For now, drivers must be 21 years old to drive commercial trucks on long interstate routes, but the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has been looking to lower that to 18 for a couple of years now. The Wall Street Journal notes that labor shortages are one big reason this rule change is included in […]
Written on {{ “2021-09-13T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Modified on {{ “2021-09-13T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} HS2 Ltd has announced that over 20,000 people are now working on Britain’s high-speed rail project, one year on from the formal start of construction on Phase One from London to the West Midlands HS2 Ltd has today [Monday 13 September] announced that […]
When the plant scaled back production in the 2000s and closed in 2015, around the time of white-collar job cuts, Normal felt the pinch. Suppliers decamped, and many workers left in search of new jobs. Uptown, an elegant, brick-accented district with a restored 1930s theater and a pair of suddenly too-big hotels, became a monument […]
Image: Getty Images A new Australian digital vaccine passport is officially in the works, with the Australian government announcing it has selected Accenture to build the technology. The digital vaccine passport, called the Digital Passenger Declaration (DPD), will replace physical incoming passenger cards and the COVID-19 Australian Travel Declaration web forms, the government said. Functionally, […]
Car and Driver’s weekly soap opera explores new emotional depths as the Window Shopping crew reaches into its traumatized youth to recall the utter crap our families once drove. Join us in a terrifying journey into the abyss of shoddy engineering, horrifying quality and really stupid decision making. These are… The Worst Cars of Our […]
Being digital is helping the businesses generate large amounts of data. However, this data will be of no purpose unless the company defines a clear strategy of what it wants to do with the data. And a data strategy helps an organization stay focused on its path to become a data driven organization. Today, businesses […]
Specifications 2022 Lexus IS500 F Sport Performance Vehicle Type: front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, 5-passenger, 4-door sedan PRICE Base/As Tested: $57,575/62,075 Options: Premium (heated steering wheel, 360-degree camera, power rear sunshade, parking assist, Mark Levinson speakers, triple-beam LED headlights), $4500 ENGINE DOHC 32-valve V-8, aluminum block and heads, port and direct fuel injection Displacement: 303 in3, 4969 cm3 […]
Image: Google Jio and Google have announced the JioPhone Next will not be seen until November. “Both companies have begun testing JioPhone Next with a limited set of users for further refinement and are actively working to make it available more widely in time for the Diwali festive season,” the companies said in a statement. […]
Rand McNally Your car’s glovebox might seem like just a dark, musty area stuffed with old napkins and peppermint candies, but it’s actually a very handy storage space to keep essentials. The little loft above your passenger’s kneecaps usually has room to hold safety equipment, navigation tools, and more. To keep you prepared for whatever […]
Image: Getty Images There are two areas when rolling out broadband that present issues: The most remote and the most dense areas. For the remote areas, the argument is based purely on economics, but for built-up areas where it makes absolute economic sense, other issues come to the fore. In the case of Australia, the […]