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Geely

A Plug-In Hybrid Volvo With 1,380 HP? It’s Possible.

During our recent trip to China with Geely to experience everything the Chinese automaking colossus is doing both in its home country and globally, one of the biggest things that stuck out to us was its new, 900-volt plug-in hybrid system. This setup has started rolling out on several Geely…

bubmagMay 2, 2026

Cursor

Replit’s Amjad Masad on the Cursor deal, fighting Apple, and why he’d rather not sell

Amjad Masad has been building Replit for a decade, but the last 18 months have been something else entirely. The AI coding assistant company went from $2.8 million in revenue in all of 2024 to tracking toward what Masad describes as a billion-dollar annual run rate. At TechCrunch’s sold-out StrictlyVC…

bubmagMay 2, 2026

Project Maven

Google, Nvidia and other tech titans sign AI deal with the Pentagon

Eight technology companies, including Google, Nvidia and SpaceX, have struck deals with the Pentagon to help the U.S. military gain an edge on the battlefield. “These agreements accelerate the transformation toward establishing the United States military as an AI-first fighting force and will strengthen our warfighters’ ability to maintain decision…

bubmagMay 2, 2026

Venezuela

Venezuelan protesters call government wage hike a joke

A man holds a sign reading 'No more starvation wages' during a May Day rally in Caracas - Copyright AFP Marvin RECINOS About 1,500 people demonstrated in Venezuela on Friday, denouncing a 26 percent income increase announced by the government as grossly insufficient in a crisis-hit economy. Acting president Delcy…

bubmagMay 2, 2026

Star Wars

Loungefly’s New Star Wars Bags Feature Grogu, Leia, Darth Maul, And More

May 4 is just around the corner, which is as good an excuse as any to celebrate being a Star Wars fan by buying all the new things (unless you're saving your pennies for that Jedi Master badge for Celebration, that is). If fandom-themed bags are your jam...Read More

bubmagMay 2, 2026

Super Heroes

Magic: The Gathering’s Marvel Super Heroes Expansion Has A Big Battle Ahead

Ask any Magic: The Gathering player what the most disappointing set of the past 12-18 months has been, and the Spider-Man set from September 2025 will often be the first or second choice. A mishmash of popular and obscure characters (Spider-UK? Huh?), inconsistent mechanics, and a subpar limited environment doomed…

bubmagMay 1, 2026

Star Wars

The Best Star Wars Games Of All Time

Star Wars is composed of dozens of different stories, many of which have been told outside of the mainline movies. One of the most prominent sources since the franchise's creation has been video games, with studios reimagining Star Wars' existing stories and characters or creating new ones across dozens of…

bubmagMay 1, 2026

Donald Trump

US will raise tariffs on EU cars, trucks to 25 per cent next week – Trump

The United States, US, President Donald Trump on Friday said he intends to increase tariffs on cars and trucks imported from the European Union, EU. Trump said the increase will start next week, adding that the agreement made last summer set a limit on US taxes on European Union cars…

bubmagMay 1, 2026

Donald Trump

White House declares Iran war ‘terminated’ as Trump admin sidesteps War Powers deadline

US President Donald Trump takes questions as he speaks during a press conference in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, DC, US, April 6, 2026. — Reuters Deadline arrives as Iran sends new peace proposal. War has roiled markets, raised prices, angering consumers.…

bubmagMay 1, 2026

Vietnam

Trump Admin Discovers That War is Peace

We’ve been wondering for a few days now how the White House would seek to convince Congress that the Vietnam-era War Powers Resolution, which requires the executive branch to obtain authorization for hostilities from the legislative branch within 60 days, should not apply. It emerged yesterday, in Hegseth’s assertion to…

bubmagMay 1, 2026

A Plug-In Hybrid Volvo With 1,380 HP? It’s Possible.

Replit’s Amjad Masad on the Cursor deal, fighting Apple, and why he’d rather not sell

Google, Nvidia and other tech titans sign AI deal with the Pentagon

Venezuelan protesters call government wage hike a joke

Loungefly’s New Star Wars Bags Feature Grogu, Leia, Darth Maul, And More

Magic: The Gathering’s Marvel Super Heroes Expansion Has A Big Battle Ahead

The Best Star Wars Games Of All Time

US will raise tariffs on EU cars, trucks to 25 per cent next week – Trump

White House declares Iran war ‘terminated’ as Trump admin sidesteps War Powers deadline

Trump Admin Discovers That War is Peace

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