Monthly Archives: August 2022

Dodge is dropping gas-powered Charger and Challenger muscle cars in 2023 as it transitions to EVs

The Dodge Challenger was the best-selling muscle car in the US in 2021. Anadolu Agency / Contributor / Getty Dodge is dropping gas-powered Challenger and Charger muscle cars in 2023 as it transitions to EVs. It will release seven special edition “heritage-influenced” models to say goodbye. Dodge owner Stellantis said in 2021 it would invest…

A chunk of metal fell from the sky over Maine and almost hit a police officer, officials say. They think it was from a passing plane.

A photo from the Maine Department of Public Safety of what it said was a metal object that fell from the sky. Maine Department of Public Safety A piece of metal fell from the sky and almost hit a police officer, Maine’s public safety department said. It said the object was likely from a plane…

Uber Eats driver says he only made a profit of 37 cents during a 4-hour shift because filling up his gas tank cost about the same as his earnings

Uber Eats driver told Insider about how much money he earned from one shift on a Saturday evening. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images An Uber Eats driver in Texas says his four-hour shift netted him a profit of only 37 cents. He said he made $30.97 after eight deliveries, but had to pay $30.60 for…

iPad Production Could Be Hit by Power Outages Before Launch of New Models

iPad assembly plants in China may be impacted by power outages ahead of the launch of new models in the fall, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In a tweet earlier today, Kuo commented on the effects of power outages in China’s southwestern Sichuan province caused by industrial electricity rationing amid a severe heatwave. Kuo…

The Morning After: Russia teases its own space station ahead of leaving the ISS

Russia decommissioned its last self-run space station, Mir, in 2001. Now Roscosmos, Russia’s space agency, has shared a model of the country’s future station, as it prepares to move out of the International Space Station. Nicknamed ROSS by state-controlled media, it would launch in two phases, starting with four modules and expanding to six with…

Fantastic photographic firsts

Photos serve an important purpose in life. They capture precious moments, funny moments, once-in-a-lifetime moments and many more. With the rise of social media, we’re snapping and sharing more photos than ever. According to a recent survey, more than 2.5 trillion photos were shared online in 2016 alone, more than 30 times the amount of…