The Australian government has prepared a set of draft rules that requires the likes of social media companies to adhere to if they want to provide a service down under. While failure to comply with reporting requirements could see the provider slapped with a AU$555,000 fine, the draft rules also build in encryption-busting expectations. Australia’s […]
A couple of months ago, a viewer suggested this week’s very fun challenge, but we kept putting it off. Leave enough comments, though, and we’re bound to listen. The premise: Find a car that would benefit from an engine swap and create something interesting, like this Volvo 240 with a Mustang powertrain. Engine swaps can […]
Suncorp Group has reported bumper profits for the 2021 financial year while investments in strategic initiatives such as technology upgrades continued. For the period to 30 June 2021, Suncorp Group recorded after-tax group net profit of AU$1.03 billion, up 13% from AU$913 million last year, while cash earnings lifted 42% to AU$1.06 billion. Group […]
This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Saudi artist Abdullah Qandeel’s artwork is filled with strong, hand-painted lines, and this is exactly what he applied to a Lamborghini Aventador SVJ during […]
OnePlus is known for its elegant smartphone designs and the OnePlus Watch delivers in this area with a stainless steel body, brilliant AMOLED display, comfortable durable watch band, and very long battery life. However, it fails in too many other keys areas with much better RTOS (real-time operating system) options available if you don’t want […]
CEO Mary Barra said GM is working on two new zero-emission commercial vehicles: a full-size battery-electric Chevy cargo van and a medium-duty truck that will use batteries and GM’s Hydrotec hydrogen fuel-cell technology. These new zero-emission vehicles will complement GM’s new BrightDrop business, which will offer electric delivery products like a warehouse-style motorized cart and […]
A new report from Gartner has predicted a revenue growth of 39% for the worldwide 5G network infrastructure market in 2021. The estimated $19.1 billion in revenue will far surpass 2020’s figure of $13.7 billion, according to Gartner. Michael Porowski, senior principal research analyst at Gartner, said the COVID-19 pandemic “spiked demand for optimized and […]
Illustration by Derek BaconCar and Driver From the September 2021 issue of Car and Driver. Congratulations on buying a new car! You’ve waited your whole life for this, and it’s everything you’d hoped for. You’ve got the latest technology, the hottest styling, and more muscle than the tires can handle. There’s only one problem: Your […]
The thing that makes the Internet the Internet is that everything connects. And the reason that everything connects is because almost everything on the Internet has an address. An Ethernet port that connects a computer to the network has what’s called a “MAC” address. A host computer is reachable via an IP address. And servers […]
The New York Auto Show, poised for a post-pandemic comeback, has been canceled for the second year due as it becomes clear that we are still more mid- than post-Covid. The California-based Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and Monterey Car Week events, kicking off this weekend, appear to be proceeding as planned. This Week in Sheetmetal […]