A bail-out for IL&FS raises wider worries about non-bank lenders

CAN a big financial firm’s credit rating fall from AAA one month—good enough for pension funds and life insurers—to junk the next without causing a crash? India’s government decided it did not want to find out. Last week it granted Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services (IL&FS), one of India’s biggest shadow banks, a parachute. Plenty […]

Fortnite Galaxy skin: Samsung Note 9, Tab S4 release begins, wider launch coming soon?

The Fortnite Galaxy skin is back in the headlines as it gets closer to the time of its launch. Live gameplay of the new ‘Galaxy’ skin in action was shown off tonight by Twitch streamer Ninja, one of the first official times the outfit has been used on live servers. This was made possible by […]

Facebook’s “downvote” system begins rolling out wider in US—here’s how it works

Enlarge (credit: Jean-Léon Gérôme / Getty / Aurich Lawson) Facebook’s latest dalliance with a “downvote” button launched this week as a limited test in the United States. The feature began appearing on the service’s mobile app without a formal company announcement—and we only found out about it by browsing on our phones. The feature appears […]

2018 Dodge Challenger Hellcat Widebody: Wider, grippier, faster

The Challenger Hellcat gets a new, wider iteration for the 2018 model year. Simply called the Hellcat Widebody, the car features the very same fender flares and front lip spoiler as the Dodge Demon, but with the “normal” 707-horsepower supercharged V8 of the basic Hellcat. This means that it isn’t quite as wild of an […]

Sigma’s cinema lens system got even wider with a new 14mm and 135mm

Two popular Sigma Art lenses are getting a video conversion as the company expands its Cine FF High-Speed Prime lens series. On Thursday, Sigma announced the 14mm T2 FF and 135mm T2 FF cinema lenses, the widest and longest in the series yet. While Sigma announced the plans for several new cinema lenses when the […]