This story originally appeared on Kotaku. Monopoly Go, a multiplayer mobile board game, launched on April 11, 2023. Since then it has made over 2 billion dollars, been downloaded 100+ million times, and become one of the most popular digital games on the planet. But to reach this point, Scopely, the studio behind the hit … Read more
Peter Lancaster in Argentina. Courtesy of Peter Lancaster Forget the “quarter-life crisis.” These days, millennials are turning to the “quarter-life sabbatical.” Amid the waves of mass layoffs, people are choosing to repurpose their unemployment into soul-searching, and many are extending their time away from the cubicle to travel the world. Peter Lancaster, 31, was laid … Read more
Have you ever dreamed about what you would spend your money on after cashing your first Hollywood paycheck? So many of us probably imagine buying designer clothes, cool cars or amazing tech. It turns out that we are not alone. In fact, many celebrities have admitted to using some of their first paychecks to buy … Read more
Melania Trump’s time as First Lady was allegedly partially spent in meetings with lawyers to discuss matters regarding her prenuptial agreements with former President Donald Trump. According to a new book by Katie Rogers, which shines a light on Melania’s years as the First Lady, the 53-year-old also hardly ever visited her office space in … Read more
The speculated romance between Gisele Bündchen and her jiu-jitsu trainer Joaquim Valente is not dying down, with a new source claiming the pair got intimate on Valentine’s Day. The love rumors have been floating around since the former Victoria’s Secret Angel ended her marriage to NFL superstar Tom Brady in 2022. Although she previously denied … Read more
EU leaders on Thursday sealed a deal to provide Ukraine with 50 billion euros ($54 million) to shore up its war-ravaged economy after Hungary dropped weeks of threats to veto the measure. The aid package — about two-thirds loans and one-third grants to be paid out over a four-year period — is not intended to … Read more
Students at a San Francisco Bay-area elementary school — where officials hired a for-profit company called “Woke Kindergarten” to train teachers — are continuing to struggle with some of the lowest math and reading scores in the state, according to a report. The school spent $250,000 in federal funds provided by a program meant to … Read more
The author in the ICU during a visit with her daughter. The author in the ICU during a visit with her daughter. What’s your name? Taylor Coffman. Do you know where you are? The hospital. What is the date? February 17, 2022. Who’s the president? Biden. What’s the capital of Canada? Uh-oh. Ottawa? Do Americans … Read more
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Google spent $2.1 billion on severance and other expenses as it laid off more than 12,000 employees over the course of 2023. And the layoff charges keep coming: in just the one month of 2024 so far, the company has already spent $700 million on employee severance charges as part of layoffs targeting another 1,000-plus … Read more
Amelia Earhart seated atop the cockpit of the twin-motored, all-metal, Lockheed-Elecktra monoplane, is pictured adjacent to a sonar image of what researchers believe may be the wreckage of her ill-fated flight.Getty Images/Deep Sea Vision Tony Romeo believes he’s discovered Amelia Earhart’s long-lost aircraft. Romeo told BI he captured an image of an aircraft-shaped object on … Read more