Major spoilers for Solo ahead. The most interesting character in Solo is a robot. L3-37, voiced by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (Fleabag), is a free-thinking, loud-mouthed Droid who introduces an entirely new concept into the Star Wars universe: robot rights. From the beginning, Droids like R2-D2 and C-3PO were presented as beings with thoughts and personalities of […]
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Trump Administration‘s New Self-Driving-Car Guidance Is Deliberately Toothless
– They’re just guidelines and they’re toothless, but the contents of the Trump administration’s updated policy paper on autonomous vehicles are important for getting everyone on the same page so innovation can blossom. The rise of self-driving cars means more mobility options for those with disabilities, less commuter congestion, and fewer freeway fatalities, so the […]
Topless, but not toothless | 2018 Mercedes-Benz E400 Cabriolet
A few years ago, after driving the new Mercedes-Maybach S600, we joked, with a kind of sanguine hope, that the next Maybach-branded vehicle would be an extended wheelbase, G65, landaulet. The recent release of the stretched, blown, recumbently seated, half-convertible G650 proved that we weren’t far off. This either demonstrates our preternatural psychic powers, or […]
Uber’s CEO Praises the ‘Magic of America’ in Toothless Statement on Immigration Ban
Being part of Trump’s economic advisory team and the head of an international Silicon Valley company has Uber co-founder Travis Kalanick in a bit of a pickle. His official statement regarding the president’s immigration ban takes virtually no position aside from that America is great. Read more… Gizmodo