Your next big trip doesn’t have to be a journey across the sea that begins and ends with a nine-hour flight. Get inspired by our weekly roundup and plan a getaway around an amusement park or your favorite TV show. The Ultimate Guide to the High Line It’s the perfect time to check out our guide to this beautiful park and its surroundings, as the new Whitney Museum of American Art
In a literary era dominated by Kindles, you might be surprised to learn that there’s no shortage of outstanding independent bookstores around the country, beautiful places where you can connect with your favorite authors and receive knowledgeable, one-on-one recommendations based on your interests. In honor of the first-ever national Independent Bookstore Day (May 2, 2015), here are sixteen of our favorite shops, which offer unique services including special navigation apps
There’s some bad news if you were hoping to get your hands on a Fonkraft modular smartphone later this year – the innovative hardware project has been pulled from Indiegogo with no official explanation given. All we have to go on is a tweet from Fonkraft promising an update soon. “Since when are platforms not people deciding what to crowdfund and what not?” it reads – which makes it sound
YouTube is turning 10 round about now, depending on when you think its birthday should be – the first video was uploaded on 23 April 2005, for example, but the site didn’t open its doors to beta testers until May of that year. To celebrate reaching a decade of video streaming, YouTube is going to post a greatest hits package over the next 26 days, highlighting “some of the most
Metal Gear and Silent Hill are not series known for the clarity and simplicity of their narrative. More for paranoia, uncertainty and impenetrable fog. So no surprise then that after MGS creator Kojima became attached to a Silent Hill project (called Silent Hills), it’s all ended it in mystery and confusion. Is Kojima in trouble? Will he ever make games again? What about the sausage tweets? Won’t somebody think of
Introduction Originally designed to promote basic computer science education in schools, Raspberry Pi, the credit card-sized single-board computer, has been spreading across the world like wildfire. The latest iteration, christened Raspberry Pi 2, offers 1GB of RAM and was released in early 2015. There are a number of Linux kernel-based operating systems designed specifically for the Raspberry Pi. These include fully featured distros such as Raspbian, which offers a fully
You know the rules: Two fighters go in, one fighter comes out. I mean, well, both fighters come out but only one wins. I guess. I don’t know, sports are weird. But if you’ve got fight fever for the Mayweather vs Pacquiao bout on Saturday, May 2, here’s the best ways to watch the brawl without ever leaving the comfort of your living room: HBO: If you haven’t signed up
The U.S. stock market has struggled for direction of late, but next week’s payroll report could confirm whether the recent weakness in data and stock prices is waning as the weather warms, or the start of a longer-term trend. U.S. data, including on economic growth, have been weak, but are seen as making the Federal Reserve less likely to raise interest rates soon, a view that has lifted market sentiment.
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Friday said first-quarter profit rose 10 percent, and operating results easily beat forecasts, boosted by its railroad and insurance businesses and gains from …
Berkshire Hathaway’s BNSF railroad is “forever better” after a capital program last year boosted capacity following complaints about congestion, BNSF chief executive told Reuters on Saturday. We think we’ve got opportunities going forward,” said Carl Ice, BNSF’s president and chief executive officer, speaking on the sidelines at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting. Profits at the railroad rose 44 percent from a year earlier, when bad weather and congestion led to what
