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Praise on social media from Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds has sent interest in an electric motorcycle manufacturing company “into overdrive”, it said. The star and co-owner of Wrexham posted about Coventry-based company Arc saying their Vector model was “the coolest bike” he had ever ridden. Chairman, Mark Truman, said the company had supplied the actor with a custom-made model last year. Recent posts on Instagram by Reynolds had “sent our channels crazy,” he said. The company which claims it produces “the world’s most advanced motorcycles,” said the personalised Vector model, costing between £100,000 and £150,000 had been delivered in November…

RnB star Akon has been in the music business for almost 20 years. And the Senagalese-American singer says he’s finally able to start making music for himself. Born in the USA, Akon spent his childhood moving between New Jersey and the African country. He learned to play several western and African instruments, but when he started to pursue a musical career in the early 2000s, he says producers were only interested in one side of his heritage. “One of the biggest things that I had to actually distance myself from at the time when I did come out, was the…

Pro Football Hall of Famer Gil Brandt, widely regarded as the architect who helped build the Dallas Cowboys into one of the most successful and popular sports franchises of all time, died on Thursday, according to the Cowboys. Brandt was 91. “Gil was at the very core of the early success of the Dallas Cowboys and continued to serve as a great ambassador for the organization for decades beyond that,” Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said. After a six-decade NFL executive career – 29 years with the Cowboys – Brandt was inducted into the Hall in 2019. As the vice president of player personnel…

World No.1 Carlos Alcaraz beat Lloyd Harris in the US Open second round to progress to round three at Flushing Meadows. Alcaraz beat his opponent in straight sets, winning 6-3 6-1 7-6 (7-4) in two hours and 28 minutes for essentially his first victory of the championship after his first-round opponent had retired injured. The 20-year-old is considered by many to be the tournament frontrunner on the men’s side of the draw and though he made 29 unforced errors against Harris, the Spaniard was happy with his performance. “I played a great match from the beginning of the match until the last ball,”…

The prime minister’s plan for the UK to take the lead in AI regulation is at risk unless a new law is introduced in November, MPs have warned. The EU could overtake the UK in efforts to make AI safe unless action is taken, members of the Commons Technology Committee said. The UK will host an international AI summit at the start of November. The government told the BBC it is willing to consider further steps if needed. But it did not reveal if it agreed that a new law should be put forward so rapidly. Instead, a spokesperson highlighted the summit…

A hacking group called Anonymous Sudan took X, formerly known as Twitter, offline in more than a dozen countries on Tuesday morning in an attempt to pressurise Elon Musk into launching his Starlink service in their country. X was down for more than two hours, with thousands of users affected. “Make our message reach to Elon Musk: ‘Open Starlink in Sudan’,” the hackers posted on Telegram. X is the latest victim of the gang hacking to “benefit Sudan and Islam”. Over several weeks of private conversations with the group on the chat app Telegram, the BBC spoke to the hackers…

This summer’s blockbuster “Barbie” has made it to Russia despite not being officially released there due to the war in Ukraine, and it seems Barbiemania has infatuated many Russians even as the movie draws condemnation from officials. “Barbie” distributor Warner Bros., which is owned by CNN’s parent company Warner Bros. Discovery, was among the Western studios to pull out of Russia after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year. Since Spring 2022, not a single movie from the company has been released in Russia Russia’s Ministry of Culture said it hasn’t received an application to release “Barbie,” and authorities denied reports that a dubbing studio…

Dwyane “The Rock” Johnson and Oprah Winfrey have created a fund to make direct payments to people in Hawaii who have been affected by Maui wildfires. The People’s Fund of Maui aims to make monthly payments of $1,200 (£950) to the thousands of victims of the fires that swept the island this month. The two celebrities donated $10m to kick off the fundraiser, and are asking for further donations from the public. The death toll officially stands at 115 but many remain missing three weeks on. The money will go to adults whose homes were destroyed by the wildfires in…

Authorities raced to capture five million bees released yesterday after a truck carrying several crates of hives fell onto a roadway in Ontario, Canada, Halton Regional Police Constable Ryan Anderson told CNN. Halton Regional Police received a call shortly after 6 a.m. Wednesday, after the straps attached to the crates of beehives became loose and created a spill, releasing the millions of bees onto the roadway in Burlington, Anderson told CNN by phone. Burlington is south of Toronto. The city is located on the shores of Lake Ontario between Toronto and Niagara Falls, according to its website. After police shared a social…

Post Malone has made an impressive physical transformation in recent months – and people have been taking notice. The musician has reportedly lost over 50 pounds, which he previously said is due to the healthier lifestyle he’s embraced – like quitting drinking soda – since welcoming his daughter last year. “I’m having a lot of fun performing, and have never felt healthier,” he wrote in an Instagram post in April, going on to say that “dad life kicked in and I decided to kick soda, and start eating better so I can be around for a long time for this little angel.” He also noted in his…