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This wearable supercar key probably costs more than your actual car

9/22/2018, 2:18:29 PM
Super (expensive) tech for your supercar ✔ No surprise it almost exclusively adorns the wrists of billionaires, high flying celebrities and footballers ✔ The battery is also located in the strap and, Senturion says, can last for up to six years ✔ From super-fast sports cars to tech-packed hatchbacks, he'll take you through a range of makes, models, power and price tags in his regular TR Drives column


Audi RS 5 Sportback: Full details | Drive.com.au

9/22/2018, 5:57:42 AM
Audi Australia has confirmed full local details, including price and specifications, for the 2019 RS5 Sportback - its first-ever five-door muscle car


Coming this fall: Amazon will be listening to us more than ever

9/22/2018, 1:24:58 PM
From the living room to the den, kitchen and even the car, Amazon's Echo speakers are listening to us every time we use the "Alexa" wake word. ✔ A clock and microwave that connect to Echo speakers, an eight-microphone dongle for the car to bring and record your Alexa commands as you drive, a new security camera that listens to sounds outside the home to better alert you ✔ Apple Watch review Students sound off on new iPhones Review: I love GoPro's new, steadier GoPro Hero 7 Black Amazon fall product download


A microwave is just the start. Amazon wants Alexa everywhere

9/22/2018, 2:24:40 PM
Amazon wants Alexa to be your everywhere, all-the-time assistant, and it is trying to do it without a phone. ✔ Imagine having regular conversations with your microwave ✔ Apple's Siri and Google's Assistant are already in vehicles, but they came in through smartphones and built-in car infotainment systems ✔ Or whether eventually they really are going to become useful tools for our development as people


Driving ambitions: where to find the best four-wheeled experiences 

9/22/2018, 3:21:53 PM
It doesn’t matter whether you own a 200mph-plus supercar or one of the latest breed of SUVs that’s more capable off-road than you might imagine, there are plenty of ways to get to know your vehicle better. ✔ It all allows owners of modern supercars to truly exploit and enjoy their car’s performance, in the safe confines of a track and under professional instruction ✔ With car manufacturers, it seems the world really can be yours to experience, explore and even race - the limit being not your imagination, but the depth of your pockets… For tips and advice, visit our Advice section, or search car reviews in our  A-Z Car Finder Newsletter Promotion - Cars - in article


Tesla fans and haters are both destined for disappointment

9/22/2018, 1:47:44 PM
Opinion on Tesla is increasingly defined by extremes — but the company's reality exists between the haters and the fans. The rational middle-ground concludes that Tesla could survive and prosper without taking over the world — or going bankrupt. ✔ But Tesla and Musk appear to have sorted out much of the Model 3's growing pains, and although the company had to resort to some extreme (if in retrospect innovative) solutions like throwing up an assembly line under a tent in the factory parking lot, Model 3 production has now hit a sustainable tempo


Sharper Stinger: Testing Kia's upcoming performance-tuned AWD

9/22/2018, 1:15:14 PM
Kia's next-generation all-wheel drive system lets the Stinger switch to rear-wheel drive at the touch of a button. ✔ For Sport Plus and Drift modes, I was shuffled over to a large skid pad by my hosts -- which was disappointing because I really wanted to try Sport Plus on the track -- and instructed to chuck the fastback sedan into circles and figure-eights as hard as I could


McLaren 600LT arrives in Oz | Drive.com.au

9/22/2018, 5:57:46 AM
Meet Britain's Porsche 911 GT3 fighter. CarArticle - drive.com.au


Cops have a sneaky new way to catch drivers using mobile phones at the wheel

9/22/2018, 8:53:43 AM
CRAFTY cops have come up with a new way to snare drivers on the blower at the wheel. Police in South Wales are planning to observer drivers from the cab of an unmarked lorry. The high riding positi… ✔ CRAFTY cops have come up with a new way to snare drivers on the blower at the wheel ✔ The operation was used by South Wales Police in April to catch drivers using a mobile phone on the M4 corridor ✔ A spokesman said: We have no fixed dates but another of them will be marked up in the diary in October or November in the run up to Christmas


Bluetooth key fob for Tesla Model 3 spotted in FCC pictures

9/22/2018, 7:56:08 AM
It's a backup for the Model 3 owner's phone or keycard. ✔ Instead, it relies mostly on a Bluetooth Low Energy link to its owner's nearby iPhone or Android device, with keycards available as a backup system to start and unlock the car ✔ Whenever it becomes available, we'd anticipate the newly strengthened security elements will be included, and that other manufacturers working on Digital Keys are taking notes


Amazon’s Alexa is coming for your microwave, wall clock and more

9/22/2018, 1:59:08 PM
Amazon.com unveiled some 70 new devices and capabilities for its Alexa product line at its Seattle headquarters Thursday. Like a rebooted Sharper Image catalogue, Amazon is adding its talking artificial intelligence to a microwave, a wall clock, a wall plug, cars and more. ✔ Amazon’s efforts to simplify complex things with voice commands haven’t always panned out ✔ The Fire TV Cube, a TV streaming box it began selling earlier this year, promised to, in part, replace a complicated remote control with Alexa ✔ But in my tests, Alexa wasn’t totally up to the task ✔ Google is expected to unveil its new offerings at an event on Oct. 9


Nasa launches satellite to precisely track how Earth's ice is melting

9/22/2018, 5:36:10 AM
The $1bn, decade-in-the-making creation can measure height and thickness of ice sheets to within a centimeter ✔ The new satellite will provide more complete coverage and measure to within a centimeter ✔ Because it is short-lived, cutting emissions would have a rapid impact on temperatures, Hamburg said ✔ GHGSat, a private company, expects to launch a second greenhouse-gas-monitoring satellite soon


Fatal e-scooter accident emerges just as California legalizes riding without a helmet

9/22/2018, 12:28:57 PM
Texas 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


No Sex Please, We’re Apple: iPhone Giant Seeks TV Success on Its Own Terms

9/22/2018, 4:21:48 AM
Apple wants to make scripted shows for streaming. But it doesn’t want to risk its pristine brand image by including violence, politics, raw language and risqué story lines common to cable, Netflix and Amazon. ✔ Early work on a comedy called Little America with Kumail Nanjiani feels like a typical development process, said co-producer Lee Eisenberg ✔ Apple subsequently sent word there was concern about the sensitive topics, and the sides had differing opinions on the show’s direction ✔ Appeared in the September 22, 2018, print edition as 'Apple Gets Ready for Its Close-Up.'


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