Weekly Specials
Top Gun: Maverick is bringing film fans back to cinemas. Spoiler: Popcorn is the latest victim of the supply chain bottlenecks.
Tap to pay, with a ring. A Japanese company created a smart ring with a chip embedded that can act as a wallet and a key.
Cake, Earth, and the Mona Lisa. Not sure what the connection is, other than an activist hurled cake at DaVinci’s Mona Lisa in a climate protest. The masterpiece, protected behind glass, was unharmed. The Mona Lisa is no stranger to this sort of attention: It’s been stolen, attacked with acid, and been the target of a ceramic cup.
Every parent knows that keeping young children still for a few minutes is hard. Formal events, impossible. The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee? We can’t even imagine. Prince Louis stole the show as only a four-year-old can.
The EU announced a ban of Russian oil imports that arrive by sea – about two-thirds of imports. The U.S. may allow more Iranian crude to make its way to global markets, even without a revived nuclear deal, in an effort to ease the energy crunch.
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