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Ryan Reynolds has urged Canadian residents to stop going to parties and help slow the spread of coronavirus, saying: “I hope young people don’t kill my mom.” The Deadpool star, 43, responded to a request for help from British Columbia premier John Horgan as coronavirus cases spiked in the province. On Wednesday, Mr Horgan tweeted

Elon Musk says Tesla’s Autopilot/Full Self-Driving (FSD) rewrite is going to result in “quantum leap” improvements, and the rewrite is going to be pushed to the fleet in the coming “six to 10 weeks.” As we recently reported, Tesla is going through “a significant foundational rewrite in the Tesla Autopilot.” As part of the rewrite,

Tesla is patenting its smart summon feature built around Autopilot and the patent is co-authored by Elon Musk himself. Smart Summon builds on Tesla’s previous “Summon” feature, which was used by owners to move their cars autonomously for a few feet in their driveway or in tight parking situations. With the new version, owners are

EastEnders bosses have confirmed the long-running soap will return on 7 September after nearly three months away from our screens. Filming resumed in Albert Square at the end of June after being put on hold since mid-March due to the national lockdown that forced all UK soaps to cease production. The number of weekly episodes

Tesla is hinting at working on a new car model made in China with new job openings in the country. Earlier this year, CEO Elon Musk said Tesla will design an electric car in China for the global market. In June, Tesla started taking design submissions from the public for the new car. It was the

General Motors has filed a trademark for a vehicle called ‘E-Ray’ — hinting at a possible electric Corvette. Over the last year, GM has already announced a lineup of 12 new electric vehicles across all its brands. With supercars going electric at a fast rate, you would think that the automaker would have launched an

Andrew Lloyd Webber is taking part in a coronavirus vaccine trial, saying he will do anything to “prove that theatres can re-open safely”. The trial is being run by the University of Oxford, which has teamed up with drug company AstraZeneca. They are currently working on the new vaccine ChAdOx1 nCoV-19. The trial is currently

After unveiling the Cadillac Lyriq, GM’s first next-gen electric vehicle, last week, the automaker has now confirmed that the electric SUV is going to start at less than $60,000. That’s a surprisingly low price for the premium SUV. Last week, GM unveiled the Cadillac Lyriq electric SUV, the first electric vehicle using GM’s Ultium platform.

Tesla has slashed the price of its CCS retrofit — making many owners of older Model S and Model X vehicles in Europe happy, but there’s still no word on a launch in the US. With the launch of the Model 3 and its Supercharger V3 in Europe, Tesla switched its main charging standard to

Jason Sudeikis says time spent working in Europe early on in his career “dispelled” all his assumptions about the UK and taught him that Americans and the British are a lot more similar than we might think. The Saturday Night Live comedian grew up in Kansas City, but spent a year-and-a-half working at a theatre

US media mogul Sumner Redstone, who took his father’s drive-in movie business and built it into an empire that included Paramount Pictures, CBS and MTV, has died aged 97. The billionaire tycoon was remembered by ViacomCBS, which he led for decades, for his “unparalleled passion to win, his endless intellectual curiosity, and his complete dedication to

Tesla has announced a 5 for 1 stock split after market close today – sending its stock (TSLA) jumping as much as 8% in after hours trading. The automaker made the announcement via its investor website on Tuesday: “Tesla, Inc. (“Tesla”) announced today that the Board of Directors has approved and declared a five-for-one split of

Sengled USA via Amazon offers a 4-pack Motion Sensor BR30 LED Light Bulbs for $23.49 Prime shipped when the on-page is clipped. Regularly up to $50, today’s deal is $2 less than our previous mention. Sengled’s LED light bulbs go beyond your typical BR30 build with a built-in motion sensor. The light will remain illuminated

Novels written by women but published under a male pseudonym are for the first time to be published with their real names. Middlemarch, written by Mary Ann Evans as George Eliot, and A Phantom Lover by Violet Paget – aka Vernon Lee – are among 25 books being published with their own names on the

Simon Cowell has thanked Kelly Clarkson for stepping in to replace him on America’s Got Talent after he fell from a bike and broke his back. The music mogul underwent six hours of surgery on Saturday after falling from an electric bicycle he was testing at his house in Malibu, California. He is understood to

Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger say they are “beyond thrilled” and “extremely blessed” after welcoming their first child together. The Guardians Of The Galaxy star and the author announced the birth of their daughter Lyla Maria Schwarzenegger Pratt in a joint post on Instagram. A close-up colour image showed both parents holding their new baby’s