Photo: halbergman (Getty Images) Average used car price: $36,343Average annual cost of full-coverage insurance: $2,295 The internet tells me that Arkansas is extremely into college football. I only really watch the Super Bowl, but that’s led me to believe that every football game results in the winning quarterback being given a car. Clearly, this system … Read more
Eli Collins, a vice president of product management at Google DeepMind, first demoed generative AI video tools for the company’s board of directors back in 2022. Despite the model’s slow speed, pricey cost to operate, and sometimes off-kilter outputs, he says it was an eye-opening moment for them to see fresh video clips generated from … Read more
Published September 15, 2024 The Council of Fashion Designers of America has announced the nominees and honorees for the 2024 CFDA Fashion Awards, taking place at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City on October 28. See catwalkAmiri – Spring-Summer2025 – Menswear – Paris – ©Launchmetrics/spotlight The nominees for 2024 American Womenswear Designer of the … Read more
Google jumped on the free ad-supported TV (FAST) trend last year by bringing dozens of free channels right to the home screen on Google TV devices. Google TV’s free selection launched with around 80 built-in channels, but over the past year, the number has grown. As of the latest update, Google TV has not only … Read more
We trust automakers to make quality vehicles that are not only reliable, but most importantly safe to drive for years to come. That isn’t always the case though. One Nissan Frontier owner experienced this first hand after discovering his truck was missing frame welds. The 2024 Nissan Frontier Hardbody Edition Is Retro Done Right As … Read more
On Friday, September 13, 2024, the car news website Autoblog.com will cease to exist. The site that started with the philosophy of covering every single scrap of automotive news is shutting down after 20 years in the biz. And though we had, at times, an adversarial relationship with the ’Blog, you won’t find one Jalopnik … Read more
Taxi drivers have been ferrying people around America’s cities for decades with the biggest change to the sector coming when Uber burst onto the scene and made us all rely on our phones to get a ride. Now, the ride hailing app is facing an uncertain future as drivers grapple with increased competition for rides, … Read more
Say what you will about the Tesla Cybertruck, but one thing is undeniable: the damn thing is attention-grabbing, and that’s especially true for one wrecked Cybertruck in Seattle, Washington. In fact, this stranded truck has become a bit of a landmark in the city with its own Google Maps pin entry. Move over Chicago’s Rat … Read more
Google argues that it faces fierce competition from Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, and others. It further contends that customers benefited from each of the acquisitions, contracts, and features that the government is challenging. “Google has designed a set of products that work efficiently with each other and attract a valuable customer base,” the company’s attorneys wrote … Read more
Google first showed up as a verb in the Oxford English Dictionary back in 2006. It was a milestone moment of sorts for the search giant, which by that point was already so ubiquitous that its very name had become synonymous with the act of searching for anything on the web. Likewise, that worldwide recognition … Read more
