The colorful, conceptual clip — starring Emmy-winner Darren Criss as a buffoonish pretender to the throne who usurps power from a more competent leader played by Wainwright — is based on an old ...

Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright released his heartfelt ballad “Sword Of Damocles” on Wednesday. Accompanied by a compelling music video, Wainwright reminds individuals of the ...

Nvidia Corporation has had a blistering rally in 2023 and has quickly become a battleground stock. We believe too much emphasis is put on short-term factors such as near-term earnings and the threat ...

In an ancient moral parable, the Roman philosopher Cicero told the tale of Dionysius II, a tyrannical king, and his court jester Damocles who commented on the blissful, carefree life he imagined his ...

“Every man, woman and child lives under a nuclear sword of Damocles, hanging by the slenderest of threads, capable of being cut at any moment by accident or miscalculation or by madness.” President ...

Virtual reality has seen enormous progress in the past few years. Given its recent surges in development, it may come as a bit of a surprise to learn that the ideas underpinning what we now call VR ...

Vintage engraving of The Banquet of Damocles. Damocles was an obsequious courtier in the court of Dionysius II of Syracuse, a fourth-century B.C. tyrant of Syracuse. Damocles exclaimed that, as a ...