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Gaming chair manufacturer Mavix and its sibling company X-Chair are discounting several gaming chairs and standing desks and even giving away free accessories during both retailers' Black Friday sales.The sales include 20% off the Mavix M4, M5, M7, and M9 gaming chairs, and X-Chair's office chairs like the X-Basic, XG-Wing, and X-Tech Ultimate, just to name a few. These chairs cost as low as $300 up to more than $2,000, so 20% off could mean hundreds in savings. To sweeten the deal, every chair purchase…

In 2020, digital currencies were one of the hottest topics in town. China was well on its way to launching its own central bank digital currency, or CBDC, and many other countries launched CBDC research projects. Even Facebook has proposed a global digital currency, called Libra. Few eyebrows were raised when the Boston branch of the US Federal Reserve announced a project to research how a CBDC might be technically designed. A hypothetical US central bank digital currency was hardly controversial, after all. And the US…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeBarbie, starring Margot Robbie in the lead role, is finally being released this Friday (21 July).The live-action film based on the popular Mattel doll has been in production since 2009, and in that time, has gone through several changes in writer and director. At one stage, Amy Schumer and Anne Hathaway were both in talks to star, but that changed when Robbie stepped in. Before the…

Published By: Paras YadavLast Updated: July 14, 2023, 10:51 ISTKia, South Korea’s second-largest carmaker by sales, said on Thursday it will invest $200 million to produce the all-electric EV9 SUV in its US plant next year. The flagship EV9 will be the first EV for Kia to be assembled in the US, the company said in a statement.Kia currently produces four models - the K5 sedan, and the Telluride, Sorento and Sportage SUVs - in Georgia, reports Yonhap news agency.The Telluride is sold only in North American markets. It is…

Published By: Paras YadavLast Updated: July 08, 2023, 10:57 ISTBattery Smart (Photo: IANS)In June 2022, Battery Smart raised $25 million in Series A funding led by Tiger Global, along with participation from Blume Ventures and Orios VenturesEV battery swapping network Battery Smart on Thursday said it has raised $33 million in its Pre-Series B funding that will be utilised to add 100,000 customers to its network by 2025 and expand its geographic footprint.The round saw participation from Battery Smart’s existing…

Published By: Paras YadavLast Updated: July 05, 2023, 18:10 ISTHyundai Ioniq 5 EV (Photo: Hyundai)Hyundai aims to increase its electric vehicle share to 34 percent by 2030, up from 8 percent this yearAutomaker Hyundai is reportedly planning to invest $28 billion over the next decade to accelerate its electrification efforts and is considering adopting Elon Musk-run Tesla’s charging network for all future electric vehicles (EVs) in the US.According to Hyundai CEO and President Jaehoon Chang, the company would consider…

Published By: Paras YadavLast Updated: July 05, 2023, 12:09 ISTBYD Seal EV (Photo: IANS)The announcement comes on the back of a reported push from the government to incentivize BYD to build a new electric car hub after FordChinese automaker BYD on Tuesday said it will invest 3 billion reais in a new industrial complex in northeastern Brazil, as it aims to boost local production to offer more competitive prices.The complex, made up of three plants, will be built in the Camacari industrial park in the northeastern state of…

Officially, House Republicans censured Rep. Adam B. Schiff this week. What they actually did was give a YUGE in-kind contribution to the California Democrat’s campaign for the Senate.That was just one example in recent days of the Republicans’ clown car backfiring in the party’s bumbling drive to weaponize the government against political foes — the very crime it inaptly projects onto Democrats. Opinion Columnist Jackie Calmes Jackie Calmes brings a critical eye to the national political scene.…

The United States Secretary of Treasury, Janet Yellen, on Friday, shared reasons why the US dollar may remain the global trade currency. “There is a very good reason why the dollar is used so widely in trade and that’s because we have deep liquid open capital markets; a rule of law and long and deep financial instruments that make it safe and convenient,” she said at the just concluded new financing pact summit in Paris, France. Over time, there has been a clamour for global trade markets to allow other…

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