Does the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have the authority to impose a mask mandate on people who travel on planes, trains, and buses? In April a federal district court in Florida offered a clear answer: Absolutely not. The court gave an exceedingly narrow reading to the CDC’s powers under laws enacted by Congress. […]
On New Year’s Day, I went to a bookstore in Cheonan, South Korea, to buy a wall map of the country. The label said, simply, “Map of Korea,” so when I got home and unfolded it, I was surprised to see that it showed both North and South—the entire peninsula and its hundreds of surrounding […]
“The surreal today is measured on the scale of our defeats.” Georges Henein, a founding member of a Cairo group of Surrealists, was responding to a questionnaire that a Paris review had sent him concerning the state of the movement in 1946, twenty-two years on from André Breton’s inaugural Manifeste du surréalisme. What defeats had […]
A few weeks ago I was invited to the book festival in Trieste, in northeast Italy, a city of divided loyalties and complicated history. At its center is an old Austro-Hungarian port; some of its street signs are bilingual, in Italian and Slovenian. The city was “Tergeste” to the Romans, founded on the site of […]
The first fictional spacecraft were thrilling, vehicles for exploration and discovery, but it wasn’t long before writers realized that spaceships would also be workplaces like their waterborne counterparts, with tight quarters where repetitive tasks and interpersonal friction are occasionally interrupted by interludes of existential peril. The most familiar pop-cultural depiction of this, Ridley Scott’s 1979 […]
What is wrong with Africa? Of the world’s twenty-five poorest countries, twenty-one lie south of the Sahara. Crowded streets and informal markets from Dakar to Mombasa teem with hawkers selling candles, batteries, matches, toys, condoms, plastic cups, nylon wedding gowns, fake jewelry, and other cheap imports, but the region itself manufactures almost nothing. Forty percent […]
On the morning of August 4, 1944, everything seemed normal at Prinsengracht 263, a tall, narrow building along a canal in Amsterdam’s Jordaan neighborhood. On the ground floor, the workers in the warehouse of a pectin and spice producer formerly known as Opekta/Pectacon—now registered under a false name, since its Jewish founder, Otto Frank, was […]
Trek To Yomi is a stylish side-scroller of a samurai slasher, with an aesthetic that'll have you mashing the print screen key at every corner. Like a seasoned ronin, the combat is clean and refined. The story is simple and elegant. The visuals are straight out of a classic samurai flick. But while it gets a lot of things right, it's also a literal trek to the underworld: the scenery is stunning, but your legs hurt, and your arms ache from killing all the bandits. So many bandits! The lack of enemy... Читать дальше...
Butte-Silver Bow County and Anaconda-Deer Lodge County are among Montana's least healthy communities based on a national report. Factors include excessive drinking.
A new guaranteed income program in New Orleans is now offering money to teenagers. Continue reading…
Viaphoton, a fiber connectivity provider, has raised $80 million to accelerate fiber production at the edge.
Spatial partners with Ready Player Me to add customization features to their metaverse space, including inclusive clothing and avatars
Google announces its plans to offer passwordless login options to Chrome and Android users on world password day.
The transformation of traditional workplaces as the result of the pandemic demands more sophisticated knowledge management. Hybrid or fully remote models add to the hurdle that many organizations face when it comes to gathering people’s knowledge and insights.
Apple, Microsoft, and Google announce commitment to implementing passwordless authentication options for billions of users.
The filmmaker tells TheWrap he's keen to take Oscar Isaac's MCU hero to the big screen
As a student at Central Catholic High School, Rebecca Buckman fondly recalls her school’s first production at the Valentine Theatre in 2002.
On Thursday, it was revealed that SAG Award and Golden Globe-winning actress Taraji P. Henson will be the host for “culture’s biggest night,” a.k.a. the upcoming BET Awards 2022.
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As Rose Namajunas prepares for her UFC 274 rematch against Carla Esparza, the view she sees when she gazes around at the rest of the 115-pound division is clear.
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Epic Games’ Fortnite is a way for brands to expand their Web3 strategies.
Tim Wilson previously was with the fitness equipment brand for three years.
Advanced windings and materials deliver power, torque, and efficiency consistently across a wide speed range.