Daiwa Securities Group will buy Orix’s banking unit for ¥370 billion ($2.3 billion), its largest acquisition in almost two decades, as Japan’s second-biggest brokerage deepens its foray into ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Concept cars are famously easy to make for anyone with access to a computer, or even just some clay, or even just an imagination, which is why car startups are plentiful but with a failure rate ...

Next in our 2025 review, we look at concept cars that grabbed readers' attention this year, including an art deco Mercedes-Benz, a minimalist Audi and a car informed by rocket ships. With the ...

Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot downloadable content “DAIMA: Adventure Through the Demon Realm – Part 2” will launch in early 2026 with new content including Vegeta (Mini) as a playable character, a boss fight ...

The Toyota Corolla concept was revealed today at the Tokyo auto show. Toyota says the futuristic compact car will offer a plethora of powertrains, from internal combustion to hybrid to full EV. The ...

South Korean carmaker Hyundai has unveiled a compact EV concept designed specifically for driving in European cities, whose swooping form was determined by the properties of steel. Released under the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Audi has revealed the Concept C, an electric roadster blending cues from the TT and R8. Minimalist yet emotional, the design points toward a production model expected around 2027. Audi has unveiled ...

Evan Williams is an automotive journalist and mechanical engineering technologist with more than a decade of experience in the industry. He has written for the Toronto Star and AutoTrader Canada and ...