Amazon DocumentDB Serverless database looks to accelerate agentic AI, cut costs
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WNBA players embrace continuously growing tunnel walk fashion
Shakira Austin didn’t realize how important fashion would become when she entered the WNBA in 2022. Her introduction to game-day tunnel fashion began at the University of Mississippi in 2020. “My school started doing their own tunnel fits,” she said. “It was cute, but I definitely didn’t know [the WNBA tunnel walk was] as popping…
Cinemark CEO On Box Office Q2 Turnaround From ‘Minecraft’ To ‘Superman’
Cinemark shares popped Friday as the nation’s third largest theater chain saw sales and profit jump in a June quarter that “launched out of the gate” with A Minecraft Movie followed by “a steady stream of highly compelling new releases week after week” from Superman to The Fantastic Four: First Steps, igniting a surge of…
In Delhi and New York, Hindu Right Wing Lines Up Against Mamdani
As Zohran Mamdani gets within striking distance of becoming New York’s first Muslim mayor, he is drawing fire from supporters of India’s populist prime minister, who accuse him of being anti-Hindu.
The New Scientist Book Club’s verdict on Lake of Darkness by Adam Roberts: A mixed bag
The New Scientist Book Club has just read Adam Roberts’s Lake of Darkness Lawrie photography After watching historical figures travel through time in Kaliane Bradley’s The Ministry of Time, the New Scientist Book Club headed in the other direction for our latest read, to the far future and some hard science fiction with Adam Roberts’s…
Terry McLaurin trade request: Should the Commanders pay up?
Bill BarnwellAug 1, 2025, 08:25 AM ET Close Bill Barnwell is a senior NFL writer for ESPN.com. He analyzes football on and off the field like no one else on the planet, writing about in-season X’s and O’s, offseason transactions and so much more. He is the host of the Bill Barnwell Show podcast, with…
bitchy | Mail: The Sussexes are getting a new Netflix deal & they’ll make more money in 2026
Even though As Ever still hasn’t sent me a free apricot spread (?!!?!), I’m still getting As Ever’s promotional emails. On Wednesday, the Duchess of Sussex and her team made a big new announcement: MOAR WINE! Their first-ever wine drop happened on July 1st, and they sold out of the 2023 Napa Valley Rosé within…
It’s Time for That Often-Dreaded Task: Buying Back-to-School Supplies
Parents of children in kindergarten through high school are spending an average of $144, and that’s coming as families are feeling financial stress.
Derk Sauer, Champion of Free Press in a New Russia, Dies at 72
He was a socialist reporter turned magnate who earned a fortune in the 1990s. He defended press freedoms even after the industry became beleaguered and unprofitable.
YouTube channels are being sold and repurposed to spread scams and disinformation, says new research
A new study finds that 1 in every 400 YouTube channels has been sold and often repurposed to promote scams, disinformation, and spam. YouTubers dedicate their lives to building a following in hopes of creating and sustaining a livelihood. For top creators, the rewards are immense: MrBeast, the world’s biggest YouTuber, is estimated to be…