How does the Air Force take all that privately funded innovation, “include it in our scheme and program investments?” asked Lt. Gen. Veralinn “Dash” Jamieson, Air Force deputy chief of staff for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. WASHINGTON — Satellites from private space companies can image the Earth in hours and […]
Daily Archives: August 2, 2018
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Captain Marvel’s story began as an officer in the United States Air Force in the 1960s, but at this time she was known only as Carol Danvers. She worked alongside a man named Dr Walter Lawson but in reality, he was a Kree alien ally named Mar-Vell. The Kree are […]
Get the Better newsletter. SUBSCRIBE It’s the last full month of summer and you’re stuck toiling away in your office on a hot Friday afternoon, while your friends’ Instagrams boast pix of them lollygagging near a body of water. Sadly, you’re likely among the many employees without the benefit of […]
The Last Jedi divided fans like never before. Sure George Lucas’ prequel trilogy was slammed for the terrible child and teenage Anakins, not to mention midichlorians and a certain Gungan. But fans were never divided against each other and Lucasfilm itself. Episode 8 managed to start a fan backlash that […]
It was a tearful Thursday morning on The View as Sara Haines bid adieu to her co-hosts. The talk show host will soon team up with Michael Strahan for a new show called GMA DAY. Fellow on-air personality Whoopi Goldberg gave a short intro before playing a highlight reel of some of Haines’ best […]
Eric Charbonneau/Invision for Warner Bros./AP Images Friends who work together, stay together. Best friends Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are teaming up to make a movie about the man who managed to rig the bi-annual McDonald’s Monopoly game back in 2001. Deadline reports Damon will be starring as con man Jerome […]
Sen. Lisa Murkowski had just walked off the Senate floor on Wednesday when she found herself in a tight reporter scrum, a cluster of phones and digital recorders held toward her face. A reporter explained that the president had just tweeted that Attorney General Jeff Sessions should shut down special counsel […]
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Get the Better newsletter. SUBSCRIBE When Harmony Hobbs, a 38-year-old freelance writer living in Baton Rouge, embarked on sobriety she was going to AA meetings and in therapy, but some of her best support she found in an unexpected place: the internet. “When I started trying to get sober, someone […]
Honey, the Jersey Shore cast is home! Nearly a decade after they all first met in Seaside Heights as young fist-pumpers, the beloved cast is returning once again to New Jersey for the second installment of MTV’s Jersey Shore Family Vacation. After jet-setting to Miami last season, the comical crew is packing their […]
For East and South Asian countries worried about China’s growing regional dominance and looking for an alternative for economic partnership, consider your old friend the United States. That’s the message Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has tucked in his portfolio as he travels to Malaysia, Singapore, and Indonesia this week […]
During the fall of the Maya civilization over 1,000 years ago, kings were killed in public, captives were taken hostage, and in one notably violent event in the city of Aguateca, Maya fled their homes during a surprise assault, without time to even grab their belongings. Though warfare can’t be […]
A moment from day four of Lollapalooza 2017. Michael Hickey/Getty Images This weekend Lollapalooza will invade Grant Park in Chicago, bringing musical acts like The Weeknd, Bruno Mars, Jack White, Chvrches, St. Vincent and LL Cool J. If you can’t make it to the Windy City to see the festival, […]
Fans have been ready for the Top Gun sequel since Tom Cruise and company first shouted about their need for speed. Now, over thirty years later, those same fans are going to get another taste of it with Top Gun: Maverick, the sequel. With each addition to the cast list, […]
On Wednesday, when troops in Zimbabwe opened fire on thousands of people protesting a marred election two days before, it was a shot heard round the world. The violent crackdown was a clear signal that President Emmerson Mnangagwa had not delivered on a promise to Western countries of a credible, […]
In a proper arcade, VR shines. Andrew Hoyle/CNET There’s something surprisingly enjoyable about looking around and seeing Bowser’s giant, angry face bearing down at you like a stampeding bull with a steroid addiction. That’s the situation I found myself in when I tried Mario Kart VR in a London arcade […]
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The wife of a former Marine and Iraq War veteran whose family publicly pleaded for President Donald Trump to stop her deportation was put on a plane to her native Mexico, her lawyer said Friday morning. Alejandra Juarez, who has lived in the U.S. for more than […]
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The wife of a former Marine and Iraq war veteran is set to be deported on Friday unless President Donald Trump intervenes. Her husband, Cuauhtemoc “Temo” Juarez, who describes himself as a conservative who voted for Trump, wrote the president a letter that was delivered through his […]
The ubiquitous cinematic trope of the post-credit scene was popularised by Marvel. Every Marvel movie has made expert use of the post-credit scene, even Deadpool – by mocking it – made it into a magical movie moment. Ant-Man and the Wasp followed in the footsteps of the other movies, having […]
Call of Duty Black Ops 4 fans are counting down to the start of this weekend’s multiplayer beta. The Black Ops 4 beta has an August 3 release date on PS4. It ends a few days later on August 6. Activision has announced a 6pm UK start time for the […]