Telegram has launched a new online marketplace to auction rare usernames and channels. This web shop has been built upon the Telegram Open Network (TON) blockchain, which was first thought of by app founders Durov brothers in around 2018. Later in 2022, the TON mainnet went fully live and operational. Via this marketplace, the instant messaging app will auction four or five letter handles and make shorter usernames available for people.The launch of this blockchain marketplace is intended to accelerate the adoption of the technology, that also makes for the underlaying backbone of cryptocurrencies.“For the first time, social media users…
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U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Mike Lee will lead a new subcommittee investigating the lack of competition in ticketing markets. Klobuchar stressed the need to scrutinize Ticketmaster’s dominance over the concert ticket market in light of chaotic Taylor Swift Eras Tour sales last week. “Ticketmaster’s website failed hundreds of thousands of fans hoping to purchase concert tickets,” Klobuchar said. “The high fees, site disruptions, and cancellations that customers experienced shows how Ticketmaster’s dominant market position means the company does not face any pressure to continually innovate and improve.”Ticketmaster blamed unprecedented demand and a “staggering number of bot attacks” for the…
ComingSoon is debuting an exclusive clip from Christmas in the Caribbean, the upcoming holiday rom-com directed by Philippe Martinez. The film is now playing in theaters and through video-on-demand. MORE: Exclusive Partners in Rhyme Clip Previews the Season 2 Finale “Rachel, a hopeless romantic, has her wedding dreams poof into the crisp, late-December air when she catches her groom high-tailing it out of the church minutes before he says ‘I do,’” reads the film’s synopsis. “Her two bridesmaids, Amanda and Rebecca, drunkenly decide not to let her perfectly good honeymoon go to waste. The ladies jet off to the islands, ready to relax in…
29 Nov 2022 Looking to fall in love with some new romance reads? You’ll adore these exciting new novels! This week you can get your hands on books by bestselling authors Reenita Hora, Lilly Mirren, Mina Carter, and more. Enjoy your new romance books and happy reading! Related grant scrolls_pure; if (shouldBeFixed && !isFixed) { header.addClass(“sticky”); isFixed = true; } else if (!shouldBeFixed && isFixed) { header.removeClass(“sticky”); isFixed = false; } e.preventDefault(); }); }); }); ]]> Read The Full Article Here
This is an excerpt from TV Guide Magazine’s Outlander Forever Special Collector’s Issue, which is available to order online at OutlanderForever.com. We didn’t peek under anyone’s kilt, but we did travel through time — six glorious seasons and an upcoming seventh — for candid photos and loads of insider info on Outlander. Scroll through for a peek behind the curtain at what production’s like for Caitriona Balfe, Sam Heughan, and the rest of the cast and crew. Outlander, Season 7 Premiere, TBA, Starz Read The Full Article Here
Purple tomatoes have been approved for sale in the US. Credit: JIC Photography/ flickr The first genetically modified (GM) food ever made commercially available to the public was a tomato, invented in the US in 1994. Since then, a number of different genetically modified foods have been created, including corn, cotton, potatoes and pink pineapple. Although genetically modified foods still get a bit of a bad rap, there are actually many good reasons why modifying an organism’s genetics may be worthwhile. For example, many breeds of genetically modified foods have made them more resistant to disease. It’s also possible to…
Photography by Scott Everett White/Netflix In my book, these kitschy flicks are the reason for the season. By Natalie Michie Date December 2, 2022 Secret Santa this. Twinkly lights that. It seems no one wants to talk about the real star of the holiday season: bad Christmas movies. I’m not talking about the classics — Home Alone, The Grinch, Elf — which are, obviously, masterpieces. Nay, dear reader. I’m referring to the run-of-the-mill, cookie-cutter rom-com featuring stereotypical Hallmark storylines and everyone-saw-it-coming endings. With notable characteristics including a festive town backdrop, an always picturesque protagonist and a mysterious old man who…
Things didn’t look particularly good at the start of COP27. The word on everyone’s lips was “trust”—specifically, the lack of it. Since the last UN climate meeting, many rich nations hadn’t made good on their emissions pledges. Meanwhile, poor nations arrived angry at past failures to put their issues on the negotiating table—particularly plans for rich polluters to pay for damage caused by climate change. Add to that the venue: Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, where protesters were banned but tens of thousands of consultants and lobbyists were welcomed, and it could be concluded that COP, as a vehicle for progress, had…
Chris Hemsworth has revealed his genetic predisposition for Alzheimer’s disease, telling Vanity Fair that “my biggest fear” had come true. The Thor star received genetic testing for the docuseries, Limitless, which finds him grappling with aging and our bodies’ natural decline. He had planned to read the results on camera, and was surprised when he heard from the series’ consulting physician ahead of time. “They took all my bloodwork and did a bunch of tests and the plan was to on-camera tell me all the results and then talk about how you can improve this and that,” he said. “And Peter Attia, who is the…
Harrison Ford insists there is only one Indiana Jones — him. And the trailer for the upcoming fifth film in the franchise sort of proves his point. It has an Indy who’s roughly Harrison Ford’s age — namely 80 years old. And then it also includes scenes with a younger Indy, who is played by … Harrison Ford. (His face was de-aged using fancy special effects.)The trailer for this fifth Indiana Jones is here, and it reveals the film’s full title: It is called Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. The trailer doesn’t indicate what the Dial of Destiny actually is, but it features…
29 Nov 2022 Hold on to the edge of your seat as we hunt for clues and solve the case with these exciting new mystery and thriller books for the week! There are so many bestselling authors with new novels for you to dive into this week including Alan Asnen, Sarah Hualde, Sharon Ward, and many more. Enjoy your new mystery, thriller, and suspense novels. Happy reading! Related grant scrolls_pure; if (shouldBeFixed && !isFixed) { header.addClass(“sticky”); isFixed = true; } else if (!shouldBeFixed && isFixed) { header.removeClass(“sticky”); isFixed = false; } e.preventDefault(); }); }); }); ]]> Read The Full Article Here
[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for The Sex Lives of College Girls Season 2, Episodes 1-6.] The Sex Lives of College Girls is back and has welcomed a new man to the Essex campus with Mitchell Slaggert‘s “climate refugee” Jackson. The undeniably good-looking co-ed has been full of surprises as Season 2 of the HBO Max series has unfolded, particularly when it comes to his connection with Kimberly (Pauline Chalamet). In the show’s most recent episodes, “Taking Shots” and “Doppelbanger,” the pair got even closer, taking things to the next level. “You’re gonna get a better sense of his…
The white-hot river of liquid iron never stops. Every hour of the day and night, at this steel plant in Sweden’s far north, the metal pours out of a hole at the bottom of a massive, 90-metre-tall blast furnace. Equally relentless, a stream of carbon dioxide belches out of the top. The CO2 is a waste product of the coal that the blast furnace devours. For every tonne of iron that will go to make steel, this furnace produces 1.6 tonnes of CO2, says Martin Pei, chief technology officer at SSAB, the company that owns the plant here in Luleå. The…
An image of Venus overlain with spectroscopy data collected by NASA’s SOFIA observatory. If phosphine was present in the planet’s atmosphere there would be three dips located where the PH3 symbol is on the graph. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech; Spectra: Cordiner et al.) (opens in new tab)New research has debunked a controversial 2020 study that claimed to have found the chemical phosphine in Venus’ hellish atmosphere. The chemical’s reported existence had hinted that there was alien life on the planet.In 2020, a team of researchers announced that they had found phosphine in Venus’ atmosphere using data collected by the Japanese space…
Understated, elevated collections are made from the most premium fabrics in simple and, most importantly, wearable designs. From buttery leather to silk and crisp cotton, despite the high price tags, the Olsens design for functionality as well as fashion, which is what makes it the perfect destination if you’re looking to invest in the future of your wardrobe. Read The Full Article Here
Since Elon Musk took over Twitter in late October, there’s been a sense that the ship is sinking, with the platform’s users scurrying offboard to safety. Musk’s actions, from mass layoffs to impulsive feature changes, have prompted widespread (if vague) speculation that Twitter itself will soon cease to exist, due to bankruptcy, technical failure, or a combination of the two. And while the platform’s future is uncertain, its current plight is an extreme version of one of the internet’s enduring qualities: Everything is constantly changing. We are nomadic in our platform usage, moving from one platform to the next—often involuntarily. And…
With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week’s batch includes new albums from Stormzy, Fievel Is Glauque, Lykotonon, Wisdom Teeth, and Waajeed. Subscribe to Pitchfork’s New Music Friday newsletter to get our recommendations in your inbox every week. (All releases featured here are independently selected by our editors. When you buy something through our affiliate links, however, Pitchfork earns an affiliate commission.)Stormzy: This Is What I Mean [0207 Def Jam/Interscope]Grime superstar…
Just revealed at Brazil’s CCXP22, here is the new trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. Right off the bat, you’ll see the Guardians wearing matching team uniforms for the first time — uniforms that come right out of the Guardians comic books that first inspired this movie franchise.But just because they’re dressing as a unit doesn’t mean things are going well on the team. This Vol. 3 trailer strongly implies the film will mark the end of the team — and that some of the characters may die along the way. Several of the characters, including Chris Pratt’s Star-Lord and Dave Bautista’s Drax, are shown badly…
Novelist as a Vocation by Haruki Murakami What’s it About? An insightful look into the mind of master storyteller Haruki Murakami, providing a look at the craft of writing, creativity, the novel’s role in culture, loneliness, patience and routine. In an autobiographical memoir of sorts entitled Novelist as a Vocation(Knopf), the wonderous author Haruki Murakami, as his fans might anticipate, shares his love for baseball and describes his experience as a young man sitting beyond the outfield fence smelling the grass, admiring the sparkling blue sky and sipping an ice-cold beer. Then he hears “the satisfying crack when bat met…
Dana Hawley/ShowtimeGeorge & TammySUNDAY: They lived their lives and conducted their torrid, tormented relationship as if reenacting the country-music lyrics that made them famous. Michael Shannon and Oscar winner Jessica Chastain star, and provide their own vocals, as country legends George Jones and Tammy Wynette in a six-part limited series that often plays like a real-life version of A Star Is Born. (See the full review.) Michael Courtney/CBS Fit for ChristmasSUNDAY: Network TV movies are almost as rare as a white Christmas in Miami, but CBS gets back in the game with a holiday film starring and executive produced by…
A faecal-transplant therapy called Rebyota has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration. A single dose can prevent a type of recurrent infection in the gut Health 1 December 2022 , updated 2 December 2022 By Grace Wade Clostridioides difficile bacteria seen under a microscopeBSIP SA / Alamy Stock Photo A drug called Rebyota has become the first faecal transplant product approved for use by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Developed by Swiss company Ferring Pharmaceuticals, the treatment uses donated human stool to prevent recurrent Clostridioides difficile infections (CDI) in adults. Between 15,000 and 30,000 people…
As POPSUGAR editors, we independently select and write about stuff we love and think you’ll like too. If you buy a product we have recommended, we may receive affiliate commission, which in turn supports our work. This year’s greatest fashion moments from Hollywood style stars were rooted in bright colors that commanded attention on the red carpet, indicating that 2023 will be another boundary-pushing year in fashion. With power dressers like Zendaya and Cardi B effectively carrying out the Barbiecore trend, it’s no surprise that Pantone announced a vibrant shade of magenta as the color of 2023. While it’s in…
When Parag Agrawal was appointed CEO of Twitter in November 2021, the IIT graduate joined a steadily growing club of executives from India rising to the top of global corporations, but the 38-year-old executive’s brief tenure at the helm of the social media giant was challenging and chaotic. Less than a year into his job as CEO, India-born Agrawal was ousted from the company by its new owner billionaire Elon Musk who on Thursday closed the $44 billion (roughly Rs. 3,37,465 crore) deal to acquire the social media behemoth.An IIT Bombay and Stanford alumnus, Agrawal joined Twitter in 2011 when…
[] Skip to main content The singer even referenced his fan-favorite track “Loser” in the adorable post with girlfriend Brooke Sansone. Charlie Puth Kenneth Cappello* Charlie Puth celebrated his 31st birthday on Friday (Dec. 2) by going public with his new relationship on social media. The pop star shared a photo of himself adorably cuddled up with his girlfriend in a series of black-and-white photo-booth snaps. “Ohhhhh I’m NOT a loser…’cause I didn’t lose her!!! (Happy birthday to me.)” he captioned the post, referencing the lyrics to the fan-favorite song “Loser” from his latest album Charlie. While Puth didn’t tag…
According to The Wrap, Netflix has officially decided not to renew the coming-of-age supernatural horror drama The Midnight Club for a second season. RELATED: Wednesday Dethrones Stranger Things, Sets Netflix Viewership Record The cancellation comes after it was recently revealed that creator Mike Flanagan and producing partner Trevor Macy have signed a brand new overall TV deal through their Intrepid Pictures banner. This time, the deal is with Amazon Studios, as their previous partnership with Netflix is ending. Under Intrepid’s Netflix deal, Flanagan was able to produce a number of critically acclaimed horror dramas, including The Haunting of Hill House, The…
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. For those of us who love reading both fiction and nonfiction, there’s a certain category of book that combines these loves: nonfiction books about books. While I do sometimes read literary biographies, history, and criticism, there’s a particular category that rules them all. I love the books that dive into the fascinating stories behind literary phenomena. Because books, even singularly weird fiction that seems like it must have sprung from an author’s brain fully formed, don’t truly arrive out of nowhere. They reflect…
It’s A Wonderful Lifetime continues to deliver heartwarming stories about family, love, and the beauty of the holiday season. And A New Orleans Noel is the unmissable award-winning film on Lifetime’s slate stacked with talented, beloved stars from Keshia Knight Pulliam to Patti LaBelle. It is both a beautiful tribute to the Queen of Pralines, Loretta Harrison, and the city of New Orleans itself. It’s genuinely one of the most heartwarming films of the season. And TV Fanatic had the pleasure of speaking with director and co-writer Angela Tucker about it all. Check it out! First off, congratulations on it…
By the 2030s, the world will generate around a yottabyte of data per year—that’s 1024 bytes, or the amount that would fit on DVDs stacked all the way to Mars. Now, the booming growth of the data sphere has prompted the governors of the metric system to agree on new prefixes beyond that magnitude, to describe the outrageously big and small. Representatives from governments worldwide, meeting at the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) outside Paris on 18 November, voted to introduce four new prefixes to the International System of Units (SI) with immediate effect. The prefixes ronna and quetta…
A multinational team of researchers, co-led by a City University of Hong Kong (CityU) physicist, has found that a novel metallic crystal displays unusual electronic behaviour on its surface, thanks to the crystal’s unique atomic structure. Their findings open up the possibility of using this material to develop faster and smaller microelectronic devices. The material that was studied is a recently discovered “kagome” metal compound that consists of three elements: gadolinium (Gd), vanadium (V), and tin (Sn). It is classed as a “1-6-6” material to indicate the ratio of the three metal elements present in the GdV6Sn6 crystal. The atoms…
Edward BerthelotGetty Images Just when you thought you’d have to wait until Black Friday to cash in on the next best savings of the year, Amazon’s Prime Early Access Sale is here to delight serial shoppers everywhere. Happening through today, October 12, the Prime Day revival includes thousands of deals across categories, including some must-have fashion finds up to 70 percent off. Perhaps you’re seeking a cute fall sweater, designer bag, or pair of trendy loafers worth toting around town? This sale has you covered. Or, maybe you’re in need of some cozy loungewear or a gift for your best…