Apple’s HomePod smart speaker is getting some new capabilities thanks to a software update that’s available today as part of iOS 14.1. These were announced during the company’s event earlier this month, and some of the features — especially the intercom function — go a long way in helping the […]
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How to report a missing package
Holidays are around the corner. And with a pandemic raging around the US, it’s likely you’ll be doing at least some of your shopping online. If you’re worried about cards and packages being lost in the mail, don’t be — tracking your mail and reporting items missing is easy and […]
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Introducing Shop R&T, Road & Track’s Online Merch Store
So many great products from our friends at R&T, all available starting today.
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Warning: Multiple Windows 10 retirements ahead
Over the next seven weeks, two Windows 10 feature upgrades will hit the end of support. And a third dropped of the support list last week.
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Porsche plug-in hybrids, Model Y recall, GM EV plant: Today’s Car News
The maker of the iPhone is getting into the business of electric cars. Porsche updates its plug-in hybrids. GM looks to the birthplace of Saturn for making electric vehicles. And the Model Y gets recalled, but because of OTA updates it’s not a big deal. This and more, here at […]
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Space pirates cause mayhem in exclusive excerpt from ‘Star Wars: The High Republic: A Test of Courage’
Earlier this year, Lucasfilm and Disney announced a bold new era of “Star Wars” tales called “The High Republic.” This special publishing initiative encompasses adult, middle-grade and young adult prose fiction, including new comic books, and presents an interconnected web of stories set 200 years before the events of “The […]
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SpaceX fires up 3-engine Starship SN8 prototype ahead of epic test flight
SpaceX’s next-gen Starship vehicle just took a big step toward its next milestone leap.
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Dust Bowl 2.0? Rising Great Plains dust levels stir concerns
Earlier this month, a storm front swept across the Great Plains of the United States, plowing up a wall of dust that could be seen from space, stretching from eastern Colorado into Nebraska and Kansas. It was a scene straight from the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, when farmers regularly […]
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Wacky tube men could keep dingoes away from livestock in Australia
Inflatable tube men—those wacky, wriggling figures that tower near car dealerships and mattress stores—are typically designed to grab attention. But scientists in Australia have used them for the opposite purpose: to scare away unwanted onlookers. A new study suggests the unpredictable movements of these dancing eyesores could keep wild dingoes […]