Entertainment

Tesla Gigafactory Texas has achieved a new production milestone of 4,000 cars in a week, but the factory trails behind Gigafactory Berlin in its friendly production ramp-up competition. The automaker has been simultaneously ramping up two major factories, Gigafactory Berlin and Gigafactory Texas, to volume production at the same time. It created a friendly competition

Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Japanese musician and actor who composed for Hollywood hits such as The Last Emperor and The Revenant, has died aged 71. His recording company Avex said in a statement on Sunday Mr Sakamoto died on 28 March while undergoing treatment for throat cancer. He was first diagnosed in 2014 and last year

Here at Electrek we have spent countless hours undertaking detailed hands-on testing of hundreds of electric bikes. Through those thousands of miles of riding, we’ve gotten to know these e-bikes inside and out, top to bottom and front to back. That dedication to real world e-bike testing has helped us find the best electric bicycles

Christopher Judge is on a winning streak, after taking home the top performer prizes at The Game Awards in LA (gaming’s equivalent of the Oscars) in December and the best lead performer at the BAFTA Games Awards in London this week. But his success hasn’t been easily won. Speaking to Sky News on the BAFTA

Southern California-based electric bike company SUPER73 has been quite busy lately, at least if today’s triple whammy of an announcement is any indication. The company dropped a new line of off-road e-bikes, new kids balance bikes and new information about the upcoming C1X electric motorcycle. SUPER73 Adventure Series The SUPER73 Adventure Series is an update

April Fool’s Day, celebrated annually on the first of April, is usually a light-hearted and mischievous occasion marked by good-natured pranks, hoaxes, and jokes. Large organizations often take part in hoodwinking others, creating an atmosphere of amusement and (hopefully) harmless trickery. Sure, it’s annoying when you fall for it. But it’s also humorous to see

Texas A&M University scientists have been working with metal-free, water-based battery electrodes, and they’re finding that the difference in energy storage capacity is as much as 1,000%. How the water-based batteries work In the scientists’ paper, published in Nature Materials this week, the water-based, or aqueous, batteries consist of a cathode – the negatively charged electrode;

Gwyneth Paltrow consciously uncoupled from ordinary life years ago. In the era of celebrity relatability, with once mysterious A-listers now sharing everything from breakfast to breakdowns on social media, she is one star completely comfortable with the world knowing she exists on a higher plane of bone broth, vagina candles, and $8,000-a-day skiing lessons. Facing

Bernadette Hunt, who starred as Falcon in the hit 90s competitive sports combat game show Gladiators, has died aged 59. The news was shared by her brother-in-law, Rick Jango, on a Facebook page celebrating showbiz from days gone by. He wrote: “It is with great sadness that I have to tell you of my partner’s

Tesla started delivering its Tesla Semi just a few months ago, and now it has the dubious honor of issuing its first recall for the electric semi truck. The recall was announced on the NHTSA’s recall website, showing that the issue involves the parking brake and affects 35 vehicles. It was found that the electronic

Paul O’Grady’s husband Andre Portasio has shared the last photo the couple took together, showing them sat on a boat in front of a blue sea and smiling at the camera. Portasio wrote on Instagram: “Browsing for a picture I found the last picture we ever took together. Unbeknownst to us back in January this

Swedish electric airplane maker Heart Aerospace is joining forces with BAE Systems to develop a battery system for its ES-30 electric plane. Heart partners with BAE to develop electric plane battery Heart Aerospace is paving the way for sustainable electric air travel to become the norm with its leading-edge zero-emission aircraft. We first covered the

The mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence was effectively “gaslit” by the Daily Mail, the High Court has been told – as Prince Harry made a brief appearance for the end of the privacy hearing. Baroness Doreen Lawrence is one of a number of high-profile individuals, including the Duke of Sussex, accusing the newspaper’s publishers

The electric bicycle and e-motorcycle company SONDORS is teasing something new, and it looks a lot like an electric dirt bike. SONDORS just sent out a teaser email to its followers explaining that the “Next SONDORS product release is coming soon.” There aren’t many details about the new model provided, other than that the coming

Power supply experts BLUETTI has broken new ground with the water and dust resistant AC60 and B80. With up to 2,015wh of expanded power, it bring energy to never before seen terrain of beaches, snowy mountains, or crowded tents with messy kids. While many power supplies are plug-and-play, not many of them are as care-free

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

Paul O’Grady was known for his drag queen persona Lily Savage, his TV presence, his campaigning and his love of animals.  But in a life that spanned almost seven decades and a career that took in cleaning, drag and Dr Who, there are many things you might not know about him. Sky News looks at

Gwyneth Paltrow’s son says he heard his mum swear and yell at at the man who is suing her over a 2016 skiing crash. Moses Martin, who was nine when the incident happened, said he “saw” his mum on the ground and “a person behind her who had crashed”. His statement, read to the Utah

Electrek spoke with Heidi Gehring, associate director, cooling product marketing at Carrier HVAC, about the five essential things to know about this energy-efficient, cost-effective way to heat and cool a home. Electrek: What’s a heat pump and how does it work? Heidi Gehring: A heat pump is often mistaken for an air conditioner at first

In Harlan Coben’s latest book, he gives you a big spoiler on the first page. I Will Find You is centred around a man who is in prison for murdering his son – but he reveals very early he didn’t do it. “I know the beginning, I know the end, I know nothing in between,”

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

Gail Porter was someone you would see regularly on big TV shows such as Top Of The Pops and Live & Kicking in the 1990s and 2000s, as well as on the cover of lads mags – famously the FHM cover that saw her naked image projected, without her prior knowledge, on to the Houses

Film awards season may have been and gone, but BAFTA is rolling out the red carpet once again this week. This time, video games are in the spotlight – with everything from the biggest blockbusters to some of 2022’s most celebrated indie darlings in the running. PlayStation action epic God Of War Ragnarok leads the

The man suing Gwyneth Paltrow over a 2016 skiing accident has said he heard a “blood-curdling scream” moments before the actress collided with him. Taking the stand for the first time, retired optometrist Terry Sanderson described the moment of impact at Deer Valley Resort, Utah. The 76-year-old said: “It takes my breath away – this

Rivian (RIVN) is planning to boost EV production by moving some of its engineers closer to its Illinois factory, according to the Wall Street Journal. After producing 24,337 EVs last year, slightly missing its goal of 25,000, Rivian is not taking any chances this year. Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe said 2022 was a “challenging year”

US-made solar panels would significantly reduce emissions and energy consumption, according to a new study from Cornell University. If the US manufactures the solar panels it uses instead of importing them, then that would speed up decarbonization, according to research published in Nature Communications by Cornell Engineering. Specifically, fully returning solar panel manufacturing to the

Singer Linda Nolan has revealed her cancer has spread to her brain. The 64-year-old, who was part of girl group The Nolans, said she has now bought a wheelchair and is preparing for “the inevitable”. She told Good Morning Britain she learnt her cancer had spread last week and she has moved in with her

Tesla Gigafactory Berlin has finally reached its goal to produce 5,000 electric cars in a single week, which is considered achieving “volume production”. When ramping up a new vehicle to volume production at a new factory, Tesla generally considers 5,000 units per week to be the goal. After starting production late in 2021, Tesla originally

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. Sponsored by SAE International: Join the global mobility community in Detroit from April 18-20 for WCX, the largest technical mobility event in North America. Register now: http://bit.ly/3wU8e2D New

Police investigating claims of blackmail targeting TV presenter Alison Hammond have arrested a 36-year-old-man. West Midlands Police said a man from Warwickshire was arrested on suspicion of blackmail on Saturday evening, and has been in custody for questioning. Hammond had reportedly been blackmailed for large sums of money and a BMW car worth £5,000. The blackmailer threatened

Swedish heat pump maker Qvantum has debuted an award-winning apartment heat pump that’s so compact, it can fit under a kitchen sink. Limhamn, Sweden-based Qvantum’s new QG apartment heat pump, which offers integrated heating, cooling, and hot water in one system, was awarded the German ISH Design Plus 2023 award this month. The Design Plus

Andrew Lloyd Webber has announced the death of his eldest son. Nicholas, a 43-year-old composer, had been moved to a hospice as he battled gastric cancer. His Oscar-winning father said the family “are all totally bereft” after he died on Saturday. “I am shattered to have to announce that my beloved elder son Nick died

Aptera Motors is back with its second exciting news update this week, announcing it has selected an open-source driver assistance system called “openpilot” as its official system that will be integrated into its production model solar EVs. Aptera Motors continues to take large strides in 2023 on its journey to reaching the holy grail of