Scarlet Cardona, autor en thickcookie

Jun

2024

In “Find Me Here,” the sisters deal with a father’s will and his legacy

Weddings, anniversaries, holidays – the family reunion is a dramatic gift that keeps on giving both on screen and stage. Crystal Finn's new play, “Find Me Here,” at the Wild Project, falls into a subcategory of the funeral subgenre: the opening of a will. In this case, a patriarch's last wishes are discovered by his three daughters and their families. Truths and conflicts emerge cautiously, almost tentatively, because Finn is less interested in confrontation than in gentle nudges and nudges. Unfortunately, “Find Me Here,” the third and final installment of Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks 2024, is also unwilling to commit to…

Jun

2024

By Scarlet Cardona

“I am: Celine Dion” review: you have seen the best of me

Politics

The disease shows no respect for even the most revered figures in pop music In “I Am: Celine Dion,” a documentary about the global singer on Amazon Prime Video, it quickly becomes clear that Dion can't even move her body, let alone perform a soaring ballad with all the strength she has, right from the start. adolescence onwards. , she raised millions. The film, from director Irene Taylor, records the singer's painful reality as she battles the rare neurological condition called stiff person syndrome. In an Instagram post in December 2022, Dion tearfully revealed her diagnosis to her fans, but…

Jun

2024

By Scarlet Cardona

Delta: America’s luxury airline and United’s competitive response

Politics

A Delta Air Lines Boeing 767 lands at JFK Airport as Delta and United compete for luxury fliers A Delta Air Lines Boeing 767 passenger plane from Dublin arrives at New York's JFK International Airport, with the iconic Manhattan skyline in the background on February 7, 2024. Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty Images Delta Air Lines, the country's most profitable airline, faces the challenge of maintaining its top position. The airline's unit revenue, the amount earned per seat flown one mile, surpassed that of its competitors last year. In 2024, Delta's stock price increased nearly 23%, outperforming other airlines…

Jun

2024

By Scarlet Cardona

Saudi Arabia’s Next Billion-Dollar Sports Play: A Boxing Takeover

Politics

Associated media - Associated media Each class would include around 15 fighters each, allowing top talent to face off against each other regularly. The move would effectively create a single boxing entity that would replace the sometimes chaotic and frustrating system of warring fight promoters and sanctioning bodies. The new entity would have the resources and fighters to stage high-profile cards around the world. And unlike many of the sports that Saudi Arabia has previously attempted to revolutionize, professional boxing may be ripe for reinvention. The sport has lost its luster and some of its allure in recent decades and…

Jun

2024

By Scarlet Cardona

Nvidia, with a market capitalization of .34 trillion, becomes the most valuable company

Nvidia, with a market capitalization of $3.34 trillion, becomes the most valuable company

Science and Technology

Associated media - Related media On Tuesday, Nvidia leapfrogged two of the tech industry’s most storied names to become the world’s most valuable public company, according to data from S&P Global. Its rise has been fueled by the boom in generative artificial intelligence and growing demand for the company’s chips – known as graphics processing units, or GPUs – that have made it possible to create artificial intelligence systems. Nvidia’s rise is among the fastest in the history of the market. Just two years ago, the company’s market valuation exceeded $400 billion. Now, in the span of a year, it…

Jun

2024

By Scarlet Cardona

The mind is available, so the body doesn’t have much choice

Politics

Connected media - Associated media Mike Duggan and his hockey buddies were strapping on their gear one recent morning when their banter turned, as it often does, to the topic of joint replacement surgeries. Duggan, 74, the proud owner of an artificial hip, marveled at the sheer number of titanium body parts in the locker room. He nodded toward Mitch Boriskin, who was putting on a pair of skates along the opposite wall. “I don’t think there’s an original part to you,” Duggan said. Boriskin, 70, smiled. “Two fake knees, a spinal cord stimulator, 25 surgeries,” he began, as if…

Jun

2024

By Scarlet Cardona

are pharmacy benefit managers to blame?

Politics

Related media - Connected media For many Americans, the rising tide of prescription drug prices feels like a relentless force, threatening to drown household budgets and healthcare access. While pharmaceutical companies often take the brunt of public blame, the web of influences on drug costs is far more intricate. Today, we train our spotlight on a critical, yet typically shrouded, player in this system: pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs. Rebecca Robbins, a leading investigative journalist specializing in pharmaceuticals for the New York Times, will take us on a deep dive into the world of PBMs. We’ll explore their role as…

Jun

2024

By Scarlet Cardona

Julian Assange nears freedom after guilty plea in leaked documents case

Politics

Associated media - Related media Ending a years-long legal saga, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is poised to return to Australia after pleading guilty to a single charge related to the publication of classified US documents. The 52-year-old Australian national avoided a lengthy prison sentence by admitting guilt in a remote court hearing on a US territory in the Pacific. This agreement marks a significant development in a case that has become a battleground for press freedom and national security concerns. From Celebrated Whistleblower to Legal Standoff Assange rose to prominence in the 2010s when WikiLeaks published a trove of sensitive…

Jun

2024

By Scarlet Cardona

EU takes aim at Microsoft Teams bundling, saying it stifles competition

Economy

Related media - Associated media The European Union (EU) is accusing Microsoft of foul play after regulators charged the tech giant with unfairly bundling its popular Teams video conferencing software with its Office suite. This practice, the EU says, gives Teams an unfair advantage over competitors like Zoom and Slack. The issue centers on how Microsoft packages Teams within its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 subscriptions, which include programs like Word, Excel, and Outlook. Regulators believe this bundling essentially forces companies to adopt Teams if they want those other widely used Microsoft programs. This, they argue, hurts competition by limiting…