We get our first look at Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta software update as some owners who are testing it are sharing videos and it looks just insane. After months of working on a complete core rewrite of its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving Package, Tesla has now started its Full Self-Driving Beta rollout. As expected. the
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Banksy’s playful take on Claude Monet’s famous impressionist garden scene has smashed expectations at auction, fetching more than £7.5m. Show Me The Monet sold for £7,551,600 at a Sotheby’s event in London on Wednesday, and comes at a huge increase on an estimated sale price of between £3.5m to £5m. Five different collectors battled with
The journalist Martin Bashir is “seriously unwell” with coronavirus-linked complications, the BBC has confirmed. The BBC News religion editor, 57, is notable for his high-profile interviews in the past, with the likes of Diana, Princess of Wales and the television presenter Michael Barrymore. A statement from the corporation said: “We are sorry to say that
Elon Musk made some rare new comments on Tesla Cybertruck and gave a better idea of the production ramp for the electric pickup truck. During the conference call following Tesla’s release of its Q3 2020 financial results, Musk was asked to give more color on the production ramp of the Cybertruck and when we can expect
On 2 December 1956 a track by Winifred Atwell became the first ever by a black person to go to number one in the UK singles chart. She’s still the only female instrumentalist to achieve the coveted top spot selling over 20 million records and counting Elton John as one of her fans, yet she
Harley-Davidson is recalling all 2020 LiveWire electric motorcycles produced within a certain date range due to a power loss issue related to the charging circuitry. The recall, which was just announced yesterday, includes all 2020 Harley-Davidson LiveWire electric motorcycles produced between September 23, 2019 and March 16, 2020. Harley-Davidson estimates that 1% of these bikes
Sky History has axed its new woodworking show The Chop while it investigates a contestant’s tattoos after viewers reported they appeared to have links to Nazism and white supremacists. The new competition show, which hunts for “Britain’s top woodworker” in the style of The Great British Bake Off, is hosted by presenters Lee Mack and
A prototype Tesla vehicle in camouflage, which is rare for Tesla, has been spotted at the automaker’s Los Angeles design studio. In the automotive industry, it is common to use camouflage wraps to hide the final design on new or updated vehicles. We reported just recently on a GM electric vehicle spotted in camouflage in
Singer and musician Spencer Davis, who founded The Spencer Davis Group, has died while being treated for pneumonia, his agent has said. The star, who had hits with songs including Keep On Running and Gimme Some Lovin’ in the 1960s, died in hospital, aged 81. As fans paid tribute on social media, Bob Birk, his
7 or possibly 8 Tesla vehicles burned down in a fire at a Tesla store in Malmö, Sweden and the police is investigating for arson. Did someone target Tesla? In the middle of the night, the fire department received reports of a fire at Tesla’s store and service center in Malmö, Sweden. Local news SVT
Chadwick Boseman can be seen starring as an ambitious trumpeter in the trailer for Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, the last film the star made before his death. The Black Panther star had worked on the project, filming alongside Oscar-winner Viola Davis, while receiving treatment for colon cancer. Boseman died in August, four years after his
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Former Blue Peter presenter John Leslie has been cleared of grabbing a woman’s breasts at a Christmas party in 2008. He cried and nodded at the jury as the verdict was delivered, and made no comment when he left the court. Leslie, full name John Leslie Stott, had denied the accusations that he had groped
Tesla has over 120 operational microgrids around the world using its batteries and renewable energy, according to a new comment from an executive. Ever since the launch of Tesla Energy and its stationary energy storage products, Tesla started working on microgrid projects, The idea is to have a self-sufficient energy system using self-produced renewable energy
Adele has revealed she is hosting Saturday Night Live for the first time. The singer, 32, surprised fans with the news in an Instagram post on Sunday night. She posted: “Bloooooody hellllll I’m so excited about this!! And also absolutely terrified! My first ever hosting gig and for SNL of all things!!!!” Adele has never
As more and more people are retiring their old gas-powered leaf blowers for superior electric alternatives, they are finding a growing number of brands with different power, capabilities and price points. Today we take a look at the two of the highest-powered 40cc-equivalent hand-held options: The EGO LB6504 56V ($379) — that my neighbor recently