Influenced

Rivian shocked the industry after unveiling the R3 electric crossover, a smaller and even more affordable EV than the R2. But, it was the high-performance R3X that grabbed people’s attention with a modern design take on iconic rally cars of the past. After officially introducing the R2 last week, CEO RJ Scaringe had a Steve Jobs-like “one more thing” moment, revealing the R3. The R3 is Rivian’s take on a midsize electric crossover with “even tighter dimensions and at a lower price point than R2.”…

It was recently revealed that Return to Silent Hill – a new movie based on Silent Hill 2 – has finished filming. Yeah, even though it has flown a bit under the radar, a new Silent Hill movie based on the events of Silent Hill 2 has been in the works for a while, and I’m cautiously optimistic about it. I know that getting two re-tellings of Silent Hill 2 in such a short timespan will probably strike many as weird, but the good news here is that they’ve brought back Christophe Gans, the French director responsible for the…

During an interview with Harper's Bazaar, the musician discussed balancing the expectations of her audience with her own creative intuition If every artist fulfilled their fanbase’s every wish, they would never see outside of the walls of the recording studio. The possession of a clear and concise creative vision — one that serves the artist first and their audience second — is why Solange was able to captivate listeners with A Seat at the Table in 2016 and leave them in a sonic daze for three years…

Godzilla and Kong in Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.Image: Warner Bros.In 2021, it was Godzilla versus Kong. But Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire sees the foes team up—reluctantly—to take on a new threat. The dynamic between them might be unfamiliar based on what we’ve seen in the Monsterverse so far, but movie fans may recognize its origins in... ‘80s buddy-cop movies?Reservation Dogs | First FandomsSpeaking to Empire Magazine, director Adam Wingard (who also made Godzilla vs. Kong) revealed his love of buddy-cop movies…

Apple refuses to share any details about the iPhone’s RAM at press events or in press releases and marketing materials. That’s an important spec in a computing device, particularly one this powerful. I suspect Apple is still afraid to reveal the amount of RAM on its iPhones because revealing it might put the iPhone in a bad light compared to rivals.Given Apple’s most recent AI breakthrough, I now think the iPhone 16 will not deliver major RAM or storage upgrades. At best, we might get more storage for the iPhone…

Best known as the home town of Father Christmas, Rovaniemi is perhaps not an obvious setting for crime, corruption and murder.But the unique lighting conditions, climate, nature, architecture and atmosphere of the capital of Finnish Lapland, a city of 64,000 that lies right on the Arctic Circle, is contributing to the evolution of its very own Nordic noir sub-genre.“Reindeer noir” (reindeer noirissa) – the term coined to describe the emerging category – was characterised by “a hint of dark humour” and a “localised feel”,…

Migrations of early farmers into Europe. Credit: Nature Human Behaviour (2023). DOI: 10.1038/s41562-023-01756-w The difference in height between female and male individuals in northern Europe during the Early Neolithic (8,000–6,000 years before present, bp) may have been influenced by cultural factors, a paper published in Nature Human Behaviour suggests. The findings indicate that height differences during this period cannot…

In the context of the "Tethys one-way train" (long-term cyclical northward breakup-drifting of Gondwana continental fragments), an increase in low-latitude continental area leads to the decrease in global temperature; the subduction of oceanic plates enriching in organic-rich sediments affects the arc magma oxygen fugacity. Credit: Science China Press A recent study, published in Science China Earth Sciences and led by…

Recent research highlights a significant link between Earth’s geological activities, like plate tectonics and river movements, and the evolution of biodiversity, offering a comprehensive view of how life has been influenced over 500 million years by Earth’s physical evolution. Recent research reveals a striking correlation to how life evolved over 500 million years. The movement of rivers, mountains, oceans, and sediment nutrients at the geological timescale are central drivers of Earth’s biodiversity, new research…

Here are some of the most interesting trends based on the review of over 1.5 billion shoppers during cyber week: Shoppers were greatly influenced by artifical intelligence (AI) -- Seamless and personalized shopping, enabled by AI, helped fuel online growth and customer profitability. As much as $51 billion of global online sales were influenced by AI in areas such as targeted offers, product recommendations, and generative AI-powered chat services.Retailers are leveraging automation to increase efficiency, scale, and…