8/21/2018

EPA Head Signs Proposal to Undo Restrictions on Coal Plants

The Trump administration moved to overturn Obama-era environmental rules on power-plant emissions, a long-telegraphed action designed to help coal-burning plants compete with natural gas and other cleaner alternatives as a national energy source.

Tesla...

JPMorgan cuts Tesla target over lack of buyout funding

Analyst drops valuation to $195 a share on conclusion financing was not ‘secured’

Will Sony mirrorless cameras end Canon, Nikon’s digital duopoly?

The Alpha’s mirrorless design lets image sensors grab light faster and stay in focus using sophisticated software.
It is potentially a tectonic shift that gives Sony a chance to break the professional photography duopoly that Canon and Nikon have enjoyed since the days of 35mm(1.37-inch) film.

BY BLOOMBERG


Sony’s head start in producing mirrorless cameras over rival makers such as Canon and Nikon could lead to a tectonic shift in the industry. Photo: Bloomberg

How to get a table at the world’s 5 best restaurants?

By the time you actually eat at one of the restaurants that were named in the World’s 50 Best Restaurants awards this year, it would be time for a new list. Some of these fine dining restaurants take bookings months in advance, but tables are snapped up faster than you can pronounce the restaurant’s name when they are released.
Top restaurant Osteria Francescana is booked out through September. Runner-up El Celler De Can Roca is fully booked for the next 11 months. We’re serious.
We break down the reservation terms for the top five restaurants for your convenience, because life is better spent poring over the menu months ahead of the actual meal.
BY WANDERLUXE BY THE LUXE NOMAD

Louis Vuitton x adidas ‘Eclipse’ NMD Hu puts other trainers in the shade

Luxury spin by customiser Ceeze bears the classic LV monogram design to create a one-of-a-kind sneaker, costing US$2,850
BY HYPEBEAST

Galaxy Note 9’s camera is closest to world’s best – Google’s Pixel 2. Which do you Leica?

Test of image quality shows they are similar so it may depend on taste – and whether you favour Samsung’s variable aperture and 2x optical zoom lens

BY BUSINESS INSIDER
20 AUG 2018The quality of the images taken by cameras on Samsung and Google smartphones is so close in tests that it may simply come down to nothing more than personal preference. Photo: Business Insider

Taylor Swift is worth over US$300 million – so how does she spend it?

Taylor Swift is worth an estimated US$300 million. How does she make it and how does she spend it? Photo: Carlo Allegri/Reuters



The business savvy star, tipped to be a billionaire by the age of 30, has coastal mansions, splurges on lavish holidays, and is generous to her fans and friends
BY BUSINESS INSIDER
20 AUG 2018


Ernest Becker...



Winner of the Pulitzer prize in 1974 and the culmination of a life's work, The Denial of Death is Ernest Becker's brilliant and impassioned answer to the "why" of human existence. In bold contrast to the predominant Freudian school of thought, Becker tackles the problem of the vital lie -- man's refusal to acknowledge his own mortality. In doing so, he sheds new light on the nature of humanity and issues a call to life and its living that still resonates more than twenty years after its writing.

Why the heck is there still an automotive chip shortage?

 A side from the raw, human toll,   COVID-19   has dramatically changed how we live, from travel and education to the way people work. This ...