Uber Lost $708 Million Last Quarter
The unpleasant headlines just keep piling up for Uber. In a Wall Street Journal story that went live on Wednesday, the ride-hailing company admitted it had lost $708 million in the first quarter of...
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The US Navy's Newly Delivered Supercarrier Still Needs a Ton of Work
The U.S. Navy has finally gotten the first of its latest class of supercarriers, the future USS Gerald R. Ford. Though the service expects to commission the ship within months, there are still...
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Red Bull GRC Returns to New England This Weekend
Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park is a brand new venue for Red Bull GRC, which will be running two events there this weekend. But New England is no stranger to the series. Though no event has been...
View ArticleWatch This Off-Road Lincoln Town Car Limousine Blast Around in the Dirt
Who said your offr-oader had to be a four-by-four SUV with a ton of ground clearance? Well, a lot of people, but apparently the proud owners of this 1994 (or somewhere in that area) Lincoln Town Car...
View ArticleSelf-Driving Cars Will Be Useful for Surveillance, Intel CEO Says
Ever notice those license plate readers mounted around toll plazas and on the back of police cars? All those autonomous vehicles in the future may be a lot like that...but in far greater numbers....
View ArticleAmerica's Cup Sailboats Are Actually Airplanes
The America's Cup racing series is not a boat race, it's an air race. The boats are airplanes that rise up on foils, using the same principles of lift as an aircraft—with none of the safeguards, and...
View ArticleWill Antonio Giovinazzi Replace Kimi Räikkönen in Formula One?
Finnish driver Kimi Räikkönen has been racing in Formula 1 for a long time—long enough to see both of Ferrari's two most recent Monaco Grand Prix wins, in fact. Middle age is creeping up on him, and...
View ArticleMajority of Cars Equipped With Takata Airbags Yet to Be Fixed, Senator Says
According to a recent report from Reuters, 65 percent of cars equipped with faulty Takata airbag inflators remain unfixed. A U.S. Senator pointed out this deficit at a recent meeting, urging...
View ArticleCzech BMW i8 Police Car Crashes Less Than a Month Into Its Service
Last month, police in the Czech Republic were loaned a BMW i8 as part of a collaboration between the German automaker and the Czech police. They were to keep the hybrid sports car for six months or...
View ArticleSubaru to Raise Money for Cancer Patients Across America
Subaru of America will partner with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to help people affected by cancer as part of the carmaker's annual Subaru Loves to Care month. Subaru will be working with the...
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Atlanta's Giant Airport Using Drones to Maintain Its Runways
According to NPR's Marketplace, the Hartsfield-Jackson airport in Atlanta is using drones to maintain its runways. It makes complete sense for the world's busiest airport to use drone technology to...
View ArticleHyundai's New Electric Bus Can Drive 180 Miles on an Hour's Charge
Hyundai announced Thursday that it has a new electric bus called the Elec City that can transport passengers over a distance of 180 miles with just over an hour of charge, according to Yonhap News....
View ArticleGermany Says Audi A7, A8 Models Cheated on Diesel Emissions Tests
The specter of Dieselgate continues to haunt the halls of Ingolstadt. According to a new Reuters report, the German Transport Ministry now accusing Audi of cheating on emission tests for its high-end...
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Putin Says "Patriotic" Russians Could Have Been Behind Cyberattacks
Russian President Vladimir Putin has all but admitted the Russian government conducted a complex cyber warfare campaign targeting the 2016 presidential election in the United States. His comments fit...
View ArticleIntel Says Self-Driving Cars Could Fuel a $7 Trillion Industry
An overriding topic within the tech industry in recent months is not just the engineering details of autonomous cars, but how passengers may make use of these self-driving vehicles. A new Intel study...
View ArticleIs the New Car Bubble Bursting in the United States?
Ford shares are currently priced at $11, down more than 20 percent from 2017's peak. These share prices, in part, reflect justified worries about the U.S. automobile industry. Fraud in automobile...
View ArticleFirst Jeep Compass Built in India Rolls Off Assembly Line
Fiat-Chrysler Automotive has announced that the new 2018 Jeep Compass has started being manufactured in India, with the first Compass rolling off the line on Thursday. This is big news for India, as...
View ArticleNext Audi A8 Will Be a Super-Mild Hybrid, Thanks to 48-Volt Electrical System
The upcoming Audi A8 will join the new Mercedes-Benz S-Class in having a 48-volt power system that turns these luxury flagships into more fuel-efficient super-mild hybrids. The battery is charged by a...
View ArticleWatch The Most Canadian Lamborghini Owner Ever Get Pulled Over
Canadians—such as your humble author—have a reputation, for better or worse, for being extremely nice. Unwavering politeness has always stood shoulder-to-shoulder with hockey, free healthcare, and...
View ArticlePresident Trump Dumps Paris Climate Agreement
When President Donald Trump went abroad, a tag team of global-minded leaders—including Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron—tried to wrestle Trump into honoring America's commitment to the Paris...
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