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Pizza Hut to show a pie-making robot in a Toyota at SEMA auto show in Las Vegas

10/30/2018, 5:55:06 PM
Pizza Hut is unveiling an automated pizza-making robot in a Toyota Tundra pickup at the SEMA Auto Show in Las Vegas on Tuesday. We got an early look. ✔ Uber is reportedly looking into developing drones that can deliver food, too, based on a job posting last week that caught the eye of several news outlets ✔ We're going to play with this prototype and then figure out what we can learn in order to build the future of our processes and our systems


2019 Kia Forte GT: Sportier Trim Level Debuts at SEMA 2018 | Digital Trends

10/30/2018, 4:10:05 PM
The 2020 Kia Forte GT is a sportier version of Kia's Forte compact car, complete with a more powerful engine and available six-speed manual transmission. The GT debuts at SEMA 2018 alongside two wildly customized Fortes, including a drift car co-developed with Red Bull. ✔ Will this new model become the next darling of the tuner scene, or a forgettable attempt at excitement ✔ Optional extras include Sofino sport seats and LED interior ambient lighting, which should give this Kia a real Fast and Furious vibe ✔ They’ll join legions of other insane cars on the Vegas show floor


Bentley reveals the 'world's first' in-car superfast Wi-Fi network

10/30/2018, 4:35:37 PM
The manufacturer says multiple passengers will be able to stream entertainment, take video calls and create a mobile office on the move. ✔ 'Safety is a non-negotiable paramount.' Bentley's system has been built in collaboration with telecoms firm Viasat, which has managed 14 million Wi-Fi hotspots and brought satellite-enabled Wi-Fi to commercial and government aircraft ✔ A VPN can also help protect you against malware or cons on the web


Vauxhall recalls 47,000 cars - find out if your model is one of them

10/30/2018, 5:29:52 PM
VAUXHALL has recalled 47,000 more Zafira Bs over fears they can explode into fireballs. The car giant says all models with Electronic Climate Control (ECC) are at risk and should be fixed. It previ… ✔ I recommend that Vauxhall incorporates ECC-equipped vehicles in the Zafira B recall 16-C-50 ✔ Vauxhall is facing a criminal investigation over Zafira fires that resulted in 161 model Bs catching light ✔ Letters will start to be sent out from the end of this week


Elon Musk now owns about 20% of Tesla after buying $10M in shares.

10/30/2018, 7:13:14 PM
The electric-car maker's CEO is increasing his stake in the company. ✔ The agency accused Musk of misleading investors when he tweeted in August that he had funding secured to take Tesla private ✔ He later abandoned the plan, but the initial announcement sparked a rally in Tesla’s stock price ✔ The stock is up more than 5 percent since the start of the year


Volkswagen and Mobileye Plan Autonomous Ridesharing Service | Digital Trends

10/30/2018, 5:15:49 PM
Volkswagen and Mobileye plan to launching a ridesharing service in Israel using autonomous electric cars. Development work will begin in 2019, with full-scale commercialization in 2022, according to the partners. Many other companies plan to use self-driving cars in ridesharing programs. ✔ General Motors has indicated that it is close to launch a ridesharing service through its Cruise Automation division, while Ford has said the self-driving car it has promised to launch in 2021 will be aimed at commercial fleets rather than individual owners


Ground-penetrating radar lets self-driving cars 'see' below the road

10/30/2018, 4:14:02 PM
Going underground ✔ The subterranean fingerprint, or map, is created by driving a vehicle equipped with WaveSense over a lane, Tarik Bolat, co-founder and CEO of WaveSense, told TechRadar ✔ Perhaps most impressively, WaveSense expects the hardware to cost less than $100 (about £80, AU$140) at scale ✔ Sweden powers up mixed-reality training center for autonomous cars


Uber introduces an Amazon Prime-style monthly subscription service

10/30/2018, 4:12:39 PM
$14.99 a month for flat, heavily discounted fares ✔ Over time, as we have more riders using our platform, all the rest will follow ✔ And both companies are preparing to go public in 2019; Wall Street smiles on those companies with a deep bench of products and services ✔ Maybe that will make the $24.99 price tag a little easier to swallow


Red Dead Redemption 2 Gallops to Opening Weekend Sales Record | Digital Trends

10/30/2018, 5:15:47 PM
We knew Rockstar Games' Red Dead Redemption 2 would sell well, but the Western epic has broken the opening weekend sales record not just for games, but across all entertainment. RDR2 grossed $725 million in its first three days and set numerous records on the PlayStation Store. ✔ RDR2 seems poised to shatter sales figures of the first game, which achieved lifetime sales of around 15 million copies ✔ If you’re just getting started on the epic adventure, make sure to check out our beginner’s guide and cheat codes guide ✔ With Red Dead Online around the corner, copies will probably continue to fly off shelves throughout the holiday season


The Kepler Space Telescope is dead

10/30/2018, 7:34:40 PM
Goodbye, Kepler ✔ It detected planets by looking for their transits, which are the small dips in the light of a star as a planet passed between that star and Earth ✔ It took its first science picture in August, and by September, it had already identified two potential planets ✔ Now, because of Kepler, what we think about the universe has changed, says Paul Hertz, the astrophysics division director at NASA


Elon Musk says he deleted his Tesla titles 'to see what would happen'

10/30/2018, 4:46:31 PM
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he deleted his Tesla titles last week to see what would happen, without giving further details. ✔ Elon Musk tweet Tesla did not immediately respond to a request for comment ✔ Guess I have to keep 1st one or it will confuse the authorities ✔ WATCH: How taxpayers have boosted Elon Musk and Tesla How taxpayers have boosted Elon Musk and Tesla    10:06 AM ET Mon, 22 Oct 2018 | 07:43


Darkest Night, the 'brutal' horror podcast that gets inside your head

10/30/2018, 6:05:38 PM
Searching for Halloween spooks? This binaural audio drama features corpses, cannibals and weird science -- nearly as weird as the way it's recorded. ✔ Now playing: Watch this: Darkest Night will scare the earbuds off your head 2:53 For maximum macabre impact, the Darkest Night performers don't just stand still and read their lines into the mic ✔ Technically Literate: Original works of short fiction with unique perspectives on tech, exclusively on CNET


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10/30/2018, 4:12:43 PM
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