Orbit will verify the performance of optical intersatellite links for an Earth observation constellation called IRIDE, or International Report for Innovative Defense of Earth. The low Earth orbit network includes imaging payloads to monitor Italy’s critical infrastructure, air quality and meteorological conditions. Italian startup Stellar Project is supplying laser communications technology to be tested onboard D-Orbit’s ION Satellite Carrier. Orbiting Lab D-Orbit…
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 — the fifth-generation flip phone from the South Korean brand is expected to be unveiled at the next Galaxy Unpacked event alongside the Galaxy Z Fold 5. Ahead of its official unveiling, which will be held in South Korea in the last week of July, the European pricing of the Galaxy Z Flip 5 has leaked online. The leak suggests a significant price hike compared to the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4. The flagship is expected to run One UI 5.1 based on Android 13. It could be equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen…
Russian President Vladimir Putin grimaces during his joint press conference with Algerian President Abdelmajid Tebboune (not pictured) at the Grand Kremlin Palace, June,15,2023, in Moscow, Russia.Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — Russian President Vladimir Putin said the organizers of an armed mutiny over the weekend will be “brought to justice.”The Russian president’s comments were his first since hundreds of Wagner Group mercenaries marched on Moscow over the weekend in what appeared to be an armed rebellion against Russia’s military leadership.”This is criminal activity, which is aimed at weakening the country. This was a colossal threat,” said Putin in a televised address to the…
NewsJay Rock Returns With New Song “Eastside”: ListenFeaturing Kal Banx, it’s the rapper’s first single as lead artist since 2018’s RedemptionBy Evan MinskerJune 27, 2023FacebookTwitterJay Rock’s “Eastside” single artworkFacebookTwitterJay Rock has returned with his first new solo song in five years. The new track is called “Eastside,” and it features Kal Banx, and it’s out now via TDE. Give it a listen below.The last Jay Rock album was 2018’s Redemption. The album featured the Grammy-winning single “King’s Dead,” the collaboration with Kendrick Lamar, Future, and James Blake that also appeared on the Black Panther soundtrack. The album also included the…
Satya Nadella, chief executive officer of Microsoft Corp., during an event with senior officials and chief executive officers in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, June 22, 2023.Chris Kleponis | CNP | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesMicrosoft CEO Satya Nadella told fellow executives and board members last year that the software company aims to reach $500 billion in revenue by the 2030 fiscal year, more than doubling from its current size.The comments, pointing to annual revenue growth of at least 10%, appeared in a memo that became public on Monday as part of Microsoft’s…
Did anyone see that twist coming?! Isabella’s past is more layered and shocking than we thought. One of her darkest secrets was revealed on Cruel Summer Season 2 Episode 5. This twist is the reveal that changes everything we thought we knew of her past. This is a dangerous pattern or a massive red herring to throw us off the real suspect list. “All I Want for Christmas” was an Isabella-heavy episode. As one of the leads in the murder mystery and the friendship, essential pieces to the puzzle were answered about this new arrival in Chatham. I loved that…
New Year’s resolutions are often pointless exercises in guilt-tripping ourselves into discovering just how little willpower we have. So this year, we’re ditching Dry January and trying something new (and with more longevity). Rather than buying racks on racks of sale clothing (maybe just a few choice picks) and edgy things Kanye would wear, we’re taking up investment buying. As any financier worth their loafers would tell you, there are safe bets with solid payoffs, and there are risky investments with the potential for both untellable glory or complete disaster. We think we’ve gone for the former, but see whether…
Electric Literature recently launched a new creative nonfiction program, and received 500 submissions in just 36 hours! Now we need your help to grow our team, carefully and efficiently review submitted work, and further establish EL as a home for artful and urgent nonfiction. We’ve set a goal of raising $10,000 by the end of June. We’re almost there! Please give what you can today. I was a teenager before I learned my father’s real name. During a trip back to Vietnam in my twenties, I discovered he had more children after me, half-siblings I’d never met. It wasn’t until…
Republican presidential candidate, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a campaign rally on June 26, 2023 in Eagle Pass, Texas.Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesAttorneys for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday asked a federal court to dismiss Disney’s political retaliation lawsuit, arguing that he and at least one other defendant are “immune” because the company lacks standing to sue them.The attorneys also argued that Disney’s complaint — that DeSantis targeted the company after it denounced the controversial state classroom bill derided as “Don’t Say Gay” by critics — “fails to state a claim on which relief can be granted.”A spokesman…
Photo composite by Parker Buske / Source image by Marcin Jucha on Adobe StockA Filipino writer now living in Boston explores a tradition of farewell parties that share felicitations to send off people facing the uncertainties of a foreign land—a fête before a leap of faith.“How was your despedida?” I asked Regie about his farewell party in Manila, between his bites of chicken wings and sips of red wine from a coffee mug. He and Chuck, a friend from Los Angeles, were crashing at my apartment in Boston, before we made our way to New York to meet three others…
Photo by throgers / FlickrIn what follows, I have created three heteronyms to render Pablo Neruda’s “Oda al actor” into English. They are presented in chronological order by date of birth. Their views on translation are dramatically different: one specializes in baroque styles but looks at Neruda to achieve the opposite—“simplicity as art”; another uses ChatGPT to “delegate responsibility”; and a third, part of Gen Z, believes in “humility in language as a strategy to liberate the world.” These are their bios and philosophical stands:Born in Manchester and raised in Bogotá, Jacinta Candelaria (1933–2007) studied at the London School of…
Cineworld said on Monday that as part of its proposed restructuring following Chapter 11, it expects to file for administration of its listed entity Cineworld plc in the UK but that its operating companies will continue business as usual without interruption. Administration in the UK is an insolvency process, similar to a bankruptcy process. The world’s second biggest cinema chain, which owns Regal in the U.S., filed for bankruptcy protection in the U.S. in September, with proceedings in the Southern District of Texas ongoing. It is expected to emerge from Chapter 11 in the first half of July in the U.S. The UK…
by Trevor Kimball, June 22, 2023(Photo by: Chris Haston/NBC) NBC isn’t taking The Wheel out for another spin. The network has cancelled the competition series, so there won’t be a second season. The first season of 10 episodes ran across two weeks during the holidays. A trivia game show based on a UK format, The Wheel TV series is hosted by its creator, British comedian Michael McIntyre. Guests include Cat Cora, Mark McGrath, Todrick Hall, Steve Kornacki, Christina Ricci, Amber Ruffin, Vivica A. Fox, Mike “The Miz” Mizanin, JoJo, John Urschel, Captain Sandy Yawn, Bruno Tonioli, Judge Greg Mathis, Ricki…
WASHINGTON — NASA has confirmed that one scenario for the cost of its Mars Sample Return (MSR) program is far higher than previous estimates, heightening concerns among scientists about its impacts on other missions. In a June 26 statement to SpaceNews, NASA said that one “highly speculative” estimate for the full cost of MSR was in the range of $8 billion to $9 billion. An independent review in 2020 estimated the cost of MSR at $3.8 billion to $4.4 billion, which itself was a significant increase over earlier estimates. Ars Technica first reported on the higher cost estimate for MSR…