The portly, balding sculptor-turned-architect must have drawn a few curious gazes as he set up a complicated painting apparatus in the corner of a Renaissance-era piazza. He planted his instrument, which involved an easel, a mirror and a wire framework, near the then unfinished cathedral of Florence in Italy—a cathedral whose monumental dome he would…
Amazon’s Kuiper broadband internet constellation is starting to take shape, with its first batch of satellites shipped and deployed into space on Monday. The launch is just the first of 80 that Amazon has lined up to take all 3,236 Project Kuiper satellites into low-Earth orbit as part of the retail giant’s effort to compete…
The Indiana Pacers will look to close out their NBA Eastern Conference first-round matchup with the Milwaukee Bucks when they meet in Game 5 on Tuesday night in the 2025 NBA playoffs. Indiana grabbed a 3-1 series lead with a 129-103 win on Sunday. The Bucks (48-34), who won the 2020-21 NBA championship, have been…
Tamil actor Ajith Kumar was presented with the Padma Bhushan, India’s third-highest civilian award, by President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Monday, April 28. As revealed in January, the actor is one of the 19 recipients of the Padma Bhushan honoured by the Union government. Earlier today, photos and videos…
BP CEO Murray Auchincloss discusses first-quarter results BP CEO Murray Auchincloss discusses the company’s strategic reset and the outlook for the business amidst geopolitical turmoil and increased need for energy security. BAE Systems says it is ‘aligned’ with U.S. defense policy British defense group BAE Systems has “tightly aligned” its objectives with those of the…
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada won a new term on Monday night, a remarkable turnaround for his Liberal Party, which surged in popularity as President Trump took an increasingly aggressive stance toward the country. Early Tuesday morning and after an all-night count, Canada’s elections agency said it would stop tallying votes for a few…
A tectonic plate crack in Iceland semnic/iStockphoto/Getty Images Earthquakes may generate huge volumes of hydrogen within the planet by fracturing rocks that then react with water molecules. This hydrogen could be an overlooked source of energy for life deep underground, as well as for people aiming to extract the gas as an alternative fuel. The…
ONE Championship (ONE), the world’s largest martial arts organization, and Notre Game, a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, today launched the mobile game ONE Fight Arena. The title is a free-to-play combat sports mobile game based on ONE’s roster of world-class martial artists. You can download it free of charge on Google Play and Apple’s App Store. It has optional Web3 features as…
MONDAY’S RESULTS BASEBALL City Section Bell 2, Garfield 0 Crenshaw 10, Dymally 6 Discovery 14, Valley Oaks CES 11 Fremont 22, Locke 6 Harbor Teacher 4, Port of LA 3 Jordan 15, Hawkins 8 Kennedy 10, North Hollywood 0 King/Drew 16, Dorsey 0 Legacy 14, Huntington Park 1 Marquez 4, Torres 1 Maywood CES 7,…
EXCLUSIVE: Image Nation Abu Dhabi and director Timur Bekmambetov have announced the winners of the first edition of the UAE Screenlife Accelerator Program. The eight projects range from a supernatural thriller about a vlogger investigating a disappearance in the mountains of Oman; a sci-fi horror about a woman who resurrects a dead twin through an…
