Decarbonization of automobiles not only requires a shift from gasoline engines to electric motors, but also quality steel parts that help the motors run while lessening the weight of vehicles. High-performance steel materials can offer quieter rides and resist the wear and tear
The helicopter carrying Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi along with other officials crashed in the East Azerbaijan province, in the country’s mountainous northwest, Iranian state media reported.
The maker of the popular AI-powered bot said that it made the decision to pause the use of the Sky voice from the audible version of ChatGPT.
Machine Gun Kelly and Millyz have managed to squash their longstanding beef after getting into a room and airing their differences.
When Cate Blanchett starts shooting a new movie or show, it’s always the same story. “It’s like Groundhog Day,” Blanchett said at the Kering Women in Motion Talks at the Cannes Film Festival on Monday. “I do the head count, and I’m back in the same place, working with men who I
An international team of astronomers has observed a high-redshift massive star-forming galaxy known as REBELS-25. They found that REBELS-25 is a dynamically cold disk galaxy. This finding was presented in a research paper published May 9 on the pre-print server arXiv.
Larian Studios, the enormous team behind recent smash hits Divinity: Original Sin 2 and the GOTY-sweeping RPG Baldur’s Gate 3 have announced they’re opening a seventh studio, this one in Warsaw, Poland. The new recruits will be joining the efforts to work on at least two RPGs,
This past weekend, Goldenvoice’s nostalgia-heavy indie fest Just Like Heaven came to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. The show’s lineup featured blog stars like the Postal Service, Death Cab For Cutie, the War On Drugs, Miike Snow, and Passion Pit. The bill did not feature Vampire
The latest iPad Airs and iPad Pros breathed fresh life into Apple’s tablets just as they seemed to be getting stale. Love them or hate them , the new Pros and Airs are pretty damn powerful, with the M4-powered tablet being practically just as capable as the most recent baseline
Spain’s far-right VOX party has held an event in Madrid that brought together right-wing figures from across Europe in a bid to rally the party's base ahead of June’s EU elections.
Dark Times will arrive on May 24 as the rapper's first full-length release since 2022's Ramona Park Broke My Heart
Fremantle’s The Apartment will partner with The Match Factory, Mubi, Kavac Film and Rai Cinema to produce Karim Aïnouz’s next feature film “Rosebushpruning.” Directed by Aïnouz, the film’s lead cast includes Kristen Stewart (“Love Lies Bleeding,” “Spencer”), Josh O’Connor
It remains unclear whether Sisi or any senior official will represent Egypt at the funeral in Iran.
More than 216,000 fish died in 2022-2023, when England recorded a 54% increase in sewage spills Mass deaths of fish in England’s rivers have increased almost tenfold since 2020, with fears sewage pollution is exterminating life in the country’s waterways. Environment Agency
Ebrahim Raisi was Iran's president from 2021 until his death yesterday and had a reputation as a conservative hardliner.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday urged senators to pass a border security bill expected to come up for a vote this week after Republicans blocked the measure earlier this year. "This bipartisan border legislation would deliver the significant policy
Lil Wayne, Juvenile, B.G. and Turk are confirmed to be reuniting for a new Hot Boys album and they will also be performing live shows.
The Farm Zero C project in Ireland aims to slash greenhouse gas emissions and still make a profit. Can it be done?
Research has provided new insight into the tectonic plate shifts that create some of the Earth's largest earthquakes and tsunamis.
Scientists at the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have found that the record-low levels of sea ice around Antarctica in 2023 were extremely unlikely to happen without the influence of climate change. This low was a one-in-a-2000-year event without climate change and four times
In order to turn the tragic life of Winehouse into a traditional Hollywood biopic, the filmmakers took some creative liberties with the truth
But he's at least pretty sure you can't strip him like they do in the show.
After more than half a century of selling Americans affordable shrimp and lobster, the world’s largest seafood restaurant chain filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday. Read more...
The Democratic Party has an antisemitism problem on its left flank.
Fingers have pointed at Israel after a helicopter carrying Ebrahim Raisi and other top Iranian aides crashed into a mountainside on Sunday.
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Bangladesh’s economy faces a perfect storm with double-digit inflation pinching wallets, foreign exchange reserves dwindling and economic growth fading away. To weather the crisis, the government is desperately seeking foreign loans. Enter China into the eye of the tempest.
A few months ago, Vince Staples starred in the first season of The Vince Staples Show , an absurdist Netflix series that’s loosely based on his life. But Staples isn’t taking his focus off of music. Today, Staples has announces plans to release a new album, Dark Times , that’ll
Republican Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas) and Katie Britt (Ala.) announced Monday that they are introducing legislation to protect legal access to in vitro fertilization (IVF) nationwide in the wake of an Alabama Supreme Court ruling that embryos created by the treatment are children.
Image: Roadside Attractions/Everett Collection Middling films like Boy Kills World have incredible fights, but they’re missing the point Continue reading…
Move aside, David Cronenberg – there’s a new body horror queen in town. Be warned: Weak stomachs need not apply.
Republicans can no longer afford to kick the can down the road and tinker around the edges of ObamaCare while the whole system falls apart and our fellow citizens suffer. The time for excuses is over. The time for health care freedom is now.
As the 77th Cannes Film Festival (May 14-25) arrives at its halfway point, here is THR executive editor of awards Scott Feinberg’s assessment of the awards prospects — at the Cannes closing ceremony and later in the fall — of the films that have screened at the fest so far. The
Spirit Airlines is the latest carrier to do away with cancellation and change fees, as more and more airlines get rid of the extra charges. Read more...
A federal judge in Texas on Sunday blocked a Biden administration rule that expanded the requirements for background checks when selling a firearm. Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk granted an injunction against the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to prevent the federal
ECB economist calls on the Central Bank to open a national quota-based employment process, as he fears Irish representation will fall behind. Euronews look at how nationalities are represented within the ECB.