In little more than a month’s time, the Alphabet-owned tech giant Google will soon be the main face of the entire tech industry defending how the internet currently exists, good and ill. The Supreme Court is gearing up to hear arguments that could completely redefine whether companies are liable for everything that…
Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced CEO of fallen crypto giant FTX, signed up on Substack and published a blog worth over 2,300 words.
It feels like a billion years away, but Deadpool 3 is getting on track for its November 8, 2024 release. Hugh Jackman is preparing physically to play Wolverine again, he and Ryan Reynolds are riffing on social media, and the delicate balance of having two giant comic book superstars with radically different tones…
Don’t worry if Mercedes’ insistence on EQ branding for electric cars seems arbitrary — the naming scheme might not last much longer. Sources speaking to the German daily Handelsblatt claim Mercedes will drop the EQ brand as soon as late 2024, when it’s expected to debut its next wave of compact cars. Simply put, the company won’t have much use for the label when more and more of its cars will be electric.
Mercedes first used the EQ name on production cars with 2019’s EQC SUV. Since then, the company has applied the branding to both electrified versions of conventional designs like the EQB as well as unique models like the EQS SUV. Concept cars like the long-range EQXX have similarly stuck to the nomenclature.
In a statement to Reuters, a Mercedes spokesperson said it was “too early” to divulge plans. However, the representative said the automaker would “adapt” the use of the EQ brand as it transitioned to an all-EV lineup by 2030. The identification still plays a key role in the company’s current electric vehicle strategy, the spokesperson added.
If the report is true, the rethink won’t come as a surprise. While car manufacturers have frequently used names to highlight electric powerplants, such as the Chevy Bolt and Ford Mustang Mach-E, they’re starting to rely on more traditional monikers as EVs become more commonplace. Chevy’s upcoming electric Blazer is one example. EVs will eventually become the default, and companies won’t get to use the presence of an electric motor as a selling point.
For almost 50 years, the oil giant has made public statements contradicting scientific research that turned out to be remarkably on point.
Dungeons & Dragons publisher Wizards of the Coast has apparently cancelled an announcement about its updated Open Gaming License for a second time this week. Inside sources at Wizards of the Coast tell io9 that the company is scrambling to formulate a response to backlash against the new OGL that has occurred over the…
Congress, in all its wisdom, declined to give the Army an additional $400 million in its 2023 budget that the army planned to use to buy an additional 6,900 AR combat goggles developed in partnership with Microsoft.
The Guinness World Records announced Tesla and Twitter CEO Elon Musk has broken the world record for the person to lose the largest amount of personal wealth in history. The billionaire has reportedly lost a total of $182 billion since November 2021. Some of the loss was attributed to the $44 billion deal reached to …
The results of a small new trial may offer a salve to people worried about the health effects of sitting all day at work. The study found that taking walking breaks as short as five minutes every half-hour can stabilize blood sugar and blood pressure levels compared to prolonged sitting. People also reported feeling…
We’re a long way from seeing Matt Reeves’ second installment of his Batman trilogy, but the director is already thinking about how to avoid a problem that’s plagued Bat-sequel movies for years: they always seem to focus on the villains instead of Batman himself.
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