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Electric vehicle company Rivian is rolling out new software today. The lead feature is Enhanced Highway Assist, which controls steering, acceleration, and braking on compatible highways. It relies on an infrared camera in the rearview mirror to ensure that the driver is still paying attention to the road, even though their hands don’t need to be on the wheel. This resource is only rolling out to Rivian’s Gen 2 vehicles; the blog post did not address whether it would also come to Gen 1.There’s also a new driving mode for Rivian’s Performance Dual-Motor lineup. Rally Mode is now available as…
When it comes to anniversary gifts, most people want to avoid cliche and cheesy and instead opt for sweet and sentimental. Whether it’s your first or 50th wedding anniversary (or you’re celebrating a dating milestone), the present should speak to your partner as well as your history. Ideally it doesn’t cost an arm and a leg either. The sweet spot is something that’s meaningful, affordable and won’t make them cringe.The following gifts, handpicked by our editors, check all of those boxes. There’s bound to be something on this list that will make your loved one smile, like customizable photo art, gigantic…
TikTok is once again expanding its parental control options, launching new Family Pairing features that allow parents and guardians greater control over screen time and access to their kids’ followers. SEE ALSO: Apple’s child safety changes put more of the onus on app developers The app’s updated supervision feature lets parents of teen users view their children’s followers and the accounts they follow in return, as well as any accounts their teen has blocked. Later this year, TikTok will release an additional feature that allows teens to notify their parents or caregivers when they report a video. Parents will have…
Slowly but surely, Apple TV+ has found its feet. The streaming service, which at launch we called “odd, angsty, and horny as hell,” has evolved into a diverse library of dramas, documentaries, and comedies. Now, its library is so packed, we’ve declared it “the new HBO.”Curious but don’t know where to get started? Below are our picks for the best shows on the service. (Also, here are our picks for the best movies on Apple TV+.) When you’re done, head over to our guides to the best shows on Netflix, best movies on Hulu, and best movies on Amazon Prime,…
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna says that, despite the Trump Administration’s attacks on globalism, global trade isn’t dead. In fact, he thinks that the U.S.’s key to growth will be embracing an international exchange of goods. “So, I actually am a firm believer — I think it goes all the way back to the economists who studied global trade in the 1800s — and I think their perspective was, every 10% increase in global trade leads to a 1% increase in local GDP,” Krishna said during an on-stage interview at SXSW on Tuesday. “So, if we want to really optimize even…
When the first email was sent in 1971, Richard Nixon was president. The video game “Pong” was still in development. The Pittsburgh Pirates were a good baseball team. This is to say, technological achievements like the email have lived long enough to have their own grandchildren. And yet, one of the most storied magazines in American history, The New Yorker, has only just updated its copyediting guidelines to incorporate more contemporary stylings of words related to the internet. No longer will The New Yorker write about “e-mails” in your “in box” that you access on “the Internet” through a “web…
Shudder‘s library of horror movies is huge—and its exclusive and original sub-category is no slouch, either. If you’re looking for a spooky, freaky, unsettling, gruesome, or otherwise genre-perfect pair of films for your next movie night, here are some curations to start with. Get Away and Black Cab Have yourself a Nick Frost mini-festival and appreciate his acting range at the same time: in horror comedy Get Away, which Frost also wrote, he plays a dad whose family trip is rudely interrupted by a serial killer; in dark thriller Black Cab, he’s cast against type as a cab driver who…
While Black Friday is typically the best time of the year to find record-low prices on Apple devices, Amazon is having a massive sale right now with unbelievable deals. You can find record-low prices on AirPods, iPads, MacBooks, and smartwatches starting at just $69.99.• Shop more daily deals at AmazonSo why is Amazon offering so many incredible Apple deals? The tech giant just released the iPad Air M3 and the MacBook Air M4, which means you can now find the best-ever prices on older models and impressive discounts on AirPods and smartwatches. I’ve listed the best Apple deals from Amazon…
After a tumultuous 2024, in which iRobot lost its founder and CEO, Colin Angle, Amazon abandoned its acquisition plans, and the company laid off a large portion of its staff, iRobot is back with a major shake-up of its robotic vacuum line.This week, the company that invented the robot vacuum over 20 years ago announced eight new models that are definitely not the Roombas you’re used to. Not only do they look totally different, but they also work differently, thanks to a new-to-Roomba feature: lidar navigation and mapping.iRobot has started publishing suction power specs for its robotsThe new lineup starts…
Rhodium execs, from left: Cindy Engstrom, Michael Hyman, Rachel Sanders, Audrey Leibovich, and Alex Krooglik. (Rhodium Photo) Former Petabyte executives are bringing their data expertise and tech chops to Rhodium, a new Seattle-area startup focused on helping medical spas and beauty brands interact with customers. The company, which has raised $2 million in initial funding, aims to address what CEO Michael Hyman sees as a critical gap in the beauty and medical spa industry: leveraging data to improve customer experience and boost revenue. “I look for places where there’s a lot of data and a lot of money and not…