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  China is the center of the global EV market. More than half of all EVs sold last year were produced by Chinese companies, according to a recent report from the International Energy Agency. Sixty percent of all EV sales in 2023 were in China.  Yet China’s EV success could be running out of room to grow. Automakers in China are already engaging in price wars to boost sales—and a protectionist backlash in Europe and the U.S. (as well as consumer preference for hybrids) could close off those markets to Chinese cars.  That may put the fate of China’s EV…

While Drake’s fans have been having a ball with the Canadian rapper’s recently released track dissing fellow rapper Kendrick Lamar, the legal team representing Tupac Shakur is threatening to take legal action if the song isn’t pulled off the internet. Billboard reports that late rapper Tupac’s legal team is ready to take Drake to court over the release of “Taylor Made,” Drake’s recently released song featuring the AI-generated voices of Shakur and Snoop Dogg. In a statement about Drake’s creation of “Taylor Made,” litigator Howard King called the song a “blatant abuse of the legacy of one of the greatest…

Food insecurity worsened around the world in 2023, with about 282 million people suffering from acute hunger due to conflicts, particularly in Gaza and Sudan, according to United Nations agencies and development groups. Extreme weather events and economic shocks added to the number of those facing acute food insecurity, which grew by 24 million people compared with 2022, according to a global report on food crises from the Food Security Information Network (FSIN) published on Wednesday. The report, which called the global outlook “bleak” for this year, is produced for an international alliance bringing together UN agencies, the European Union…

Matt Johnson/Flickr/Creative Commons In late November, President Joe Biden touted the benefits of a $1.2 trillion infrastructure package during a visit at Dakota County Technical College in Minnesota. Biden joined students in the college’s Heavy Duty Truck Technology area, where he toured the premises. The president told the students that they were the next generation of American workers and emphasized why he thought they were important. Then he kept talking, which of course meant he started making up fake stories, as Joe Biden often does. ‘I Used to Drive a Tractor Trailer’ Speaking to three people, Biden told them, “I…

Secured cards are a type of credit card that have a lower barrier to entry because they require the cardholder to pay a security deposit that guarantees their line of credit. Because your lender has a financial cushion to fall back on in case you fail to make payments on your credit card, these credit cards usually have more lenient approval requirements.  If you aren’t looking to build credit but just need a plastic way to pay, a prepaid debit card might be a better fit. _______________ The best secured credit cards of April 2024 _______________ Capital One Platinum Secured…

JetBlue was the first major U.S. airline to offer free live TV on every flight, and now the New York-based carrier is raising the bar once again for the inflight viewing experience. On Wednesday, the airline unveiled what it’s calling Blueprint by JetBlue, a new software system powering the inflight TVs onboard many of its jets. The software includes a handful of nifty new features, some which the carrier hopes will be a hit with travelers. Perhaps most interestingly, JetBlue will become the first carrier to allow groups of up to six customers to watch the same content at the…

Hundreds of students at Columbia University were camped on the school lawn on Tuesday in protest against the war in Gaza. The “encampment” formed after the arrests of more than 100 student protesters at Columbia last week. Similar demonstrations have now sprung up on campuses across the US including at Yale and New York University. Some students at Columbia have reported antisemitic harassment from protesters. See the scene on campus as protests continue.

When you have a presidential candidate who is struggling to generate enthusiasm in the party base, it’s natural to look for some external stimulation.

Baby Reindeer, Richard Gadd’s Netflix series about a budding comedian’s experience with a stalker, is — as we wrote in our review on Mashable — one of the most upsetting and brilliant shows of the year. And the fact it’s based on Gadd’s own experiences makes it all the more disturbing. As the show has quickly grown in popularity, though, the armchair detectives have come out in force. Despite real names being changed in the show, people on TikTok and X (formerly Twitter) have been trying to work out the real identities behind the characters. On Tuesday, Gadd took to…

London has long been continental Europe’s financial hub, with its vibrant Square Mile and the range of banks it’s home to. Clearly, even Brexit couldn’t dull its charm because the city is still a talent magnet unlike any other.  For years, the British capital has ranked as the top destination among those looking for work—and this year was no different, according to a survey by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) on the global workforce published Wednesday. “This is a position that it has maintained for a decade, with the capital consistently ranked the highest for the quality of jobs and the…

Athens turned orange as winds deposited sand from North Africa on the Greek capital. Skies over southern Greece turned an orange hue on Tuesday as dust clouds blown across the Mediterranean Sea engulfed the Acropolis and other Athens landmarks. Strong winds carried the dust from the Sahara Desert, giving the atmosphere of the capital a Martian-like filter amid the last hours of daylight. The skies were predicted to clear on Wednesday as winds shift and move the dust, with temperatures dipping. On Tuesday, the daily high in parts of the southern island of Crete topped 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees…

Screenshot/X On his Friday show, HBO host Bill Maher said he is “okay” with abortion even though opponents of it consider it “murder,” something he didn’t really dispute. This is not how most pro-choice advocates frame this debate, but Maher went there. His reasoning? There are already 8 billion people on the planet. Bill Maher on abortion: “They think it’s murder. And it kind of is. And I’m just okay with that. I am. There’s 8 billion people in the world. I’m sorry, we won’t miss you. That’s my position on that.”You could hear a pin drop. Bill is not…