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Toyota Hilux pick up truck rescues bus that slipped away from road

Toyota currently offers models like Toyota Innova, Fortuner, Glanza & Land Cruiser in the Indian market. Last year, Toyota finally launched its popular pickup truck, the Hilux, in India. The truck received such an overwhelming response that Toyota had to temporarily stop accepting bookings. Deliveries for the Hilux have commenced in India, and we have been seeing videos from various owners online. It is an SUV that many off-road enthusiasts have wanted in the market for years. Being a globally renowned pick-up…

The Best Sci-Fi Crossovers That May Have Slipped Under Your Radar

"Star Trek" may hold the record for most crossovered series; another that few could have predicted involved the X-Men from Marvel Comics. The crossover came via a one-shot comic titled "Star Trek/X-Men," published in 1996. The book is set during the original five-year mission of the USS Enterprise, so it includes "The Original Series" cast of characters. In the story, the Enterprise crew stumbles across a psionic rift in space, which opens, and a Shi'ar spacecraft emerges to face the Enterprise. A second,…

Angelina Jolie Once Made Our Hearts Skip A Beat As She Slipped Into A S*xy Black Dress, Flaunting Her Cl*avage & Giving Away S*ductive…

Angelina Jolie Once Made Time Stop In A S*xy Black Dress (Photo Credit – Instagram) Angelina Jolie needs no introduction. The global icon is one of the most influential celebrities in the world who has won millions of hearts with her acting skills and humanitarian work. But, there is one more thing that Angelina aces: her style game. The actress never fails to turn heads with her s*xy and sultry dresses, and she once made us go gaga with her s*ductive eyes while wearing a hot black dress. Angelina began her acting…

One of Netflix’s Best-Ever Action Movies Slipped Right Under the Radar

Not to put too fine a point on it, but a huge number of Netflix’s in-house action movies tend to be instantly forgettable, and roundly dismissed by critics. While the streaming service has fared substantially better overall when it comes to international ass-kicking, we’d much rather see its Hollywood ventures hew closer to Wheelman than Red Notice. That’s not to say Netflix isn’t capable of knocking it out of the park when it comes to mega budget blockbusters packed to the rafters with A-list talent, but the methodology…

Boeing’s aircraft deliveries slipped in October on 737 fuselage flaw

A Boeing 737 MAX 8 sits outside the hangar during a media tour of the Boeing 737 MAX at the Boeing plant in Renton, Washington.Matt Mcknight | ReutersBoeing's aircraft deliveries in October fell from a month earlier after a fuselage flaw in its bestselling 737 Maxes delayed handovers of new planes.Boeing delivered a total of 35 planes in October, down from 51 in September. Of those, 22 were 737 Maxes.The Virginia-based manufacturer's commercial aircraft unit had told investors that the flaw would impact its delivery…

Residential Construction Slipped in June for Second Straight Month

Residential construction in the U.S. slowed for the second straight month in June, as both housing starts and the number of building permits issued declined. Housing starts fell 2% to a seasonally adjusted 1.56 million, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. Economists surveyed by The Wall Street Journal expected housing starts to rise 1.4%. Building permits slipped 0.6% to 1.69 million, but held 1.4% higher than the figure in the prior year. The drops came as interest rates climbed and a…

McDonald’s said it was trying to delight customers. Then the truth slipped out

SOPA Images / GettyI want to believe.I want to believe that technology is making the world better. Just.I want to believe that we are all becoming more aware of the world's truths.And I want to believe that when companies say things, they really mean them.That's why I was so, so moved when McDonald's began experimenting with robot ordering at the drive-thru. Yes, it looked like a perfectly awful experience, but I wanted to believe that, over time, the robots would come to understand our accents and our quirky

U.S. airline bookings slipped again in May with fares 30% higher than 2019

Travelers walk through Terminal A at Orlando International Airport on Christmas Day, Saturday, December 25, 2021.Stephen M. Dowell | Orlando Sentinel | Getty ImagesU.S. airline bookings slipped 2.3% in May from a month earlier, the second consecutive monthly drop this year, while fares soared over 2019 levels, according to an Adobe report published Tuesday.Consumers spent $8.3 billion on domestic tickets last month, up 6.2% from April.So far this year, consumers spent more than $37 billion for domestic flights, almost…

Boeing aircraft orders, deliveries slipped in April

A Boeing 737 MAX 9 is pictured outside the factory in Renton, Washington.Stephen Brashear | Getty ImagesBoeing's aircraft deliveries fell last month as handovers of its 787 Dreamliner planes remain paused after a series of manufacturing flaws.The company delivered 35 jets in April, down from 41 in March, bringing its total so far this year to 130. That trails rival Airbus' 188 aircraft deliveries for the first four months of 2022.Boeing's gross orders for April fell to 46 from 53 in March. Most of the new orders were for…