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File photo: People queue in front of the Foot Locker shoe store in Zurich, Switzerland, on November 27, 2020, during the Black Friday sale. Arndt Wiegmann | Reutersdicks sporting goods announced Thursday that its holiday quarter beat expectations, but the retailer issued a weak profit outlook for the year ahead as the Foot Locker acquisition continues to weigh on revenue. The company expects adjusted earnings per share of $13.50 to $14.50 in fiscal 2026, below analysts’ expectations of $14.67, according to LSEG. Dick’s said it expects Foot Locker to return to both profit and sales growth this year, but it…
Taipei, Taiwan — Taiwan’s military has become accustomed to the routine of tracking Chinese military aircraft flying near the island. Some days there are few. There are many more. But they are almost a constant presence. So when the planes suddenly stopped coming for nearly two weeks, the silence was shocking and deeply disconcerting. The spell was broken on Thursday, when five People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft flew around the Taiwan Strait in the past 24 hours, with several flying near the median line that divides the waterway, Taiwan’s military said. Analysts said this was the longest suspension of Chinese…
Bunny Zoe vows to ‘never speak’ to Jelly Roll AgainBut all that free will comes with a caveat. “Please stop lying,” Bunny insisted. “Otherwise, I’ll never be the last to know anything.” And she was convinced that something was going on between Jelly Roll and his ex-lover. “For a year, this girl tormented me online,” she elaborated. “She quoted lyrics from his songs, posted pictures of herself wearing his products, and took cheesy shots at me in the captions because she knew I had feelings for her. I couldn’t prove it.” Bunny said that when she brought the post to…
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents walk through Ronald Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on March 9, 2026. Aaron Schwartz | AFP | Getty ImagesDebate over lifting the Immigration and Homeland Security shutdown spilled over to the Senate floor late Wednesday, with Transportation Security Administration workers among DHS workers who will not receive their full paychecks for the first time this week.Airports have struggled in recent days due to lack of funding, with travelers forced to take time off from work in exchange for unpaid labor and suffering long lines at security checkpoints. The rhetorical battle on the Senate floor…
Last week, Grammarly released a controversial feature that uses AI to simulate editorial feedback. This makes it feel like we’re getting critiques from novelist Stephen King, the late scientist Carl Sagan, and technology journalist Carla Swisher. But Grammarly didn’t get permission to use the names of the hundreds of experts included in the feature, called “Expert Review.” One of the authors affected, journalist Julia Angwin, filed a class action lawsuit against Superhuman, the parent company that owns Grammarly, alleging that the company violated her privacy and publicity rights, as well as those of other writers it impersonated. A class action…
adobe CEO Shantanu Narayan will step down after a successor is appointed and said he will remain chairman of the design software company. Shares fell 7% in extended trading. Mr. Narayan joined Adobe in 1988 as vice president and general manager and became CEO in 2007. Under Narayan, Adobe has moved from software licensing to subscriptions for Creative Cloud application bundles and is currently expanding with generative artificial intelligence. He tried to buy a fast-growing design software company figmaBut regulators pushed back, and the two companies ended the deal, resulting in Adobe paying Figma a $1 billion penalty.”On behalf of…
tel aviv — Israel’s top military lawyer has dropped charges against five reservists accused of assaulting Palestinian detainees at the notorious Sde Teyman military prison. The move was welcomed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but condemned by human rights groups. The charges of aggravated abuse and grievous assault stem from an investigation into a July 2024 incident that took a dramatic turn a month later when a video surfaced showing a Gaza detainee being assaulted and about 20 other detainees lying face down nearby. The five soldiers beat the man, dragged him to the floor and stomped on his body,…
37. We all know the age-old question celebrities are asked: Who is their celebrity crush? Well, it turns out Aniston is the answer for quite a few men in Hollywood. Riverdale’s two male leads, KJ Apa and Cole Sprouse, nursed unrequited love for her. Although Apa never saw an episode of Friends, he admitted to Cosmopolitan that he’s obsessed with Aniston, and Sprouse recalled co-starring with Aniston on the sitcom (he played Ross’ son Ben, along with his twin brother Dylan). “It was really, really hard to work with her because I loved her so much,” he told the New…
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said in a CNBC interview Thursday that the U.S. Navy is not prepared to escort oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. “That will happen relatively soon, but it can’t happen now,” Wright said. “We are completely unprepared. All of our military assets right now are focused on destroying Iran’s offensive capabilities and the manufacturing that provides that offensive capability.”Wright said the Navy would likely be able to escort the tanker by the end of this month. “I’m going to be at the Pentagon later today. That’s what the military is working on,” the Energy Secretary…
Dating app maker Bumble is venturing into generative AI. During the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, Bumble introduced a new AI assistant it calls “Bee.” The assistant is designed to be a personal matchmaker, learning users’ “values, relationship goals, communication style, lifestyle, and dating intentions” through private chats. Then use those insights to find more relevant matches for your users. Bee is currently in the pilot phase and being tested internally, but Bumble founder and CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd told investors that the company will soon launch a beta version. The company envisions that with Bee, it will be…