Category: celebrities
The Morning After: Tesla reportedly formed a secret team to quash driving range complaints
Tesla is facing allegations that it's trying to minimize complaints about performance. Reuters sources claim the company had a secret Diversion Team in the Las Vegas area to cancel range-related service appointments. If a customer complained the range didn't live up to marketing claims, advisors would tell owners that Environmental…
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‘Oppenheimer’ review: Sympathy for the destroyer of worlds
At one point Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb dons his iconic uniform — a fedora cap, a smoking pipe, a slightly over-sized suit — like Batman wearing his cape and cowl for the first time. It's a look that serves as a sort of armor against…
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‘Mission: Impossible’ is still the geekiest spy franchise
For almost three decades in the Mission: Impossible franchise, Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt has gone head to head in high-speed motorcycle battles, climbed Dubai's Burj Khalifa, and hung from the side of a plane during takeoff. Oh, and he also died at one point (following an extended free dive into…
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Microsoft’s next big update to its Office apps: a new font
If you've used Microsoft productivity suites this millennium, you're in for a big change… visually, at least. After 15 years, Microsoft is replacing the default font in 365 and Office apps, Calibri, with something new: Aptos. It may look like a simple sans-serif font (and it is in default form),…
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The Morning After: The Amazon Prime Day deals worth your time and money
It’s back and here to ruin our savings and increase the gadgets in our homes. Yes, Amazon Prime Day isn’t entirely about headphones, tablets and wearables, but for Engadget staff… well, it feels like it is. Prime Day deals on tech are typically only matched by Black Friday and Cyber…
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‘Black Mirror’ finds new life in our modern hellscape
In the three years since Black Mirror's previous (and somewhat disappointing) season, we've lived through a global pandemic, watched a US president trigger a mob attack on the Capitol, and AI has gone mainstream. We’re barreling towards the future faster than ever, but loneliness remains a key issue in modern…
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