Shares of American Eagle rocketed higher on Wednesday after the clothing retailer forecast same-store sales that were better than expected, and said recent promotional campaigns starring actress Sydney Sweeney and NFL player Travis Kelce had boosted fall-season demand. Source link...
Many movies and TV shows live or die based on their memeability – and Netflix knows this too well. For example, the dance scene from Wednesday has over 70 million views on YouTube alone. But Netflix has its own way to create and share clips. It’s called Moments and was introduced last year – except it was more of a...
This is a near impossible film to review. In a world flooded with propaganda and misinformation about the genocide in Gaza, Kaouther Ben Hania’s film speaks with radical honesty and its filmmaking merits feel of powerful consequence. Even setting aside its subject matter, it is an astounding feat of dramatising real events with an eye on the cinematic, yet it delivers such...
Pietro Marcello follows his interwar fairytale, Scarlet, by returning to the same time period for a half-literal, half-imagined portrait of legendary Italian actress Eleonora Duse. There are surface comparisons to Pablo Larrian’s Maria, for Eleonora is an ailing icon in her final act – the film covers 1917 – 1923 and she died in 1924 aged 65. Yet there is little overlap between...
Waymo announced Tuesday that it’s going to bring both of its vehicles — the Jaguar I-Pace SUV and the Zeekr van — to Denver and Seattle starting this week, the latest move in a continued expansion across the United States. The vehicles will be manually driven to start, before the company starts testing its autonomous tech in both cities. Waymo...
Eight U.S. and Indian venture capital and private equity firms — including storied investors Accel, Blume Ventures, Celesta Capital, and Premji Invest — have formed an unusual coalition to back India’s deep tech startups, pledging more than $1 billion over the next decade to strengthen U.S.-India tech ties. The alliance addresses longstanding funding concerns. In April, Indian Commerce Minister Piyush...
Veteran indie filmmaker Jim Jarmusch premiered his new movie “Father Mother Sister Brother” today at the Venice Film Festival, where journalists asked him about Mubi, the streaming platform that co-produced the film — specifically, about Mubi’s recent $100 million funding round led by Sequoia Capital. “I was disappointed and disconcerted by this relationship,” Jarmusch said, while noting that his own...
An AI tool can screen thousands of journals, and identify ones that violate quality standards.Credit: PaulPaladin/AlamyResearchers have identified more than 1,000 potentially problematic open-access journals using an artificial intelligence (AI) tool that screened around 15,000 titles for signs of dubious publishing practices.The approach, described in Science Advances on 27 August1, could be used to help tackle the rise in what...
Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani has been injured in a car accident in the US state of New Hampshire.Giuliani was a passenger in a Ford Bronco when it was struck from behind in the city of Manchester on Saturday evening, according to local police."He was diagnosed with a fractured thoracic vertebrae, multiple lacerations and contusions, as well as...
RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- ImmerseCon held its second day of events on Sunday to celebrate video games, science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and geek culture. The convention was held from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 31, for its second day and second year of operation, highlighting how adventure and innovation collide. This year, the event took...
