Ford is recalling dozens of the first Mustang Mach-E deliveries after it discovered loose bolts during the quality checks that are holding up shipments. “[S]ome vehicles may have subframe bolts that the supplier did not tighten to specification,” Ford wrote Friday afternoon. “While the issue in affected vehicles is not to Ford’s standards, the company… Continue reading Ford recalls some of the first Mustang Mach-E SUVs due to loose bolts
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Here’s where and when you can buy the PS5
Update March 5th, 2021 12:02PM ET: Best Buy has limited stock available for the PS5 and PS5 Digital Edition. You can find more information on the retailer’s restock here. Sony’s PlayStation 5 is available now. Due to the pandemic and high demand for the PS5, retailers such as Best Buy and Target will only sell… Continue reading Here’s where and when you can buy the PS5
Getaround wants to help you start your own car-sharing business
Getaround, the peer-to-peer car-sharing service, is launching a new program to help support people who want to rent out more than just a couple of cars. The program is called Power Host, and it’s designed to help customers manage small fleets of shared vehicles. Getaround, which operates in 800 cities globally and has over 6… Continue reading Getaround wants to help you start your own car-sharing business
Apple’s new Find My feature could let you know if you’re the one being tracked
Apple’s Find My app might get a new safety feature to help prevent someone from using the kinds of devices tracked in the app to stalk you instead. “Item Safety Alerts”, spotted in the iOS 14.5 beta, will notify you if an unknown device being tracked on Find My is “moving with you” so you… Continue reading Apple’s new Find My feature could let you know if you’re the one being tracked
Porsche’s Taycan Cross Turismo is a wagon-y follow-up to its first EV
Porsche has finally unveiled the wagon-y sibling of the Taycan EV. Originally teased in concept form in 2018 and due out this summer, the Taycan Cross Turismo is a more utility-minded version of Porsche’s first EV with a hatch rear, more interior space, greater ground clearance, and off-road-oriented options. The new crossover EV starts at… Continue reading Porsche’s Taycan Cross Turismo is a wagon-y follow-up to its first EV
Confessions of a 32-Year-Old Drama Queen
Photo: Shaughn & John for New York Magazine Within seconds, Trisha Paytas has already managed to shock me. She’s in full L.A.-influencer drag: platinum-blonde extensions, baby-pink acrylics, cut-crease smoky eye, and a stiff, plump beige pout. Seated in the kitchen of her still mostly empty five-bedroom, eight-bathroom new home in Ventura County — where everything… Continue reading Confessions of a 32-Year-Old Drama Queen
Peak Design congratulates Amazon for copying its signature sling bag so well
Peak Design, a maker of fine bags and accessories, has a problem: Amazon appears to have copied its popular bag, the $99.95 Everyday Sling, with its own $32.99 Amazon Basics Camera Bag. It was even called Everyday Sling until Peak Design’s video. Rather than do anything drastic, yet, Peak Design decided to make a video… Continue reading Peak Design congratulates Amazon for copying its signature sling bag so well
Samsung tells Texas it wants to create 1,800 jobs with a $17 billion factory in Austin
Samsung has submitted paperwork to Texas officials, requesting a billion dollars in tax incentives to make Austin the future home of the company’s $17 billion chip factory, as noted by Bloomberg and reported last month by the Austin American-Statesman. In the documents, which were filed in January, the company says it plans on bringing 1,800… Continue reading Samsung tells Texas it wants to create 1,800 jobs with a $17 billion factory in Austin
Nio pulled off an incredible turnaround in 2020
Chinese EV startup Nio entered 2020 on the brink but emerged stronger than ever, thanks in large part to a government bailout. That government aid helped Nio get back on its feet just in time to ride a new wave of optimism in EVs — something that’s never been more clear than after the company… Continue reading Nio pulled off an incredible turnaround in 2020
The 25-year-old billionaire building the future of self-driving cars
Austin Russell is the 25-year-old founder and CEO of Luminar, a startup in Silicon Valley that makes LIDAR sensors for self-driving cars. LIDAR technology had been used for short-distance mapping, but Luminar claims to have a functioning LIDAR that works at 250 meters, which is a breakthrough. Luminar recently went public, making Austin today’s youngest… Continue reading The 25-year-old billionaire building the future of self-driving cars