NEW YORK — In its debut film, Skydance Productions released a special effects-laden World War I drama about fighter pilots with a starring role for an unknown actor, the company’s founder, David Ellison. It was a box office bomb. Twenty years later, in a twist fit for Hollywood itself, the tiny studio once brushed off…
Talk about an embarrassment of riches. The Dominican Republic’s roster for this year’s World Baseball Classic is fully-loaded with a “Plátano Power” version of the Avengers’ superhero cast. From Juan Soto to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. to Ketel Marte to Fernando Tatis Jr. to Manny Machado to Julio Rodriguez to Sandy Alcantara to Carlos Estevez, the…
The giddy days of free cloud storage enticed many to upload photos, documents, and other virtual mementos without a thought about all the space it was taking up. Those days, however, are now in the past for many Americans as people find themselves having to shell out increasing monthly amounts to maintain access to their virtual valuables….
Intrinsic CEO Wendy Tan White has led the company to graduate out of Alphabet’s “Moonshot” factory X. Intrinsic Google became a powerhouse in smartphones by creating the Android operating system and partnering with handset makers in need of an answer to Apple’s iPhone. Now the search giant has a similar plan for tackling robotics. Earlier…
INDIANAPOLIS — It’s one of the most debated questions in all of football: When your team is trailing in the final minute and needs a touchdown, which quarterback are you turning to? Well, we put 42 prospects in the 2026 NFL Draft to the test and asked them that question in our NFL Combine Survey….
Feeling disappointed by your job or job search? Two recent films might strike a chord. Park Chan-wook’s “No Other Choice” and Sam Raimi’s “Send Help” imagine what happens when workers in bad situations, whether a stagnant job market or a toxic workplace, are pushed to their limits, with murderous consequences. They offer cathartic, if violent,…
Berkshire Hathaway‘s Greg Abel used his first annual shareholder letter as chief executive to reassure investors that the conglomerate’s culture of financial conservatism and disciplined investing established under Warren Buffett will continue “into perpetuity.” “I am honored by our Board’s decision to appoint me CEO of Berkshire and humbled to succeed Warren as I write…
Xiaomi launched the Xiaomi 17 Ultra at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on March 28. 2026. Xiaomi Xiaomi launched its latest flagship smartphones globally on Saturday as an unprecedented surge in memory chip prices threatens to dampen sales. The Xiaomi 17 and 17 Ultra represent the Chinese technology giant’s top tier devices aimed at challenging…
INDIANAPOLIS — Even before the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine began this week, we already had a strong inclination that the Las Vegas Raiders would select Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza. But if the reigning Heisman winner wasn’t in this draft, who would be the No. 1 pick? We asked that question to 42 prospects participating in…
GOP, Democratic Sen. John Fetterman cheer Trump’s Iran attack U.S. Senator John Fetterman (D-Pa.) walks to the U.S. Capitol building on the inauguration day of Donald Trump’s second presidential term in Washington, U.S. January 20, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters While most Democrats who have weighed in are questioning the constitutionality of Trump’s attack on…
