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'Car ownership is dead' as all new motors will be bought on finance

9/26/2018, 3:29:55 PM
THE DOMINANCE of finance deals, leasing and subscription services will be the death of car ownership. A whopping 88 per cent of all new cars bought on finance by Brits last year, and 30 per cent of… ✔ Auto Trader 2 The car 'usership' landscape today Nathan Coe, Auto Trader’s Chief Financial and Operating Officer, said: The evolving concept of ownership and the growing spectrum of access models represent one of, if not the most, dramatic shifts in the retail landscape


CarPlay and Android Auto will soon be available in Jaguar Land Rover vehicles

9/26/2018, 6:36:55 PM
They’ll be available in all 2019 vehicles equipped with infotainment systems, and retrofit earlier models. ✔ There’s no set date for when these features and retroactive updates will be available in the US, but rollout appears to have started in the UK ✔ With third-party mapping services added to Apple’s CarPlay in iOS 12, drivers now have the option to use whatever navigation app they prefer, like Google Maps


Two Tesla bulls say the company is wrong about one key part of its self-driving car strategy

9/26/2018, 5:55:16 PM
BI Prime: Tesla takes a unique approach to developing and selling its self-driving technology. Two prominent Tesla bulls — Gene Munster and Adam Jonas — told Business Insider they think the company's unconventional ideas will pay off in some areas and require a reversal in others. ✔ Munster said he believes fully-autonomous vehicles won't arrive for five to 10 years, and that Tesla will have to refund the customers who bought the self-driving hardware for incompatible vehicles, a number Munster said he thinks is relatively small compared to the number of Autopilot customers, or offer them discounts on newer Tesla vehicles


Lyft expands the ‘ditch your car’ challenge to 35 new cities

9/26/2018, 12:05:19 PM
Lyft expands its "ditch your car" challenge to 35 new cities, including New York and San Francisco. ✔ Many of the cities selected have some of the highest rates of car ownership in the country: how will they respond to this challenge ✔ But there will be times that cities take extreme action such as New York City voting to cap the number of new ride-hail vehicles for a year that run counter to Lyft’s business ✔ If the problem keeps getting worse, Lyft may find itself facing its own challenge


Philippine inventor aims to cut travel times with passenger drone

9/26/2018, 3:53:44 PM
The so-called 'Koncepto Milenya' developed by former dancer and camera operator Kyxz Mendiola can fly as high as 20 ft and speed up to 37 mph, but its maiden flight lasted just a little over 10 minutes. ✔ The California-based company, which is building an all-electric flying taxi capable of vertical take-off, has received $100 million (£70 million) in funding from a group of investors led by Toyota and Intel ✔ ‘I think it’s going to happen within the next 10 years,’ he said


iPhone XS battery life trumped by these CHEAPER rival Android smartphones

9/26/2018, 2:00:56 PM
ALWAYS running out of battery life on your phone? The new iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max will probably have you covered. But there are some cheaper Android handsets that appear to trump Apple’s … ✔ Both phones fell very close to the high-end smartphone category average of 9 hours and 48 minutes ✔ As always with lab tests, it's worth noting that your actual real-world experience might vary ✔ Different handsets can fare better at different tasks, depending on how their processors and operating systems are designed


Daimler names new CEO to lead push into electric, autonomous vehicles

9/26/2018, 3:28:51 PM
Daimler said Wednesday that Dieter Zetsche is stepping down as CEO and will be replaced by a long-serving executive who has most recently been leading the automaker’s research and development efforts, including its push into electric vehicles. The company has proposed that Zetsche, who was CE… ✔ Daimler said Wednesday that Dieter Zetsche is stepping down as CEO and will be replaced by a long-serving executive who has most recently been leading the automaker’s research and development efforts, including its push into electric vehicles ✔ In 2015, Källenius was appointed to the Daimler AG’s board of management


Tariffs cost Ford $1 billion in profit and hurt sales in China

9/26/2018, 3:07:18 PM
Ford CEO Jim Hackett said Ford needs the U.S., China and other countries to make quick decisions about trade or there 'will be more damage.' ✔ President Donald Trump's tariffs are hitting Ford's finances hard ✔ The irony is, we source most of that in the U.S. today anyways ✔ So we are in a good place right now, but if it goes on longer there will be more damage ✔ We have had to move people in that factory to other functions because of that trade problem, he said


How Uber is getting flying cars off the ground

9/26/2018, 5:13:09 PM
It wants to fly you around cities as in the Jetsons, but there are still roadblocks to overcome before UberAir can take flight. ✔ Moore says this will help drive costs down to somewhere in the order of an UberX ride ✔ CNET Daily News Get today's top news and reviews collected for you ✔ CNET Magazine: Check out a sample of the stories in CNET's newsstand edition ✔ Special Reports: CNET's in-depth features in one place


A new way to explain neural networks

9/26/2018, 4:46:11 PM
Ben Plomion Contributor Ben Plomion is the chief image scientist of GumGum. By now, most of us have a general idea of what a neural network is, at least insomuch as its role in enabling the “machine learning” part of what’s considered AI today.  Also known as deep learning, neural networks are the … ✔ Ben PlomionContributor Ben Plomion is the chief image scientist of GumGum ✔ So maybe it’s time for a new analogy, which is precisely what filmmaker Ben Sharony and PokeGravy Studios have done in A.N.N., an animated short, which they created for us ✔ With a music score by Edmund Jolliffe, the video follows the story of A.N.N


Uber changes its disaster response playbook

9/26/2018, 5:02:20 PM
Uber is taking a page out of the federal government’s disaster response handbook. The ride-hailing company is centralizing how it responds to disasters, whether it’s flooding in North Carolina, a mass shooting in Las Vegas or an earthquake in Mexico City. Now, instead of taking a local-… ✔ Uber is taking a page out of the federal government’s disaster response handbook ✔ From here, the GSC staff, which includes former military and security experts who speak a dozen different languages, coordinate with local Uber staff and city, county or state officials


Dirt Rally 2.0 Announced

9/26/2018, 1:34:32 PM
Codemasters rallies for a follow-up next year. ✔ We have been working with a selection of that community alongside a roster of real world rally drivers to ensure that we meet their high standards ✔ In the meantime, read IGN's review of Dirt Rally that launched in 2015, as we chose it as an Editor's Choice game for the year


What happens when life insurance companies track fitness data?

9/26/2018, 5:12:51 PM
It could be a win-win, it could cause privacy concerns ✔ These programs are going to be in place for an average of 20 years and often much longer, Tingle says, and while people might figure out a way to get more steps in the short term, people aren’t going to do that for two decades ✔ I can only imagine that certain types of yoga might not work well with an activity tracker


Fortnite season 6 is coming tomorrow: Here's what we know so far

9/26/2018, 6:51:06 PM
Confirmed map changes, werewolves, DJs and early patch notes and more are in store for season 6. ✔ pic.twitter.com/si2L9etjkk Fortnite (@FortniteGame) September 25, 2018 And continuing the purple cube theme, here's Wednesday's post: Season 6… tomorrow ✔ 23 The coolest Fortnite merch you can buy Fortnite: The complete guide to the biggest battle royale game: Get the lowdown on Fortnite: Battle Royale, the video game being played by everyone from kids to celebrities


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9/26/2018, 3:49:24 PM
400GB Switch Memory Card (Micro SDXC) for $99.99, 50% off Logitech C922x Pro Stream Webcam, Switch Fortnite Double Helix Bundle, and More. ✔ Welcome to IGN's Daily Deals, your source for the best deals on the stuff you actually want to buy ✔ Like me on Facebook and follow me on Twitter to get the latest deals ✔ Today's Newest Deals SanDisk Ultra 200GB Micro SDXC Card (Switch Compatible) for $34.99 This is a full $10 cheaper than the previous lowest price, which happened on Amazon Prime Day ✔ To sweeten the deal, Humble isn't just giving you Overwatch for $12


When will the smartphone die?

9/26/2018, 1:05:25 PM
Could the smartphone ever become yesterday's news? ✔ Those watches which do come with cellular connectivity and all the bells and whistles of a phone are rendered difficult to use because of the tiny screen – it's hardly ideal for touch interaction and certainly not something you'd want to browse the web or watch a movie on


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