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Melbourne's weekend of classic cars | Drive.com.au

10/9/2018, 9:08:57 AM
Australia's greatest classic and unique car exhibition is back this weekend at Melbourne's Royal Exhibition Building. ✔ The show will also celebrate 70 years of Harley-Davidson Panhead and 60 years of the Triumph Bonneville motorcycles, as well as celebrating a range of Micro Cars on display ✔ Let's start a personal and meaningful conversation! Leave a comment (Get advice from an expert)


2019 Ford Edge First Drive Review | Digital Trends

10/9/2018, 11:08:36 AM
The 2019 Ford Edge midsize crossover gets significant refresh, including a host of new tech features and a new ST performance variant sporting a 335-horsepower, twin-turbocharged V6. Pricing starts at around $30,000 for a base SE model, but quickly climbs over $40,000 with options. ✔ Its rivals are a small group of two-row midsize crossovers, including the Nissan Murano and the five-passenger version of the Hyundai Santa Fe ✔ But it now produces 335 horsepower and 280 pound-feet of torque, compared to 315 hp and 350 lb-ft in the Edge Sport ✔ This crossover was teetering on the edge of irrelevance, but Ford has brought it back from the brink


Tesla brings new features to all cars with Version 9 software update

10/9/2018, 9:09:47 AM
Rolling out already in North Amercia ✔ The long-awaited Version 9 software update has started to roll out to all Tesla cars in North America, with the rest of the world in line to get the update in the next few weeks ✔ Firstly, your Tesla can now use the front-facing camera as a dash cam (if you have Hardware 2.5, introduced in August 2017), to record footage as you drive, which may be useful if you're involved in a collision


Ex-Marilyn Monroe Ford Thunderbird could fetch £400,000 at auction

10/9/2018, 9:08:44 AM
A Ford Thunderbird convertible owned by Marilyn Monroe from late 1955 until shortly before her death in 1962 is for sale at auction in Los Angeles next month, when it is estimated that it will sell for $300,000 to $500,000 (£229,600-£382,680 at current exchange rates). ✔ A Ford Thunderbird convertible owned by Marilyn Monroe from late 1955 until shortly before her death in 1962 is for sale at auction in Los Angeles next month, when it is estimated that it will sell for $300,000 to $500,000 (£229,600-£382,680 at current exchange rates) ✔ We’d take the convertible and with the top down, we’d go sailing along the highway


McLaren unleash 720S Track Pack | Details and Pricing

10/9/2018, 6:15:28 AM
McLaren has put its 720S supercar on a carbon-fibre diet to shed even more weight. ✔ Related articles REVIEW 2018 McLaren Senna Overseas Preview Drive by Toby Hagon 03 May 2018 REVIEW 2017 McLaren 720S Supercar Arrives In Australia by Kez Casey 11 Jun 2017 NEWS McLaren's fastest car confirmed by Jonathan Hawley 26 Jul 2018 The featherweight Brit doesn’t get a boost in engine performance, but it already produces 527kW at 7250rpm and 770Nm at 550rpm from its 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8


Google Pixel 3 camera could have a bunch of new features

10/9/2018, 8:51:11 AM
And new renders show the phone in three colors ✔ Finally, there’s ‘Subject tracking auto focus’, which is basically what it sounds like – it will allow the auto focus to track a subject, rather than users having to manually tap to focus ✔ Google Pixel 3 livestream: how to watch the launch Via PocketNow


Vespa Elettrica: Piaggio's First All-electric Scooter Is About to Hit the Road | Digital Trends

10/9/2018, 8:32:02 AM
Italian scooter manufacturer Piaggio has launched online pre-orders for its first all-electric scooter, with shipping starting in Europe toward the end of the year and in the U.S. in early 2019. The Vespa Elettrico features a 4-kW motor, has a range of 62 miles, and takes four hours to fully charge. ✔ Those solutions have been possible in part by Gita, the autonomous robot being developed by Piaggio Fast Forward, a Boston-based off-shoot of Piaggio engaged in research ✔ New ones are hitting the market all the time, and Digital Trends has picked out some of the best ones available today


Microsoft deal with Grab brings its AI, cloud tech to ride-hailing

10/9/2018, 5:27:45 AM
Microsoft's investment in Southeast Asia's largest ride-hailing service will see its AI used to enhance maps and more. ✔ Otherwise it could handle recommendations, improve fraud detection, improve its maps or power facial recognition to identify drivers and passengers ✔ There are also non-AI powered parts of the arrangement, like in-car entertainment systems, linked rewards programs and integration with Outlook


How a good design can really help your website

10/9/2018, 9:53:36 AM
Tips from the top on making a suitably streamlined site ✔ Because like a mass transport system, if done correctly, it will flow visitors through and on to their intended destination smoothly and efficiently ✔ Consider reducing the colors or using monochrome for large images, making them faster to render ✔ It’s also useful to accept that most website designs go through some tweaking early in their life, and very few are optimal from the outset


Hyundai's Czech plant leaps forward with high-performance cars

10/9/2018, 7:42:50 AM
undefined ✔ Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Czech President Yang Dong-hwan Hyundai has established HMMC as a necessity for synergy with Kia Motors' plant in Slovakia as well as recognition of the Czech Republic's geographical advantage and the industrial capabilities of its people, HMMC President Yang Dong-hwan said


Devialet unveils an ambitious new speaker

10/9/2018, 8:04:26 AM
French speaker maker Devialet is arguably manufacturing some of the best sounding all-in-one speakers on the market, but they’ve always been too expensive for the average customer. With the Phantom Reactor, the company is releasing a cheaper speaker that still sounds great. At €990 ($1,137), Devial… ✔ Given that Sonos has taken a U-turn and integrated Amazon Alexa into its flagship speaker, I pushed a bit more on this front ✔ Pre-orders start tomorrow and the speaker will be available in many consumer electronics stores (also on Amazon) on October 24th


The Hubble Space Telescope is limping after a mechanical failure

10/9/2018, 10:15:54 AM
Another of NASA's top space telescopes, Kepler, is almost out of fuel. ✔ The spacecraft has already operated for more than double the length of its original 3.5-year mission functioning even after the second of four reaction wheels that keep it oriented was lost in 2013 ✔ But TESS is opening an entirely new window on the universe


Virgin Galactic will send a rocket to space in 'weeks not months'

10/9/2018, 11:44:15 AM
Sir Richard is in a race with SpaceX founder Elon Musk and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to be the first to send paying tourists into space. ✔ Virgin Galactic is 'weeks away' from sending one of its rockets into space for the first time, according to CEO Sir Richard Branson ✔ Blue Origin flew its New Shepherd spacepod, which launches aboard a traditional rocket capsule, to an altitude of 351,000 feet (107,000 metres) during a test flight near Van Horn, Texas, on April 29


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