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Rimac reveals the Nevera, a 1,900-horsepower electric hypercar

The Rimac C_Two concept has evolved into a production-ready electric hypercar called the Nevera, and it’s still just as absurd as it was three years when it first broke cover at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show. Powered by a 120kWh battery pack, the Nevera uses four electric motors — one for each wheel — to… Read more

Audi teases the future of its electric sedans with the A6 E-Tron concept

Audi has debuted a concept version of an all-electric A6 sedan, which is coming to all major global markets and will be built on a new EV platform the company is co-developing with Porsche. A production version won’t be revealed until at least the second half of 2022, but the German automaker is targeting around… Read more

Goldmund announces Eidos Reference SACD player, yours for £175,000

Home News (Image credit: Goldmund) Ultra-high-end Swiss hi-fi manufacturer Goldmund has launched a new SACD player, the EIDOS Reference, costing £175,000. The player takes its name from Plato’s theory of forms and is as high-minded as it is high-priced. The Eidos Reference can read all current digital disc formats (SACD, CD, CD-R, CD-RW) and audio… Read more

Radio and TV host Larry King dies at 87

Longtime TV and radio host Larry King died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. He was 87. Ora Media, which King co-founded in 2012, confirmed the news in a tweet to the @KingsThings Twitter account. A cause of death was not immediately available Saturday, but he had reportedly been hospitalized recently with COVID-19…. Read more

Bjarne Stroustrup: Every C ++ standard is a snapshot

Bjarne Stroustrup has achieved some fame as the father of the C ++ programming language; even today he is still involved in the standardization of C ++. In an interview with heise Developer, Stroustrup explains what will be of long-term importance for developers in C ++ 20 and how the others will Future programming language… Read more

2020 was one of the three hottest years in a century and a half

The Corona year 2020 was one of the three hottest years since temperature records began in the middle of 19. Century. The World Weather Organization (WMO) confirmed December forecasts in Geneva on Thursday. The WMO reported that 2020 almost broke all previous records. Only the naturally occurring cooling weather phenomenon La Niña caused a slight… Read more