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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeMurder Mystery 2 has enjoyed the second biggest opening weekend of any Netflix comedy film.Starring Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler, Murder Mystery 2 was watched over 42 million times last weekend (per Variety) after its debut on 31 March.The Netflix crime comedy follows on from the original Murder Mystery, which was released on the streaming service in 2019. In the days after its…

Switzerland-based aircraft manufacturer Jekta Switzerland SA is developing an electric passenger hydro aircraft, or seaplane, capable of flying nearly 100 miles on a single charge. The company revealed today it has already secured its first order. Electric seaplane maker receives its first order Jekta revealed the electric seaplane, the PHA-ZE 100, at the Abu Dhabi Air Expo last year. The company announced on its Facebook it is the first time since the middle of last century that Jekta is…

Solar electric vehicle start-up Aptera Motors has announced its first fleet order from SustainabilitySooner, Inc. The initial pre-order is for 101 of Aptera’s 400-mile range solar EVs and is expected to deliver millions in future revenue. However, what may be more exciting is the prospect of future fleet orders as SustainabilitySooner looks to eventually operate a fleet of over 100,000 SEVs. As one of the few remaining solar EV start-ups left in the world and the closest to reaching scaled…

Last updated: March 21st, 2023 at 13:35 UTC+01:00 Samsung’s been working to make solid-state batteries a reality for at least a decade, and the tech giant appears to be getting closer every year. The time has come for new patent applications to be approved and revealed. A whopping 14 all-solid-state battery patents belonging to Samsung Electro-Mechanics were confirmed recently by the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), and most were filed a couple of years ago. According to reports from the Korean media,…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeJohn Wick: Chapter 4 has set a new milestone for the series on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes.The film is the fourth entry in the popular action franchise, which stars Keanu Reeves as the ace ex-assassin John Wick.Chapter 4, released this week, sees Reeves return alongside returning co-stars Laurence Fishburne, Ian McShane, and Lance Reddick, who died suddenly last week.…

Electric two-wheeler maker Kabira Mobility on Friday said it has secured $50 million (around Rs 412 crore) funding from Qatar-based Al-Abdulla Group. The Panjim-based company plans to utilise the capital to fund its future growth in the country. The company plans to ramp up production capacity of its electric bikes KM3000, KM4000, introduce new products and enhance sales infrastructure across the country. The company currently has an installed production capacity of 40,000 units a month at its Dharwad-based plant in…

UCLA secured a No. 2 seed in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament Sunday and will play 15th-seeded North Carolina-Asheville in the first round of the West Regional on Thursday as it continues its quest to win its first national championship since 1995.USC made the NCAA tournament as a No. 10 seed and will play No. 7 Michigan State in the first round of the East Regional in Columbus, Ohio, on Friday.Fourteenth-seeded UC Santa Barbara (27-7), the Big West conference co-champion, will play No. 3 Baylor in a South Region…

Thrissur, Kerala-based Inker Robotics, under the Kerala StartUp Mission, which deals with research and delivery in robotics and futuristic technology education, has secured a $1.2 million funding. The company has secured USD 1.2 million in a pre-series fundraising round headed by AHK Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm. Inker Robotics, which aims to create an impact on the next generation by empowering them with education in emerging technologies, expects the funding to enable them to further enhance its…

via Netflix Almost every week without fail, you can set your watch to a brand new Netflix original that’s been showered in the faintest of praise – or even outright negativity – by critics making an immediate splash on the platform’s most-watched charts. If you were expecting that to change anytime soon, then Love at First Kiss has got some bad news. Per FlixPatrol, the Spanish romantic comedy with a fantastical twist has set up shop on the Top 10 in 51 countries a mere 24 hours after premiering, which in turn…

Nascent solar electric catamaran manufacturer ZEN Yachts has announced the closing of a Series A funding round totaling 5.5 million euros ($5.86M), sponsored entirely by Ocean Zero, LLC. The zero emissions boatbuilder looks to use the fresh round of funding to continue construction of the first hulls of its ZEN50 solar electric catamaran, of which additional preorders have now been secured. The ZEN Yachts name stands for “Zero Emission Nautic Ltd. – an ocean-conscious boatbuilder founded as…