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Tuesday’s batch of Green Deals are now live and headlined by some all-time lows on Segway’s flagship SuperScooter GT EVs. Delivering as much as $1,000 in savings on the higher-end releases, the savings also continue over to deep discounts on REI e-bikes, Jackery power stations, and much more. Just don’t forget about all of the

A BBC Radio 1 presenter is off air this week after an incident during a live show in Ibiza at the weekend. Arielle Free joined her colleague Charlie Hedges very briefly on her Dance Anthems Ibiza show on Saturday, before being cut off for criticising the music. Following a short introduction, Free said to Hedges: “Can

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We’re starting off the work week with another assortment of the best environmentally-friendly deals courtesy of 9to5Toys, with Jackery’s Explorer 240 delivering some portable power at $199. You can also still cash-in on the REI big bike sale that’s live from last week with up to $900 off EVs, but there’s also Anker’s PowerCore 24K

A woman who says she was hit by a microphone that Cardi B hurled into the crowd at a Las Vegas concert has filed a police report for battery, authorities said. The US rapper was performing at Drai’s Beachclub on Saturday when a large drink was thrown on stage, footage posted on social media showed.

Sinead O’Connor sent text messages “laden with desperation, despair and sorrow” to Bob Geldof in the weeks before her death, The Boomtown Rats frontman has told a festival crowd. He dedicated the band’s performance at Cavan Calling in Ireland to O’Connor, who died at her home in southeast London last week, aged 56. Image: Sinead

An “Unidentified Electric Vehicle” (UEV) made front-page news in a small town paper in Montana when it charged from a public outlet on Main Street. EV charging has gotten pretty easy these days, even when driving through less-populated areas. But those of us who have been driving EVs for a long time, or who have

Madonna says she realises “how lucky I am to be alive” after spending time in intensive care with a bacterial infection. The 64-year-old had to postpone her world tour after being rushed to hospital last month, but was able to go home after a few days. Posting on Instagram, she said she’d had time to

The New York Times published a pair of articles this weekend highlighting the rising number of deaths of cyclists riding electric bikes. However, in one of the most impressive feats of victim-blaming I’ve seen from the publication in some time, the NYT lays the onus on e-bikes instead of on the things killing their riders:

Dame Judi Dench has said she can’t see on film sets anymore and isn’t able to read scripts due to her deteriorating eyesight. But the Oscar-winning actress, 88, says she has alternative ways of learning lines like being taught them with the help of her friends. And she also claims she has a photographic memory.

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

Brad Pitt has paused production on his forthcoming Formula 1 feature film in support of the US actors’ and writers’ strike. The Hollywood star, 59, had been shooting scenes for the project recently including filming at the Silverstone Circuit ahead of the British Grand Prix earlier this month. The production has now ground to a

There are some things that I never thought I’d see electrified. Cars? I get it. Bikes? Sure thing. Boats? Why not? But when it comes to lawn tools, I never thought I’d see a wheelbarrow go the way of electric hedge trimmers. Yet that’s exactly what we’re checking out today in the latest installment of

Nothing Compares, a documentary about Sinead O’Connor, will still air on Saturday to provide viewers the opportunity to “hear her tell her side of the story”, according to the filmmaker. Belfast-born director Kathryn Ferguson confirmed the original plan to release the programme on Sky Documentaries and Now from 29 July will proceed despite the recent

Tesla has started a new email campaign to encourage Tesla owners with the Full Self-Driving (FSD) package to upgrade to a new car and transfer the FSD package. The terms of the transfer and the email campaign make it clear that what CEO Elon Musk presented as an “offer of amnesty” is nothing more than

Vietnamese EV maker VinFast announced Friday it’s planning to hold its US listing next month. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) gave VinFast the green light to proceed with its proposed SPAC deal. VinFast US listing planned for next month After over a year of speculation, it became apparent VinFast was going public in

This year’s Emmy Awards ceremony has been postponed, Sky News understands. The awards show was supposed to go ahead on 18 September, but will now be pushed back possibly until January, according to a source close to the plans. The source said the dual writers’ and actors’ strikes are the reason behind the postponement. Some

Formula E has set a new indoor speed record, 135.9mph (218.71kph), smashing the previous record of 102.7mph set by the Porsche Taycan in 2021. The record was set at London’s ExCeL center, the site of this weekend’s Formula E season finale. The track has a unique indoor-outdoor layout, enabled by Formula E’s zero-emission operation. The

As we head toward fall camping season, are you pondering your next adventure in your Tesla? Tesloid, a leading maker of popular Tesla accessories, has the perfect product for you. The Model Y Camping Tent is meticulously crafted for the Model Y and sports a compact yet functional design, custom-made to align perfectly with the

Sinead O’Connor had a complicated relationship with the single that skyrocketed her to international fame. Nothing Compares 2 U was, famously, written by Prince for The Family, but it will always be O’Connor‘s song. Like Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You and Amy Winehouse’s Valerie, it’s a cover that transcended the original. Released in