Blue Origin, the space company owned by Jeff Bezos, is laying off roughly 10 percent of its work force, according to an email that was sent to staff on Thursday and that was viewed by The New York Times. The cuts, which could affect about 1,000 roles, follow several years of rapid growth and the…
Stella Artois captivated audiences during Super Bowl LIX halftime with a humorous, star-studded 60-second commercial featuring Matt Damon and David Beckham as long-lost twin brothers. The commercial opens in a cozy English pub, where 49-year-old David Beckham meets his on-screen parents and learns a shocking truth—he has a twin brother in America. “We have something…
David Warner (ILT20 Photo) Dubai Capitals‘ star opener David Warner expressed his team’s determination to lift the ILT20 trophy ahead of their final clash against Desert Vipers. Reflecting on their journey, Warner said, “Everyone’s excited from the background staff to the GMR owners and the players performing on field. We got so close last year,…
An abandoned gunpowder storage shed pokes out from a small mound of earth in what’s now a nature preserve in Northern Ireland. It is the perfect place for a spider: semi-subterranean, cool and dark. But in 2021, a crew working on a BBC nature program found more than an average arachnid lurking there. They spotted…
By a campfire on the shore of Lake Geneva in 1816, five friends take up the challenge of telling the scariest story. Mary Shelley is clearly the winner, with her cautionary tale (soon to be a novel) of an obsessed doctor whose electrified monster achieves sentience, then runs wild. So freaked out is her pal…
NEW DELHI: The Dubai Capitals defeated the Abu Dhabi Knight Riders by an incredible 26 runs on Sunday at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, thanks to David Warner‘s brilliant batting, which sent them into the ILT20 Season 3 playoffs. The Dubai Capitals secured their playoffs berth with the victory, making them the fourth and final…
David Schneiderman, an editor turned publisher turned chief executive of The Village Voice, the granddaddy of alternative newspapers, whose 28-year tenure ran from its era of downtown-bestriding indispensability to a long, slow fade in the internet era, died on Friday in Edmonds, Wash., near Seattle. He was 77. His daughter, Kate Schneiderman, said the cause…
When you say that they were trying to make you seem weird or gross, what were these articles saying? There’s a whole strand of reporting that’s suggestive that I’m a pedophile, which is a pretty extraordinary thing. I’m a father of two children. I’ve been in a relationship with my partner now for close to…
David Willey (Image credit: ILT20) NEW DELHI: Abu Dhabi Knight Riders celebrated their maiden victory in ILT20 Season 3, defeating Sharjah Warriorz by 30 runs at the Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi. Jason Holder’s brilliant spell of 4/23 and David Willey’s 3/19 helped defend the target of 159/5 with ease.Batting first, the Knight Riders were…
High-level cease-fire talks appeared to be gaining momentum on Monday as Arab and American mediators pressed for an agreement to halt the fighting in Gaza and release hostages held by Hamas before President-elect Donald J. Trump assumes office on Jan. 20. It was still unclear whether the parties had reached resolution on central disputes that…