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Joram review – gritty Indian chase thriller | Thrillers

When his wife is brutally murdered, immigrant labourer Dasru (Manoj Bajpayee) flees from Mumbai with his baby daughter back to his former home in the tribal lands in the east Indian state of Jharkhand. The police regard him as a key suspect in the case, but while Dasru maintains his innocence, he has other dark secrets festering in his homeland.This gritty, propulsive chase thriller combines a heart-in-mouth survival story with a backdrop of simmering violence and political unrest – the tribal lands from which Dasru hails…

Chase Bank could replace Goldman Sachs as Apple Card partner, says report

Apple Card kicked off as a partnership between Apple and Goldman Sachs, but that seems to be coming to an end soon. There were rumors that Goldman Sachs wanted out of the relationship, and a recent report from Mark Gurman corroborated this information, with a replacement likely lined up.Now, Gurman has revealed the potential replacement. In his latest Power On newsletter, Gurman talked about how Chase Bank is the likely partner for Apple Card moving forward, owing to the company's existing relationship with the…

X says it will chase SMB ad dollars after Musk’s ‘go f*** yourself’ comments to fleeing advertisers

A new report by the Financial Times says X will now turn to small and medium-sized advertisers to shore up revenue after the company’s owner Elon Musk alienated big brands fleeing X over antisemitic content by telling them they could go fuck themselves during an interview at the New York Times DealBook Summit earlier this week. But while the FT paints a picture of a bright future for X, where catering to SMBs was always the goal, Musk himself warned only days ago that the loss of big advertisers would spell the end…

Jamie Dimon says JPMorgan Chase would exit China if ordered to

Chairman and C.E.O. of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Jaime Dimon speaks during the New York Times annual DealBook summit on November 29, 2023 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesJPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Wednesday that his bank would exit China if the U.S. government ordered him to."If the American government makes me leave China, I'm leaving China," Dimon said at the DealBook Summit during a discussion about a potential future conflict over Taiwan. "If there's a war in Taiwan, you would take all bets…

Eric Schmidt’s Think Tank Urges Moonshot Chase to Keep US Ahead

The US must pursue strategic technological breakthroughs, such as a working quantum computer by 2028, to stay ahead of rivals like China and ensure its national security.That's according to a report released Tuesday by the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP), an organization funded by former Alphabet Inc. Chairman Eric Schmidt. The document also urges the improvement of computational energy efficiency by a factor of 1,000 or more and the development of commercial-grade superconductor electronics. We are now on…

Chase Bliss and Goodhertz’s Lossy is a pedal that makes your guitar sound like a crappy MP3

If you've read any of my music gear reviews on Engadget, then you probably know that I love all things broken and lo-fi sounding. And you might also know that Chase Bliss is one of the best out there when it comes to making your instruments sound like they're coughing up digital dust after crawling out of a decades long hibernation. The company's latest pedal, Lossy, is a collaboration with Goodhertz, a top notch plugin maker that has an incredible lo-fi pedigree all its own. In fact, it's based on the company's VST…

Renault hopes to chase down Tesla with EV unit Ampere

In a big hopeful move to catch up to Tesla and Chinese manufacturers, French automaker Renault has officially separated its newly formed EV unit Ampere from the rest of the business. The company has announced its executive team, launched a new logo, and set up some highly ambitious goals as it readies its IPO – although tough market conditions won’t make this an easy affair. In a press release, Ampere announced that it employs more than 11,000 people, with a third of those engineers. The…

Chase and Status: 2Ruff Vol 1 review – resurgent drum’n’bass duo rev a little too hard | Chase and Status

As Chase and Status’s social media feeds have recently underlined, the drum’n’bass duo currently have three tracks in the UK Top 30. Their standalone collaboration with singer Becky Hill, Disconnect, and Baddadan, a track from 2Ruff Vol 1 that features UK rapper Flowdan, have both been hanging around the Top 10 for months, the latter possibly boosted by boxer Tyson Fury adopting it as his walk-on music. They were recently joined by another track from 2Ruff Vol 1, Liquor and Cigarettes, on which rapper ArrDee adds a…

Julie and Todd Chrisley are in prison ‘nightmare,’ Chase says

As if years-long prison sentences and time away from family weren’t trying enough for imprisoned reality stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, the two are now experiencing “inhumane” conditions at their respective facilities, their children allege. “It’s a nightmare, it’s awful,” daughter Savannah Chrisley said in the latest episode of her “Unlocked” podcast. Siblings and “Chrisley Knows Best” co-stars Savannah, 25, and Chase, 27, provided listeners with an update Tuesday about their parents’ time in prison.In June 2022, Todd…

Deep-Sea Mining Can Chase off Marine Life for Months

CLIMATEWIRE | Even minor deep sea mining operations can have a major impact on marine biodiversity. A new study finds that ocean animals decline in mining zones — and they stay gone even up to a year after operations cease. Published Friday in the scientific journal Current Biology, the research presents a case study on a 2020 Japanese mining test on the Takuyo-Daigo Seamount off the coast of Honshu, Japan’s largest island. The first of its kind, the test was aimed at extracting cobalt-rich crusts from the ocean floor,…