The Volvo S90 has been updated with a fresh face, upgraded interior technology and extra electric range for the plug-in hybrid version. Visual changes include a new front grille, which matches those on the revised XC90 and XC60 SUVs, as well as sharper-looking lighting signatures front and rear, bringing it into line with the new […]
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Acclaimed novelist and journalist Vauhini Vara joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V Ganeshananthan to discuss her new essay collection, Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age. Vara talks about the rise of the loser tech bro, internet privacy, Google search logs, the power and limits of turning one’s collected personal data into art, and whether a
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In the new Continental GT Speed, running at a steady 50mph with the engine off, the meter fluctuated around 61.7dBA – but then rose to only around 62.2dBA with the engine running. It’s as confounding to read it again now as it was to observe it first hand, because your ears aren’t lying to you. You
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The M5 Touring’s belt-and-braces hardware features a beefy 4.4-litre engine that makes 577bhp at 5600-6500rpm on its own, and pairs it with a 195bhp gearbox-mounted motor, with the two of them combining to have up to 718bhp driving all four wheels (or two, if you select the right mode). To give it a respectable motor-only range of
However, while the backrest element is still available, the base one is not. This, I suspect, is down to demand because the seat-base one is more likely to get damaged. The only option was to take a punt on a replacement for another model of Saab and hope that it fitted. I winged it on
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Tang called on the government to work more closely with instructors to resolve the issue and suggested an airline-style standby system could be the answer to long waiting times. “If one of those original candidates doesn’t turn up, you’re still taking one out [of the waiting list],” he said. “That would cut down the waiting
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New York City — Skincare store Senti Senti in Brooklyn sells items you won’t typically find at other retailers in the U.S. Almost all of the serums, face masks and creams sold at Senti Senti are imported from South Korea and Japan. South Korea tops the list for cosmetics imports, but it could face a
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Pensacola, Florida — Emily Ley has spent the last 17 years building Simplified, her small stationery business based in Pensacola, Florida. The company produces its planners in China, but for American shoppers. “I would love to make them here, but the U.S. simply doesn’t have the infrastructure or the supply chain to do it,” Ley told
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Chants of “Guggenheim’s cheap!” “New York is a union town!” and “Up with the union, down with the layoffs!” reverberated down Fifth Avenue in Manhattan’s Upper East Side this evening, April 16, as more than 50 cultural workers rallied outside the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum to protest the abrupt termination of 20 staffers. The museum
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Online reverse mortgage academy Credit.org’s Reverse Mortgage Academy aims to “empower you with the knowledge to confidently understand the benefits and risks of a reverse mortgage, empowering you to make informed decisions about your financial future,” the organization said of its offering. To get a better understanding of what the company hopes to accomplish, HousingWire’s
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