Awards season is underway – and in a year with few clear-cut front runners, and lots of the movies out late in the day in the UK, the race is looking pretty unpredictable. Here’s a whistle-stop tour of some of the movies you’ll be hearing lots more about and where to watch them. Image: Zoe
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Porsche plans to cut 1,900 jobs in Germany by 2029 as it struggles with slumping EV sales. The luxury sports car maker has already warned of lower profits this year. With plans to reduce its workforce, is Porsche sounding the alarm? Porsche to cut jobs in Germany as EV sales lag After announcing last week
On today’s downright giddy episode of Quick Charge, at least one Cybertruck owner is sick of people making fun of his ride – but Tesla won’t let him trade it in. Plus, the Associated Press reports that Tesla is suing its own customers, and Nissan is adding AI to its EVs to its record time. Bloggers
Today’s Green Deals are led by the first of EcoFlow’s Valentine’s Day flash sales, with both a RIVER 2 Pro solar generator bundle and the DELTA Pro Ultra Portable Power Station at up to 42% off and starting from $599. Next, we have various sizes of Camplux’s electric tankless water heaters (8kW to 27kW) for
Scarlett Johansson has condemned the use of AI after her likeness was used in a viral video of celebrities condemning Kanye West’s antisemitism. The AI-generated clip shows celebrities such as Johansson, Ben Stiller, Mila Kunis and Steven Spielberg wearing white T-shirts featuring the Star of David inside a hand sticking up its middle finger above
At the start of awards season, Emilia Perez looked like it could come away as one of this year’s big success stories. First there was a slew of gongs at the Golden Globes, including best comedy or musical film, and then came the Oscar nominations – it leads the race with 13 nods, and broke
A “verbally incontinent spinster, who smokes like a chimney, drinks like a fish and dresses like her mother” – not an auspicious introduction to Bridget Rose Jones, but accurate. On paper, it doesn’t sound like the dream role, but Renée Zellweger disagrees, telling Sky News: “It’s the best job in the world to step into
London-based Rho Motion just dropped the latest numbers on global EV sales for January 2025, and here’s the headline: 1.3 million electric vehicles were sold worldwide. That’s down by more than a third from December’s record-breaking numbers, but don’t let that fool you – January 2025 still saw an 18% jump compared to the same
Today’s Green Deals are headlined by Heybike’s early bird preorder sale on its latest ALPHA All-Terrain e-bike, a first from the brand’s Galaxy eDrive System, at $1,599. Next, we have Aiper’s Valentine’s Day sale with up to 40% discounts across its autonomous pool cleaners, like the Surfer S1 Cordless Solar Robot Pool Skimmer that has
Kanye West’s Yeezy online shopping platform has been taken down after selling T-shirts featuring a swastika. The rapper, also known as Ye, used a Super Bowl commercial on Sunday to send people to his website to buy the clothing emblazoned with the Nazi symbol – an image often used by the extreme-right. The ecommerce platform
Peter Kay has said it was not “an insult” to liken a heckler to Lisa Riley at his show last weekend, as he addressed the controversy of having two audience members removed. The Bolton comedian was performing his Manchester gig on Saturday night when a woman was removed by security guards after heckling, including shouting
On today’s wheelin’ and dealin’ episode of Quick Charge, we take a look at a $9,140 deal on a 2025 Nissan LEAF*** in Chicago, things you can do with a robotic lawnmower, and talk about the tough times Tesla is experiencing while its CEO asks if you’ve seen Kyle. We’ve also got some fresh new
A pilot has died after a private jet owned by Motley Crue frontman Vince Neil crashed into another plane at an airport in Arizona. Neil was not on board at the time of the collision, which happened off the runway at Scottsdale Airport on Monday afternoon. Neil’s girlfriend Rain Andreani and her friend suffered injuries
Japanese eVTOL developer SkyDrive shared two exciting developments today. First, it has officially received a G-1 certification in Japan for its flagship “SKYDRIVE” eVTOL. This is a step forward for the aviation startup working toward commercial eVTOL operations in Japan and the US. In the meantime, SkyDrive also shared its first real-world images of its
Kanye West has deleted his X account after being criticised over a series of offensive posts on the social media platform. The US rapper, also known as Ye, was criticised for posting “hate-filled” remarks about Jewish people. On Friday many of his posts centred on the Jewish community and he said “I love Hitler” and
Picture by Jonathan Challinger A Tesla owner reported that he crashed his Cybertruck into a pole after hitting a curb while using Full Self-Driving, Tesla’s advanced driving assist system that Elon Musk claims will be unsupervised this year. The post is going viral. Jonathan Challinger, a Florida-based software developer working for Kraus Hamdani Aerospace, reported
Celebrities including Taylor Swift, Jay-Z, Sir Paul McCartney and Bradley Cooper were out in force for arguably America’s biggest sporting event of the year – the Super Bowl – as the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Kansas City Chiefs 40-22. But it wasn’t just the stars of music and acting who were among the crowds to
They may look like beefed up Roombas, but the new 535 and AWD 580L EPOS robotic lawn mowers from Husqvarna leverage the brand’s decades of outdoor power products expertise to deliver commercial-grade capability in an innovative package. Husqvarna dropped the two new commercial robot lawnmowers at the GCSAA Conference and Trade Show in San Diego
Jack Rooke says he does not want to revisit the Big Boys story again once season three is out. The Bafta award-winning writer based the Channel 4 series on his university experience in the 2010s while he explored his sexuality for the first time and learned to live with the grief from his father’s death.
Global airport ground support equipment (GSE) manufacturer Mallaghan just deployed what it says is North America’s first ever fully electric refrigerated catering truck designed specifically for the aviation industry. Co-developed by Mallagha and International Motors (formerly Navistar), the Mallaghan CT6000E was unveiled at a ceremony at Logan International Airport in Boston that was attended by
Friends star David Schwimmer has called on X owner Elon Musk to remove Kanye West from the platform. It comes after the US rapper, also known as Ye, appeared to write a barrage of posts on his social media account, making offensive comments, including about Jewish people. Many of the musician’s X posts on Friday
They may not purr like a well-tuned diesel, but Pet Valu has added two brand-new, whisper-quiet Volvo VNR Electric semi trucks to its growing logistics fleet as part of the company’s ongoing effort to transform its supply chain into one that’s more efficient, and more sustainable. Pet Valu is one of Canada’s leading specialty retailers,
Photo: EDF Renewables North America Renewable energy – solar, wind, geothermal, hydropower, biomass – accounted for more than 90% of total US electrical generating capacity added in 2024, according to data released yesterday by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and reviewed by the SUN DAY campaign. Solar alone accounted for over 81% of the
Relocating to a luxurious hotel in Thailand for six months sounds like a job only conceivable through a dream or a stroke of good fortune. Season three of The White Lotus awarded that luxury to its cast and crew which, this time around, includes Sex Education’s Aimee Lou Wood, The Fallout’s Walton Goggins and Gen
A perennial singleton among the smug marrieds, with a passion for Chardonnay, big knickers and emotional f***wits. Who is Bridget Jones and why is she beloved by so many? Created by Helen Fielding as an anonymous way to write about being a single girl in London, Bridget first came to life in a weekly column
Source: Tesla Tesla has increased Model X prices and brought back an incentive that CEO Elon Musk said was unsustainable and “not coming back to any vehicles.” Today, Tesla updated its Model X configurator in the US to raise the prices of the electric SUV by $5,000. The new prices are $84,990 for the Long
American football star Travis Kelce has praised girlfriend Taylor Swift’s work ethic, saying her record-breaking Eras Tour was “excruciating” on the singer’s body and mind. Speaking ahead of Sunday’s Super Bowl, Kelce, who is a tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, was asked by reporters what he has learnt about Swift‘s dedication to her
Photo: @TeslaCharging/Twitter Trump’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has issued a memo ordering states to suspend all state EV infrastructure deployment plans under the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) Formula Program. Trump’s FHWA orders NEVI suspension The $5 billion NEVI program is the big rollout of EV charging infrastructure across the US that was funded by
Sarah Michelle Gellar has responded to reports about a reboot of Buffy The Vampire Slayer, confirming the hit nineties TV drama is set to return. The actress, who played Buffy Summers, has shared details about why she decided to return to her days as a slayer, almost 22 years after the show ended. The series,
Australia is the latest market to report a significant drop in Tesla sales for the first month of 2025, and in this case, the automaker can’t blame the Model Y changeover. Earlier this week, we reported on European markets releasing car sales data for January, showing a massive drop in Tesla sales. Tesla sold roughly
American music producer Irv Gotti has died at the age of 54. The producer, who founded the hip-hop label Murder Inc Records, produced nearly 30 Hot 100 hits in the US charts for artists including Ashanti, Ja Rule, Ye, DMX, Fat Joe, Mary J Blige and Jay-Z. His death was confirmed by his children –
Jeep’s first electric SUV in the US just got more affordable. On Thursday, Jeep launched a new Limited trim at the Chicago Auto Show. The new 2025 Jeep Wagoneer S Limited trim is $5,000 cheaper than the Launch Edition. And it also qualifies for the $7,500 federal EV tax credit. Here’s what the new model
Photo: Heliene A coalition of clean energy groups – representing over 2,000 companies and hundreds of billions in private investment – is holding more than 100 meetings today with bipartisan members of Congress to underscore the critical role of IRA clean energy tax credits. As part of the lobbying blitz, more than 1,850 clean energy