A Cruise autonomous taxi in San Francisco, California, US, on Thursday Aug. 10, 2023.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesDETROIT — For years, General Motors CEO and Chair Mary Barra has promised a new future for the company, away from a stodgy metal-bending automaker into a tech-driven, forward-thinking company poised for growth.Part of the plan was for GM’s innovation division to identify trillions — yes, trillions — of dollars in new market opportunities such as electric commercial vehicles, auto insurance, military defense, autonomous vehicles and even, eventually, the potential for “flying cars,” also known as urban air mobility.”We are…
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Keira Knightley in ‘Black Doves’. Photo: Netflix.Launching with all six episodes on Netflix on December 5th, ‘Black Doves’ almost feels like it could be a crossbreed between an expensive BBC drama and a Shane Black movie.The former for the production values and starry British-led cast (with the financing instead coming from the world’s biggest streaming service) and the latter for the chewy, satisfying dialogue, occasional bursts of violence and Christmas setting.Does ‘Black Doves’ fly high?Ben Whishaw in ‘Black Doves’. Photo: Netflix.‘Black Doves’ is the latest series to hail from Joe Barton, a TV veteran whose career to date includes the…
Pink Siifu has announced a new album: Black’!Antique will arrive January 27 via Dynamite Hill. Today, Siifu has shared a new single from the project, “WhoUWithHo+.” The track features Dallas-born producer and artist Kal Banx. Check it out below.Black’!Antique follows Siifu’s 2021 solo LP Gumbo’!, as well as a pair of collaborative albums from last year: Leather Blvd., with Ahwlee, and It’s Too Quiet..’!!, alongside Turich Benjy.“This album was made with the intent to sharpen and truly show that an artist should be one of one,” Siifu said of Black’!Antique in press materials. He continued:This album is the shit eye…
We may see the next HDMI standard, HDMI 2.2, in only a matter of weeks. According to an email from the HDMI Forum sent around to press including Engadget this weekend, a new HDMI specification will be announced on Monday, January 6 in Las Vegas ahead of the official start to . The details at this point are pretty scant — all we’re told is that the new spec “enables a wide range of higher resolutions and refresh rates and will be supported with a new HDMI Cable.”It’s been seven years since the introduction of HDMI 2.1. It was most…
Drill rig in Nebraska run by Natural Hydrogen Energy LLC, which established its first hydrogen borehole in 2019Viacheslav Zgonnik For the past few years, companies and prospectors around the world have been hunting for underground reserves of natural hydrogen, spurred by estimates that Earth contains trillions of tonnes of the gas. If found, this geologic hydrogen could accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels. But despite a few tantalising hints that vast reserves exist, the search has largely come up short. Until recently, most geologists… Read the original article here
Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba warned of the potential repercussions for the European Union if Ukraine does not prevail in its fight against Russia, telling CNBC that “if Ukraine fails, war will come to the streets of European cities.””Putin today has no strengths and powers to fight multiple wars,” Kuleba said, pointing to the recent fall of Russian-backed Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria as an example. He does however have “resources to fight one war per time,” meaning if Ukraine falls, Europe will be next in the Russian president’s line of sight, Kuleba warned.On NATO membership — a guarantee…
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We independently evaluate all recommended products and services. Any products or services put forward appear in no particular order. if you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Good morning! It is Michael, it’s a beautiful day. Today, we are looking at none other than Barbour, one of the most famous jacket companies of all time. This is also my first ever Barbour jacket review. So, to say I’m excited… that’s an understatement. Key Summary Product Key Features Wax Type Fit and Sizing Benefits Barbour Bedale Storm flap, knit storm cuffs,moleskin-lined pockets,optional snap-on hood Thornproof Wax(calendered, smooth finish)…
When Calls the Heart has entertained plenty of romance over the last 11 seasons, with Elizabeth Thornton’s (Erin Krakow) heart at the center of it all — but who is her best match? As she navigated a fresh start, she crossed paths with the dashing Jack Thornton (Daniel Lissing). They had a connection from the moment their eyes locked, Krakow and Lissing’s undeniable chemistry on full display. After quite the slow burn, Elizabeth and Jack got married in Season 5. However, their happily ever after was short-lived. Jack was tragically killed in a landslide. Thankfully, Jack’s legacy will live on…
President Donald Trump introduces Broadcom CEO Hock Tan prior to Tan announcing the repatriation of his company’s headquarters to the United States from Singapore during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, DC, November 2, 2017.Getty ImagesWhen Broadcom tried to buy rival Qualcomm for $120 billion in 2018, its efforts were thwarted. Qualcomm rejected the offer and the Trump administration declared the deal a potential threat to national security. In March of that year, Broadcom withdrew the bid, which would’ve been the largest technology deal on record, and said, “Qualcomm was clearly a unique and very…
Invesco launched an exchange-traded fund designed to give investors exposure to the top 45% of companies in the Nasdaq-100 Index.Brian Hartigan, the firm’s global head of ETFs and index instruments, runs Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ), which is the fifth-largest ETF in the world, according to VettaFi. Now Hartigan is taking on the Invesco Top QQQ ETF (QBIG), which launched Dec. 4.According to Hartigan, there is a demand to capture the megacap concentration story within the Nasdaq.”That’s what investors were asking us for. How do I dial up that, that exposure and really capture the majority of the drivers of returns…
A drone or SUAV, Small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.Richard Newstead | Moment | Getty ImagesThe FBI and Department of Homeland Security said on Saturday that ongoing investigations around reported drone sightings over New Jersey have found “many of the reported drone sightings are, in fact, manned aircraft being misidentified as drones.”The investigations have also found no evidence that spotted drones have engaged in illegal activity or malicious acts, and that the United States Coast Guard has not found any evidence of foreign involvement offshore.”At this point, we have not identified any basis for believing that there’s any criminal activity involved, that there’s any national security threat,…
Passengers deplane through the business class seating area on an American Airlines flight, London Heathrow Airport, Aug. 14, 2018.Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty ImagesCheap seats aren’t enough for airline passengers anymore.Since the pandemic, travelers have shown airlines that they’re willing to pay up to sit at the relatively spacious front of the cabin. That means that many of the seats are already full, so it’s harder for frequent flyers to score free upgrades to the front of the airplane.And the ranks of frequent flyers with elite status are swelling all the way from the airport lounge to…
Marissa Bode had all but given up on the idea she would get the part of Nessarose in Jon M. Chu’s feature adaptation of Wicked. “My last callback that I had, prior to that, I didn’t think that I got it. I hadn’t heard back from casting,” Bode tells The Hollywood Reporter about her bid to land a part in the beloved stage musical. To distract herself, the 24-year-old says she made a “cute little spooky video” about witches, “not even thinking about Wicked.” But just two days after uploading the video to Instagram, she heard back from casting about…
Billie Eilish was hit in the face by a necklace thrown onto the stage by a fan while she was performing. READ MORE: Billie Eilish – ‘Hit Me Hard And Soft’ review: bold, brilliant and somewhat brighter Eilish played a show at the Desert Diamond Arena in Arizona last night (December 13) and was sat cross-legged on the floor singing ‘What Was I Made For?’ when the incident happened. Fan-filmed footage showed Eilish flinching as the necklace hit her and the crowd is heard reacting in surprise, some booing. Eilish quickly carries on singing, before picking up the necklace and tossing…
According to a report from , president-elect Donald Trump’s transition team is trying to kill a rule set by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) that requires automakers to report crashes if advanced driver assistance technology or automated driving systems were in use within 30 seconds of the crash. The NHTSA issued the in 2021, stating that its goal is to gather data that could help it identify potential safety issues.The data has been used in investigations into crashes involving six companies so far, including Tesla and GM’s Cruise (which is as of this week). Tesla executives oppose the…
WASHINGTON — A joint Earth science mission between NASA and its Indian counterpart is now scheduled to launch as soon as next March after being delayed to repair its main radar antenna. In a presentation at the annual meeting of the American Geophysical Union here Dec. 11, Gerald Bawden, program scientist for the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission at NASA Headquarters, said the spacecraft is now scheduled to launch from India in a window that opens in late March. NISAR was previously scheduled to launch in the spring of this year, but NASA announced in March that it would…
The McKinsey & Company logo is displayed at the 54th International Paris Airshow at Le Bourget Airport near Paris, France, on June 21, 2023.Benoit Tessier | ReutersMcKinsey & Company agreed to pay $650 million in a deferred prosecution agreement that will resolve a federal criminal probe into the company’s consulting work advising Purdue Pharma on how to increase sales of its opioid painkiller OxyContin, a court filing said Friday.A former top partner at McKinsey, Martin Elling, also agreed to plead guilty to obstruction of justice next month in the probe by the U.S. Department of Justice, according to a filing…