Shopify services were temporarily interrupted as an outage at the e-commerce platform disrupted retailers on Cyber Monday, one of the busiestΒ online shopping days of the entire year. Thousands of Shopify users reported problems with the platform, hindering their ability to do business. Outage reports peaked at 11 a.m. EDT at around 4,000 before tapering off,…
The metals tycoon Sanjeev Gupta is this weekend plotting a controversial deal to salvage his remaining UK steel operations and avert their collapse into compulsory liquidation β a move that would put close to 1,500 jobs at risk. Sky News has learnt that Mr Gupta is in talks about a so-called connected pre-pack administration of…
βStrip Law,β a new cartoon premiering Friday, finds Netflix in an Adult Swim state of mind, which is to say there was no thought of it being made for everybody. (Possibly including some of the people it was made for.) Itβs rude, lewd, surreal in a banal sort of way, at times ridiculously violent β…
EDMONTON, CanadaΒ βΒ Jason Hills grew up in a rural hamlet in southern Alberta so small there were no traffic lights. Which wasnβt a problem because there wasnβt any traffic either. But there was a curling rink. βThere was nothing else really to do,β Hills said. βSo if you werenβt curling youβd go hang out at the…
TORONTOΒ βΒ Once again, the planets have aligned for Shohei Ohtani. The elements are in place for another climactic finish to the latest chapter of this real-life manga, and baseball might never be the same after this. World Series. Game 7. Ohtani will be the Dodgersβ starting pitcher and designated hitter. This is his moment. He dominates…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ The Supreme Court will hear arguments this week over whether the Trump administration may revoke temporary protected status for about 350,000 Haitian and 6,100 Syrian immigrants. TPS allows people who are already in the United States to legally reside and work here if they are unable to safely return to their home country because of…
CABIMAS, Venezuela Β βΒ The pumps that brought prosperity from deep in the Earthβs crust are now mostly rusted relics of a storied past. The buildings that housed a prideful labor force are vandalized, colonized by squatters or boarded up. The schools, clinics, the manicured golf course β onetime amenities from an industry awash in petrodollars β…
Young adult comedies are best when the misery of high school is paired with other extreme types of terror β a plane crash, a supernatural mystery, vampires. βWednesday,β Netflixβs Addams Family series, did just that and more when it premiered in 2022, combining sardonic wit, smart casting and murder in a beautifully macabre setting influenced…
A record fiscal quarter for Walt Disney Co.βs theme parks division was dampened slightly by a streaming acquisition and a protracted fight with YouTube, the Burbank media and entertainment giant reported Monday. Disney recorded overall revenue of about $26 billion in the three-month period that ended Dec. 27, up 5% compared to the previous year….
The 2026 FIFA World Cup is set to start Thursday with Mexico facing South Africa in Mexico City and South Korea taking on Czechia in Guadalajara, Mexico. The tournament then heads north on Friday, with Canada facing Bosnia-Herzegovina in Toronto before the United States opens Group D play against Paraguay at SoFi Stadium. Hereβs everything…