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The first trailer for The Batman has been released, showing a dark and gritty Gotham and revealing the villains of the film, The Riddler and Catwoman. Continuing the story of one of DC Comics’s most famous creations, The Batman, starring Robert Pattinson as the caped crusader, is directed by Matt Reeves and is set for

Tesla is starting to fight back against owners who are hacking their cars to unlock a performance boost that the automaker is itself selling as a software update. For a few years now, Tesla started selling vehicles with upgradable software-locked capabilities, like 75 kWh battery pack software-locked at 60 kWh or higher power outputs enabled

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What has 1,500 peak watts and can climb mountain trails like a billy goat? Jeep’s new e-bike, apparently. And now Jeep and its partners are sharing new updates about the powerful new off-road fat tire electric bicycle. Car companies have been jumping on the e-bike bandwagon left and right over the past few years. And

Government support is “vital” to help small music venues survive, according to Supergrass frontman Gaz Coombes. It comes as Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden announces the first recipients of the government’s £3.36m Emergency Grassroot Music Venues Fund. “Fingers crossed some of this money from the government can go towards correcting things, fixing things, helping these venues

This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Tesla’s (TSLA) stock going inside, Tesla’s ‘not-so-secret’ Dojo project, Lucid Air’s charging capacity, 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

Tenet, the much-anticipated sci-fi thriller from Christopher Nolan, will finally arrive in cinemas across the UK this week after being postponed twice due to the coronavirus outbreak. Starring Robert Pattinson, John David Washington and Elizabeth Debicki, and thought by some to be a follow-up to the director’s 2010 hit Inception, Nolan‘s film was always going

Netflix has removed a picture and description used to promote a film about a schoolgirl dance troupe after complaints that it was sexualising children. Cuties, or Mignonnes as it is titled in French, is a comedy drama about an 11-year-old girl who finds escape by dancing with a group of friends. The film, which is directed

An aspiring mathematician who could not afford to pay for university in the UK says she is “over the moon” after being gifted £23,000 by an unlikely donor – Taylor Swift. Vitoria Mario was offered a place at university but doubted she would ever get to go due to financial obstacles standing in her way.

Royal Enfield can trace its lineage back over 100 years, making it one of the oldest motorcycle brands in the world in continuous production. But now the company is taking a big leap into the future as it confirms development of its first Royal Enfield electric motorcycles. The news comes to us directly from the

Drag queen Chi Chi DeVayne, a popular contestant on the competition reality series RuPaul’s Drag Race, has died aged 34. DeVayne, the stage name of Zavion Davenport, was reportedly admitted to hospital in the last month with pneumonia. Her death was announced on the official Twitter page of the US TV programme alongside a tribute.

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee

The Crown’s highly anticipated fourth series has its first trailer – giving fans a first look at Gillian Anderson as Margaret Thatcher and Princess Diana in her wedding dress. The new clip shows Emma Corrin as Diana as she is due to marry Prince Charles (Josh O’Connor), with a teaser shot taken of the character

Zero could have a couple interesting new electric motorcycles in the works, based on a pair of recent trademark filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Zero files two new e-motorcycle trademarks Zero Motorcycles, the largest electric motorcycle company in the United States, recently filed for two new trademarks: “Zero DSR/X” and “Zero

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee

Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood is not expecting to get back on the road anytime soon. “We’re not holding our breath, otherwise we’d have collapsed,” he said. Until this year, the Stones were one of the oldest rock groups still touring. Then came the coronavirus pandemic. Image: Ronnie Wood’s Beggar’s Banquet tapestry at Ashridge House