A recent move to Auckland, New Zealand — a city with lackluster public transit and hills that can turn a quick bike ride to the store into a sweaty workout — piqued my interest in e-bikes. Strong demand and skyrocketing prices, however, made it difficult to access these coveted e-bikes here in Aotearoa, the Land… Continue reading Ubco 2X2 Adventure Bike review: Utility that shreds
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The time a human-driven car ran over an autonomous robot
Crossing city streets filled with SUV drivers in a hurry is tricky for any pedestrian, but what about a robot that’s less than two feet tall? Starship Technologies is flooding college towns with autonomous electric delivery bots that trundle goods to your location in their locked storage compartment. While the safety of human pedestrians around… Continue reading The time a human-driven car ran over an autonomous robot
Tesla delays new Roadster to 2023, but there’s a big ‘if’
Elon Musk confirmed that Tesla has delayed the new Roadster program to 2023, and even then, that’s only going to happen with a big “if.” The new electric hypercar is now three years behind its original timeline. When first unveiling the next-generation Tesla Roadster in 2017, Musk said that it will come to market in 2020.… Continue reading Tesla delays new Roadster to 2023, but there’s a big ‘if’
Tesla expands its driver monitoring system with its cabin camera
Tesla has started to expand driver monitoring to more vehicles using its driver-facing cabin camera. This is something that many industry watchers have been calling for. Tesla’s approach to driver-assist features has been criticized for several reasons, but a recurring criticism has been the lack of strong driver monitoring capability. It has been limited to… Continue reading Tesla expands its driver monitoring system with its cabin camera
Elon Musk Suggests Zapping Jeff Bezos “With Our Space Lasers”
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is getting real tired of litigation by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin. Most recently, Blue Origin took NASA to court over its decision to award its Human Landing Systems (HLS) contract to SpaceX, leaving Blue Origin in the dust. Today, Ars Technica reported that Blue Origin has the hired advisory firm behind… Continue reading Elon Musk Suggests Zapping Jeff Bezos “With Our Space Lasers”
Crypto Investor Tricks Woman Into Falling in Love, Betrays Her for $100,000
“This is what I deserve.” Bait and Switch A self-proclaimed cryptocurrency-guru-turned-reality-TV-star named Garrett Morosky successfully conned his way into success on the new HBO Max show “FBoy Island.” Morosky, who says he’s an accredited investor and president of a medical sales company called “G LLC” on his LinkedIn, was one of the 12 “FBoy” contestants… Continue reading Crypto Investor Tricks Woman Into Falling in Love, Betrays Her for $100,000
Twitter opens Super Follow subscriptions for some creators
Twitter is finally flipping the switch on “Super Follows,” its new subscription feature that allows creators to charge their followers for exclusive content. Starting today, the company is making the feature available to a “small group” of creators, with plans to expand the lineup in the coming weeks (Twitter has been taking applications for Super… Continue reading Twitter opens Super Follow subscriptions for some creators
Marvel’s ‘What If?’ expands beyond its anthology beginnings
The following contains spoilers for episodes three and four of ‘What If…?’ There’s a Twilight Zone episode I’m particularly fond of called “A World of His Own,” where a writer discovers that everything he speaks into his dictaphone comes true, and he can undo it by simply burning the tape. By the end, even narrator… Continue reading Marvel’s ‘What If?’ expands beyond its anthology beginnings
CDPR still plans to release ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ and ‘The Witcher 3’ console upgrades in 2021
CD Projekt Red hasn’t revealed exactly when it will roll out the long-promised PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S upgrades for Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. However, it says it’s still on track to release them by the end of the year. The studio listed “late 2021” as the timeframe for those… Continue reading CDPR still plans to release ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ and ‘The Witcher 3’ console upgrades in 2021
TimTheTatman is the latest major Twitch streamer to defect to YouTube
DrLupo isn’t the only big-name Twitch streamer leaving for YouTube. TimTheTatman (aka Tim Betar) has announced he will stream “exclusively” on YouTube Gaming as of September 2nd. He didn’t explain the reasons behind the leap, but it comes less than two years after he (plus DrLupo and Saqib “Lirik” Zahid) signed a multi-year deal with… Continue reading TimTheTatman is the latest major Twitch streamer to defect to YouTube