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21 JUL

Nissan’s ProPilot Assist definitely isn’t an autopilot, but is still quite useful

When the next-generation Nissan Leaf is launched in the near future, it will feature Nissan’s ProPilot semi-autonomous technology. The system was already available in Japan on the Serena minivan, but the Leaf will be the first Nissan in America to feature it. Fortunately, we didn’t have to wait for the launch of the Leaf to […]

19 JUL

Dame Helen Mirren: I’m quite proud of the fact that I’m still working

GETTY Helen Mirren is acting royalty. Though she’s 72 this week, she has no plans to slow down Dame Helen Mirren is in Monte-Carlo to accept a prestigious lifetime achievement award. When asked what she is most proud of, the woman with a career spanning more than 50 years says, “Well, I’m quite proud of […]

14 JUN

First impressions: Xbox One X doesn’t quite bring the “wow!” factor

Ars Technica discusses the Xbox One X and goes hands-on with some upcoming Xbox software. Video shot by Andrew Falleroni, edited by Jennifer Hahn. (video link) LOS ANGELES—For a year now, we’ve been hearing about how Project Scorpio will bring “true 4K” gaming to the living-room masses with enhanced versions of the same software that […]

09 JUN

So SpaceX is having quite a year

Enlarge / Things are looking up for SpaceX in 2017. (credit: SpaceX) SpaceX had difficult years in 2015 and 2016, as two accidents with its Falcon 9 rocket hit the company’s bottom line and raised some concerns about its reliability in the global launch market. But now the company seems to have bounced back nicely, […]

09 JUN

Four BRICs don’t quite make a wall

EMERGING markets have been through a lot over the past four years. The “taper tantrum” in 2013 (prompted by fears of a change in American monetary policy); the oil-price drop in 2014; China’s botched devaluation of its currency in 2015; and India’s botched “demonetisation” of much of its own currency in late 2016 (removing high-value […]

20 MAY

Not Quite How He Planned It

When Turkish security guards violently suppressed a group of protesters in Washington on Tuesday, the altercation ricocheted across television and social media, and triggered an immediate diplomatic firestorm between the two allied nations. But what the viral images of chokeholds, sucker punches, and flying fists didn’t show was a carefully-orchestrated presentation taking place inside the […]

17 MAY

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Finale Recap: And Now for 'Something Quite Different'

The following recap, by the very definition of the word “recap,” contains spoilers from the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 4 finale. ABC’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was all fired up this Tuesday night as Ghost Rider joined the Framework arc, leading to an out-of-this-world peek at Season 5. RELATEDABC Fall Schedule: Once Upon a Time Moves […]