What is it about easy outfit ideas that makes them just so hard to come by? Perhaps it’s when we get swayed by trends or simply have too many options in a bursting wardrobe to think clearly. (See our ways to clear out a wardrobe if you’re really struggling on this point.) Either way, we all have those days when getting dressed is a chore. And right now calls for the easiest outfits to avoid a sweat-inducing panic before the day even begins. You know, the low-maintenance dresses that only require well-chosen boots to be complete. Or the throw-on two-piece that is comfortable to wear and effortlessly versatile…
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In the past decade, storied brands like meal-replacement Huel and men’s grooming company Harry’s built multibillion-dollar retail businesses by using social media and digital-first advertising to sell directly to consumers online, without the need for middlemen. These brands were exemplars of a new form of retail, called direct-to-consumer (DTC). The global pandemic only accelerated this trend, with many high-street stores being forced to close and to keep driving sales by going direct to shoppers online. Some brands successfully navigated the transition, like outdoor pizza oven maker Ooni, whose sales exploded during lockdown, with annual revenue up from £13.7 million ($167 million) in…
††† (Crosses) — the duo featuring Deftones vocalist Chino Moreno and producer/multi-instrumentalist Shaun Lopez — have released a cover of ’80s pop singer George Michael’s “One More Try,” coupled with an animated visualizer. The George Michael tune is part of the duo’s annual tradition of releasing a cover around the holidays. It began in 2020, when they unveiled a surprise cover of “The Beginning of the End” by Cause & Effect on Christmas Eve. They followed that up in 2021 with a cover of “Goodbye Horses” by Q Lazzarus. “One More Try” originally appeared on George Michael’s 1987 debut solo album,…
The first That ’90s Show teaser didn’t feature any of the original teenagers from That ’70s Show — although it did, of course, include Debra Jo Rupp and Kurtwood Smith as Kitty and Red, now the grandparents of the new show’s lead, Leia (Callie Haverda). But what everyone was waiting for was the return of some of the old That ’70s Show stars.Here they are. The latest trailer for the That ’90s Show series coming to Netflix in early 2023 includes the first appearances in 15 years by Topher Grace as Eric and Laura Prepon as Donna. And they look great! (They still kinda look ’70s-ish though? But maybe that’s only…
Researchers have characterised prostate cancer cell dynamics at a single-cell resolution across the timespan of the disease — from its beginning to the point of androgen independence, where the tumour no longer responds to hormone deprivation therapy. Their study in mice, published today in eLife, reveals an expansion of intermediate cells that occurs in prostate cancer, which correlates with resistance to treatment and poor clinical outcomes in humans. These cells are castration-resistant, meaning they continue to grow in the absence of testosterone and could explain how prostate tumours become resistant to hormone-related treatments. Prostate cancer is the most diagnosed form…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Choosing the best nonfiction books of 2022 makes me think immediately of all the good nonfiction titles I’ve read in the past few years. This year saw some very highly anticipated books come out (more on that below), which then set me thinking about all the good things I’ve read in the last few years. It’s not that I’ve read more per se, but somehow it seems that my choices have been really excellent of late (or am I just imagining that?). You’ll…
“There’s nothing good on to watch.” If anyone ever says that to you, they must be from another planet, because Pluto TV has nothing but good stuff to watch, whenever and, as important, wherever you wish. This streaming platform is available on your smart TV. Your phone. Your tablet. Your desktop computer. You name it: If it has a screen, Pluto TV can stream. (Perhaps the one exception is at the gas pumps. But give ’em time!) Here’s an inside look at the nostalgia-embracing service with a style. NCIS (Credit: CBS) What Is It? Unlike some other streamers, Pluto…
By Christa Lesté-Lasserre Artist’s reconstruction of Janavis finalidens, a very large marine bird from the late Cretaceous. In the background are Asteriornis, another bird found in the same fossil depositPhillip Krzeminski A 67-million-year-old bird skull has overturned an established theory about how modern birds evolved. Unlike most modern birds, the flightless group that includes ostriches and emus can’t move their upper beaks – a feature that, for the past 155 years, has been considered primitive. The discovery of a jointed upper beak in a bird from the dinosaur age, however, suggests that the early ancestor of all modern birds may…
MONTH OF JanuaryOh hello there, Scorpio! January swoops in with a social start for you. You’re talking, thinking and buzzing around and you can hardly keep up with yourself! The Sun is in Capricorn and your third house of communication and ideas until January 20, making you unusually chatty. But you might actually want to lean in to your famous secretive side, at least a little. Expressive Mercury is retrograde in Capricorn until January 18, amplifying the chances that your words will be misinterpreted. Signals will be scrambled and technology disrupted. Be careful what you post, publish and say aloud as…
Meta’s Reality Labs business — the division in charge of producing metaverse-related technology, posted a $3.7 billion (roughly Rs. 30,476 crore) loss in the third quarter of this year. The company’s family of apps division, which includes Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp, posted weaker-than-expected second-quarter earnings late Wednesday and cautioned that its metaverse division would post deeper net losses over the coming year, as the social media group continues to struggle with its ongoing transition from its Facebook roots.Meta said Reality Labs generated $285 million (roughly Rs. 2,347 crore) in revenue for the quarter, down from $558 million (roughly Rs.…
In Rian Johnson‘s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, constant twists and turns await the viewer, as nothing is as it seems when a billionaire (Edward Norton) invites his closest friends — and detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) — on an island getaway-turned-murder mystery. And that includes the film’s casting, which not only features a stellar main ensemble including Kate Hudson, Leslie Odom Jr., Kathryn Hahn, Jessica Henwick, Dave Bautista, and Madelyn Cline, and the incredible Janelle Monáe, but a bonkers collection of famous faces from all realms of pop culture as cameos. So in tribute to those wild casting…
The Star Wars Jedi: Survivor trailer at The Game Awards gave quite a look at the Star Wars title in action. The quick cuts didn’t reveal many details, though, but now Respawn Entertainment has spoken more about the action game’s combat and exploration. Game Director Stig Asmussen revealed these new bits of information in an interview with Game Informer and first touched on its combat stances. The type of lightsaber will dictate what stance Cal Kestis can take, and it is up to players to figure out which one of the five stances works against each enemy. For example, one…
29 Dec 2022 6 Scorching Hot Romance Reads It’s cold outside – so get warmed up! These sizzling hot new romance books are perfect to cozy up with by the fire. Check out the latest releases from Nicole Snow, Hazel Lane, LM Fox, W. Winters, Tricia O’Malley, and Marni Mann. One Bossy Date by Nicole Snow Release Date: December 13, 2022 Waking up to a handsome stranger showering in my hotel room was mistake number one. The “date” where he tried to make it up to me was number two. Mistake number three? Working for Brock Winthrope. Hotshot CEO. Total…
In light of the recent death of Stephen “tWitch” Boss, we’re looking back at a recent “5 Questions” we did with the So You Think You Can Dance alum months before his tragic passing at the age of 40. At the time, the Ellen star was in the midst of his first season as a judge on the dance competition that made him famous. Read on to learn more about tWitch, from his favorite shows as a kid to a starstruck moment with Will Smith. When tWitch first auditioned for So You Think You Can Dance in 2007, he didn’t…
Researchers have used Google’s Sycamore quantum computer to simulate a simplified wormhole for the first time, and sent a piece of quantum information through it Physics 30 November 2022 By Leah Crane Simulations on a quantum computer show how information might travel through a wormholeinqnet/A. Mueller (Caltech) A quantum computer has been used to simulate a holographic wormhole for the first time. In this case, the word “holographic” indicates a way to simplify physics problems involving both quantum mechanics and gravity, not a literal hologram, so simulations like this could help us understand how to combine those two concepts into…
Another day, another Target haul. As an enabler and a fervent loyalist of the brand, I visit the store and peruse its website like it’s my job (it kinda is). My last cartful of items comprised a luxe-looking loungewear set plus another item equally deserving of spotlight: the A New Day Quarter-Zip Sweatshirt ($25). Ahead, I break down everything you need to know about it, starting with why I’m obsessed. What I Like About This A New Day Quarter Zip You’d think chic yet cozy quarter zips just appeared on this earth in the way I’ve been drooling over them.…
Google has acknowledged that crypto winter has negatively impacted the advertisement business. During its earnings call, Google’s parent company Alphabet said that the search engine giant registered merely six percent growth from ad revenues in the last quarter that ended in September. This figure is the lowest recorded by Google in ad revenue in almost ten years. Due to the slump in the crypto market, the revenue owing to financial ads have dropped down significantly.Around September, the market cap of the crypto sector dropped lower than the trillion dollar-mark. Google’s Chief Business Officer Philipp Schindler noted that Google has seen…
Rodarte, the Los Angeles fashion brand founded by sisters Kate and Laura Mulleavy, has once again enlisted a slate of artists to model its latest clothing line, including Joanna Newsom, Paramore’s Hayley Williams, Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner, Kilo Kish, and Maggie Rogers. Dubbed “friends of Rodarte,” the musicians showcased the fashion brand’s PS23 collection through photographs of them wearing the dresses at home. Check out photos of Newsom, Williams, Zauner, Kish, and Rogers on Instagram.Actors Kirsten Dunst, Natasha Lyonne, Stephanie Hsu, Taylour Paige, and Lili Reinhart were also tapped to model Rodarte’s PS23 collection. Janicza Bravo, the director of Zola…
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Black holes are scary beasts — objects so massive that not even light can escape their clutches. In 2022, we learned more about these gravitational monsters than ever before — from the first direct image of the black hole “heart” at the center of the Milky Way to one of the earliest black hole ancestors ever detected in the universe. Here are 10 massive new findings about these cosmic vacuum cleaners that won’t be sucked out of our brains anytime soon.1. Black hole goes rogueThis NASA illustration depicts a solitary black hole in space, with its gravity warping the view of…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Everyone who works with books – or who has a deep love for them – will tell you how difficult it can be to catalogue them into specific genres. Recommending books based on the genre only is sometimes impossible, since stories that fit into similar categories can be so wildly different. Often when I am reading, I struggle to label my books, and I often wish there were more genres to choose from. So I asked around and found out book genres that…
As much as we love television, not everything makes the grade. It can be difficult when a show we love betrays its characters for the sake of drama or when certain aspects feel phoned-in. From awful characters, overly traumatic plotlines, terrible episodes, and more — sometimes we have to call it as we see it. The Orville: New Horizons Season 3 Episode 4 – “Gently Falling Rain” (Hulu) Of the numerous problematic plot lines The Orville introduced, the Planetary Union’s interactions with the Krill are the worst. Specifically, Captain Mercer commits mass murder aboard a Krill ship, then unknowingly becomes…
MONTH OF JanuaryHome is where the action—and the friction—will be for the first three weeks of January. The Sun is making the rounds through Capricorn and your domestic fourth house until January 20, inspiring you to cozy up at Chateau Libra or focus on personal matters. But with Mercury retrograde in Capricorn until January 18, things could be rough under your roof, with family feuds, rowdy roommates or uncomfortable changes in your emotional life. You may need to hash out some items and come to a new understanding with loved ones now. As much as Libras hate conflict, this is…
It’s difficult to reflect on the past year—or forecast the next—without a sense of wonder regarding the sheer magnitude of innovation taking place across the AI landscape. On a weekly basis, researchers across industry and academia have published work advancing the state-of-the-art in nearly every domain of AI, toppling benchmarking leaderboards and accomplishing feats beyond what we could have imagined even a few years ago. In large part, this progress is due to the rapid advancements we’ve seen in large AI models. Recent progress in supercomputing techniques and new applications of neural network architectures have allowed us to train massive, centralized…
This review was part of our coverage of the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. The Pitch: Famous Southern detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig), whom we first met in the 2019 flick Knives Out, is in a pandemic-induced funk when he receives an invitation from eccentric billionaire Miles Bron (Edward Norton) to his next big case in Greece. There, on a remote island, Bron’s closest friends and “disrupters” congregate for a murder mystery party at his Glass Onion house — a spot so lavish even the Mona Lisa is there, on loan from the Louvre. There’s former model-turned-fashion-designer Birdie Jay (Kate…
Rumors surrounding James Gunn’s future plans for the DC Universe are still flying around, one of which being that the director is planning on getting rid of Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman. According to Gunn, though, no decision of the sort has been made. Responding to a recent fan comment on an Instagram post, Gunn said that he’s not sure where people have gotten the idea that Gadot had been removed from any films. The response comes after a fan posted that they were excited to see what Gunn had in store, but didn’t like that they had “booted” both…
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is squeezing global oil supplies and inflation is jacking up prices at the pumps. Although petrol prices have started to fall in recent months, the situation has delivered a powerful reminder of the world’s dependence on fossil fuels. It also means biofuels are having a moment. The corn-ethanol industry boasts that blending its product into petrol is saving consumers money and creating jobs in the farming communities that supply its distilleries. Refiners producing renewable diesel fuels for long-distance lorries are expanding as fast as they can. Some are building biorefineries designed to process palm, soya and…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Audiobooks are GREAT. Print and ebooks are also great, but they give a different experience than listening to a great story. Young Adult fantasy in particular lends itself to audiobooks because the storylines are (usually) straightforward, the characters are engaging, and the setting takes us to a world where magic exists in some form or another. Fantasy deals with the same problems as our reality, but through a different lens, which in turn allows us to process life’s challenges from more directions than…
More of Stephen “tWitch” Boss’ family members are opening up about their love for the late So You Think You Can Dance alum and Ellen DeGeneres Show deejay, who died on Tuesday, December 13, at age 40. Connie Boss Alexander, Boss’ mother, thanked her supporters in an Instagram Stories update on Thursday, December 15. “Family and friends, thank you for all the love, prayers, and encouragement,” Alexander wrote, per People. “Please know I see all the messages, texts, posts, and the phone calls. I can’t use words right now. Please know I will reach out when I can.” She ended…
Credit: University of Tübingen Humans have been using bear skins to protect themselves from cold weather for at least 300,000 years. This is suggested by cut marks on the metatarsal and phalanx of a cave bear discovered at the Lower Paleolithic site of Schöningen in Lower Saxony, Germany. This makes it one of the oldest examples of this type in the world. The research was conducted by an archaeological team from the University of Tübingen, the Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment (SHEP) in Tübingen, together with a colleague from Leiden University. This study was published in the Journal…