Since James Daunt took over as Barnes & Noble’s CEO in 2023, the largest bookstore chain in the United States has been expanding. In addition to opening new locations—60 new stores in 2025, with 60 more planned for 2026—it has also been acquiring independently owned bookstore chains. In 2024, it bought Tattered Cover for $1.83
Phil Knight, former chairman and founder of Nike, attends the annual Allen and Co. Sun Valley media conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, July 11, 2019. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Nike co-founder Phil Knight and his wife, Penny, will donate $1.1 billion to Providence St. Vincent Medical Center in Oregon and its Providence Heart Institute, according
BEIJING — China on Monday pushed back on calls by U.S. AI executives for companies to slow down the development of the cutting-edge technology. “Fear mongering, confrontation, competition will just disrupt [the] process of global AI governance,” Guo Jiakun, a spokesperson for China’s Foreign Ministry, said on Monday, per an English translation published by Reuters.
Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a multi-platform campaign that uses the Message Queueing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol as a communication channel to control Windows and Linux systems. The emerging malware family, codenamed BambooToken, is assessed to be active since at least February 2023 and put to use in attacks targeting organizations across Asia and
It is an interesting time for fans of filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan. The first trailer for his surprising new thriller set to hit theaters on Valentine’s Day arrived last week and, before that he also launched his own YouTube channel to give him a chance to get closer to his fans — a move that
Donald Trump can’t have his name on another president’s memorial, and his cronies are planning to shut it down. The president’s fixation on making himself the titular name on Washington, D.C.’s Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts — a living memorial to President John F. Kennedy — has reached the depths of pettiness. The Trump-appointed
(L to R) Director Kane Parsons and Chiwetel Ejiofor in ‘Backrooms’. Credit: Asterios Moutsokapas. Preview: Kane Parsons is reportedly directing ‘Backrooms 2.’ The first movie made more than $394 million worldwide. Parsons has said he has ideas for an expanded world. In one of the least surprising decisions of the movie year, horror hit ‘Backrooms’
If you grew up watching classic television, you probably remember The Donna Reed Show. And if you remember that show, then you also, without a doubt, remember Mary Stone. Played by Shelley Fabares, Mary seemed to have a pretty close-to-ideal American family life. However, behind the scenes, things weren’t always picture perfect. When Fabares first
He’s up to something… Morgan Wallen had a heck of a 2026, as his fourth studio album, I’m the Problem, officially became the most popular album in the United States across all genres for the first half of the year (according to Luminate data reported by Billboard). It earned over 2.035 million equivalent album units during
T here’s a voice in Rachel Accurso’s head. Right now, it’s also coming out of her tote bag — a recorded version of her alter ego’s cheerful tone made tinny by canvas. “This is so funny,” she says, wrestling with a rainbow-colored plastic toy with her face on it, which is doing the singing in
A contentious hearing is underway as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appears before the House Financial Services Committee for his annual testimony. Bessent on Tuesday initially struggled to get a word in as protesters and a leading House Democrat repeatedly talked over him. “The strength of our economy has allowed the United States to wage the
US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with travel industry executives in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on Sept. 2, 2026. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Tuesday blasted the Supreme Court for blocking a new controversial U.S. Postal Service rule on mail-in ballots
In a sign of how badly this midterm election is going for Republicans, the Trump administration sent Vice President JD Vance to Kansas, a state that the Trump/Vance ticket won by double digits less than two years ago, and this was the scene: Vance was supposed to be talking about manufacturing and campaigning for Sen.
The chain of command is a foundational element of Starfleet despite its explicitly non-military nature. However, the “just following orders” excuse sits no better in the 23rd century than it did at Nuremberg. Whether it’s subverting a Bad-miral with a grudge, or sabotaging an Andorian smuggler, Starfleet values consider the means as well as the
As law enforcement investigates the shooting of a man near the site of an abandoned home along Mulholland Drive, neighbors say the violence adds to their mounting concerns about the troubled property. Community members who live near the iconic road have expressed fears and frustrations over dangerous activity at an abandoned home on the 7700
When I first set out to compile a list of new books by Latine authors to kick off Latin Heritage Month (September 15-October 15), I had a mind to include a variety of genres. But, being a seasonal reader who is currently reveling in all the spooky and deliciously gothic releases coming out this month,
Brian Moynihan, Chairman and CEO of Bank of America, testifies during a Senate Banking Committee hearing at the Hart Senate Office Building on December 06, 2023 in Washington, DC. Win Mcnamee | Getty Images Bank of America is seeing a far more subdued few months for its Wall Street advisory and trading businesses after a
Pedestrians pass an Apple Inc. store in the Wangfujing shopping area in Beijing, China, on Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. China’s consumer inflation accelerated last month as the country reopened and the Lunar New Year holiday spurred demand, although gains remain muted enough for the central bank to keep easing monetary policy to support the economy’s
Researchers have disclosed a new hardware attack, called DDRop, that breaks the memory protection in Intel and AMD confidential computing by silently dropping writes to a server’s memory, so the processor keeps reading old encrypted data as if it were current. The attack requires an attacker who already controls the server’s software and can briefly
Man of Tomorrow recently wrapped production, and it looks to be setting up one of the greatest superhero team up movies of all time. The characters surrounding Superman are starting to form a pretty specific team from DC history, and technically they are the Justice League. Just, maybe not the big seven fans have come
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