🚗 Honking robocars are keeping San Francisco residents awake
📱 Apple's cheapest handset could be getting Apple Intelligence
🎵 Evo One is a music speaker that doubles as a soundbar
🪂 Tom Cruise pulls epic stunt at Olympics closing ceremony 🕹️ Sony's Astro Bot controller now available for preorder |
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Robocars' honking is keeping San Francisco residents awake at night |
The honking occurs on a daily basis, but is at its worst at around 4 a.m. and at evening rush hour times
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Residents in a San Francisco neighborhood are complaining that repeated honking from Waymo’s driverless cars is keeping them awake at night, NBC Bay Area News reported on Sunday. Folks living in the city’s South of Market district said that the racket is being made by Waymo vehicles parked in a lot that the Alphabet-owned company started using a few weeks ago. "We started out with a couple of honks here and there,” a resident told the news site, “And then as more and more cars started to arrive, the situation got worse.” It’s not clear what is causing the incessant honking, but Waymo says it’s working on a fix ... |
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Apple's cheapest handset could be getting Apple Intelligence
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With an all-new display and Apple's AI smarts, the budget-friendly 4th-generation iPhone SE could prove a hit
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Apple is reported to be prepping the launch of the 4th-generation iPhone SE, which last received an update in 2022. And while Apple Intelligence is currently only compatible with the iPhone 15 Pro and later, the next SE handset is expected to get Apple's AI smarts, too. “This model will look like an iPhone 14, with a crisper OLED display that stretches across the full device,” leading Apple tipster Mark Gurman wrote in his Power On newsletter on Sunday, adding: “And you can also bet that it will have Apple Intelligence” ... |
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Cambridge Audio's Evo One wireless music speaker doubles as a soundbar
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This 14-driver beast costs $1,500 and takes up a lot of room |
Cambridge Audio's new Evo One wireless streaming music speaker is a 14-driver beast that has more in common with most high-end soundbars, Digital Trends reported. It features a wood veneer top and a 6.8-inch color screen. But as the report points out, at 26.6 inches wide and 11.4 inches deep, it could be a challenge finding a place for it. Behind its fabric grilles are 14 drivers powered with up to 50 watts of class D amplification per unit. The Evo One has four 1-inch tweeters, four 2.25-inch midrange drivers, and six 2.75-inch long-throw woofers ... |
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Tom Cruise dives into Olympic stadium during closing ceremony
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The movie star hands off the Olympic flag from Paris to Los Angeles, host of the next Summer Games |
Tom Cruise brought a touch of Hollywood glamour to the Olympics closing ceremony in Paris on Sunday night when he hurled himself off the roof of the Stade de France — firmly secured to a cable, of course — to cheers from the 71,500-strong crowd. After rappelling all the way to the ground, the movie legend grabbed the Olympic flag, jumped on a motorbike, and raced out of the stadium. Viewers around the world were then treated to a prerecorded sequence featuring Cruise racing through the streets of Paris, riding on an aircraft, and parachuting into Los Angeles — the location of the 2028 Olympics — before handing the flag to American mountain biker Kate Courtney ... |
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Sony's Astro Bot controller is now available for preorder |
The limited-edition DualSense Wireless Controller arrives on September 6 and will cost $80 |
The Astro Bot Limited Edition controller, which looks just like the adorable PlayStation mascot, went up for preorder on August 9 before it goes on general sale on Astro Bot launch day on September 6. The design of the gamepad, which at the current time is available via the PlayStation Direct storefront and Antonline, is based on the Dual Speeder that allows Astro to fly into various planets, so the main body is white, with dark blue on the handles and light-blue accents on the buttons. “However, the most obvious change is the addition of a pair of blue eyes seated in the middle of the touchpad,” Polygon reported ... |
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