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Last Updated: October 23, 2022, 17:54 ISTImage for representation.Automobile dealers are expecting a massive growth of around 40 percent in car and two-wheeler sales in the run-up to Diwali across the countryWith the festival season in full swing, automobile dealers expect a huge spike of around 40 percent in car and two-wheeler sales in the run-up to Diwali across the country. Auto dealers say that between Navratri and Diwali, nearly two lakh passenger vehicles are likely to be sold while around 8 lakh units so far have…

Adrian Kwiatkowski, a hacker from Ipswich in England who stole two unreleased songs by Ed Sheeran, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison, according to the BBC. Kwiatkowski sold Sheeran's tracks, along with 12 other songs by American rapper Lil Uzi Vert, for cryptocurrency worth £131,000 (US$148,000) on the dark web. UK prosecutors said Kwiatkowski got his hands on the unreleased tracks by hacking into their cloud-based accounts. They didn't specify which cloud services those were, but he stole from a lot more artists,…

Taylor Swift’s latest album “Midnights” has dropped, and it might be setting a new standard for China’s digital music industry. Within a day of its release, the 13-track album, priced at 35 yuan, or $4.83, has racked up nearly 200,000 copies on Tencent’s QQ Music, one of the largest music streaming platforms in China. While $4.83 doesn’t seem like much — the album starts at $11.99 on the artist’s own online store — it’s the highest price ever set for digital albums in the market, which could…

According to information on The Boring Company’s website, the perfume will begin shipping in the first quarter of 2023.Image: The Boring CompanyMulti-CEO and internet jester Elon Musk has sold 30,000 bottles of a perfume meant to smell like your head is on fire, “Burnt Hair.” Described by Musk as both “the essence of repugnant desire” and “the finest fragrance on Earth,” the “unique, limited edition, collector’s item” is now sold out, Musk announced on Twitter late Tuesday.What seemingly started off as an internet joke in…

British sports and racing cars manufacturing company, Lotus Cars Limited, has unveiled the most powerful production car in the world. The all-electric hypercar, dubbed Evija Fittipaldi, is the company’s stunning tribute to Emerson Fittipaldi’s ‘Driver’s Championship’ win five decades ago. Fittipaldi had won the championship behind the wheel of a Lotus Type 72. The new electric hypercar’s stunning looks- from the colour scheme to the roof- give a strong nod to the Type 72. However, its powerhouse and internal features are…

Photo: Rose Pastore / GizmodoFinish this joke: A climate reporter rides a scooter branded with the logo of a major international oil company for a weekend. What could possibly go wrong?That was the question I set out to answer when a representative for Shell’s consumer products reached out to Gizmodo to ask if we wanted to test out the company’s electric scooter model. Despite all the very mean things I’ve written about Shell in the past, the company sent me its first electric scooter model, the SR-5S, which launched…

An unopened, factory-sealed first-generation iPhone sold for over $39,000 (about ₹32 lakh) by LCG Auctions. The Apple iPhone was launched in the US with a price tag of $599 in 2007. In the latest auction, the phone’s final bidding price was…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Thousands of electric bikes are being recalled over concerns their lithium-ion batteries can explode and burn consumers, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Thursday. Manufacturer Ancheer said consumers should stop using the batteries on e-bike…

via Universal If you’ve seen The Northman, which might be the case when the movie eventually turned a profit after bombing in theaters, then you’ll be fully aware that Robert Eggers’ Viking epic is not a sprawling, action-packed adventure packed with a number of sweeping battle sequences. However, as a risky R-rated proposition that cost an estimated $90 million to produce, Universal largely opted to market it as such – a decision that may have led to the film’s commercial under-performance. That being said,…

Mercedes Benz released its global Q3 sales report as the luxury automaker ventures toward an all-electric future. In Q3 (July to September), Mercedes Benz sold 30,000 electric vehicles, 115% more than last year. As EV demand in the US heats up, Mercedes is introducing a full lineup, including the all-new EQS SUV arriving later this month. Electric vehicle sales outpaced every other segment in Q3, up 115% YOY, pushing overall vehicle deliveries up 21%. Despite ongoing supply chain bottlenecks in the auto industry,…