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Hollywood actress Hilary Swank has revealed she’s going to be a mother for the first time – and that she’s having twins. The two-time Oscar-winner broke the news live on the Good Morning America programme. “This is something that I’ve been wanting for a long time and my next thing is I’m gonna be a
With more mainstream curiosity surrounding EVs, bolstered by a ten year extension in federal tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act, there’s never been a more exciting time to buy an EV, and there has never been a wider selection of options to choose from. What many US consumers may not be aware of, however,
M People founder Mike Pickering has said the band is “livid” that their song was used by Liz Truss on stage at the Tory party conference. The prime minister walked up to the podium to their 1990s hit Moving On Up, which features vocalist Heather Small, ahead of delivering her keynote speech. Mr Pickering said: “They (the
Her latest film is the true story of a fierce group of female warriors who protected a West African Kingdom in the 1800s, given the Hollywood treatment. And like her latest character, Viola Davis has told Sky News she’s had to fight in order to succeed. “If I waited for the sort of roles that
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee
Google is expanding support for its initiative to help you save money and use renewable energy with the Nest Thermostat, as Nest Renew is now available to anyone in the US. The Nest Thermostat has long featured the ability to adjust the temperature of your home based on the time of day and encouraged “eco”
Rebekah Vardy has been ordered to pay £1.5m towards Coleen Rooney’s legal costs following their Wagatha Christie libel trial. In a ruling issued on Tuesday, Judge Justice Steyn said Vardy must pay 90% of Rooney’s costs, and that an £800,000 down payment must be paid by 4pm on 15 November. In the case dubbed “war
Rebekah Vardy has been ordered to pay Coleen Rooney’s legal costs following their Wagatha Christie libel trial – and the bill could reach about £1.5m. In a ruling issued on Tuesday, Judge Justice Steyn said Vardy must pay 90% of Rooney’s costs, and that an £800,000 down payment must be paid by 4pm on 15
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Yamaha Power Assist Electric Bicycles, the e-bike division of Yamaha, has unveiled two full-suspension electric bikes in the YDX-MORO line. Two years ago, Yamaha wowed the eMTB industry with the Yamaha YDX-MORO line of electric mountain bikes. The new models featured the company’s proprietary and eye-catching dual-twin frame that included a split frame setup on
At a small independent record store tucked away in a neat courtyard of shops next to St Albans’ famous cathedral, a vinyl record that one band is hoping could become the most expensive ever sold in the UK is about to be released. Just one physical copy of prolific indie band The Pocket Gods’ latest
Kanye West has made his debut as a catwalk model, walking in a show at Paris Fashion Week. The Grammy-winning star made the surprise appearance modelling for the luxury brand Balenciaga, opening its show for the spring/summer 2023 collection. West – now known as simply Ye – walked a runway designed to resemble a bleak
Tesla confirmed today that Gigafactory Berlin has been able to ramp up production to 2,000 electric cars a week for the first time. If this new production rate is maintainable, it is a giant achievement for the automaker. Every automaker in the world is currently navigating an extremely difficult supply chain crisis in order to
Tesla has unveiled its latest version of its Dojo supercomputer and it’s apparently so powerful that it tripped the power grid in Palo Alto. Dojo is Tesla’s own custom supercomputer platform built from the ground up for AI machine learning and more specifically for video training using the video data coming from its fleet of
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Remember the good ol’ days of hearing the ice cream truck’s jingle coming down the street and running outside with a fistful of quarters to grab your favorite tasty treat? Yea, me neither, as I’m in my early 30’s and that stuff was mostly phased out by the time we were kids. Why pay a
A new bill introduced Friday by US Senator Angus King of Maine could unlock the true potential of electric school buses and provide stability to communities in need. The BIDIRECTIONAL Act would “create a program dedicated to deploying electric school buses with bidirectional vehicle-to-grid (V2G) flow capability.” Zero-emission electric school buses are being deployed nationwide
LA’s most iconic electric bike brand wowed us earlier this year with a new concept electric motorcycle known as the SUPER73 C1X. At the time, we only had the chance to look at a full-scale mock-up of the eye-catching design. But now the company appears to have a functional prototype at their disposal. We got
Trevor Noah is quitting as the host of The Daily Show, saying his “time is up” after seven years on the late-night talk show. The South African comedian took over from fellow US comedian Jon Stewart in September 2015. Thanking his audiences in the studio, at home, and around the world, he labelled the decision