‘Squid Game’ season 2 smashed Netflix’s record for the biggest debut
Season two of “Squid Game” premiered Thursday. Netflix says season two of its hit streaming series “Squid Game” amassed 68 million views in the first four days of its release, blowing past the viewership record for a show’s premiere week on the streaming platform. The record was previously held by the first season of “Wednesday,”…
How air, land, and sea drones are causing all kinds of mayhem in Ukraine
Drones have defined the war in Ukraine, with Russian and Ukrainian forces adapting to challenges in real time. In the Ukraine war, drones are causing all sorts of mayhem in the air, on the ground, and at sea. The drones being used in this conflict gather intel, provide targeting data, cripple ships and tanks, and…
3 things you can do to level up your career in the new year
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has said that people who are worried about the impact of artificial intelligence on the job market should become well-versed in the technology. It’s that time again: a new year with fresh opportunities to improve our work and ourselves. Alongside starting that gym routine or giving up ultra-processed foods, you might…
Zelenskyy said 30% of the weapons and gear used by Ukraine’s military in 2024 was domestically made
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits soldiers near Kupiansk in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that 30% of the military equipment Ukraine used in 2024 was domestically made, with Western nations’ support not enough to push back against Russia’s invasion. Zelenskyy said in a speech on New Year’s Eve that “30% of everything our…
The 10 best-dressed people of 2024
Celebrity stylists told B-17 which celebrities were the best-dressed in 2024. For some of us, 2024 was the year of Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso,” the “Wicked” movie, and Moo Deng, but for celebrity stylist Courtney Mays, it will be remembered as the year French model and singer Yseult wore a custom iteration of Dior’s “New Look”…
Turkey’s offer to rebuild the Syria military is an opening to displace Russian and Iranian power
Turkey has offered to assist the victorious Syrian opposition forces with building up more military force. Here, an opposition soldier fires a machine gun mounted in a truck bed. Turkey offered to help rebuild the Syrian military shattered by the fall of the long-ruling Assad regime and Israeli airstrikes, potentially filling a void left by…
A wild year for markets, in 5 charts
The stock market defied gravity again in 2024, with the S&P 500 posting a second straight year of gains of over 20%. While stocks seemed to only push higher, that’s not to say it was a quiet year for markets. There was the yen carry trade implosion in August, a jumbo interest rate cut from…
Sriram Krishnan’s White House role stirred hope among Indian immigrants in Silicon Valley. Then came the backlash.
Sriram Krishnan Anuj Christian’s green card was approved in 2019, a decade after he first came to the US as a graduate student from India. Since then, he’s been waiting to receive it, one of thousands trapped in a lengthy backlog created by America’s byzantine immigration system. Earlier this month, Christian was hopeful for the…
Stocks slip but cap off 2024 with a 2nd straight year of 20% gains
US stocks dipped in the final trading session of 2024, but weakness in the waning days of the year did little to dent the market’s massive annual gain. Investors in 2024 enjoyed a second consecutive year of gains over 20% for the benchmark S&P 500 amid soaring excitement for artificial intelligence, interest rate cuts, and…
