Porsche’s Rule Obltterating 919 Hybrid Evo Outraces F1’S Fastest Cars IN MOST MOTORSPORTS, the engineer’s cruelest foe isn’t the rules of physics or the driver’s inability to wring every crumb of power from their vehicle. It’s the rules. Rules laid down by overbearing governing bodies, imposing limits on weight, dimensions, […]
It sure looks like we’re getting three new iPhones this year For the entirety of Steve Jobs’ stewardship of the iPhone program, Apple never released more than one phone per year. A single device should always be able to strike the right balance of features and price, so Jobs’s theory […]
The First Four Cylinder Chevrolet Camaro Was Really Bad The freshly redesigned sixth-gen 2019 Chevrolet Camaro was revealed today alongside welcomed news of a 1LE track package for the 2.0-liter turbo engine. To counter this good example of a four-cylinder Camaro, let’s look at the worst example—the third-gen 1982 car […]
SNL sketch scorches Mark Zuckerberg in hilarious ‘Weekend Update’ segment While Facebook has certainly had its fair share of privacy scandals over the years, the recent controversy involving Cambridge Analytica undoubtedly represents the biggest challenge the social networking giant has faced to date. Cambridge Analytica, as a quick refresher, is […]
Iran Tries to Unify Currency to Halt Rial’s Record Slump Iran will try to unify its currency starting Tuesday and control sales of the dollar in a bid to stem a record decline in the rial’s value on the unregulated market. The government will sell the U.S. dollar at a […]
Mom says exhibitionist Kat West wasn’t murdered but fell to her death, citing drunken antics The mother of the small-town Alabama woman who lived a double life as an exhibitionist said she believes her daughter’s death was a result of her alcoholism. Kathleen Dawn “Kat” West, 42, was found dead […]
Woman ’embalmed alive’ after hospital workers give her formaldehyde instead of saline A Russian woman reportedly died after a routine procedure when hospital workers mistakenly injected her with a drug used to preserve dead bodies. Ekaterina Fedyaeva, 28, underwent surgery last month at a hospital in Ulyanovsk, in western Russia, […]
Gen17 findings: Committed to Israel, unbowed by anti-Semitism THE Gen17 survey is impressive both because of the number of respondents – the highest of any study of any Jewish community ever carried out anywhere in the world – and because of its methodological rigour. Given the range of issues covered […]
China’s Vast Intercontinental Building Plan Is Gaining Momentum China’s massive build program to recreate trade routes stretching from Asia to Africa and Europe is gaining momentum. Since President Xi Jinping’s flagship Belt and Road project was announced about five years ago, it gave impetus to billions of dollars of Chinese […]
The Latest: UN seeks way to address chemical arms in Syria The latest on the Syrian conflict (all times local): 3:05 a.m. The U.N. Security Council president says experts are working on a resolution on the continuing use of chemical weapons in Syria. Peruvian Ambassador Gustavo Mesa-Cuadra told reporters late […]
