Boris Johnson has done everything he possibly could to discredit the Privileges Committee’s report on claims that he lied to MPs over partygate. But so far he has met fierce resistance. After declaring war with allegations of a “witch-hunt” and kangaroo court”, his latest attack was directed at committee member Sir Bernard Jenkin, after a
Ford filed a patent last week for a roof-mounted backup EV battery system designed to give you the extra juice while off the grid. The idea is likely a pipe dream, but it shows you how automakers are getting creative in the electric era. Ford patents roof-mounted backup EV battery Having a removable backup battery
Dave Wilson, ESPN Staff WriterJun 14, 2023, 02:51 PM ET Close Dave Wilson is an editor for ESPN.com since 2010. He previously worked at The Dallas Morning News, San Diego Union-Tribune and Las Vegas Sun. Texas Tech will recognize Mike Leach, the winningest coach in Red Raiders history, with a spot in its hall of
Larry Ellison, Oracle’s chairman and technology chief, speaks at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on September 16, 2019. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Oracle is having a moment. For years, the database software developer lagged behind tech rivals in building cloud technology that met the demands of the modern-day enterprise. But that’s changing,
Jun 14, 2023, 12:52 PM ET Arkansas defensive tackle recruit Dion Stutts died Tuesday in an apparent ATV crash, according to police. He was 18. Panola County Sheriff Shane Phelps told multiple outlets that Stutts crashed on his family’s property in Batesville, Mississippi. “We are heartbroken over the passing of Dion Stutts,” the Arkansas football
Jeff Passan, ESPNJun 13, 2023, 06:41 PM ET Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The Nevada state Senate passed a $380 million bill Tuesday to help fund a new stadium for the Oakland A’s in Las Vegas, the first step toward the expected
Tesla Cybertruck prototype was spotted going through a drive-through in California. For the first time, it was equipped with camouflage. It is smack in the middle of the image above if you have issues seeing it because of the camouflage. Automakers often camouflage their vehicles ahead of them entering production. Historically, Tesla hasn’t been much
Elon Musk gave an update on Tesla’s plan to bring Tesla Semi to volume production. It looks like it won’t happen for another year. Tesla unveiled the production version of its Tesla Semi class 8 electric truck and delivered the first units to customers in December 2022. It came after years of delays in the program.
California’s giant public pension fund is looking to increase its venture capital exposure in the coming months, despite a swoon in the startup market and lackluster performance of late by the fund’s VC portfolio. The California Public Employees’ Retirement System, or CalPERS, manages nearly $457 billion in assets as of April 2023. Anton Orlich, the
Mortgage payers taking out new loans today are now facing the biggest home loan squeeze since the early 1990s housing crash, with the pain only set to worsen in the coming months. The average rate on a new five-year mortgage has now ticked up to 5.54%, according to Moneyfacts. This is, in headline terms, the
Tesla has slightly increased the price of its cheapest Model Y by $250. The delivery timeline has also been pushed – showing that Tesla is seeing strong demand for the vehicle. After consistently decreasing the price of its electric vehicles throughout the first half of the year, Tesla seems to have slowed down its price
The legendary Lotus Elise is going electric. Well, sort of. The designer behind the original Lotus Elise S1, Julian Thomson, teamed up with Nyobolt and CALLUM to create a Lotus Elise-inspired lightweight electric sports car with ultra-rapid charging (100% in under six minutes). Nyobolt reveals Lotus Elise-inspired sporty EV Based in Cambridge, England, Nyobolt is
Rep. Lou Correa, D-CA, questions witnesses during an impeachment inquiry hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Dec. 9, 2019. Doug Mills | Pool | Getty Images Rep. Lou Correa, D-Calif., who opposed a package of bills seeking to reform antitrust law to rein in Big Tech companies, will become
Generative AI has been a rare bright spot in a European tech market reeling from declining funding and a pullback in valuations. Yuichiro Chino | Moment | Getty Images The European Parliament has approved the bloc’s landmark rules for artificial intelligence, known as the EU AI Act, clearing a key hurdle for the first formal
In this article TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk with France’s President Emmanuel Macron (L) at the Elysee presidential palace in Paris on May 15, 2023. France has been looking to woo Musk and Tesla to set up a factory in the country. Michel
The world’s most famous early human ancestor could walk upright like a modern-day human thanks to fully bendable knee joints, research suggests. ‘Lucy’ was from an extinct ape-like species that lived in Africa more than three million years ago. She was dug up in Ethiopia in 1974, and at the time was the most complete
A Singaporean sovereign wealth fund has joined the list of suitors vying to take control of Center Parcs, the UK’s biggest chain of upmarket holiday resorts. Sky News has learnt that the city state’s Government Investment Corporation (GIC) is in talks to table a joint bid for Center Parcs with KSL Capital Partners, the private
Household supplier E.On Next has been told to pay £4m back to its customers following a review that found customer service weaknesses at every company in the sector. Ofgem ordered the money be shared by 500,000 households in compensation for the firm’s “unacceptable” call services. It works out at £8 each. An additional £1m is
Belarus has started to receive tactical nuclear weapons from Russia, its leader has said. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko told Russian state TV that his country is taking delivery of the weapons, some of which he said were three times more powerful than the atomic bombs the US dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. “We
A US regulator has succeeded in a bid to temporarily block Microsoft’s £55bn takeover of video game maker Activision Blizzard, preventing the deal being completed this week. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), which opposes the tie up on competition grounds, went to court last night for a preliminary injunction. A two-day hearing, in which all