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Almost a year to the day after rolling its first Eletre hyper-SUV off its assembly lines in China, Lotus Cars is letting customers in the UK finally get behind the wheel and test drive it firsthand. Most eyes are on the hill climbs at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this week, but Lotus is using the motor circuit to show off its new EV tech. The Lotus Eletre kicks off a new era of electrification for Geely-owned Lotus Cars, and it will soon be followed by three additional BEVs – the last of…

The digital comics platform Webtoon has announced the WEBTOONies fan awards as part of its 9th anniversary celebrations since its release in the US. The WEBTOONies awards will comprise ten categories including Most Valuable Character, Best Wow Moment, Best Scene Stealer, Cruelest Cliffhanger and more. Voting takes place via the Webtoon app and will close July 23. Winners will be announced in a live-streamed event on July 29. Participating fans will be in for a chance to win a custom commissioned sketch from one of the…

Video of water spreading through the specialized sandgrouse feathers, under magnification, shows the uncoiling and spreading of the feather’s barbules as they become wet. MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY, HARVARD UNIVERSITY Using scanning electron microscopy, micro-computed tomography, and video imaging, the researchers discovered that sandgrouse feathers have an unusual design. Most feathers have a central shaft from which smaller barbs extend, and then smaller barbules extending from those. In the inner zone of a…

Some people with bacterial gut infections remain symptom-free while passing the infection on to others. A new study has shed light on the interplay between bacteria, diet and the immune system that occurs with a common diarrhea-causing pathogen. It may have opened the door to developing a vaccine that prevents the dehydration and malnutrition caused by diarrheal diseases.Our bodies fight bacterial infections in one of two ways: killing the invading pathogen outright or impairing it, meaning it hangs around in the body.…

Image via Universal It speaks volumes about the video game genre as a whole that until The Super Mario Bros. Movie came along and raced past a billion dollars at the box office, the highest-grossing console-to-screen blockbuster ever made didn’t even turn a single penny of profit in theaters. Even 1994’s Street Fighter managed to do that, and it was awful. While the 1994 fantasy actioner does hold a special place in the heart of many on account of its unrepentant cheese factor – not to mention Raul Julia’s…

Image via 20th Century Fox The Flash is getting bashed for a number of shortcomings, whether it is the cringy CGI or the woeful incompleteness that drips from its every facet. But if a new rumor is to be believed, Marvel is not at all bothered by the negative reviews as it has decided to be inspired by the DC film and follow in its footsteps, copying the one thing it actually got lauded for.  The rumor, which comes from KC Walsh (a reliable source when it comes to insider info) has reported that Ben Affleck was…

Pregnant Rihanna Holds Beau A$AP Rocky’s Hands & Close The Deal With A Kiss At Louis Vuitton’s Show (Picture Credit: Instagram) Rihanna is currently embracing her second pregnancy with beau A$AP Rocky, and the couple never misses an opportunity to make heads turn with their public appearances. RiRi welcomed her first child last year with her boyfriend, and he’s already a star on social media as the singer often gives a glimpse of her son to the fans online. Now talking about their latest appearance, the couple…

The South Korean tech giant, Samsung Electronics, is holding company-wide global strategy meetings on Tuesday. The meeting aims to discuss pending issues, future business plans, and strategies to tackle the uncertain macroeconomic environment. Such biannual meetings are held in June and December every year. In these meetings, Samsung’s senior executives across the globe come together and discuss strategies, not only to line up the future aspects of all divisions but also business plans that would help them turn around…

Officials had approved interest-rate hikes at their previous 10 meetings to combat inflation. Officials had approved interest-rate hikes at their previous 10 meetings to combat inflation. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the primary source is specified. All trademarks belong to their rightful owners, all materials to their authors. If you are the owner of the…

New York, NY. - December 7th. Portrait for a profile on Fanatics founder & CEO Michael Rubin at his office in downtown NYC.The Washington Post | Getty ImagesFanatics held its second investor day in nearly a year as the company quietly moves closer to an initial public offering, a source familiar with the matter tells CNBC.More than 100 existing and prospective institutional investors from major firms such as Goldman Sachs and Barclays gathered Tuesday for the meeting at the NBA Players Association headquarters in New…