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Tesla has reclaimed the 'Ring. The automaker sent its highest performance model to Germany's Nürburgring racetrack and set a new lap record for electric cars. The 13-mile-long circuit is used as a testing ground and benchmark for sports cars, due to its unique rough and winding surface, which does a good job simulating real world roads without a speed limit. A Tesla Model S Plaid broke the Porsche Taycan's record in 2021 with a 7-minute, 35-second lap, but Porsche returned with another 671 hp Taycan equipped with an optional performance package upgrade and knocked two seconds off that time to retake the top spot.

An Air Force veteran is blowing the whistle on alleged secret U.S. military programs which he claims has been retrieving craft of "non-human origin" for at least several decades. David Charles Grusch, a 36-year-old decorated former combat officer in Afghanistan, served the National Reconnaissance Office, acting as their representative to Congress’ Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force from 2019-2021. At the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, he also served from late 2021 to July 2022 as co-lead of unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) analysis and its representative to the task force, which was recently renamed the All Domain Anomaly Resolution Office. The Debrief first reported Monday that Grusch said he filed a whistleblower complaint to Congress and the Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) on classified information that he insists proves the recoveries of partial fragments through and up to intact vehicles have been made for decades through the present day by the U.S. government, its allies and defense contractors.

Make it the province and I'm in ????being just up the road.

Apple has announced it will upgrade its autocorrect feature so it no longer changes one of the most common expletives to the word "ducking". "In those moments where you just want to type a ducking word, well, the keyboard will learn it, too," Apple's software chief Craig Federighi said. The autocorrect feature on the iPhone keyboard has always had its quirks, and may occasionally substitute a logical replacement for a misspelt word while texting, inadvertently altering the intended meaning of a phrase or sentence.

A huge dam in the Russian-controlled area of southern Ukraine has been destroyed, unleashing a flood of water. Ukraine's military has accused Russia of blowing up the dam, while Russian officials have blamed the Ukrainians. People are currently being evacuated from communities in the surrounding areas, with fears that any flooding could be catastrophic. Here's what we know so far. Where is the dam? The Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant is in the city of Nova Kakhovka in Ukraine's Kherson region, which is currently under Russian occupation. It was built in the Soviet era and is one of six dams that sits along the Dnipro river, which stretches all the way from the very north of the country into the sea in the south. It's huge and holds water equal to the Great Salt Lake in the US state of Utah, according to Reuters.

Former US Vice-President Mike Pence has officially filed paperwork to join an increasingly crowded field of Republicans running for president. Mr Pence, 63, is set to formally launch his campaign with a video, speech and townhall event in the early voting state of Iowa on Wednesday. The move pits him against Donald Trump, the man he served in the White House for four years from 2017-21. The former president is currently polling well ahead in the race. Most opinion polls show Mr Pence in a distant third place, with support in the low single digits. The former Indiana governor and congressman is expected to position himself as a continuation of the Trump administration's conservative agenda, without the baggage.

In a traditional American political world, Mike Pence's 2024 presidential campaign would have a lot going for it. A politician with experience in both Congress and as a state governor. A former vice-president who had multiple high-profile administration roles and four years to build connections with his party's grass-roots. A methodical but reasonably charismatic public speaker who has a track record of strong debate performances and a stint as a popular conservative radio host. This is not, however, a normal political world anymore - and it hasn't been since Donald Trump barrelled his way to the Republican presidential nomination and the White House in 2016. Instead, 2024 will be yet another precedent-setting moment in modern American politics - the first time a former vice-president and his former president will compete for their party's presidential nomination. Ex-Vice-President Mike Pence joins White House race "Pence is a traditional conservative," says David Oman, former chair of the Iowa Republican Party. "He's just not a loud one."

Apple has revealed a 15-inch version of the MacBook Air, a big version of its smallest laptop. The new MacBook Air is the smallest 15-inch laptop ever, at just over 11mm, Apple said. It is the first time Apple has made a version of its most powerful computer at such a size. Recently, Apple has only sold it in 13-inches, requiring users to pay up for a much more expensive MacBook Pro for a larger display – though it once offered the MacBook Air at 11-inches, too.

The chair of the COVID inquiry has been warned the "only logical response" if she lost the WhatsApp battle with the government would be for her to resign. Solicitor Elkan Abrahamson, who represents the COVID-19 Bereaved Families for Justice campaign group, spoke following the government's decision to launch a judicial review into Baroness Hallett's bid for unredacted material to be handed over. Mr Abrahamson stressed he was not calling on her to quit but that she would face little choice if the courts sided with the government over the documents.

Crypto giant Binance has been accused of engaging in a "web of deception" as it was hit with another lawsuit by US financial regulators. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said the trading platform and its founder Changpeng Zhao ignored the rules meant to protect investors to keep operating in the US. Both the company and Mr Zhao are accused of mishandling customer funds. Binance said it would defend the platform "vigorously". The complaint from the SEC is the second lawsuit filed against the firm this year and follows promises by the US to police the crypto industry more aggressively. The company, which was founded in 2017 and is active in more than 100 countries, denied that customer money had been at risk. "While we take the SEC's allegations seriously, they should not be the subject of an SEC enforcement action," Binance said, adding it had been in discussions with the regulator.