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Google Starts Rolling Out the First Big Android Auto Feature of the Year
Google Starts Rolling Out the First Big Android Auto Feature of the Year

19 Jan 2024, 17:44 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Announced a few days ago, AI message summaries are now available for some users enrolled in the Android Auto beta program

 
Lorry Gets Stuck on City Center Steps After Driver Blindly Follows Google Maps
Lorry Gets Stuck on City Center Steps After Driver Blindly Follows Google Maps

19 Jan 2024, 16:34 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A lorry driver used Google Maps for navigation, eventually getting stuck on the city center steps in the same place where other drivers had the same issue

 
Arnold Schwarzenegger's Customs Arrest Drives Up the Price of His Ultra-Rare Luxury Watch
Arnold Schwarzenegger's Customs Arrest Drives Up the Price of His Ultra-Rare Luxury Watch

19 Jan 2024, 08:39 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The Audemars Piguet watch from Schwarzenegger's personal collection fetches almost $300,000 at auction as actor jokes about being put in handcuffs in customs

 
Android Auto Gets Smarter Thanks to AI, Makes CarPlay Feel Obsolete
Android Auto Gets Smarter Thanks to AI, Makes CarPlay Feel Obsolete

18 Jan 2024, 18:50 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Google has just announced a set of new features for Android Auto, with AI now in charge of summarizing long texts while driving

 
Tesla's Struggles With 4680 Cell Production Revealed in New Report From China
Tesla's Struggles With 4680 Cell Production Revealed in New Report From China

18 Jan 2024, 18:18 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla is having problems increasing 4680 battery cell production at Giga Texas and is now importing battery parts from China to cover the deficit

 
Arnold Schwarzenegger Detained in Customs for 3 Hours Over Audemars Piguet Watch
Arnold Schwarzenegger Detained in Customs for 3 Hours Over Audemars Piguet Watch

18 Jan 2024, 11:56 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / The actor flew into Austria for the World Climate Summit, where he'll auction one of his watches for charity. Customs gave him trouble

 
Google Announces New Android Auto Features, Possibly Exclusive to Samsung
Google Announces New Android Auto Features, Possibly Exclusive to Samsung

18 Jan 2024, 04:59 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The search giant has just unveiled a couple of features we've known were coming: stock phone icons and mobile wallpaper support

 
Wired Better Than Wireless? Android Auto Users Go Back to Cables Due to Mysterious Error
Wired Better Than Wireless? Android Auto Users Go Back to Cables Due to Mysterious Error

17 Jan 2024, 18:15 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Android Auto wireless suddenly fails to issue notifications on new text messages; switching to wired is the only workaround

 
Truck Navigation Now Available on Android Auto Thanks to Top Google Maps Rival
Truck Navigation Now Available on Android Auto Thanks to Top Google Maps Rival

17 Jan 2024, 16:49 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Sygic's GPS Truck & Caravan Navigation application is now available on Android Auto; the CarPlay support landed in late 2023

 
John Deere Using Starlink High-Speed Internet To Connect Its Tractors in Remote Areas
John Deere Using Starlink High-Speed Internet To Connect Its Tractors in Remote Areas

16 Jan 2024, 18:05 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / John Deere chose Starlink to equip its machines across the US and Brazil with high-speed internet so they can access precision agriculture technologies

 
Google Maps Not Loading on the CarPlay Dashboard? You're Not Alone
Google Maps Not Loading on the CarPlay Dashboard? You're Not Alone

16 Jan 2024, 16:43 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / A new widespread bug hitting Apple users causes Google Maps to no longer show up on the CarPlay Dashboard; the app works correctly in full-screen mode

 
Rumors About Tesla's Next-Gen 2170 Battery Cells Are Greatly Exaggerated
Rumors About Tesla's Next-Gen 2170 Battery Cells Are Greatly Exaggerated

16 Jan 2024, 11:31 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / A report about Panasonic beginning production of a vastly superior type of 2170 battery cell for Tesla may have been exaggerating the improvements

 
Another One Bites the Dust: GM Rumored To Shut Down Ultra Cruise, Tesla FSD's Competitor
Another One Bites the Dust: GM Rumored To Shut Down Ultra Cruise, Tesla FSD's Competitor

16 Jan 2024, 10:18 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / GM is poised to cancel Ultra Cruise, its autonomous driving suite, and concentrate its efforts on the Super Cruise driver assistance system instead

 
Tesla Is Hiring Engineers for Optimus Bot 'Mass Production', Thousands of Robots Planned
Tesla Is Hiring Engineers for Optimus Bot 'Mass Production', Thousands of Robots Planned

15 Jan 2024, 18:14 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla is on a hiring spree for its Optimus humanoid robot program, and the job ads hint at "high-volume mass production" with thousands of robots planned

 
Biggest Update in Years: Google Maps for Android Gets Bluetooth Beacon Support
Biggest Update in Years: Google Maps for Android Gets Bluetooth Beacon Support

15 Jan 2024, 17:23 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Google Maps for Android now offers accurate navigation in tunnels thanks to Bluetooth beacon integration in a recent update

 
Android Auto Bugs Are Often Puzzling, But This Voice Command Issue Is Something Else
Android Auto Bugs Are Often Puzzling, But This Voice Command Issue Is Something Else

15 Jan 2024, 16:46 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Users claim that listening to a specific song on Android Auto using Google Assistant is nearly impossible, as Spotify always plays the wrong tunee

 
Tesla Prepares To Replace Voice Commands in Its EVs With Grok Intelligent Assistant
Tesla Prepares To Replace Voice Commands in Its EVs With Grok Intelligent Assistant

15 Jan 2024, 14:10 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / After launching a voice assistant in China, Tesla is poised to do the same in the US, allowing owners to have meaningful conversations with their EVs

 
Android Auto 11.1 Now Available for Download As Big New Features Are Coming
Android Auto 11.1 Now Available for Download As Big New Features Are Coming

14 Jan 2024, 15:59 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Google has started the rollout of another Android Auto stable build; users can skip the wait by manually installing the latest version

 
The Crew Motorfest Just Got One of the Most Exciting Cars and Then Some
The Crew Motorfest Just Got One of the Most Exciting Cars and Then Some

14 Jan 2024, 14:30 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / The Ferrari F8 Spider, Acura NSX, McLaren P1 and Koeniggseg Gemera are this week's highlights in The Crew Motorfest from Ubisoft

 
Forza Motorsport Execs Publicly Agree Their Game Has Severe Issues
Forza Motorsport Execs Publicly Agree Their Game Has Severe Issues

13 Jan 2024, 22:24 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / Forza Motorsport still has a 38% Mostly Negative score on Steam, but at least the game's leads are working on a fixing the game