Nissan recalls over 250K vehicles to replace Takata air bags

Nissan recalls over 250K vehicles to replace Takata air bags

DETROIT (AP) — Nissan is recalling more than a quarter-million SUVs, trucks and vans worldwide to replace potentially dangerous Takata air bag inflators.The vehicles have air bags with volatile ammonium nitrate that can explode with too much force and hurl shrapnel....
‘Top Gun Maverick’ postponed to December due to coronavirus

‘Top Gun Maverick’ postponed to December due to coronavirus

NEW YORK (AP) — Hollywood’s summer movie season is all but finished. “Top Gun Maverick” became the latest would-be blockbuster to be rescheduled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Paramount Pictures on Thursday announced that sequel to the 1986 original will now...
SXSW partners with Amazon to put its film festival online

SXSW partners with Amazon to put its film festival online

NEW YORK (AP) — The popcorn will be bring your own and the barbecue won’t be as good, but the Austin, Texas, SXSW Film Festival is moving online after having its 27th edition canceled by the coronavirus pandemic.SXSW announced Thursday that it’s partnering...
Can you fix ventilators? A fuel cell engineer figures it out

Can you fix ventilators? A fuel cell engineer figures it out

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — It was late when engineer Joe Tavi’s boss called with an odd question: Could their company, which makes fuel cells, learn how to fix a ventilator?California had a bunch of broken ones, and the governor had asked if San Jose-based Bloom Energy...
Survey: Athletic directors bracing for financial crisis

Survey: Athletic directors bracing for financial crisis

Athletic directors at the nation’s biggest sports schools are bracing for a potential financial crisis related to the coronavirus pandemic.According to a survey released Thursday by LEAD1, an association of athletic directors from 130 major college football...
Japan’s SoftBank ends WeWork tender, remains behind bailout

Japan’s SoftBank ends WeWork tender, remains behind bailout

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology company SoftBank Group Corp. called off its offering of up to $3 billion worth of shares in office-space rental venture WeWork, though it remains committed to its $5 billion bailout of the financially troubled company. The main loser...