The original house from the 1990 film Home Alone will be available to rent on Airbnb during the festive period. The holiday rental platform has announced people will be able to rent the McCallisters’ home, in the Chicago area, on 12 December. Up to four guests will be able to stay in the house for
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Urban Air Mobility (UAM) developer Volocopter announced a joint venture with the sustainable development of NEOM in Saudi Arabia to design, implement, and operate the world’s first bespoke public eVTOL mobility system. The initial order is for 15 Volocopter aircraft that will begin initial operation in the next two to three years. If you’ve never
Alec Baldwin broke down in tears in his first interview since Halyna Hutchins was shot dead on a film set – and insisted he did not pull the trigger of the gun that killed her. The actor-producer shot and killed the cinematographer when a prop gun he was holding went off during filming for the
Tesla’s head of AI has released new footage of the automaker’s auto labeling tool for its self-driving effort. It’s expected to be an important accelerator in improving Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Beta. Labeling data for self-driving Tesla is often said to have a massive lead in self-driving data thanks to having equipped all its cars with
Covering her dance partner Giovanni Pernice’s ears as the music faded to silence, Rose Ayling-Ellis – Strictly Come Dancing’s first deaf contestant – gave millions a brief but poignant insight into her experience on the show. Those 15 seconds or so during the couple’s routine to Symphony by Clean Bandit and Zara Larsson were immediately
The trailer for the Sex And The City reboot has dropped, showing Carrie Bradshaw, Miranda Hobbes and Charlotte York back in action. The HBO/Sky show And Just Like That… will see the women navigating dating and friendship in their 50s – 20 years after the original show aired. The new clip for the show opens
The cost of electric vehicle battery packs has fallen to $132 per kWh – continuing decades of cost improvements. However, it might go up over the next year as increased material prices are catching up to incremental cost improvements. Price per kWh is the metric used to track the price of batteries. It can be
Adele has cemented her place as part of pop music royalty by announcing a Las Vegas residency next year. The Easy On Me singer, who recently released her fourth studio album 30, will perform weekend shows at the Colosseum theatre at the world-famous Caesars Palace in Nevada. Called Weekends With Adele, the 33-year-old star will
Tesla has started to enable in-car purchases and subscriptions in its latest software updates. Owners can buy a ‘Premium Connectivity’ straight from their center console inside Tesla vehicles. Over the years, Tesla has started to find opportunities to sell upgrades to its owners by unlocking software features inside its vehicles. Originally, owners needed to log
TV and film classifications in the UK are set to change to address the use of racism and other forms of discrimination on-screen. The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), which makes decisions on which age rating films and TV shows get, commissioned research into the issue and worked with those who have been directly
Elon Musk confirmed that the Tesla Cybertruck will have a yoke steering wheel, and he also said that the electric pickup truck will be a “technology bandwagon.” It could mean that it will have a better version of the new steering wheel. When Tesla unveiled the Cybertruck prototype in 2019, it featured a butterfly steering
Tesla is rumored to finally get the green light to start production at Gigafactory Berlin any day now, according to a new report coming out of Germany. The report even suggests some production numbers for the early ramp-up. Over the last year, Tesla has run into a lot of red tape in trying to get
Kanye West, Rihanna and Drake are among many celebrities paying tribute to US fashion designer Virgil Abloh, who has died at the age of 41 after a private battle with cancer. The influential Louis Vuitton menswear designer and founder of fashion label Off-White was diagnosed with cardiac angiosarcoma – a rare, aggressive form of cancer
Actress Lindsay Lohan has announced her engagement in a series of loved-up photos on Instagram. The Mean Girls star, 35, shared the news with a string of black and white photos in which she is seen cuddling boyfriend Bader Shammas and showing off a diamond ring. She captioned the pictures with a ring emoji, adding:
Elon Musk stayed true to his word and told Tesla employees not to worry as much about delivering as many cars as possible during this end-of-quarter delivery wave and instead focus on cost. It’s a significant change to what has been Tesla’s strategy for years. Tesla has been known to have intense end-of-quarter, and this
US fashion designer Virgil Abloh has died at the age of 41 after a private battle with cancer. The influential Louis Vuitton menswear designer and founder of fashion label Off-White was diagnosed with cardiac angiosarcoma – a rare, aggressive form of cancer in 2019, the design house’s parent company LVMH revealed on Sunday. Abloh first
Southern California electric bicycle manufacturer Luna Cycle has just released its latest high power, high performance electric bicycle. But don’t get your hopes up for throwing a leg over a Luna X2 anytime soon; the popular e-bike sold out almost immediately upon its unveiling. The Luna X2 follows two years after the release of the
Whether you’re preparing for more frequent power outages or just bringing additional power for trips off the grid, Bluetti’s solar generators can get the job done, and for Black Friday, the company’s systems are on sale for hundreds of dollars off including the AC200MAX and various solar panels. Bluetti AC200MAX $300 off, solar panels discounted
The contestants on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here! have been removed from Gwrych Castle in the aftermath of Storm Arwen. ITV said the storm caused “significant damage” to the show’s production base in Wales – meaning there will be no new episodes this weekend. Strict COVID rules mean the contestants – including
Tesla has started using a new AMD chip in new Model Y vehicles in China after also moving to AMD in the new Model S. Automakers have been struggling to secure chip supply and computer power for their vehicles over the last year. Shortages have led to production halts across the industry. Tesla has been