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Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis are renting out their beach house in California to give lucky guests an “unforgettable summer stay”. The Hollywood couple are listing their “Oceanfront Oasis” house in Santa Barbara on online rental website Airbnb, offering a one-night stay for up to four people. The guests will be greeted by the couple

Kia is teasing a new limited edition EV ahead of its debut at The Quail during Monterey Car Week in a few days. Kia teases limited edition EV ahead of debut The new limited edition Kia EV appears to be a radiant Hulk green EV6. Although the electric car is mostly hidden in the teaser,

Actor, writer and director Darren Kent – who appeared in Game of Thrones and EastEnders – has died aged 36. Appearing in Game Of Thrones in 2014, he played a grieving father – Goatherd – taking his dead child to see Daenerys Targaryen, Mother Of Dragons, played by Emilia Clarke. He also had TV roles

A proposed rule update in New York will pave the way for four-wheeled electric cargo bikes, which look like small delivery vans with bicycle pedals, to share the bike lanes and roads. Four-wheeled electric cargo bikes are commonly used across Asia and Europe, often for last mile delivery. They’re larger than typical e-bikes but much

A former NFL player who inspired the Oscar-winning film The Blind Side has begun legal action over papers he signed nearly 20 years ago. Michael Oher, 37, filed a petition in a Tennessee court accusing Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy of lying to him when he signed papers making them his conservators – which he

Kia’s new EV5 electric SUV is not due for its official release until later this month. However, new leaked images show the compact SUV in full. Kia EV5 electric SUV shown in full in leaked images We got our first look at the Kia EV5 in concept form in March, a week after releasing its

The actors’ strike – which has effectively shut down Hollywood’s renowned film and TV industry – has now reached its one-month mark. Members of SAG-AFTRA (the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) began striking on 14 July, joining members of the WGA (the Writers Guild of America) who recently marked

Electric trikes generally aren’t considered to be the peak of coolness, but that was before the Lámpago e-trike rolled onto the scene. The Turkish manufacturer’s name comes from the Spanish word for Lightning, which RideApart pointed out is ironic considering the trike’s 28 mph (45 km/h) top speed. Though as we’ve discussed before, delta trikes

The mother of the Beatles’ George Harrison said she was “really ashamed to be female” after she watched screaming fans at one of the band’s concerts. Louise Harrison told teenager Janet Gray about her disgust at ‘Beatlemania’ scenes at a gig in Manchester in November 1963. Ms Gray sent a series of fan letters to

A new drone flyover of Gigafactory Texas shows that Tesla Cybertrucks are now coming out of the factory in numbers. If Tesla sticks to its latest production timeline for the Cybertruck, we are just weeks away from the start of production and the first deliveries to employees. We have been following closely to determine if

The Miss Universe beauty pageant has cut ties with its organisers in Indonesia following claims that contestants were forced to strip naked and undergo intimate “body checks”. Police have also launched an investigation into the allegations, while an upcoming pageant in Malaysia – arranged by the Indonesian franchisee holder – has been cancelled. It comes

We get our first close look at Tesla Cybertruck’s suspension thanks to a prototype that was left on the side of the road. Yesterday, we reported on a Tesla Cybertruck found broken down on the side of the road. The person who found it, Wayne, was smart enough to sneak a camera under the electric

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee

Vicky McClure married her long-term partner Jonathan Owen and then partied with her Line of Duty co-stars during her reception on what she said was the “best day ever”. The This Is England actress, 40, and film director Owen, 52, tied the knot in her home city of Nottingham on Friday. In a photo shared

Luxury electric bike company Riese & Müller generally ships its e-bikes the same way every electric bike maker in the world does so: in cardboard bike boxes. But now the company is switching to a new, greener solution. Riese & Müller has just unveiled its new reusable packaging. Constructed of polypropylene and sealed using velcro,

The 1975 are being pursued for more than £2m in damages after frontman Matty Healy criticised Malaysia’s homosexuality laws and kissed a male bandmate on stage. Future Sound Asia is accusing the group of breaching a contract – and alleges it had received a “pre-show written assurance” that their performance would adhere to all local

Is an electric truck from Hyundai on the way? A Rivian R1T was spotted with testing plates near Hyundai’s Namyang research and design (R&D) facility in South Korea. Hyundai benchmarking Rivian R1T electric truck? In June, the Hyundai Motor Group released its next-generation EV platform (IMA), designed to host 13 new electric models from the

X Factor star Lucy Spraggan is calling for an “industry shift” over the treatment of contestants on reality TV, labelling the resulting fame from appearing on such programmes “a huge trauma”. The singer – who is now 31 – was just 20 years old when she appeared on the Simon Cowell talent show, and was

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee