Collateral

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Less than a month after declaring bankruptcy, the remaining team at Lightyear has announced plans for a new company entirely focused on getting its short-lived Lightyear 2 into production. The solar EV startup says it has raised a “solid capital base” from a community of investors to continue solar EV development, but at the risk of its intellectual property (IP) as collateral. 2023 has been a tough year for solar electric vehicle startups thus far, particularly Netherlands-based Lightyear. In…

Binance and FTX – two of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges – are reportedly merging Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao sparked a brouhaha on Tuesday when he took to Twitter to reveal his company intended to bail out and acquire rival FTX.com. In a tweet, Changpeng Zhao said: “This afternoon, FTX asked for our help. There is a significant liquidity crunch. To protect users, we signed a non-binding LOI, intending to fully acquire FTX.com and help cover the liquidity crunch. We will be conducting a full DD in the…

Researchers at Europe's science lab CERN, who regularly use particle physics to challenge our understanding of the universe, are also applying their craft to upend the limits to cancer treatment.The physicists here are working with giant particle accelerators in search of ways to expand the reach of cancer radiation therapy, and take on hard-to-reach tumors that would otherwise have been fatal.In one CERN lab, called CLEAR, facility coordinator Roberto Corsini stands next to a large, linear particle accelerator…

The global semiconductor market only has a handful of major players. The United States is investing heavily to become one of the leading players. It also wants to limit China’s rising dominance in the market. The US has openly been making moves to keep China in check. It has floated the idea of restrictions on tech exports from the US to China, limiting the latter’s ability to utilize American technology for chipmaking. As the world’s largest chipmaker by revenue that operates factories in China and the US, this…

Image: Paramount It feels like Tom Cruise is no longer just a Hollywood actor, but rather the Hollywood actor. The leading man for countless films since he first stepped into the picture, it’s easy to forget just how many he’s been in. Recently, Netflix viewers have decided to jump back in and rediscover one of his most underrated and forgotten films: Collateral. The 2004 noir thriller has reopened a cold case on streaming, and it means audiences are still high on Cruise-a-palooza after Top Gun: Maverick. The…

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Pandemic-era rules around telemedicine have been a huge boost to efforts to prevent opioid overdoses in the US. But those rules are also how controversial startup companies like Cerebral were able to prescribe Adderall and Xanax to huge numbers of people — and efforts to stem that flood of prescriptions could sweep away overdose prevention efforts in the process. Since 2020, doctors have been able to prescribe controlled substances after a telehealth visit without needing to see patients in person. But that’s a big…

Swordfish (2001) Official Trailer - John Travolta, Halle Berry Movie HDSwordfish opens with a sequence in which John Travolta’s character forces Hugh Jackman’s to hack the Pentagon while receiving a blowjob from a woman at gunpoint. The movie doesn’t get much more intelligent from there. If you suspend all disbelief, the movie is almost enjoyable but, unfortunately, if you have any standards at all, it is tragically stupid.Jackman plays Stanley Jobson (Steve Jobs, anyone?), an ex-con who gets roped into a bizarre cyber…

via Paramount When you think of a sharp-suited hitman mercilessly-yet-stylishly gunning down their foes in a neon-lit nightclub, played by an actor famed for headlining a succession of fantastic action moves dating back decades, then you’re almost certainly thinking about Keanu Reeves in the John Wick franchise. Michael Mann knows that, too, but he won’t stand for it. The filmmaker helmed 2004’s phenomenal street-level crime thriller Collateral, which saw Cruise give one of his best-ever performances in an…