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These £200k celeb must-have car keys just got better with a new collection

9/5/2018, 5:19:47 PM
HIGH-FLYING celebrities and sports stars are set to splash their cash on new custom Senturion car key bracelets worth up to £200,000. The luxury gadgets have recently been re-imagined, with an excl… ✔ Check out my bespoke #Senturion #EliteSupercarKey that starts my car, made of solid ancient meteorite @senturion_key A post shared by Usain St.Leo Bolt (@usainbolt) on Dec 11, 2016 at 7:08pm PST Senturion Key 3 The most expensive piece ever ordered was reportedly worth around £200,000 Adding four-billion-year-old meteorite to the remote key instantly bumps the price up £58,000


Volvo's autonomous 360c concept car becomes a bed, office or robo-taxi

9/5/2018, 4:50:16 PM
The Swedish carmaker unveiled Wednesday its latest concept car, dubbed the 360c, that's an all-electric, autonomous vehicle meant to make traveling and commuting a more pleasant experience. ✔ Volvo envisions a future where your car is a place to sleep, hang out and do work while on the road ✔ Volvo, which is eyeing a 2021 release date, has an ambitious vision for the 360c, believing it could revolutionize short-haul air travel, city dwelling and our environmental footprint ✔ Aside from the car's use cases, Volvo divulged few details about its pricing, specs and the like


Mercedes unveils a new 'smart' electric SUV at the Paris Motor Show

9/5/2018, 4:47:23 PM
DUBBED the Electric Intelligence Car, the EQC is the result of Mercedes-Benz flipping the switch on its new plug-in range. The car maker is investing more than £9billion in expanding the EQ model p… ✔ An updated Active Distance Assist Distronic driving system will allow the car to automatically adjust speeds according to traffic ahead ✔ With its seamless, clear design, the EQC is a pioneer for an avant-garde electric look with trailblazing design details and colour highlights typical of the brand both inside and out


Take a look at the custom £200,000 diamond-encrusted METEORITE car keys celebs are buying for their supercars

9/5/2018, 4:02:19 PM
HIGH-FLYING celebrities and sports stars are splashing their cash on custom bracelets worth thousands of pounds. And the dazzling jewellery has an even more impressive feature: it acts as a key for… ✔ Check out my bespoke #Senturion #EliteSupercarKey that starts my car, made of solid ancient meteorite @senturion_key A post shared by Usain St.Leo Bolt (@usainbolt) on Dec 11, 2016 at 7:08pm PST 2 Marcos Alonso was gifted one of the keys by David Luiz With a base price of £15,850, the remote key's value soars once owners start creating the own design


World's fastest SUV breaks cover – and it's British

9/5/2018, 5:18:13 PM
British specialist sports car maker Lister has revealed what it claims is the fastest SUV in the world. ✔ The profile view shows the LFP's Jaguar F-Pace roots Lister - Britain's oldest surviving racing car company - earlier this year launched the LFT-666 coupé, which is a modified version of the Jaguar F-Type sports car ✔ For tips and advice, visit our Advice section, or sign up to our newsletter here A-Z Car Finder Popular car reviews


Uber CEO: No plans to sell self-driving car unit ‘for now’

9/5/2018, 7:51:54 PM
Uber has no plans to sell its self-driving car research unit “at this time,” according to the company’s chief executive. Dara Khosrowshahi said that the ride-hailing giant will “absolutely” keep the research unit, known as the Advanced Technologies Group, including whe… ✔ Ultimately, it is a big asset that we are building and we can monetize that in whatever way we want to, he told Reuters, speaking at an event in New York ✔ Earlier Wednesday, Uber announced new safety and security features, including Ride Check, which activates if the rider’s phone senses a crash ✔ Khosrowshahi will be speaking at Disrupt SF on Thursday


Twitter's shadow banning bug 'unfairly filtered' 600,000 accounts

9/5/2018, 7:52:21 PM
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey confirmed the extent of the shadow banning bug to the Energy and Commerce Committee. ✔ Chris Wattie / Reuters Twitter's supposed account shadow banning, which the company says was a bug, was unfairly filtering 600,000 accounts, including some members of Congress in search auto-complete and results ✔ We'll always improve our technology and algorithms to drive healthier usage, and measure the impartiality of outcomes, he said


Is It a Stroller or Extreme Sports Gear?

9/5/2018, 6:01:53 PM
Premium upgrades and techy carriage designs let intense new parents bring their kids along for the ride. ✔ Brands including UPPAbaby, Bugaboo and Baby Jogger are turning out models to accommodate children from birth to roughly the start of elementary school (some carry kids up to 65 pounds) ✔ August 16, 2018 3 Super-Fun Experiments for Pint-size Scientists August 16, 2018


The Latest: Twitter CEO says 'shadow ban' not impartial

9/5/2018, 7:49:39 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on executives from social media companies and their appearances before Congress (all times local): 3:30 p.m. Lawmakers are ✔ WASHINGTON (AP) The Latest on executives from social media companies and their appearances before Congress (all times local): 3:30 p.m. Lawmakers are sparring over whether a now-reversed change to auto-suggestions on Twitter unfairly hurt Democrats or Republicans more ✔ Joe Barton, Dorsey said he agreed the impact along partisan lines was not impartial


Uber is turning your smartphone into an automatic CRASH detector

9/5/2018, 6:48:30 PM
UBER can now use a smartphone to detect if you’ve been in a crash. It’s part of a host of new safety features announced by CEO Dara Khosrowshahi as part of his one-year anniversary on t… ✔ Whether you're a rider or driver, Uber's got your back ✔ Uber said it would also use Ride Check for other reasons – including if a car has stopped for an unusual amount of time generally ✔ This will probably involve getting a unique code sent over email or via SMS


Snapchat launches new $200 Spectacles glasses with sleeker design

9/5/2018, 6:32:28 PM
Snapchat has launched two new versions of Spectacles that feature a sleeker and more fashionable design. They have all the features of Spectacles 2, but include a $200 price tag. ✔ They can record up to 70 videos or 'hundreds of photos on a single charge and are also water resistant, according to the firm ✔ Snapchat has also made the glasses available for purchase from more places ✔ Since then, they're sold on the Spectacles website, as well as Amazon


Google’s Launchpad Studio accelerator welcomes a cohort of blockchain and finance startups

9/5/2018, 4:12:22 PM
Google has inducted a new class of startups into the Launchpad Studio accelerator it inaugurated last year; the first group was focused on gleaning new insights from medical data, and this one is about shaking up established financial markets and systems. ✔ Inclusive, for instance, emerged in Africa from the difficulty there in finding and verifying identity documents ✔ Why not collaborate with those experts to create new product ideas or studies ✔ Congrats to the startups selected for the program; we’ll keep our ears open for whatever products emerge from their work


Announcing Startup Battlefield at Disrupt SF 2018

9/5/2018, 4:12:24 PM
Every year, TechCrunch chooses an elite cohort of startups to compete in Startup Battlefield – TechCrunch’s premier global startup launch competition. This year’s selection was the most competitive in Startup Battlefield history and we’re excited for you to watch these innov… ✔ With AI and deep machine learning on the docket, they are creating smart enterprise search functions, intelligent legal tech, and even advanced hormone tracking for women’s health and wellness ✔ On Friday, a select number of companies will be chosen to compete in the final Startup Battlefield round with a brand new set of judges, for the grand prize ✔ These teams only learned of their acceptance last night


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