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Streaming giant Netflix has bought the Roald Dahl Story Company – a deal which includes the author’s entire back catalogue that will bring films, shows and potentially games to the broadcaster. The company will now control the rights to the author’s entire literary works, and is eyeing the creation of a “unique universe” that involves
Addison Lee, a London-headquartered private hire taxi and courier company, and the UK’s largest private vehicle hire firm, today announced that its entire fleet will become fully electric by 2023. Its current fleet currently stands at around 4,000 cars. More electric taxis for London The company says it will spend £160 million ($219 million) to
Hip-hop group The Fugees have announced they are reuniting for their first live shows in 15 years, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their seminal album, The Score. The trio – Lauryn Hill, Wyclef Jean and Pras Michel – rose to fame in the 1990s – thanks to hit songs including Fu-Gee-La, Ready Or Not
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Elon Musk denied rumors that Tesla has selected a Russian city as its next location for a new Gigafactory. In the process, he hinted that Tesla is on the hunt for a new location. Tesla is currently in the process of starting production at two new massive factories, Gigafactory Berlin and Gigafactory Texas. These two
The Only Way Is Essex star Lewis Bloor is on trial accused of being part of an alleged £3m diamond scam before he launched his television career. More than 200 victims, many of whom were elderly, were allegedly conned into buying the small, coloured stones as an investment after being “told lies” during cold calls,
Seeing positive depictions of mental health conditions on screen encourages teenagers to talk more openly about the issue, research has found. A study by the British Board of Film Classification shows that nearly seven in 10 teens (68%) agreed that seeing the conditions on screen breaks down the stigma surrounding mental health. Almost half (48%)
Seattle born Evelo takes to the streets in the best electric upright delta trike that I have ever ridden. After reviewing about a dozen electric trikes, the compass stands out as the picture perfect example of an electric trike, without having a strange segment it’s trying to catch. Truly, when you think of an electric
British talent has dominated TV’s biggest awards night, with stars including Kate Winslet, Ewan McGregor and Michaela Coel honoured – and royal drama The Crown and feel-good football comedy Ted Lasso cleaning up. The 2021 Emmys was a night of Hollywood bowing down to the UK’s acting royalty, with The Crown named best drama and
Serial 1, the electric bicycle company that was spun-off from Harley-Davidson’s original electric bicycle program, has revealed that it will sell a limited number of S1 MOSH/TRIBUTE e-bikes. The S1 MOSH/TRIBUTE electric bike more closely matches the original vintage prototype electric bicycle first unveiled by Serial 1 late last year. When we first covered the
TV presenter Julia Bradbury has revealed she has breast cancer and will undergo a mastectomy. The 52-year-old broadcaster, best known for presenting BBC One programme Countryfile, said she would have her left breast removed in order to remove a six-centimetre tumour. In an interview with the Mail on Sunday, she said surgeons will also take
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Today we are taking look at some solid price drops on the EcoFlow portable power stations. If you’re looking to power your off-grid adventures and trips out in the wild, for a limited time you can get up to $350 in savings on a range of EcoFlow power gear from its weekender power station all
Liam Gallagher has told fans he fell out of a helicopter following his headline set at the Isle Of Wight Festival, sharing a picture of his scraped face. The Oasis star turned solo artist posted a tweet to say he had fallen out of the aircraft and compared himself to the late The Who drummer
Tesla has now officially ended its referral program for its vehicles and everything else except its solar roof. We expect a new version of the program to launch in the near future. Tesla Referral Program For years, Tesla relied on its referral program to boost demand. The automaker doesn’t like to spend on marketing or
As is to be expected, the German marques dominated at this year’s Munich motor show, constructing enormous stands not only in the expo centre on the outskirts of town, but in the very heart of Munich’s old town. BMW, Porsche, and Audi all gave strong showings (I particularly enjoyed Audi naming its stand the “hall
Elon Musk said that Tesla will use its telemetry data to make sure customers are “good” drivers before allowing them to access its Full Self-Driving Beta software. This is a tricky situation since those customers already paid for the software. Last week, Tesla started pushing its new Full Self-Driving (FSD) Beta v10 software update to its early access
The biggest awards show in television is just around the corner, with networks and streaming services clamouring for their programmes to be crowned the best in their categories. British talent and productions are firmly in the running this year, with shows such as Netflix smash The Crown, Michaela Coel’s powerful drama I May Destroy You
Most of the materials required for batteries and other clean energy technology are dirty to mine. They’re also mostly controlled by China. Can a recycling technology startup change that? Electrek spoke with Megan O’Connor, cofounder and CEO of Nth Cycle, a Beverly, Massachusetts-based developer of a recycling technology that extracts critical metals from batteries for