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Audi has begun construction of an extension to its engine facility where the manufacturer will build its Formula 1 power units. Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free A new, 3,000 square metre facility is being built at Audi’s Competence Center Motorsport in Neuberg an der Donau. Building F7.2 (shown above) will house new test benches for developing the hybrid turbo power unit which Audi will compete with in Formula 1 from 2026. Audi is also expanding the workforce which will develop and build the energy recovery system, electric motor, battery, combustion engine and transmission. It has already recruited around 220 staff for its F1 project and intends to have over 300 by the middle of next year. They will be able to make use of some parts of the new building as early as March. Audi Formula Racing GmbH was founded to run the F1 project. Its managing director Adam Baker said: “Developing a power unit for the world’s most demanding racing series in Germany is a … [Read more...] about Audi building extension to engine factory for F1 project · RaceFans

The Chinese Grand Prix will not go ahead in 2023, due to ongoing concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic in the region. Having been included on the record-breaking 24-race calendar in 2023, F1 has confirmed that the Chinese Grand Prix will not make its return next season. A short statement from F1 confirmed the reason is due to ongoing concerns regarding COVID-19: “Formula 1 can confirm, following dialogue with the promoter and relevant authorities, that the 2023 Chinese Grand Prix will not take place due to the ongoing difficulties presented by the COVID-19 situation. “Formula 1 is assessing alternative options to replace the slot on the 2023 calendar and will provide an update on this in due course.” China continues to observe extremely stringent measures to contain the COVID-19 virus, with mandatory central hotel quarantine in place for any person entering the country – the duration of which varies. China continues to implement a dynamic zero Covid policy and has had to deal … [Read more...] about Formula 1 confirm Chinese Grand Prix is OFF 2023 calendar

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 6 Julia Reichert, the Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker behind “American Factory” whose films explored themes of race, class and gender, often in the Midwest, has died. She was 76. She died Thursday night in Ohio from cancer, her family said Friday through a representative. She was diagnosed with stage four urothelial cancer in April 2018. Often called the “godmother of American independent documentaries,” Reichart told the stories of ordinary Americans, from autoworkers dealing with both plant closures (2009's “The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant”) and foreign investors (2019's “American Factory”), to members of the American Communist Party (1983's “Seeing Red”) to female labor activists in the 1930s (1976's “Union Maids”). In her 50 years of filmmaking, Reichert won two Primetime Emmy Awards and was nominated for four Oscars, winning one with her partner … [Read more...] about Julia Reichert, Oscar-winning documentarian, dies at 76

There are plenty of movies that are almost universally considered great — “The Godfather,” for example, is one. But those aren’t always the movies that stick with us, the ones we personally consider the greatest or best or just outright fun — the movies that bring us the most joy. HOUSTON'S HIDDEN GEM: Inside Memo's Record Shop, Houston's Latin music Mecca Houston native Andrew Ortiz knows this. It’s why he can remember scenes from his favorite movies more easily than his mom’s birthday, why he worked as a “movie hype man” for Alamo Drafthouse, why the first movie he watched in 2021 was purposefully “School of Rock” and why he created a T-shirt that proclaims “Judy Greer Should Have Been the Lead.” “When I watch a movie, it falls into two categories for the most part: It’s either, ‘it's great, and I love it’ or ‘it's pretty good,’” Ortiz said. “I'm a sucker, and I'm very easy to please, it doesn't take very much. Jack Black, a bunch of cool kids and some musical … [Read more...] about Houston’s Super Yaki knows nothing is too niche in the internet age

A private border wall built along the Rio Grande in South Texas could collapse during extreme flooding, according to a federally commissioned inspection report that the government sought to keep secret for more than a year. The 404-page report , produced by the global engineering firm Arcadis, confirms previous reporting from ProPublica and The Texas Tribune. It also shows for the first time that the federal government independently found structural problems with the border fencing before reaching a settlement agreement with the builder, Fisher Industries, in May. Under the agreement, which ended a nearly three-year legal battle between the International Boundary and Water Commission and Fisher Industries, the company must inspect the fence quarterly, remove bollards and maintain a gate that would allow for the release of floodwaters. It must also keep a $3 million bond, a type of insurance, to cover any expenses in case the structure fails. Engineering and hydrology … [Read more...] about Justice Department tried to hide report warning that private border wall in Texas could collapse

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 8 NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Downey Jr. set out to make an objective portrait, a tribute to his father, the underground filmmaking maverick Robert Downey Sr. His dad had other plans. “The key point in this is when he goes, ‘OK, I think we should split into two camps: The (expletive) movie and the one I’m gonna make,’” recalls Downey Jr., laughing. “I just go, ‘Man, hats off to you, Pops.” “Sr.,” directed by Chris Smith, is a work of father-son harmony more than might be suggested by Downey Sr.’s typically brusque assertion of filmmaking independence. It’s a kind of home movie, mostly made by Downey Jr. but with his father’s own insertions peppered throughout. It’s a son’s loving reckoning with his iconoclast father, a freewheeling cult filmmaker whose experimental films gave Downey Jr. his entry into moviemaking and whose outsized personality did much to … [Read more...] about Robert Downey Jr. on one last film with his dad, ‘Sr.’

An inveterate networker, Gov. Ned Lamont had a good trip to Washington, D.C. He shared a table at a state dinner Thursday with President Joe Biden’s chief of staff and met Friday with his transportation secretary. “A lot of life is these relationships,” Lamont said in a telephone interview Friday, shortly before boarding a plane to return to Connecticut. “That’s what the last 24 hours has been.” He took his wife, Annie, to the White House dinner honoring the French president , Emmanuel Macron, and his top transportation officials, Joseph J. Giulietti and Garrett Eucalitto, to meet with the secretary of transportation, Pete Buttigieg. Lamont said the trio made a pitch to Buttigieg about how Connecticut, with an aging infrastructure and a share of one of the nation’s busiest commuter rail systems, can showcase the administration’s investments in transportation. Twitter — GovNedLamont Twitter Connecticut is line for a significant share of billions earmarked for … [Read more...] about Inside Ned Lamont’s trip to the White House, dinner with Biden’s chief of staff and ‘a hell of a lot of fun’

This article was first published on NerdWallet.com . Workers have had a banner year in 2022 — wages are high, employment is strong and job-hopping opportunities are plentiful, a streak that continued through the latest numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Dec. 2. There’s still one more jobs report coming in January to cap off the year, but experts say it’s doubtful anything radical will happen to void this assessment: The labor market is still running hot. “The key takeaway for 2022 is the labor market has lived to fight another month in terms of its tightness and strength,” says Nela Richardson, chief economist at ADP Research Institute. When you combine a tight labor market with persistently high inflation and six rate hikes by the Federal Reserve this year, it also makes for truly bizarre economic conditions. And another rate hike is expected in December. “The question before us all is whether or not the Fed can bring down inflation without … [Read more...] about Labor Market Kept It Tight in 2022

Nineteen year-old IT security specialist and hacker, David Colombo from Germany, who wants to start his own cybersecurity startup and change the world, says he found a vulnerability that gives him full control of Tesla cars. He recently tweeted that he has ‘full remote control’ of over two dozen Teslas located in thirteen different countries. He does stress in his posts that he used API keys and third party software to gain access to the vehicles, but he didn’t do it through a vulnerability in Tesla’s software infrastructure. He explains that the owners are actually to blame for the vulnerability, not Tesla . In other posts from January 11, David explains that he doesn’t have actual control over the vehicles’ steering or acceleration, but he says this is still a dangerous situation Regarding what I‘m able to do with these Tesla‘s now. This includes disabling Sentry Mode, opening the doors/windows and even starting Keyless Driving. I could also query the exact location, … [Read more...] about Hacker Says He Has ‘Full Remote Control’ Of Over 25 Teslas