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Illinois just made 40 mph e-bikes street legal – but there’s a huge catch

Illinois just made 40 mph e-bikes street legal – but there’s a huge catch

Published by skeptic

Illinois just signed a sweeping new electric bicycle law that, among many other changes, finally answers a question that has been hanging over the rapidly growing market for high-powered electric bikes: What exactly are we supposed to do with all of these 35 and 40 mph “e-bikes” that don’t fit into the normal three-class electric bicycle system? The answer, at least in Illinois, is to treat them more like motorcycles. It’s a solution to a growing issue in the e-bike industry, which spans a wide range of electric two-wheelers. Even the term itself has become problematic, as “e-bikes” has been applied to everything from electric-assisted children’s bikes to full-size electric motorcycles from manufacturers like Zero and Harley-Davidson. More specific legal terms such as “electric bicycles” has helped differentiate the various types of e-bikes further. “Electric bicycles” are a legal group, typically split into Class 1, 2, or 3 models in most states that are widely accepted as street legal in the US and can have top speeds of between 20 to 28 mph (32 to …

Coronation Street confirms serious, rare health storyline for Kit Green

Coronation Street confirms serious, rare health storyline for Kit Green

Published by Daniella Wilson

Coronation Street is to explore the reality of male breast cancer as it confirms the serious and rare health storyline for Kit Green, played by Jacob Roberts. The diagnosis comes after the family are made aware that they may carry the familial BRCA gene, following the passing of estranged Aunt Celeste. But as mum Bernie (Jane Hazlegrove) and half-sister Gemma (Dolly-Rose Campbell) face testing, unknown to them and the viewers, Kit has already began seeking medical help after concerns over his health. Kit then receives the shocking diagnosis that he has stage three breast cancer, posing a very serious threat to his life – something almost 500 men in the UK face every year. Male breast cancer is rare, and accounts for less than one per cent of all UK yearly breast cancer cases. Many men do not realise they can develop it, which leads to embarrassment, delayed diagnoses and higher mortality rates. The Coronation Street production team have been working closely with cancer charities Macmillan Cancer Support and Breast Cancer Now to accurately portray …

Wall Street Warns “Pervert Glasses” Backlash Threatens AI-Wearables Boom

Wall Street Warns “Pervert Glasses” Backlash Threatens AI-Wearables Boom

Published by Jenni Sidey

Bernstein analysts are out with a note on how Meta Platforms and EssilorLuxottica’s once-hot smart glasses business is running out of steam because of an emerging public backlash over privacy and surveillance, raising questions about whether the smart glasses industry as a whole is hitting a brick wall. Luca Solca, Bernstein’s senior equity analyst and global luxury-goods sector head, covers companies including EssilorLuxottica, LVMH, Hermès and Richemont. He said Ray-Ban Meta glasses were initially a “commercial success,” but public opinion has since shifted against the glasses has drastically shifted, with folks online labeling them “pervert glasses” amid mounting privacy concerns. EssilorLuxottica sold more than 7 million Meta AI glasses in 2025, compared with 2 million during 2023 and 2024 combined, Solca said. However, he warned that users are abandoning the glasses under social pressure.  Unlike smartphones, the cameras are embedded inside ordinary-looking frames, and the blinking warning light can be covered with tape despite Meta’s efforts to prevent tampering. That has not stopped influencers and bad actors from using the glasses in ways that have …

Bass tells LAPD to stop issuing criminal citations to street vendors

Bass tells LAPD to stop issuing criminal citations to street vendors

Published by Sam Flores

The newest battleground in the Los Angeles mayoral race is at your favorite taco stand, as Mayor Karen Bass and her opponent, Councilmember Nithya Raman, spar over how they plan to run the city and treat its street vendors. The Los Angeles Police Department told Bass’ office that it had erroneously issued criminal citations to vendors around MacArthur Park, Bass spokesperson Paige Sterling told The Times on Thursday. Bass has ordered the LAPD to stop issuing criminal citations to vendors and is working to remove any charges issued in error, Sterling said. The mayor’s office also asked the LAPD to make sure the citations aren’t happening citywide. “The Mayor and her team will continue meeting with street vendors to implement policies and programs based on their needs. Street vending is a quintessential part of L.A.’s world-class food scene and a livelihood for thousands of hardworking Angelenos,” Sterling said in a statement. Bass’ action came after the Los Angeles Public Press reported the LAPD had been issuing written warnings and citations to street vendors in the …

When Wall Street Says Sell, Check Who’s Waiting To Buy

When Wall Street Says Sell, Check Who’s Waiting To Buy

Published by Jenni Sidey

As many have already pointed out, there was something almost too neat about Citadel’s timing before the Situational Awareness blowup. In late June, Citadel Securities published a market-structure review warning that U.S. equities had become unusually concentrated, that investors were increasingly expressing bullishness through leverage, and that leveraged exposure was piling particularly aggressively into technology and semiconductors. They also warned of a rate hike possibility. Leveraged ETF assets had reached roughly $218 billion; semiconductor exposure in those products was up 175% since the end of March. Financing was getting more expensive too. It was not a prophecy about one hedge fund, but it was a pretty good description of the tinder. Then July supplied the match. Situational Awareness, the spectacularly successful AI fund run by Leopold Aschenbrenner, got caught in the semiconductor selloff with a leveraged and concentrated book. Its portfolio fell 67% in July. Margin pressure followed, most of the public-equity portfolio had to go, and the fund that had looked like a genius machine suddenly discovered one of finance’s oldest technological breakthroughs: the margin call. …

Coronation Street airs Ollie Driscoll and Jake Windass altercation

Coronation Street airs Ollie Driscoll and Jake Windass altercation

Published by Daniella Wilson

As if Christina Boyd’s (Amy Robbins) troubles aren’t bad enough, now she finds herself the reason for a back-alley brawl in Coronation Street. Christina’s life is falling apart. Her debut on the cobbles was as the no-good scheming scammer of Daisy Midgeley (Charlotte Jordan). However, her relationship with good-natured undertaker George Shuttleworth (Tony Maudsley) brought out her softer side. She stood by her man through thick and thin when they were both caught up in the murder investigation of Theo Silverton (James Cartwright), who mercilessly abused their best friend Todd Grimshaw (Gareth Pierce). Unfortunately, some of Christina’s less-than-appealing traits have re-emerged recently, seriously threatening her relationship with George. Suffering from spending addiction, Chrissie has run up an eye-watering debt by opening fraudulent credit cards in the name of her ex-husband Lenny, as well as her housemates Mary Taylor (Patti Clare) and George’s own sister Glenda Shuttleworth (Jodie Prenger). When her secret came out, George agreed to support Christina and accompany her to an addicts’ support group. Unfortunately, Christina’s spending spree continued behind George’s back until …

8 Coronation Street spoilers for tonight reveal new clue in Kit mystery

8 Coronation Street spoilers for tonight reveal new clue in Kit mystery

Published by Sam Flores

Coronation Street spoilers follow from Wednesday’s episode (26 August), which is available to watch now on ITVX and YouTube but hasn’t aired on ITV1 yet. In tonight’s Coronation Street, Bethany starts to fear that Kit is hiding something from her. Could a new clue point to something worrying? Meanwhile, Sarah’s prison ordeal continues, Ollie messes up when trying to reprimand Jake, and Maggie says too much as she dismisses rumours of a romance with Brian. Read on for eight big moments from Wednesday’s episode… 1. Bethany makes a strange discovery about Kit Bethany sorts through some washing at home and is confused when she finds blood on one of Kit’s T-shirts. Kit quickly covers his tracks as he puts this down to a nosebleed, but Bethany suspects there’s more to it. She points out that nosebleeds can be caused by stress, but is this the real explanation? Or could it be tied in with Kit’s secretive behaviour and the strange phone call he received recently? 2. Sarah receives a subtle warning Sarah’s prison tormentor Kacey …

Army bomb disposal team swarm Dublin street as ‘suspiscious device’ found | World | News

Army bomb disposal team swarm Dublin street as ‘suspiscious device’ found | World | News

Published by Sam Flores

An Army bomb disposal unit was called to a street in a Dublin suburb on Tuesday following a report of a suspicious device. A device was reportedly found at Bow Lane in Kilmainham, with police called to the scene at around 3pm on August 25. Upon arriving to the area, Irish police set up a cordon, and called the Defence Forces for assistance. The discovery in the St James, Dublin 8 area and the cordon that followed prompted heavy traffic due to roads closure in place. Following the arrival of the bomb disposal team, the device was safely removed and the scene was cleared, police said. A Garda spokeswoman told the news outlet: “Gardaí attended the scene following report of a suspicious device in the St James, Dublin 8 area on Tuesday 25th August 2026 that occurred at approximately 3:00pm. “The area was cordoned off and the Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team attended the scene. “The device has been removed from the scene by the Army EOD for further examination and the cordon has …

Coronation Street and Emmerdale dropped from ITV schedules in shake-up

Coronation Street and Emmerdale dropped from ITV schedules in shake-up

Published by Daniella Wilson

Soap fans will have to wait another day to see the next episodes of Emmerdale and Coronation Street, with both of the ITV shows being moved from today’s (Tuesday 25 August) schedules. This is because ITV is airing the Carabao Cup match between Nottingham Forest and Leeds United, which will kick off at 8pm and air on the channel from 7:30pm. Thankfully, Emmerdale and Coronation Street will back on the channel on Wednesday 26 August, with Emmerdale airing at 8pm and Coronation Street airing at 8:30pm. The synopsis for Wednesday’s Emmerdale says that it will see Caleb “triumphant”, while “Dawn has a big decision to make and Graham is in a tricky position”. Meanwhile, the synopsis for the new episode of Coronation Street says: “Lucy uses a therapy session to voice her contempt for the Metcalfes, while Maggie’s careless words dampen Brian’s ardour. Ollie comes to Christina’s aid, and Bethany spots blood on Kit’s shirt.” Catherine Tyldesley as Eva Price, Raphael Akuwudike as Ollie Driscoll and Donnaleigh Bailey as PC Jess Heywood. ITV It’s a particularly …

The Duchess of Duke Street turns 50: RT celebrates the classy period drama

The Duchess of Duke Street turns 50: RT celebrates the classy period drama

Published by Daniella Wilson

A condensed version of this article first appeared in Radio Times magazine. Fifty years ago next month, a dapper new drama brought something a little different to Saturday nights. Not only was The Duchess of Duke Street a prestige production in itself, it was also central to a copper-bottomed, mid-70s schedule. It debuted after a new series of Tom Baker’s Doctor Who and light-ent colossus The Generation Game, and before comedy smash The Two Ronnies and hit import Starsky and Hutch. “I agree it was a golden age,” Duke Street’s production unit manager (PUM) Marcia Wheeler tells RT. “Not only for the popular shows but for the range of work and the willingness to experiment.” Lasting for two series and 31 episodes, the rags-to-riches tale followed cockney-born Louisa Trotter on her eventful journey from hard-working maid to famous cook, mistress of the Prince of Wales and owner of the fictional Bentinck Hotel in Duke Street, London. “Gemma Jones was excellent casting,” says Wheeler, “and the right age [then 33] to cover the whole story. “I …