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Tesla Is Confident FSD Beta V12 Hit a Breakthrough, It's Too Good for Your Own Safety
Tesla Is Confident FSD Beta V12 Hit a Breakthrough, It's Too Good for Your Own Safety

20 Mar 2024, 13:26 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / The latest iteration of the Tesla Full Self-Driving software is a winner, but owners should know that the software is too good for their own safety

 
This Better Be a Bug: Android Auto Glitch Looks Like a New Feature
This Better Be a Bug: Android Auto Glitch Looks Like a New Feature

19 Mar 2024, 18:53 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Android Auto has started repeating the sent messages, with some users believing this could be a bug and, hopefully, not a feature

 
Google Maps Gets Another Feature You Didn't Know You Need
Google Maps Gets Another Feature You Didn't Know You Need

19 Mar 2024, 18:00 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The search giant has expanded Google Maps public transit directions to Wear OS, allowing navigation to run directly on the wrist

 
Tesla FSD Beta V12.3 Update Fails on Many Hardware-4 Vehicles, the Cause Is Not Yet Known
Tesla FSD Beta V12.3 Update Fails on Many Hardware-4 Vehicles, the Cause Is Not Yet Known

19 Mar 2024, 17:38 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla owners reported that the 2023.44.30.25 update, containing FSD Beta V12.3, failed to install on several Hardware 4 vehicles

 
New Software Update Brings Auto Wipers, Trailer Alarm, and More to the Tesla Cybertruck
New Software Update Brings Auto Wipers, Trailer Alarm, and More to the Tesla Cybertruck

19 Mar 2024, 11:25 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla rolled out the 2024.8.4 update for the Cybertruck, including Auto Wipers, Trailer Alarm, and Bluetooth headphones for rear passengers, among other things

 
New Hydrogen Storage Tech Crucial for Aviation, Could Make Hydrogen Cars Viable After All
New Hydrogen Storage Tech Crucial for Aviation, Could Make Hydrogen Cars Viable After All

18 Mar 2024, 18:30 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / A groundbreaking storage technology could offer hydrogen a new boost, allowing double the energy density of liquid hydrogen

 
Waze Not Needed: GPS Could Help Make Every Route Faster
Waze Not Needed: GPS Could Help Make Every Route Faster

18 Mar 2024, 17:37 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Research conducted by the University of Michigan discovered that GPS data could help traffic signals optimize waiting times and reduce delays

 
Tesla Summon and Autopark Will Get Major Updates in April, Musk Calls the Latter 'Banish'
Tesla Summon and Autopark Will Get Major Updates in April, Musk Calls the Latter 'Banish'

18 Mar 2024, 16:38 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Elon Musk promised important updates for the Summon and Autopark coming next month and hinted at renaming the latter "Banish"

 
App Update Brings New Features to Android Auto and CarPlay, We Need More Such Releases
App Update Brings New Features to Android Auto and CarPlay, We Need More Such Releases

18 Mar 2024, 16:14 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The official March Madness Live app, which already featured Android Auto and CarPlay support, is getting new tools for drivers

 
People Erect Sign to Tell Drivers That Google Maps Is Wrong
People Erect Sign to Tell Drivers That Google Maps Is Wrong

18 Mar 2024, 15:49 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Google Maps keeps sending drivers to the wrong route, so locals decided to take the matter into their own hands and erect a special traffic sign

 
You Can Now Thrash Italy's Most Powerful Road-Legal Hypercar in Exchange for a Few Bucks
You Can Now Thrash Italy's Most Powerful Road-Legal Hypercar in Exchange for a Few Bucks

18 Mar 2024, 10:39 UTC · By: Cristian Gnaticov / It's the Pininfarina Battista, a battery-electric hypercar that boasts 1,900 metric horses combined, taking 1.79 seconds to reach 60 mph

 
The '80s Have Invaded The Crew Motorfest With the Era-Defining Countach
The '80s Have Invaded The Crew Motorfest With the Era-Defining Countach

17 Mar 2024, 10:21 UTC · By: Codrin Spiridon / This week in The Crew Motorfest, Ivory Tower introduces a 1980s thematic bundle containing the Lamborghini Countach LP5000 QV and the 1969 Dodge Charger R/T

 
Tesla FSD Beta V12.3 Goes Wide, Owners Offer Their First Impressions
Tesla FSD Beta V12.3 Goes Wide, Owners Offer Their First Impressions

15 Mar 2024, 16:53 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla FSD Beta V12.3 rolled out to a wider group of non-employee beta testers, who spared no time in offering their first impressions

 
Updated Tesla App Offers New Insight Into Upcoming Autopark Feature
Updated Tesla App Offers New Insight Into Upcoming Autopark Feature

15 Mar 2024, 11:46 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla App 4.31.0 decompiled code hints at vastly improved Autopark and Smart Summon functions, although they are not yet available for use

 
Android Auto Wired Users Might Want to Think Twice Before Updating the App
Android Auto Wired Users Might Want to Think Twice Before Updating the App

15 Mar 2024, 10:42 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Users claim that Android Auto no longer loads after updating the application in late February; the issue happens with wired connections

 
Another Flop? The Great iPhone Feature Even Apple Forgot About
Another Flop? The Great iPhone Feature Even Apple Forgot About

14 Mar 2024, 16:44 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The digital driver's license, a feature that Apple launched with much fanfare in 2021, was supposed to expand massively by this point

 
Adieu, GM: Ford Just Demonstrated That Giving Customers the Choice Is Doable
Adieu, GM: Ford Just Demonstrated That Giving Customers the Choice Is Doable

14 Mar 2024, 14:47 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The all-new Lincoln Nautilus sports the impressive Lincoln Digital Experience with Android Automotive, Android Auto, and CarPlay under the same roof

 
Tesla Adds One-Time Charge Limit, Adaptive Headlights to S3XY Models
Tesla Adds One-Time Charge Limit, Adaptive Headlights to S3XY Models

14 Mar 2024, 09:27 UTC · By: Cristian Agatie / Tesla 2024.8 software update turns on adaptive headlight features on EVs with LED-matrix headlamps in Europe while also improving charging experience for all

 
Apple Would Have Made the Apple Car Insanely Fast (Not That Kind of Fast)
Apple Would Have Made the Apple Car Insanely Fast (Not That Kind of Fast)

13 Mar 2024, 18:26 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Information from sources close to the project reveals that the Apple Car chip was four times more powerful than Apple's top chip

 
This Waze Bug Shows How Much We Rely on Navigation Apps for Everything
This Waze Bug Shows How Much We Rely on Navigation Apps for Everything

13 Mar 2024, 17:54 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / Waze no longer displays the current speed and the speed limit, sometimes making the driver confused about how fast they're going