INERTIA IS ISAAC NEWTONS first law of motion. Every body perseveres in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed thereon, wrote Newton in 1687. It is the first law of the EU, too: things…

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The 2021 Lexus LC 500 Convertible is a blessing in the form of a car. Its 5.0-liter naturally aspirated V8 makes one of the best sounds in automobiledom, and one look will have anybodys jaws on the ground. Climb inside, and the hits dont stop coming. In our specific test…

While many of us cut down on our travel across the US, anyone playing Microsoft Flight Simulatorshould be enjoying a better view. The game’s latest update has added high-res versions of many US landmarks, including the White House, the Statue of Liberty and the Hoover Dam. Oddly, for a game…

To date, Samsung has attempted to create two types of phones with foldable displays. We’ve got the Galaxy Z Fold which is a smartphone that unfurls into a tablet, then we have the Galaxy Z Flip which when closed sports a clamshell design that unfolds into a regular-sized smartphone. Word…

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – NOVEMBER 20: People wearing masks walk past the newly opened holiday windows at … [+] Macy’s Herald Square on November 20, 2020 in New York City. The pandemic has caused long-term repercussions throughout the tourism and entertainment industries, including temporary and permanent closures of historic…

Its Monday and time for Ask Kotaku, the weekly feature in which Kotaku-ites deliberate on a single burning question. Then, we ask your take. This week we Ask Kotaku: Whats your least-favorite console youve ever owned? Stephen I was going to say the Wii U, because that system and its…

Looks like the time is ripe for the Android 11 official update story to gain some momentum, at least from Xiaomi’s perspective. Apart from the Google Pixel lineup, official Android 11 updates by device makers have been few and far between, mostly dealing with Chinese OEMs like OnePlus and OPPO.…

The rest of the media were reporting on an asteroid named 16 Psyche last month worth $10 quintillion. Oddly enough they reported in July 2019 and again in February 2018 that the same asteroid was worth $700 quintillion, so it seems the space rock market is similar to cryptocurrency in…

Yves here. Wolf does a public service in providing a short unpacking of what happened with the “protect investors from the Covid meltdown” special purpose vehicles that would buy junk bonds and stocks and be managed by BlackRock. The short answer is that this was a successful application of the…