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Automakers breathe a sigh of relief at Trump's approach to renegotiating NAFTA

9/1/2018, 6:33:56 PM
Car companies are also watching to see if anything will come of a European Union proposal to eliminate tariffs on vehicles and other industrial goods. ✔ STR | AFP | Getty Images General Motors Buick cars being assembled at Wuhan auto plant in Wuhan, China ✔ ''In some ways,'' said Charlie Chesbrough, a senior economist at Cox Automotive, the new trade rules amount to ''a solution in search of a problem.'' But some industry associations are not as sanguine


Apple's self-driving car is the latest to get into a road accident

9/1/2018, 2:04:42 PM
No one was hurt ✔ Keep on self-driving Considering Apple's self-driving project is on a smaller-scale than its competitors, it's perhaps no surprise that it's taken this long for one of its vehicles to get involved in a smash – albeit a very gentle, low speed kind of smash


Apple reports its first self-driving car crash

9/1/2018, 6:01:21 PM
Apple's self-driving car was rear-ended while merging into traffic. ✔ Apple's Self-Driving Car Spotted on Freeway in New Video https://t.co/or1kNbtLMy by @julipuli pic.twitter.com/nBmmWNvY7B MacRumors.com (@MacRumors) May 22, 2017 According to a report from The Information and Consumer Affairs, there seems to be a growing trend involving autonomous vehicles getting rear-ended by human-piloted cars


The Audi Q8 is markedly better, sexier and prettier than its biggest rivals

9/1/2018, 6:48:41 PM
AT school I learned about King Midas. Everything he touched turned to gold. Today, he runs a car company called Audi. Whatever the reviews, its cars sell quicker than the latest iPhone. The company… ✔ But all three PHEVs (plug-in hybrid electric vehicles) were intact when I arrived to tackle my scheduled stretch, which would begin in Cartagena, Colombia, and end 1,155 miles later in Quito, Ecuador ✔ Ring 0207 782 4104 or WHATSAPP on 07423720250 or email exclusive@the-sun.co.uk


9 phones with the most interesting camera tricks: iPhone X, Note 9 and more

9/1/2018, 2:20:23 PM
From pop-up selfie cams to thermal imaging and face tracking, we look at phones with the unique camera features. ✔ Prev Next Prev Next Doing more than just snapping pics These days, it takes a lot more than capturing clear photos and video to impress a phone buyer ✔ Oppo's supplier boasts a 0.0001 percent false recognition rate and payment-level authentication


An ode to Apple’s awful MacBook keyboard

9/1/2018, 6:02:14 PM
Yes I am very late to this. But I am also very annoyed so I am adding my voice to the now sustained chorus of complaints about Apple’s redesigned Mac keyboard: How very much it sucks. Truly, madly, deeply. This is the keyboard that Apple “completely redesigned” in 2015, in its que… ✔ Reader, there is nothing remotely beautiful and butterfly-esque about the experience of depressing these keys ✔ Why mess with such a good thing?! Marginally thinner than what was already exceptionally thin hardware is hardly something consumers clamour for ✔ Not so much thinking different as failing to understand what the machine is for


Dead Cells review – the new king of the castle

9/1/2018, 1:11:52 PM
It may look familiar, but this challenging action game from a small studio is so much more than a mere exercise in nostalgia ✔ The map cannot be learned; instead, the rules must be mastered ✔ Surprisingly perhaps, considering the surreal style, Donut County succeeds in telling a brisk, tragicomic story about the anthropomorphic animals whose lives are ruined by the curious Armageddon you wreak


Honor’s Play gaming phone is far from perfect for 'PUBG'

9/1/2018, 6:40:43 PM
I'd rather play on a potato. ✔ Honor's battery life claims around GPU Turbo, I'm not so convinced on ✔ Playing for about 45 minutes on a high brightness setting (and just generally thumbing around the phone for another 20 to 30) eats up roughly 50 percent of the charge ✔ Follow all the latest news from IFA 2018 here!


Invasive mosquitoes are spreading across Los Angeles County. Have you been bitten?

9/1/2018, 4:13:12 PM
Have you experienced an unusual number of mosquito bites this summer? Have they landed mostly below the knee and especially around your ankles? And did the six-legged perpetrator fly off unnoticed, like a mosquito ninja? If so, your neighborhood is likely infested with invasive Aedes mosquitoes. ✔ Culex females generally lay a raft of 100 eggs on a fairly sizable body of water an ornamental pond, a neglected swimming pool, a bucket of water, a bird bath ✔ Talk to everybody you share fences with and make sure nobody has saucers or starter plants or lawn drains that are not screened ✔ She did this with her neighbors in Azuza and has seen a remarkable improvement


Payday startups are increasing access to wages, but is “make any day payday” the right choice?

9/1/2018, 7:31:18 PM
Kristen Berman Contributor Kristen Berman is a co-founder of Duke's Common Cents Lab with Professor Dan Ariely. Common Cents is generously supported by MetLife Foundation. Kristen was on the founding team of Google's behavioral economics team, and was previously the founder of Irrational Labs, a be… ✔ Kristen BermanContributor Kristen Berman is a co-founder of Duke's Common Cents Lab with Professor Dan Ariely ✔ Common Cents is generously supported by MetLife Foundation ✔ However, we were curious: do people have the intuition that more frequent pay periods are better, and how frequent is optimal


All the Apple original series announced so far

9/1/2018, 2:20:22 PM
Apple’s deep bench of original programming is all dressed up with nowhere to go. Yet. ✔ Aquaman himself, Jason Momoa, has been cast as warrior Baba Voss, and Alfred Woodard has been cast as Paris, an adviser and priestess ✔ What we know about Disney's streaming service: The release date, name, shows and movies to expect on the platform and more


Juicero is still the greatest example of Silicon Valley stupidity

9/1/2018, 2:13:40 PM
A year after its fall, the connected juicer still has lessons to teach about startups and spinach recalls. ✔ It included the connected data that Juicero used to manage its supply chain ✔ It took a traditional product and added so many bells and whistles it became an unrecognisable Homer car of unnecessary complications ✔ Taking It to Extremes: Mix insane situations -- erupting volcanoes, nuclear meltdowns, 30-foot waves -- with everyday tech


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