Like a groundhog and its shadow, many venture capitalists see a shrinking economy and burrow away, resting their check-signing hand for better days. But climate-focused VCs are on a tear lately, pumping well over a billion dollars per quarter into startups that strive to mitigate emissions as the Earth bakes. Buoyant Ventures is one such firm
In the final moments of I Blame Society, Gillian Wallace Horvat goes absolutely apeshift on a couple of film bros. “I am a strong female lead,” she grunts as she wields a blade across the throat of Producer #2. Blood spurts and covers the walls. The screen is coated in thick red plasma, leaving the
Annapurna Interactive announced yesterday during its games showcase upgraded versions of both Outer Wilds and What Remains of Edith Finch are coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. Both games will see a 60fps upgrade on the consoles, while Edith Finch will also benefit from 4K on PS5 and Xbox Series X. The Outer Wilds
After nearly two years of dating, Sharna Burgess of Dancing with the Stars fame and actor Brian Austin Green welcomed their first child together on June 28. It’s a boy, which technically makes for a fifth son for Green, who already shares three young children with ex-wife Megan Fox, and a 19-year-old with his former
Play video content Polo G and the cops certainly didn’t exchange any pleasantries during his arrest back in 2021, we’ve obtained additional body cam footage from the encounter, video his attorneys were pissed hadn’t been released sooner. The footage shows the aftermath of Polo G’s “Hall Of Fame” album release party in Miami, where the
A farm in England was the unlikely source of a Jurassic jackpot: A treasure trove of 183 million-year-old fossils. On the outskirts of Gloucestershire in the Cotswolds, beneath soil that is currently trampled under the hooves of grazing cattle, researchers recently uncovered the fossilized remains of fish, giant marine reptiles called ichthyosaurs, squids, insects, and
“Bridgerton” is once again a smash hit, but this time Netflix is pissed … because it says two musicians ripped off their TV series, turned it into a stage production and turned a huge profit. The streaming giant is going after the duo Barlow & Bear for ”The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical Album Live in Concert”
All is not well with the proposed acquisition of U.K. start bus platform Zeelo by Mass transit group Swvl. Back in April, we covered how a possible $100 million acquisition was on the cards, and, indeed, both companies confirmed it was, though not the price. Swvl, an Egyptian-born startup that provides shared transportation services for
Hasbro had a large Star Wars booth where they’d showcase all their latest Star Wars products as well as some new ones. My main reason to go to the booth was to see the Black Series, and they had a lot of figures on display and most of them were from the latest waves which
For the first time, the beloved original motion picture soundtrack to 1988’s horror-comedy classic Killers Klowns from Outer Space is now available on vinyl from Waxwork Records! The original score to Killer Klowns From Outer Space is kicked off by the classic 80’s horror movie theme track, Killer Klowns (From Outer Space) by California punk band, The Dickies. The ‘nightmare
This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. The hits just keep on coming for Meta, it seems. We don’t have room to rehash all the setbacks it’s faced recently, but now we can add one more to the list: a new FTC lawsuit. This newest suit isn’t
Lena Dunham is back. Sharp Stick — the writer-director-actor’s follow-up to the HBO series Girls and her first film since Tiny Furniture (2010) – opens in LA at Landmark’s renovated single-screen NuArt Theatre and at the Quad Cinema in NYC. It expands to 40-50 screens next weekend, heading to about 100 thereafter — a mix
News Mozzy Begins Yearlong Federal Prison Sentence The Sacramento rapper pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition By Matthew Strauss July 29, 2022 Facebook Twitter Timothy Cornell Patterson aka Mozzy, December 2021 (Timothy Norris/WireImage) Facebook Twitter Mozzy, the prolific Sacramento rapper, has begun a 12-month sentence at the U.S.
Grab any physics textbook and you’ll find formula after formula describing how things wobble, fly, swerve and stop. The formulas describe actions we can observe, but behind each could be sets of factors that aren’t immediately obvious. Now, a new AI program developed by researchers at Columbia University has seemingly discovered its own alternative physics.
When you’re a spy, regime change is tricky. Even positive shifts can make for treacherous times. Two novels uncover the messy, uncertain lives of intelligence operatives in times of tectonic political change: Allison Montclair’s The Unkept Woman explores English life after World War II, at the dawn of the Cold War, while Dan Fesperman’s Winter
Partner Track, starring Teen Wolf’s Arden Cho, finally has a premiere date. Netflix on Friday confirmed the series will premiere all episodes of its first season on August 26. “Ingrid Yun (Arden Cho), a 1st generation Korean American and the first lawyer in her family, experiences the trials and tribulations of excelling at the prestigious
Volkswagen dropped a bombshell announcement late last week: Herbert Diess was out as CEO. As a manager, Diess was controversial, with a style that chafed both executives and labor leaders alike. But as a strategist, he was on firmer ground, deftly steering Volkswagen out of the Dieselgate scandal and setting it on a path toward
Summer is still in swing, but we’re edging ever closer to the Halloween season. Or has the Halloween season already begun? If the packed slate is any indication, it might be underway. August brings home 2022 horror releases, cult gems, and a ton of brand new titles heading straight to streaming. Here are ten noteworthy
Ubisoft is banking on Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope to be a huge success as they have trimmed their catalogue of games which were due to come out this later this year due to internal issues with Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope and Skull & Bones being their entire lineup. Thankfully Mario +
It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost four months since Will Smith slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars. The conversation surrounding the event has kept itself alive and well in the press, with reactions coming from all ends of the spectrum. However, we haven’t heard Smith’s take on the events until now, as the
It’s the greatest day ever for Beyoncé‘s fiercely loyal fans — not only did she drop her new album, “Renaissance,” but it arrived with a big fat, personalized thank you to the Beyhive!!! Feel the buzz, baby. As expected, Bey dropped “Renaissance” at midnight … it’s her first album in 6 years, and despite the
In a time when flaunting your best self on social media has become a norm, narcissistic traits seem to be everywhere. In today’s slang, off-putting behaviors like entitlement, superiority, and self-congratulating are known as ‘flexing’. Such traits might be more common these days, but being narcissistic is still seen as a pathological personality trait, akin to
Umba, a US-based digital bank with a focus on emerging markets, has acquired a majority shareholding of Daraja, a Kenyan deposit-taking microfinance bank, for an undisclosed amount. Kenya’s monetary authority, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), said Umba had taken up 66.6% shareholding, an acquisition that is expected to fast-track Daraja’s digitization. This comes after
It’s been a very long wait for season two of the critically acclaimed HBO series “Los Espookys,” but that wait is finally almost over. A brand new trailer released today gives us a look at the upcoming horror hijinks along with a release date. Created by Fred Armisen, Ana Fabrega and Julio Torres (HBO comedy
Well, here we are again – Series 10 – Autumn in Forza Horizon 5 and their Festival Playlist Weekly Challenges at least. Although I have just had to spend a couple of days in Scotland, and I had to wear a jumper, so maybe it isn’t too far away here either… Anyway, a new season
News Nav Taps Lil Baby and Travis Scott for New Song “Never Sleep”: Listen The first single from the Toronto rapper and producer’s new album Demons Protected by Angels By Matthew Strauss July 29, 2022 Facebook Twitter Nav, photo by Dragan Andic Facebook Twitter Nav has shared the first single from his new album Demons
This weekend, a massive, uncontrolled rocket booster is predicted to hurtle back to Earth, with a high chance that at least some of the debris will be large enough to survive the descent and smash into our planet. The booster is 53.6 meters (176 feet) long and weighs around 23 metric tons, and belongs to
Candace Cameron Bure‘s daughter is not letting go of her famous mother’s beef with JoJo Siwa … she’s defending mom and clapping back at JoJo, essentially telling her to stop acting like a child. In a since-deleted Instagram Story posted on her account Thursday, Natasha Bure ripped JoJo, saying … “Respectfully, someone saying ‘no’ to
Jumping into a flatpacked, chipboard room wasn’t my usual experience of the U.K.’s legendary Glastonbury Music Festival. But here I was, doing my best to dance around and test out this crazy new way of putting myself into the so-called Metaverse. It turned out to be a legit experience, as Bristol, U.K.-based startup Condense, showed
One booth I was looking forward to seeing at SDCC was the NECA booth and it was amazing! NECA had a number of reveals for most of their toy lines and I was very happy with all of these lines I collect. It was great to see the Predator Lost Tribe Ultimate line continue and