• Callum Beattie tour powered by Macklin Motors

    As Callum captivates audiences across the UK, Macklin Motors has provided him and his manager, David Rogers, with a large, seven-seater high-spec Kia Sorento—ensuring that all his musical equipment and performance gear travel safely alongside him.The connection between Callum and the brand began last year, when Macklin Motors stepped in at the last minute to provide him with transport after funding for a tour bus was pulled, leaving his tour in doubt. As well as performing to his own loyal...

  • Google Just Added Dark Mode to Drive

    Google is rolling out dark mode to all Google Drive web app users. If you aren't prompted about the new feature, however, you'll need to dig into settings to change your theme.

  • Scientific American Claims It Is "Misinformation" That There Are Just Two Sexes

    Scientific American Claims It Is "Misinformation" That There Are Just Two Sexes Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Scientific American has published a piece claiming that “misinformation,” such as the notion that there are only two sexes, is “being used against transgender people” and in order to target “gender-affirming medical care.” The article states that there are three types of “misinformation,” and they are “oversimplifying scientific knowledge, fabricating and...

  • Ford recalling 450K vehicles over drive power loss

    Ford will issue a recall of an estimated 456,565 vehicles because of a low battery issue that can result is loss of drive power, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHT

  • Kia Niro EV And EV9 May Lose Power While Driving

    The manufacturer needs to tighten the differential gear bolts in the Gear Drive Unit. Owners will be reimbursed if they have previously paid to fix the issue. This recall comes just a month after the Hyundai group recalled most of its E-GMP-based models in the U.S. Kia is recalling select EV9 and Niro EV models in the United States, two of the brand's most popular all-electric SUVs. Fortunately, the recall only impacts 8 vehicles across the country and the fix is very easy. A recall notice...

  • Rescue rats learn to drive tiny cars built just for them

    A family in British Columbia is taking the phrase "rat race" literally. Inspired by a University of Richmond study (previously at Boing Boing) that found teaching rats to drive tiny cars decreased the critter's stress hormones, they gave their two male rescue rats, Kuzko and Kronk, their own wheels and driving lessons. — Read the rest

  • Can PEN survive Gaza, EPA driving for power outages and other commentary

    It’s “entirely possible that PEN America may not survive” the assault from pro-Hamas activists, including the forced cancellation of a festival, over claims the free-speech group is too pro-Israel, reports The Atlantic’s Gal Beckerman.

  • Derry Journal Motoring with Jim McCauley: Test driving the Suzuki Swift Hybrid

    The new Swift increases marginally in size while retaining the brand familiarity in its design characteristics. A neat crease encompasses the entire body at waist height while gloss back finishes on the pillars contribute to a floating roof appearance. Interestingly, at launch, the cars that continued the dark panels into a contrasting roof colour were more effective in achieving the floating roof look. Underneath is Suzuki’s ‘Heartect’ lightweight platform now supporting an all-new 1.2 litre...

  • Get This Powerful Refurbished Lenovo Mini Desktop for Just $180 Through April 30

    Get more for your money and breeze through business tasks with a robust A-grade refurbished mini desktop.

  • 1984 by George Orwell audiobook review – a starry cast drive this powerful dramatisation

    Tom Hardy, Cynthia Erivo and Andrew Scott conjure menace and melodrama in this 75th-anniversary remake of Orwell’s classicAudible has been pushing the boat out lately with its dramatisations of literary classics, and this adaptation of George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, marking 75 years since it was published, is a dark delight. Andrew Garfield leads a starry cast as Winston Smith, a worker at the Ministry of Truth trying to keep a lid on his frustrations with the Party, the ruling power that...

  • Baltimore Bombers? Mullins' walk-off drive was the latest highlight of the Orioles' power surge

    The first Baltimore batter homered, and so did the final one.

  • Automotive DC motor pre-driver from STMicroelectronics simplifies EMI optimization and saves power

    The L99H92 automotive gate driver from STMicroelectronics provides an SPI port for programming and diagnostics, a charge pump, protective features, and two additional current-sense amplifiers for system monitoring. Containing two high-side and two low-side drivers, the L99H92 can control a single H-bridge powering one bidirectional DC motor or two half bridges for two unidirectional motors. Typical … Read More → "Automotive DC motor pre-driver from STMicroelectronics simplifies EMI optimization...