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Bruce Springsteen mother – known to fans for often joining him on stage to dance – has died aged 98. The US rocker paid tribute to Adele Springsteen on Instagram, posting a video of them dancing together in a garden. He said she died on Wednesday and quoted the lyrics from The Wish, a song

Electric vehicle buyers reported the highest satisfaction with the process last year. With 80% of new EV buyers saying they were “highly satisfied” with the process, buying an EV was reportedly much easier than an ICE vehicle. EV buyers are happier with the process Although overall satisfaction with the car buying process improved in 2023,

Margot Robbie has broken her silence over being snubbed for an Oscar nomination in the best actress category.  The Barbie star said “there’s no way to feel sad when you know you’re this blessed” despite failing to receive a nod. But she defended director Greta Gerwig, who missed out on a nomination in the best

The Polestar 4 officially hit two key markets Wednesday. Polestar launched its new SUV Coupe in Europe and Australia with up to 379 miles (610 km) WLTP range. A new electric breed of SUV Coupe Polestar unveiled the Polestar 4 last April, calling it a “new breed of SUV coupe.” The Polestar 4 is the

Adele has announced she will play in Europe for the first time since 2016, with four nights booked in Germany. The Grammy-winning singer shared on social media that she will be performing in Munich’s Messe exhibition centre – which boasts a capacity of 80,000 – in a booking she called “a bit random”. At the

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Universal Music has accused TikTok of bullying and threatened to pull millions of songs from the platform following a breakdown in payment negotiations – which would remove access to music by artists including Taylor Swift and Drake. In a scathing open letter shared online, titled Why We Must Call Time Out On TikTok, Universal said

Republicans and Democrats rarely agree on anything in the highly divided US House of Representatives. But one thing they have agreed on – unanimously this time – is electric bikes. Just not in the way we all hoped. The last electric bike bill to hit the floor of the US House of Representatives was the

Chita Rivera, the Broadway star whose career spanned seven decades and opened the door for Latina artists, has died aged 91. A dynamic singer and dancer, Rivera was nominated for 10 Tony awards – winning twice – and bounced back from a near-fatal car accident. She died in New York after a brief illness, her

After several recent international expansion announcements, Gogoro unveiled its latest electric scooter today. The new model, known as the Gogoro Pulse, relies on the company’s existing swappable battery standard yet ushers in a technological revolution as Gogoro’s highest-performance electric scooter yet. The design is also starkly modern, swapping the bubbly curves of past Gogoro models

Tom Selleck has revealed some of his favourite moments with Matthew Perry while guest starring on Friends. The 79-year-old, who appeared as a guest star on the sit-com as Monica’s (Courteney Cox) older love interest Richard Burke, recalled being on set while filming the season two episode, The One Where Old Yeller Dies, in which

Tesla (TSLA) confirmed that it is increasing its planned capital spending to $10 billion this year as it tries to achieve its next growth phase. Lately, Tesla has described itself as being “between two major growth waves”. The first wave was the ramp-up of Model 3 and Model Y production, which appears to be now

Run DMC star Jam Master Jay was killed by his godson and a childhood friend who were both motivated by greed and revenge, say prosecutors, as the defendants’ murder trial began. The 37-year-old DJ, whose real name was Jason Mizell, was fatally shot in the head in his New York recording studio in 2002. He

New Englanders, rejoice – at last, Vermont’s first Tesla store is being fitted up in South Burlington and will open soon. January 26: The Vermont Tesla store is so not going to open in the latter half of January, as we initially expected. One of our readers (thanks, Doug!) went past the store today and spoke

Taylor Swift sealed Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs’ huge win on Sunday with a kiss. Kelce, 34, scored a touchdown to help see off the Baltimore Ravens and send the Chiefs to their second consecutive Super Bowl. After the game, Swift, also 34, rushed down to the field at M&T Bank Stadium in

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee

Apple veteran DJ Novotney is departing the company for a new role at Rivian, according to a report from Bloomberg. Novotney, a vice president of hardware engineering, has spent almost 25 years at Apple and worked across multiple generations of the iPod, the iPhone, the Apple Watch, and more. Novotney is the second Apple executive

An episode of Dragon’s Den that led to complaints that it promoted “unfounded” claims about the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome, has been edited and restored to the iPlayer after being pulled from the platform, the BBC has said. A statement on the corporation’s website, said “a clarification has been added to the programme on

Have you ever been in the mood to drive an electric bus, and then thought to yourself, “the only thing that could make this better is if the bus was shaped like a marsupial”? Yea, me neither. At least not until I stumbled upon this precious specimen of a koala bus. It’s not the first

Tesla has announced a new $500 million project to build a giant Dojo supercomputer cluster at Gigafactory New York in Bufallo. Dojo is a new supercomputer designed from the ground up by Tesla specifically to train AI with videos. The project suffered significant delays, but it seemed to be getting some momentum last year as