From Echo Auto to Alexa: Hits and misses from Amazon's new product reveal
9/21/2018, 12:31:58 PMEcho Auto, a little $50 dongle, will bring Alexa into the car. Here's what else we saw at Amazon's preview of new holiday products. ✔ Jefferson Graham previews new products introduced by Amazon, including a talking microwave and clock on Talking Tech ✔ And pundits had fun with a talking Alexa microwave and clock ✔ Alexa, where’s the closest McDonald’s Alexa, how many miles away is the nearest motel
Car clamped as driver didn't pay her FREE tax - and it cost £100 to remove it
9/21/2018, 11:44:11 AMA FURIOUS motorist was forced to pay £100 to remove a clamp from her untaxed car – even though her low-emissions Peugeot 208 has a £0.00 road tax bill. Single mum Sharon Taylor from Kirkcaldy… ✔ She had left the Peugeot parked on Thornhill Drive for only 20 minutes when the car was clamped by instruction of the DVLA ✔ I'm a working single parent and work away from home five to six days a week ✔ This has led to the number of untaxed vehicles on UK roads tripling from 2013 to 2017 ✔ The government missed out on an estimated £107million in road tax for 2016 alone
Young drivers are hit with annual running costs of almost £2,500 - and they are still rising
9/21/2018, 1:07:46 PMYOUNG drivers are forking out close to £2,500 on average in their first year on the road, new research has revealed. Running costs for new drivers have risen 2.7 per cent in the last 12 months, cos… ✔ YOUNG drivers are forking out close to £2,500 on average in their first year on the road, new research has revealed ✔ The UK price comparison website is now calling for Government to remove the IPT for drivers aged 17-24 ✔ Not all parts of the country benefit from public transport and for those that rely on a car, these figures will be concerning
Speed bumps cost drivers £141 damage - and councils £12k compensation a year
9/21/2018, 10:08:45 AMSPEED bumps cause damage to one in five cars on UK roads, with an average repair cost of £141 each. Local councils also had to fork out over £35,000 from the start of 2015 until the end of 2017, av… ✔ It should be noted, though, that one in three drivers admit speeding up in between humps, while a fifth don't always slow down when driving over them ✔ But forking out hundreds of pounds to fix tyres or suspension is a cost we’re sure drivers could do without, when the cost of motoring is becoming less affordable as it is
BMW X4 on long-term test: is this coupe-cum-SUV a segment too far?
9/21/2018, 2:30:17 PMBMW isn’t afraid of creating a new vehicle class or two. ✔ BMW isn’t afraid of creating a new vehicle class or two ✔ For a start there’s the very smart Sophisto Grey Xirallic paintwork at £670 ✔ This latest generation of X4 employs the same oily bits as the X3 and 5 Series ✔ With seating for five (four in a large degree of comfort) plus a commodious boot it will appeal to families
Slow-motion crash footage shows a Tesla Model 3 crumpling into walls
9/21/2018, 12:39:00 PMTesla CEO Elon Musk claimed the Model 3 had a shot at being the safest car ever tested by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which is based in Washington, DC. ✔ The electric sedan is crucial to Tesla's goal of becoming a profitable, mainstream automaker ✔ 'Sorry, we've gone from production hell to delivery logistics hell, but this problem is far more tractable ✔ The company has repeatedly failed to meet order demands amid what Musk has called 'production hell'
A barrage of new gadgets proves that Amazon is so relentless that it will even compete with its best friends
9/21/2018, 12:36:01 PMAmazon unleashed a veritable blitz of new Alexa hardware. The thing is, though, that it's all things that compete with the manufacturers who have helped Amazon Alexa get where it is. ✔ Amazon The $60 AmazonBasics microwave with Alexa is going head-to-head with products like GE's $130 smart microwave ✔ Visit Markets Insider for constantly updated market quotes for individual stocks, ETFs, indices, commodities and currencies traded around the world
The Morning After: Amazon's Alexa-powered microwave, iOS 12 reviewed
9/21/2018, 11:08:31 AMAmazon's Alexa in everything, iOS 12 reviewed and GoPro's new camera family. ✔ Sign up for a daily newsletter of the most important stories in tech ✔ Just enter your email and we'll take care of the rest: Subscribe The company is completely doing away with traditional policies ✔ Have a suggestion on how we can improve The Morning After
MotoGP preview: what to expect from MotorLand Aragon this weekend
9/21/2018, 1:20:57 PMMotorLand Aragon this weekend hosts round 14 of the 2018 MotoGP championship. ✔ 1 Marc Marquez Honda 221 2 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati 154 3 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 151 4 Jorge Lorenzo Ducati 130 5 Maverick Viñales Yamaha 124 6 Cal Crutchlow Honda 119 Moto2 In Moto2 Francesco Bagnaia’s sixth victory of the season at the San Marino round extended his slender lead at the head of the championship to eight points over Miguel Oliveira, who for the second race in succession came home in second behind the Italian
Bonhams bikes: our favourite lots in this weekend's Alexandra Palace motorcycle auction
9/21/2018, 2:34:01 PMBonhams bikes: our favourite lots in this weekend's Alexandra Palace motorcycle auction ✔ Lot 32 (£5,000-8,000) The ex-works, Joe Johnson, 1963 Greeves 246cc Scrambler As an established engine builder in its own right, Greeves was able to plough on while many rivals fell by the wayside ✔ It hasn’t been used since 2008, apart from some basic on-road testing, which seems a crying shame
Here are the best deals you can get on Amazon right now
9/21/2018, 3:44:29 PMOn Amazon, this Friday, September 21, you can get great deals on a Dyson air purifier, fast chargers, a drill, collegiate CamelBak water bottles, and an SD card. ✔ However, our picks and opinions are independent from USA Today’s newsroom and any business incentives ✔ Right now you can get a number of fast charging products for up to 40% off as part of Anker's Deal of the Day ✔ Get the SanDisk Extreme Pro 64GB for $29.95 (Save $8.04)
Eventbrite goes public, and everyone else is raising hella money
9/21/2018, 1:29:55 PMHello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week we worked with an (excellent) skeleton crew. Our own Connie Loizos held down the fort with a guest that knew quite a lot: March Capital’s Jamie Montgomery… ✔ Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines ✔ There was one more tidbit to hang our hat on: NIO’s recent IPO price see-saw ✔ Thanks for hanging with us over so many dozens and dozens of episodes
Why Magician Penn Jillette Refuses to Burn Rubber in His Tesla
9/21/2018, 2:29:10 PMThe master magician on some of his favorite things: from the red cards he conjures with to the headphones that changed everything...and his deliberately unspeedy Tesla. ✔ But I’m old enough that I like seeing a record turning on a turntable ✔ More in Gera & Gadgets The Real Tech of ‘Westworld’: Jonathan Nolan’s Behind-the-Scenes Tools September 7, 2018 Why Rachael Ray Loves Vinyl Records and Murder August 22, 2018 A Film Editor on How Movies and TV Shows Suck You Into a Scene August 10, 2018 The Hosts of YouTube’s ‘Good Mythical Morning’ on Their Most-Beloved Gadgets July 19, 2018 How Ace Pitcher Trevor Bauer Uses Tech to Invent New Throws July 5, 2018
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It’s Amazon’s home, and we’re just living in it
9/21/2018, 12:59:10 PMAmazon masters the A to Z of Alexa storytelling ✔ Image: Amazon Yesterday’s surprise Amazon event was a stunning display of bravado from the so-called everything store ✔ And because you’ve come home at your usual time, Alexa Hunches asks, Your usual playlist ✔ So while Apple and Google might dominate the smart assistant market on phones, it doesn’t mean they’ll dominate the home
How to buy a turntable
9/21/2018, 3:19:31 PMChoosing your first record player doesn’t have to be daunting. Let us help. ✔ Jorg Greuel via Getty Images So you want to start collecting vinyl ✔ The problem, though, is that belts can stretch and slip, which will prevent the record from spinning at the proper speed, thus affecting how the record sounds when you listen ✔ Turntables have advanced considerably since then, but the underlying mechanics remain the same: a stylus rubs on a piece of spinning plastic and reproduces music
Nikon Coolpix P1000 review
9/21/2018, 11:51:40 AM125x optical zoom, anyone? ✔ That’s how Nikon bills its latest Coolpix P1000 superzoom camera, and it stretches what we’ve come to expect from superzoom cameras that bit further ✔ A hotshoe on the top plate accepts external Speedlight flash units and microphones, although you may find the integrated flash that pops up on demand to throw enough light on your chosen subjects
How Google, T-Mobile and HTC got Android off to a crazy, awkward start
9/21/2018, 12:24:11 PMMy, has Google's mobile operating system come a long way in 10 years. ✔ Many knocked the smartphone's then-bulky design, though it looks positively tiny next to modern phablets like the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 or the iPhone XS Max ✔ Subsequent updates made it more palatable for the average consumer ✔ Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL: Rumored specs, features, leaks and released date
Alpina AlpinerX review
9/21/2018, 2:22:01 PMA hybrid smartwatch for the great outdoors ✔ Founded in 1883, Geneva-based Alpina is a bona-fide Swiss watchmaker and is currently owned by Frederique Constant, a fellow Swiss firm dipping its toes into the smartwatch waters ✔ We have fairly slim wrists, but didn’t feel like the AlpinerX was excessively large ✔ The display has a backlight which can be set to one of three levels of brightness via the smartphone app, but there is no automatic option
Fatal e-scooter accident emerges just as California legalizes riding without a helmet
9/21/2018, 11:48:54 AMTexas authorities say a 24-year-old Dallas man died from blunt force injuries to his head after falling off his Lime electric scooter, likely making him the first person to die while riding the electric mobility devices that have swept across the nation this year. ✔ A man rides an electric rental scooter along a city street in San Diego, Calif., on Sept ✔ When an Uber self-driving car struck and killed an Arizona woman in March, Khoshrowshahi quickly froze the company’s autonomous driving program until it could be deemed safe
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SpaceX gets into space tourism while the Department of Justice gets into Tesla
9/21/2018, 1:13:21 PMElon Musk has an issue with time; does he have an issue with crime, too? ✔ Photo by Elizabeth Lopatto / The Verge So, last Thursday, SpaceX announced there would be an event to reveal the first private passenger it will send to the Moon, and I was headed to Los Angeles for it when the Vernon Unsworth thing broke ✔ (Here’s Musk, in full: My brother used to, like, when we were catching the bus to school, he would lie to me about the time
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