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Jonah Peretti, founder and CEO of BuzzFeed, attends his company's public debut outside the Nasdaq in Times Square in New York City, Dec. 6, 2021.Brendan McDermid | ReutersCorporate stories have ebbs and flows, ups and downs.To this point, BuzzFeed's journey as a public company has been a bottomless pit. Co-founder and Chief Executive Jonah Peretti may be running out of time to alter his company's trajectory.The digital media company known for its listicles and quizzes is in crisis mode. Its stock has fallen 95% since the…

New images of the Universe's most photogenic pit of darkness are providing insight into a mysterious black hole behavior.For the first time, we are looking at the source of a colossal jet of plasma blasting into space from the edge of supermassive black hole M87*. It's also the first time that we've seen the shadow of a black hole and its jet together in the same image, a view that should help astronomers figure out how these giant streams of plasma are generated."We know that jets are ejected from the region surrounding…

Old engines take longer to warm up.LeBron James and Anthony Davis, the Lakers’ veterans who carry the most responsibility and the heaviest burdens, weren’t good enough for the first 48 minutes.Well, the first 47 minutes and 59.2 seconds.With 0.8 left in regulation, James hit a high-arching bank shot to force overtime, and with extra minutes to make the previous four quarters right, James and Davis took over, scoring the Lakers’ first nine points in a 117-111 overtime victory over the Grizzlies.James punctuated things…

One way or another, the Clippers will be returning to Los Angeles on Wednesday.They have one more game to decide whether that trip home will precede a sixth game in their first-round playoff series, or to clean out their lockers for the season.By losing 112-100 to Phoenix at Crypto.com Arena on Saturday, the Clippers are down to their last gasp, a first-round exit looming for a franchise that began this season with championship dreams. Game 5 is Tuesday in Phoenix.Russell Westbrook scored 37 points to lead the Clippers,…

Astronomers have discovered a cosmic smash-up just waiting to happen in a giant object just 3 billion years after the Big Bang.A galaxy called J0749+2255 actually consists of two galaxies merging into one, and it has not one but two actively feeding supermassive black holes. It just so happens these two black holes are on a collision course, separated by a relatively tiny distance of just 10,000 light-years.It's not the first time we've seen an impending supermassive black hole collision, but J0749+2255 is a rare gem.…

Photo via Warner Bros. David Ayer is trying to get DCEU fans to mend the rift dividing the fandom before WB transitions into the DCU. With the old DCEU nearing the end of its run, the director thinks it’s time for fans to let each other enjoy whatever they like and stop tearing each other down over differences. Most fans are too preoccupied to heed the filmmaker’s words as news that Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom has yet again been postponed. Though it’s only a matter of days this time around, moviegoers are still…

There's scintillating beauty to be found in cosmic death.In a new image from the JWST, the spectacular final throes of a star nearing the end of its life are revealed in all their intricate detail.Located in the constellation Sagittarius, the star WR 124 is what's known as a Wolf-Rayet, which are rarely seen in the Milky Way. That's because only certain stars turn into Wolf-Rayets, and even then their time in that phase is so short; in just a few hundred thousand years, WR 124 is going to explode in a glorious…

DigiToads, Metalandz, and Cortex are three cryptocurrency projects on the brink of significant price movement in the coming months. All three have unique features and offerings that make them attractive to investors looking for long-term growth potential. DigiToads (TOADS) DigiToads, a meme token, has been making waves in the crypto world with its strong community and innovative approach to tokenomics. One of the standout features of DigiToads is its P2E gaming platform, which allows players to collect, nurture, and…

TMS Network (TMSN) is on a rampage right now. Backed by a robust promise and innovation solution, TMS Network (TMSN) is attracting crypto investors worldwide to its native token TMSN. The latest crypto project is chugging through stage 2 of its presale and has already attracted over $500,000 in funding in 2 weeks, with ample more time left for its wrap up. With early investors gobbling up all the TMSN tokens they can get their hands on, there can’t be too many presale rounds left for TMS Network (TMSN) now. In the…

The key to Vietnamese restaurant Pho 87’s signature soup — 16 to 20 hours of simmering on the stove — proved catastrophic this month. When owner Tre Dinh opened his gas bill for January, it was more than $8,000.In December the Chinatown restaurant’s gas bill was roughly $800 for November usage, according to Dinh. The bill he received in January leapt to around $2,000, but even knowing another price increase was coming didn’t prepare the restaurant owner for the bill he received in February. He’s one of countless…