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Chicago rapper King Von was among three people shot dead outside an Atlanta nightclub on Friday, according to investigators. They said it happened when his group was approached by two men in a car park after they left the city’s Opium Nightclub to go to Monaco Hookah Lounge. An argument escalated into gunfire – three
Nio has unveiled today a 100 kWh battery pack with a cell-to-pack design, similar to what Tesla recently announced at battery day. The automaker is going to enable current owners to upgrade their battery pack — something quite rare in the industry. Previously, Nio was offering its electric vehicles with a 70 kWh or 84
British acting veteran Geoffrey Palmer has died at the age of 93. Palmer was notable for his appearances in The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin, As Time Goes By, and Butterflies. His other credits include Fawlty Towers, Dr Who and the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies. Image: Geoffrey Palmer in 1990. Pic: ITV/Shutterstock
Tesla has finally launched its tequila with a crazy-looking bottle and a very high price tag. Yet another Elon Musk joke that becomes reallity. From a fart machine inside Tesla vehicles to flamethrowers, Elon Musk had plenty of strange ideas that sounded like jokes but became reality. Now add Teslaquila to that list. Back in
Johnny Depp has been forced to quit his role in Fantastic Beasts 3 after his unsuccessful libel trial against The Sun newspaper. The star said he had agreed to a request to resign, adding in a social media post that the “surreal judgment” of the High Court trial “will not change my fight to tell
Tesla (TSLA) has won a contract to build another giant battery system in Australia — even bigger than the first one. The project in South Australia has come to be known as the ‘Big Tesla Battery’. The Big Tesla Battery originally had a capacity of 100 MW/129 MWh with Tesla Powerpacks until it was recently
Russia’s biggest TV channel has launched a competition to find a woman to star in what it hopes will be the first feature film shot in space. Partnering with Russian space agency Roscosmos, Channel One aims to find a leading lady for the movie – provisionally titled “Challenge” – which will begin filming at the
Captain Sir Tom Moore has called on the country to stand “shoulder to shoulder” as England enters a second lockdown. The Second World War veteran, who was knighted after raising more than £32m for the NHS by walking 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday, said the nation should pull together to get
Tesla is apparently starting to deliver cars with its own TeslaCam/Sentry Mode storage device. Sentry Mode is Tesla’s integrated surveillance system inside its vehicles using the Autopilot cameras around the car to record potential vandalism or other incidents. Tesla owners have to plug a storage device in one of the USB ports in the center
Nineties sitcom Birds Of A Feather is making a Christmas comeback, but one of the key cast members will be missing from the line-up. Thirty-one years after the first episode aired on the BBC in 1989, ITV have announced the show will be back this year for an extended Christmas special. It will star original
Records were meant to be broken, and that’s exactly what six-time motorcycle racing world champion Max Biaggi did on the Voxan Wattman electric motorcycle. After an impressive performance this past weekend, he broke five world records and set six more new records. We first began reporting on the Voxan Wattman electric motorcycle earlier this summer
Giancarlo Esposito has been acting for decades and has over 180 credits to his name. And while he’s best known for playing the quietly terrifying Gus Fring in Breaking Bad, or more recently for his Emmy-nominated role as Moff Gideon in The Mandalorian, his latest part sees him bringing a piece of history – and
Kanye West’s hopes of becoming the next US president have been dashed – but the rapper has assured fans he’ll be back in 2024. West launched his campaign back in July, but had only made it on to the presidential ballot in a handful of states due to a combination of missed deadlines and lack
Tesla hacker “green” has found some indications in Tesla’s latest software update that points to the automaker including a 5G modem and hotspot capability in its vehicles. Connectivity has been a flagship feature of Tesla’s offering in the auto industry. It not only enables several fun and useful features for customers, but Tesla has also
Tesla has started pushing a new software update to the fleet today with a new Autopilot feature, Spotify app improvements, and more. Check out the release notes below. While we are all focused on Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta release, Tesla is still working on improving the overall experience inside its vehicles for the broader fleet.