Behind most every tech billionaire is a sci-fi novel they read as a teenager. For Bill Gates it was Stranger in a Strange Land, the 1960s epic detailing the culture clashes that arise when a Martian visits Earth. Google’s Sergey Brin has said it was Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash, the cyberpunk classic about hackers and computer viruses set in an Orwellian Los Angeles. Jeff Bezos cites Iain M. Banks’ Culture series, which unreel in an utopian society of humanoids and artificial intelligences,...
They had evidence, or they thought they did
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — It has been four years since new San Francisco Giants lefty Blake Snell walked around Tropicana Field, but the hallways are so familiar that Snell couldn’t help but notice everything that has changed. The first thing he noticed: a makeshift barbershop set up near the home clubhouse. “Saw a lot of new additions,” Snell said. “The barber, that wasn’t here before. Just cool to see how many years have gone and what’s new.” Save for the Rays’ constantly changing roster, not...
It’s that time of year again, so fire up your flamethrowers as we celebrate Alien Day in words and photos. In case you didn’t know it, April 26 (4/26) honors all things Alien, a clever play on the Xenomorph stomping ground of LV-426. But in 2024, it’s a special occasion — marking 45 years since […]
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Fighting Illini Women’s Basketball Head Coach Shauna Green joins the Steve Cochran Show to discuss the Fighting Illini women securing the inaugural WBIT title, the importance of building genuine trust and relationships with her players, and how the ‘Caitlin Clark Effect’ is positively impacting women’s basketball.
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Paige VanZant has not appeared on AEW programming, but she is still on the talent roster. VanZant signed with AEW in March 2021, following several appearances on Dynamite. This came after WWE expressed interest in signing her because of the name she created for herself while competing in the UFC. She chose All Elite Wrestling […] The post Paige VanZant No Longer With AEW first appeared on PWMania - Wrestling News.
On today's Morning Brew, the Rising team discusses superstitions they believe in.
Because Netanyahu relies on the radical right for his coalition, he has squandered every opportunity to demonstrate that this was a war against Hamas rather than against the Palestinian people.
President Joe Biden’s sanctimonious lectures about climate change are pathetic because it is clear that Biden doesn’t believe in them himself. Biden posted on Tuesday that “Anyone who willfully denies the impacts of climate change is condemning the American people to a dangerous future.” That is an odd statement for Biden to make, given that […]