When Apple talks about how it used Google’s Gemini foundation models to build the all-new Siri, without using the Gemini app, it can start to sound like semantics. But a deep dive with the team that built the Siri we were promised almost two years ago quickly disabuses you of that notion. “This is the…
Only 2% of new cars come with a manual transmission in 2026, so if someone says “riding the clutch” that may not mean much to modern car owners. While driving a manual, you want to press the clutch pedal fully down and then use the shift lever to select a gear before lifting the pedal…
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Soundcore Liberty 5 Pro: Two-minute review Anker’s Soundcore sub-brand may not have a reputation for releasing the best earbuds that everyone raves about, but they tend to be solid pieces of kit. We gave the Soundcore Liberty 5 (yes, take care, because that’s not these — and there’s also a Pro Max to swerve in…
Long before anyone coined the term Sport Utility Vehicle, Chevrolet released what many consider to be the very first SUV. The 1935 Carryall Suburban bears little resemblance to modern vehicles, but today, Chevy’s vast SUV lineup still includes the large Suburban along with the popular Trailblazer and the compact, electric Bolt. It’s the versatile Equinox,…
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We’ve been waiting a long, long time for Siri to get the AI glow-up it sorely needed, but at WWDC 2026, it finally happened: Siri AI is real. That wasn’t the only thing Apple announced at its annual developer conference, but it’s fair to say that it was the main event, with more than half…
While the motorcycle industry, like many others, is dominated by major manufacturers, that’s not to say much smaller, passion-driven operations do not exist. Case in point: a tiny, family-run outfit working out of a 19th century farm building in the South Yorkshire countryside, about 30 miles east of Manchester, England. Conceived more than a decade…
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