On the road with a dead laptop? Your car can charge it!
If you’re like me, you’re going to take your laptop everywhere you go — yep, even on vacation. But doing that comes with the problem of finding somewhere to charge it when there are no…
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This ultra-portable mouse, the size of a car remote, still has 6 buttons
Astract Japan has launched a crowdfunding campaign for its new mini-mouse CapacMouse Pro (spotted by Tom’s Hardware). As of this writing, the campaign has already reached its funding goal several times over. The CapacMouse Pro…
The Apple Car is dead. Where does that leave Apple’s auto ambitions?
The ambitious Apple Car project, known internally as Project Titan, was cancelled earlier this year after almost a decade of development. But that much work doesn’t just vanish overnight. What’s left behind? What has become…
Pitaka MagEZ Car Mount Pro 2 Qi2 review: Car charger with built-in NFC shortcuts
At a glance Expert’s Rating Pros Excellent magnetic hold Good adjustment NFC shortcuts are helpful; Fast Qi2 charging Our Verdict The MagEZ Car Mount Pro 2 impresses across the board: fast charging, strong hold, and…
Thousands of Avis car rental customers had personal data stolen in cyberattack
Car rental giant Avis is notifying hundreds of thousands of people that their personal information and driver’s license numbers were stolen in an August cyberattack. The New Jersey-headquartered company said in a data breach notice filed…
The happiest U.S. car owners are those with Apple CarPlay
Once they’ve owned their cars long enough for the new car smell to wear off, most U.S. drivers are pretty happy with their vehicles. But they tend to be happiest if it has support for…
Car dealership outages drag on after CDK cyberattacks
Software maker CDK says it will take “several days” to bring its systems back on line following back-to-back cyberattacks, as car dealerships and auto shops around the U.S. reliant on the company’s software enter a…
Single point of software failure has hamstrung car dealerships for a second day
Enlarge / Ford Mustang Mach E electric vehicles are offered for sale at a dealership on June 5, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson / Getty Images CDK Global touts itself as an all-in-one software-as-a-service…
US car dealerships face ongoing outage after CDK cyberattacks
Auto retailers and car dealerships across the U.S. are facing another day of outages after a second cyberattack hit tech company CDK Global, which develops software used for managing auto customers and their vehicles. In…
Formula 1 chief appalled to find team using Excel to manage 20,000 car parts
Enlarge / A pit stop during the Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix in early March evokes how the team’s manager was feeling when looking at the Excel sheet that managed the car’s build components. ALI…