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High-profile black figures including Naomi Campbell and MP David Lammy have defended Adele over claims of cultural appropriation, following backlash for an image she posted on social media. The Tottenham-born star attracted criticism from some fans after sharing a photo on Instagram showing her in a Jamaican flag bikini top and with her hair in

Adele has been accused of cultural appropriation after sharing a photo showing her in a Jamaican bikini top and with her hair in Bantu knots. The 32-year-old posted the picture on Instagram, writing: “Happy what would be Notting Hill Carnival my beloved London GBJM”. The 2020 edition of west London’s traditional celebration of Caribbean and

Elon Musk confirmed that he is going to Germany to review Tesla’s effort to build a new kind of vaccine printer with Curevac and the progress at Gigafactory Berlin. Earlier this year, Musk announced that Tesla has become the manufacturing partner for biotech firm CureVac who is working on a COVID-19 vaccine based on their RNA

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There are ‘no plans’ to move Glastonbury from its traditional weekend in June next year, organisers say. Founder Michael Eavis has previously said it was “wishful thinking” it could happen then, and that the only “certainty” for the iconic music festival was 2022, because of COVID-19 restrictions. The festival was cancelled this year because of

Taxpayer money was used to pay social media influencers and reality TV stars to promote the NHS Test and Trace system, the government has admitted. As the system failed to reach its 80% target for the ninth week in a row, a spokesman said the government had a responsibility to “use every means possible” to

Tesla has started pushing a new version of its software update to now visually detect speed limit signs, and more. For a while, there has been speculation about to what degree Tesla was using GPS data versus actual detection of speed limit signs in order to detect speed limits for its Autopilot features. Now this

Electric flight has progressed in leaps and bounds over the last few years as motors and batteries have become better optimized for flight. And now a team of five electric flight enthusiasts are setting out in the electric Pipistrel Velis Electro plane to show just how far the technology has come. Along the way they

Chadwick Boseman’s death at just 43 has stunned the movie world. Heralded as a “true original” who “shattered stereotypes” he won legions of fans for his role in Black Panther.  But why was the film such an important cultural moment, as well as a box office phenomenon? Most importantly, it was the first big-budget superhero

Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden is among those who have shared their grief at the death of Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman. The Black Panther star has died at the age of 43 after a four-year fight with colon cancer. Mr Biden wrote on Twitter: “The true power of Chadwick Boseman was bigger than anything

This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including The Big Tesla Hack, Model 3 frunk change, Model Y taillights, and more. The Electrek Podcast is me, Fred Lambert, editor-in-chief of Electrek, and Seth Weintraub, founder and publisher of Electrek and the 9to5 network, discussing all our

Joe Ruby, the American animator and writer who co-created the cartoon series Scooby-Doo, has died aged 87. He died of natural causes in Westlake Village, California, according to his grandson Benjamin Ruby, who confirmed his death to Variety. He also said his grandfather had never lost his passion for TV, telling the publication: “He never

NIU has been rapidly expanding the availability of its seated electric scooters across Europe and North America, and I am happy to be one of the newest owners of NIU’s highest performance model, the NIU NQiGT Pro. Below you’ll find what delivery is like as well as my first impressions of this (spoiler alert!) awesome

British street artist Banksy has reportedly funded a bright pink rescue boat to help refugees in the Mediterranean Sea trying to reach Europe from North Africa. Named Louise Michel after a 19th-century female French anarchist and teacher, the 31-metre motor yacht features some of Banksy‘s trademark art, including a girl in a life vest holding

Bicycles are perhaps one of the best all-around alternatives to car transport, especially in urban environments. And now a new study has shown that cyclists who switch to an e-bike can end up quadrupling their daily riding distance. The new study, which was published in the latest edition of the journal Transportation Research, studied two

Britney Spears’ sister has filed a court order seeking more control over the 38-year-old singer’s fortune. Former Nickelodeon star Jamie Lynn Spears has been a trustee of the pop superstar‘s multimillion-dollar estate for the last two years. But the 29-year-old is requesting that assets currently stored in a trust fund set up for Britney’s children