How the ‘Goldfinger’ Alpine sequence gave rise to Bondmania
Written by Oscar Holland, CNNA supervillain, an assassin, a mountain car chase and an Aston Martin equipped with gadgetry — the Alpine scenes in 1Read More…
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Recycling an airplane: What’s scrapped when an aircraft retires?
(CNN) — Deciding when and how to retire an aircraft is a complicated job for airlines, even in normal times. With Covid-19, the world’s fleet hasRead More…
Venice combats overtourism by tracking visitors
(CNN) — They’re watching you, wherever you walk. They know exactly where you pause, when you slow down and speed up, and they count you in and ouRead More…
Donald Trump’s money faucet is getting turned off
“I think it’s a huge problem for him,” said Michael D’Antonio, a CNN Contributor and a Trump biographer. “He created toxicity for an important partRead More…
No, big business hasn’t suddenly come to Jesus about Trump
Last Wednesday’s Capitol siege appears to have turned the president from kingmaker to radioactive. The fallout has spread to the 147 GOP lawmakers Read More…
Will deplatforming make Trump and the far-right vanish, move — or radicalize further?
For years there has been a din on social media — from President Trump on Twitter (TWTR), from right wing extremists amplifying his varying brands Read More…
New Zealand Parliament: Axe-wielding man smashes glass doors
Police officers were called to the scene in the capital Wellington, and arrested the man without incident, a New Zealand police spokesperson said. Read More…
Why messaging app Signal is surging in popularity right now
Signal had about 7.5 million installations globally from the App Store and Google Play between Thursday and Sunday, more than 43 times the installaRead More…
Alexey Navalny says he will return to Russia on Sunday after being poisoned
On Instagram, Navalny said that he purchased a plane ticket to Russia on Wednesday morning after realizing that “he is almost healthy and can finalRead More…
Transparent screens are the cool new tech trend
In a video shown during the all-digital CES 2021 consumer tech conference on Monday, LG (LPL) unveiled a transparent TV with a screen you can see tRead More…
Olympic prep continues in Tokyo despite Covid-19 state of emergency
Tokyo Olympic officials say they’re still committed to holding the games this summer, even though Japan is dealing with a vicious wave of Covid-19 Read More…
China’s Sinovac vaccine trial results far less effective than initially claimed in Brazil
Analysts said the efficacy rate of Sinovac’s Coronavac vaccine in Brazil — the lowest among its global competitors — could affect international cRead More…
CES 2021: Razer N95 mask, LG rollable phone and transparent TV, Sony drone
Increasingly, we’re seeing the category of home entertainment intersect with work-from-home technology. Enter the surprisingly sleek Acer Predator Read More…
The Arctic Ocean is being polluted by tiny plastic fibers from our clothes
Tiny microfiber strands, washed into the ocean from laundering our clothes or from industrial wastewater, are polluting one of the most remote regiRead More…
Cheer Cheese: Australian company renames racially offensive cheese brand
“Coon Cheese,” which has been sold in Australia for more than 80 years, will now be known as “Cheer Cheese,” its manufacturer said Wednesday. The nRead More…
China debuts bullet train that can operate in extremely cold temperatures
(CNN) — China has unveiled a new high-speed bullet train designed for extremely cold climates. The CR400AF-G train, which can operate at speeds oRead More…
Hong Kong’s new Chief Justice has vowed to uphold the city’s judicial independence. Can he?
Sat in the city’s Court of Final Appeal, wearing a black robe, ruffed white collar and white face mask, Chief Justice Andrew Cheung acknowledged thRead More…
Six Virunga park rangers killed in eastern Congo ambush
The identity of the assailants was not immediately clear, said Olivier Mukisya, a Virunga spokesman. Previous attacks against the rangers have beenRead More…
Richard Branson’s mother dies of Covid-19
In a blog post announcing the death, Branson said that his mother “held on for one last victory, managing to fight off the virus, but had expended Read More…
She helps Google workers be productive. Here are her pro tips
Whether we’re working from home or still going into the workplace, many of us have struggled to stay as productive as we were before the pandemic. Read More…