We’ll Get to See NASA’s Sonic Boom-Less Supersonic Plane Next Week Astronomers Could Soon Get Warnings When SpaceX Satellites Threaten Their View NASA’s supersonic experimental plane—the linchpin of the agency’s Quesst mission—is set to roll out of its warehouse in the California desert next week. We’re gassed for the big moment: the X-59 has been … Read more
Donald Trump’s attorney Alina Habba discussed her hopes on Thursday that the conservative-majority Supreme Court will rule in the former president’s favor after recent decisions that booted him from state GOP primary ballots this year, suggesting that a justice who Trump “fought for” might “step up.” “I think it should be a slam dunk in … Read more
Kerry Wan/ZDNET Set against a backdrop of the failed launch of Meta Quest Pro, its parent company scaling back its metaverse plans, and the long shadow cast by Apple’s entrance into mixed reality headsets with the Vision Pro announcement this summer, the Meta Quest 3 looked like a product that was destined to be one … Read more
The first week of December resulted in a relatively quiet box office, albeit with a few pleasant surprises. Among them is Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce, which took the top domestic spot with $22 million, per Deadline. Sure, this latest concert venture is far from the $92M opening of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour in October. … Read more
Play video content Gospel singer Bobbi Storm apparently doesn’t know how to sit back, relax and enjoy a flight … deciding the passengers around her needed to hear her latest single, despite some serious warnings from airline staff. Bobbi posted video getting scolded by a Delta Airlines flight attendant after she wanted to sing a … Read more
Boox has a confusingly wide array of devices to choose from, but the latest make a good case for themselves as powerful, compact alternatives to Kindle and Kobo. The delightfully small Poke 5, even smaller Palma, mid-range Page and larger, color Tab Mini C are all worth your consideration if you’re looking to upgrade. Boox, … Read more
Amber Heard’s new life in Spain with daughter Oonagh Paige is not totally still After Amber Heard’s heavily publicized defamation trial with ex-husband Johnny Depp, which he famously won, she left her home in America to pursue a more peaceful yet active life in Spain with her daughter Oonagh Paige. The Aquaman star previously had … Read more
Last week, two activists from the grassroots movement Standing Together, which works to improve relations between Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel, were detained by Israeli police in Jerusalem. They were hanging posters that read “We will get through this together” in Arabic and Hebrew. Yossi Mekelberg, an associate fellow at Chatham House whose research … Read more
In Janet Planet, silence is everything. Playwright Annie Baker’s directorial debut thrives in the stretches of time between words, entire scenes sometimes playing out solely accompanied by ambient noise. That focus on silence comes as no surprise given Baker’s previous work. Pick up any of her plays, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning The Flick to The … Read more
MOSCOW — The person who’s believed to have given Russian mercenary group Wagner its title was buried Thursday throughout a quiet ceremony at a navy cemetery in Moscow. Dmitry Utkin died in an Aug. 23 aircraft crash that killed all 10 folks on board, together with Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin and his different high lieutenants. … Read more