Kim Kardashian West showed she was happy to poke fun of herself during her Saturday Night Live hosting debut, making jokes about her divorce from Kanye, a leaked sex tape and OJ Simpson. Appearing on the US sketch show, the reality TV star said she ended her relationship with rapper Kanye West because of “his
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As someone who’s owned and operated their fair share of EVs, I was looking forward to experiencing Volkswagen’s first truly mainstream electric vehicle, the VW ID.4 SUV. As a part of a #vwpartner collaboration with Volkswagen, I got the opportunity to drive the VW ID.4 for a few days. What I found was an SUV
Adele has released a surprise sneak peek of her new single on social media to the delight of fans. The Someone Like You and Hello singer broadcast an Instagram Live video in which she gave a glimpse of her comeback track Easy On Me. She admitted she “might get in trouble for playing it” and
Elon Musk is talking about licensing Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” software to other automakers, but the company has yet to deliver the feature to Tesla owners who paid for it. At Tesla’s shareholder’s meeting yesterday, CEO Elon Musk announced that Tesla is considering licensing its “Full Self-Driving” (FSD) software to other automakers: I think Tesla’s open
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The Last Duel is based on real events – set in 14th century France it tells the story of what led to the final time a battle between two men was held in order to settle a dispute. This article contains discussions of rape and sexual assault. The issue they are fighting over is whether
The next Eurovision Song Contest will be held in the Italian city of Turin, after the country topped the leaderboard at this year’s event. As is contest tradition, the winners of Eurovision bag the right to host the event the following year. Maneskin won the 2021 contest with rock track Zitti e Buoni, which has
San Diego-based Ride1Up has now opened orders for its low-cost electric gravel bike, the Roadster V2 Gravel Edition. Electric gravel bikes share many similarities with road e-bikes, but have more rugged construction and dual on/off-road tires to better cope with the variety of riding terrain seen in gravel bike. Most electric gravel bikes cost upwards
Earlier this week, Google announced a series of features across several products aimed at letting you make more sustainable choices. The company is now following that by prohibiting ads or monetization of content that denies climate change. Google today issued updated “ads and monetization policies on climate change.” It started by expelling how: In recent
Adele has opened up about her son, dating and working out in an interview with Vogue – making history as the first person to appear on the UK and US cover with a different fashion shoot and interview in each. The British singer, who is set to make her musical comeback next week with a
While speculation over whether the Queen watches The Crown rarely abates, the Royals as a rule say they don’t watch fiction based on their lives But that doesn’t stop actors worrying about how their performances will be judged by the Royal family, and indeed impact on their legacy. In Spencer, Pablo Larrain’s highly anticipated new
Volcon has made history as the first US-built off-road electric fat tire motorcycle. Now the company is making bank too, in the form of an IPO on the Nasdaq under the symbol VLCN. Volcon Powersports launched seemingly out of nowhere in late 2020, claiming it could build a fancy, funny-looking yet reasonably priced fat tire electric motorcycle
EV manufacturer BYD has announced a strategic collaboration with Levo – a joint venture between Fleet as a Service (FaaS) provider Nuvve, and capital investors Stonepeak, and Evolve. As part of the collaboration, BYD will implement Levo’s technology and capital to offer fully financed medium and heavy-duty BYD commercial EVs. BYD (Build Your Dreams) Auto
A British band has hit out at the Conservatives for using one of its songs during Boris Johnson’s keynote speech at the party conference. The prime minister entered the conference hall in Manchester on Wednesday to Friendly Fires’ 2011 tune Blue Cassette. But the indie rock group from St Albans quickly let the world know
After this year’s Mercury Prize ceremony had wrapped up, Laura Mvula found herself in tears in a hotel room. Nominated for a rare third time – she has never released an album that hasn’t been shortlisted – the pressure had built up. While Mvula never really went away, the ’80s pop-inspired Pink Noise was a
Sky is launching a new smart television called Sky Glass which aims to declutter homes by binning set-top boxes and satellite dishes while giving customers access to their favourite films and shows. The streaming TV integrates all of the hardware and software otherwise spread out across living rooms, including sound-bars, into a device with just
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Electric bicycle sales had been growing at an impressive rate in the US even before the COVID-19 pandemic began. But ever since the pandemic started, sales of e-bikes have skyrocketed. Now the latest numbers show that e-bikes sales aren’t cooling off anytime soon. The latest figures were compiled by NPD and indicate a growth rate
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Adele has shared the opening bars of her new single on Twitter, after days of mounting speculation she was about to release new music. The pop megastar‘s new song is called Easy On Me – a piano-led track that will be released on 15 October. In what appears to be the music video, a brief