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Slate Auto Electric Truck and SUV Review
Although Slate is backed by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the truck seems to be inspired by another major retailer. Like the furniture sold at Ikea, you’ll have to build much of the Slate yourself if you want any extras. If you want an SUV, Slate will sell you a kit with a back seat, a roll cage, and airbags. You…
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Talking Cars 470: 2025 New York Auto Show Highlights
Main theme: The podcast panel filmed this episode on the floor at the 2025 New York International Auto Show (NYIAS). This year marks the 125th anniversary of the show, which originated at a time when owning a car was not a given for most families. Today’s show featured vehicles ranging from 1900s classics to the latest technology-laden vehicle debuts. The panel…
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Talking Cars 464: Live From CR’s Auto Test Center
This special “Talking Cars” podcast serves as a “recap” of our first-ever live episode of a show focused on the state of electric vehicles in 2025. We welcomed live viewers and listeners who shared questions for real-time engagement with the panel. As you might imagine, there was plenty to talk about. Conversation focused on whether or not the EV products…
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Live Captions and Auto Translation Is Coming to More Windows PCs
Microsoft has released a new Windows 11 Insider Preview Build to the Dev Channel, which brings real-time translation and live captions to more devices. This was initially available only for Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs but is now extended to those using AMD and Intel processors. The live captions feature now supports over 44 languages being translated into English, and it will…
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Auto parts giant LKQ says cyberattack disrupted Canadian business unit
Automobile parts giant LKQ Corporation disclosed that one of its business units in Canada was hacked, allowing threat actors to steal data from the company. LKQ is a public American company specializing in automotive replacement parts, components, and services to repair and maintain vehicles. The company has 45,000 employees in 25 countries and operates numerous brands, including Keystone, Tri Star,…
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FCC passes auto safety spectrum rules
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted to finalize new spectrum rules that will push cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) communications technology forward. C-V2X will use existing cellular networks to send messages from vehicle to vehicle, vehicle to infrastructure, vehicle to cyclists, or vehicle to pedestrians to warn of each other’s presence for safety purposes. It could cross-alert for hazardous road conditions,…
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You Can Get the Amazon Echo Auto for 55% Off Right Now
We may earn a commission from links on this page.Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. If you’re looking for a way to add voice assistance while driving, you might want to check out the Amazon Echo Auto, now down to $24.99 from $54.99. It’s a compact rectangular device that adds Alexa to a car setup,…
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Boston Dynamics’ New Atlas Picks and Packs a Peck of Auto Parts
Mere months after making its debut, Boston Dynamics’ next-generation electic Atlas robot is already hard at work. In a video released Wednesday, the company demonstrated Atlas autonomously picking and placing individual parts between a series of storage bins. “Atlas uses a machine learning (ML) vision model to detect and localize the environmental fixtures and individual bins,” the company explained in…
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How to launch and auto arrange apps with PowerToys on Windows
To start and arrange a group of apps automatically on Windows 11 (or 10), open PowerToys > Workspaces, turn on the feature, launch the editor, click on “Create Workspace,” create your custom layout of apps, click on “Capture,” edit, and save the configuration. Then, simply click on “Launch” or run the desktop shortcut. The feature is available starting with PowerToys…
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Gemini AI integration could be coming to Android Auto
Just when we thought Google’s Gemini expansion couldn’t get any bigger, the artificial intelligence model has been tipped to join the automotive app, Android Auto, thanks to a sneaky bit of code spotted in the latest update. Android Authority says the most obvious “clue” that the AI Assistant is integrating into the app is the sparkle icon — an appearance…
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