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Our world has exploded in pink and Barbiemania has officially taken over. Mattel's bet that Greta Gerwig's new film Barbie can help re-energize the 64-year-old brand is paying off: the film sold an estimated $155 million in tickets at U.S. theaters. Barbie also collected an additional $182 million overseas. And the cherry on top: it...

On 10 July 2023, a volcano some 30 km from Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik, erupted following heightened seismic activity in the area. Satellites orbiting above us have captured the molten lava and smoke plume puffing from the Litli-Hrútur volcano.

Critical Role’s first Illuminated Worlds creation, Candela Obscura, is charting an optimistic path for future live-play games. We sat down with its star-studded cast.

The creators that made the original live-play Dungeons and Dragons show a blockbuster are back to share its magic and bring its platform to new and diverse creators.

President Joe Biden greets Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh before delivering the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on February 7, 2023 in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC.  | Jacquelyn Martin/Getty Images

The Court ordered Alabama to draw a second congressional district where Black voters can elect their chosen candidate.

Barbie purports to be critical of Mattel while being enthusiastically sponsored by Mattel.

Under communism, they dutifully voted in fake elections.

As gerrymandered legislatures have resulted in supermajorities across several states, all but eliminating the power of the minority party, ballot measures have become an increasingly common method for voters to exert their influence. But a new report indicates that some state governments are actively seeking to undermine the ballot initiative process in an effort to prevent certain measures from making it onto the ballot, for voters to work their will.

The vote to cancel the Israeli Supreme Court’s ability to rule on the “reasonability” of a law passed 64–0, with only the members of the governing coalition voting in favor on the last week of the Knesset summer session. Members from all nongovernmental parties absented themselves from the hall. The court’s practice (taken from British common law) of ruling for or against a minister or government decision based on the concept of the broader public good will be scrapped. Now the government will have nearly dictatorial power. Читать дальше...

Most of the reporting about the Supreme Court justices’ ethical foibles has revolved around its conservative members, namely Justice Clarence Thomas and, to a lesser degree, Justice Samuel Alito. But they aren’t the only members of the court whose conduct has come under scrutiny in recent months.

At the beginning of Underrated, from Apple Original Films, director Peter Nicks hands former NBA player Reggie Miller another Apple product, an iPad. Miller begins reading from the device:

This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology developments in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. Even though I know that Temu and Shein, two Chinese e-commerce platforms, occupy the same off-price shopping space, I have to admit I didn’t expect the tensions between them to escalate…

1. Supermodel Irina Shayk linked to Tom Brady after Bradley Cooper, Cristiano Ronaldo romances  Fox News
2. Bradley Cooper’s Alleged Reaction to Ex-Girlfriend Irina Shayk’s Romance With Tom Brady Is Seriously Heartbreaking  SheKnows
3. Tom Brady and Irina Shayk's 'Natural' Romance Is 'Very New'  Us Weekly
4. Patriots Commentator Admits He’s Worried About Gisele Over Latest Tom Brady Dating Rumors  Yahoo Life
5. Several Models Were Reportedly 'Vying' For Tom Brady's Attention... Читать дальше...

1. Senate Republicans see Biden impeachment as fraught with risk  The Hill
2. Inside McCarthy’s sudden warming to a Biden impeachment inquiry  CNN
3. HANNITY: This scandal extends to the highest levels  Fox News
4. McCarthy walks balancing act one more time before long summer  The Hill
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Though recent years have seen a dramatic uptick in child labor law violations, many states are rolling back protections for teenagers and permitting them to work more dangerous jobs. If you come into contact with a teenage factory worker, here are things you should never say.

Photo by Joe Sargent/NHLI via Getty Images

While regular season hockey is two and a half months away, that doesn’t mean you can’t secure your tickets to some of next season’s biggest contests.

Enterprise adoption of generative artificial intelligence (AI), which is capable of generating text, images, or other media in response to prompts, is in its early stages, but is expected to increase rapidly as organizations find new uses for the technology.

Data shows that America's excess death rates have mostly returned to pre-pandemic levels, reflecting the end of the public health crisis, experts say.

Companies that participated in a four-day workweek experiment have further reduced the amount of time employees are on the clock six months after the study’s end. The companies also continue to see increased productivity and benefits, according to new data from the pilot program.

When you talk about Google's Pixel Fold, it's tough not to focus mostly on the phone's form.

Twitter used to be good. We joked, constantly, about how awful it was — and it could be awful. There was hate speech, and misinformation, and a never-ending feed of nonsense. But, oftentimes, the good outweighed the bad: There were weird jokes, lively conversation for live events like sports, real-time news, and even the ability to form lasting, real relationships.

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge

In 2016, Tesla CEO Elon Musk stood on a stage in Los Angeles to introduce the company’s new car to the world: the Model 3. There was just one problem. The car didn’t exist yet.

“Come Out to Wrigley (The Home of the Cubs)” was written and recorded by a man named Pasquale “P.J.” Panico.

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