Never mind girls and boys—adults who refuse to grow up are being increasingly targeted by a toy industry promoting adolescence as a lifestyle choice, say industry watchers. Among the "Smart-Tech" toys at this week's Hong Kong Toys & ...
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Here are a few things that have stood out for me from the past several days at the Consumer Electronics Show. 5G: The rollout of 4G LTE services may be still a work in progress, but that doesn't mean the folks who develop wireless ...
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It's known that electric vehicles could travel longer distances before needing to charge and more renewable energy could be saved for a rainy day if lithium-sulfur batteries can just overcome a few technical hurdles. Now, a novel design for ...
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"The United States stands on the cusp of a dramatic revival and rejuvenation propelled by an amazing wave of technological innovation," writes Stanford researcher Vivek Wadhwa in a recent editorial in The Washington Post. The basic notion ...
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Ford Motor Company is serious about what it terms "The Car That Cares." The company is working on embedding a significant amount of health-tracking technology into its vehicles to measure everything from driversFord:' stress levels to ...
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Pessimists are fond of saying that no good deed goes unpunished. An Australian teenager who reported a security vulnerability in a government website and now faces legal troubles probably agrees. Joshua Rogers, a 16-year-old Victoria ...
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Japan's real gross domestic product for November rose a seasonally adjusted 0.1% from October, marking the fourth straight monthly rise, according to an estimate released Dec. 27 by the Japan Center for Economic Research. Personal ...
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TT file photo The percentage of truck and bus drivers cited or warned for speeding and seat belt use declined during the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s Operation Safe Driver, the group said. Officers pulled over 29,048 ...
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Camouflaged Ford Focus prototypes have been spotted in various guises while undergoing both hot- and cold-weather testing, confirming development of the small car’s mid-life upgrade is well under way. Set to feature a new ...
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Google Australia has initiated its in-built car search system, but using US pricing and specifications. A quick Google search of terms like ‘Ford Focus Price’ will inform readers that a Focus is priced at 16,810 in USD. The ...
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The fastest and most powerful Caterham ever offered for sale in Australia, the Caterham Seven 485, has been released. Powered by a specially developed Euro-6 compliant Ford-sourced naturally aspirated four-cylinder engine – with dry ...
Jaguar Land Rover has announced the first wave of third party apps for its innovative new smartphone integration platform - InControl Apps - which has been developed in conjunction with BOSCH SoftTec. Jaguar Land Rover has worked closely ...
Plug-in hybrids will lead the pack among e-vehicles in the race to produce cleaner, more efficient vehicles, according to KPMG International’s 2014 Global Automotive Executive Survey. The rise of alternative powertrain technologies ...
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This year vendors will ship 1.1 billion Android-based devices, while Windows will stage a small comeback and the number of Apple machines, percentage-wise, will increase the most, according to estimates from market research company Gartner. ...
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Like an impatient teenager, self-driving car technology will be ready to hit the road well before authorities are ready to license it, predict a pair of studies released last week. That may not be such a bad thing, write researchers at ...
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