Andor first impressions: Star Wars inches toward the best of modern adult TV

Enlarge / Diego Luna returns to the role of Cassian Andor in the newest Star Wars series on Disney+. (credit: Lucasfilm) At its worst, Star Wars: Andor is a sanded-off, PG-13 version of some of the best TV dramas of the past decade. It’s easy to see traces of The Wire, Lost, and Breaking Bad […]

China inches towards stimulus as the economy slows

WHEN Wang Xianchen, a Chinese official in the early 1500s, tired of the scheming of imperial politics, he returned to his home in the southern city of Suzhou for a simpler life. He planted gnarled trees and built up rocky islets, creating what he called the “Humble Administrator’s Garden”, a fine place for tranquil contemplation. […]

Hurricane Florence could bring 40 inches of rain and 13 feet of floodwater in a ‘catastrophic’ landfall

Tropical Tidbits Category-4 Hurricane Florence is surging toward the US East Coast with sustained wind speeds of 130 mph. It is forecast to hit the coast of North Carolina or South Carolina on Thursday or Friday. As of 8 a.m. Wednesday it was 530 miles from the shore. The winds will likely weaken, but the […]

Lenovo’s new P1 workstation packs Xeon, 64GB ECC RAM, 4TB SSD into 0.7 inches

If you need more power than the typical 13-inch Ultrabook can handle, Lenovo’s new mobile workstations might be the answer. The ThinkPad P1 looks like a 15-inch Ultrabook, 0.7 inches thick and under 4lbs, but inside, it has a mobile Xeon processor, up to 64GB of ECC RAM, and as much as 4TB SSD storage. […]

Amazon just hit an all-time high as it inches towards becoming a $1 trillion company (AMZN)

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Amazon could follow Apple in hitting a $ 1 trillion valuation.  Shares hit an all-time high on Thursday and many on Wall Street say it’s poised to hit the milestone. Follow Amazon’s stock price in real-time here.  Shares of Amazon climbed 0.8% on Thursday, hitting an all-time high of $ 1,899.96, as […]

Fears of deadly gas explosion as lava inches toward Hawaii geothermal plant (VIDEOS)

Lava from Hawaii’s erupting Kilauea volcano is edging closer to a geothermal plant, escalating fears of a potentially lethal and toxic hydrogen sulfide explosion. Molten lava crossed into the property of Puna Geothermal Venture (PGV) Saturday, according to the US Geological Survey, heightening concerns that the lava flow could make contact with the power station’s […]

WATCH: Speeding car narrowly escapes crashing into this – inches from innocent pedestrian

A viral video has captured the moment a pedestrian had a close shave near a car crash. The man, with his hood pulled up, can be seen walking over to a sign. Having fallen down in the wind, he goes to put it back up against the pavement. What happens next makes for a scary […]

Latest Nor’easter Forces Airlines to Cancel More Than 3,500 Flights; Up to 18 Inches of Snow Could Fall in NYC

Latest Nor’easter Forces Airlines to Cancel More Than 3,500 Flights; Up to 18 Inches of Snow Could Fall in NYC – The Points Guy Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on […]

India inches ahead in the race to build a Hyperloop

Plenty of places have committed to exploring the economic viability of building a Hyperloop, but nobody has been brave enough to say they’ll actually construct one. It’s why the news coming out of India’s latest announcement is such a big deal, because it includes a pledge to build a working test track. Prime Minister Narendra […]