Tagged: Maverick

Is a smart grill worth it?

When they launched, smart speakers made sense: The ability to talk to your speaker from across the room to ask for mundane tasks like volume adjustment is a good idea. Then everything started to get smart, but some smart products seemed like a dumb ide…

Top Gun: Maverick review: A superior summer sequel

Faced with the cockiest flyboy in the history of naval aviation, Rear Adm. Chester “Hammer” Cain (Ed Harris) does not mince words. “Your kind is headed for extinction,” he tells the one and only Pete “Maverick” Mitchell. The admiral is talking about th…

Firebird’s director, star on forbidden romance and Top Gun

Two lovers torn apart by forces beyond their control is a tale as old as Romeo and Juliet, but how many love stories incorporate 1970s Russia, a symbolic ballet dance, and jet fighters used as metaphors for sexual climax? Firebird is in a class of its …

F-150 Lightning Won’t Be Ford’s Only Electric Pickup

Ford kicked off production of the F-150 Lightning on Tuesday, and the company used the occasion to share some future electric pickup truck news. According to Automotive News, Ford CEO Jim Farley said the automaker intends to build an “all-new” elect…