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Trump reveals Karoline Leavitt to step down as White House press secretary — Leavitt is departing her role to spend more time with family after giving birth to a second child, according to Trump.

Lancia Stratos: From Radical Concept to All-Conquering Rally Champion — You know someone is a big deal when they, or their work, is known by a single name. If you mention “Jimi” to a guitarist, they’ll most assuredly know you’re talking about James…

CNET Cars: Navigate Your World in This New Age of Transportation — Our experts put you in the driver's seat with automotive advice and news.

CNET Cars: Navigate Your World in This New Age of Transportation — Our experts put you in the driver's seat with automotive advice and news.

Never Stop Driving #192: When Will We Have Our Own Goodwood Hill Climb? — This past weekend, some 200,000 folks attended the annual Goodwood Festival of Speed (FOS) in the U.K. There they watched—and heard—hundreds of cars race up the hill-climb course that cuts, for just over…

Lexus ES 350h AWD Premium + First Drive: Change to Survive — Sedans are on the way out at Lexus, but not completely. Toyota’s luxury arm used to make four: the flagship LS, which upset the luxury-car establishment in 1989; the front-wheel-drive ES, born as stablemate to the LS; t

RUF Enters the Ring with a Heavyweight Boxer — Few venues are more appropriate for wild supercar debuts than the Goodwood Festival of Speed. The revelry supporting the annual romp up the hill at Goodwood Estate in West Sussex begins today, and among the big introductions is RUF…

Porsche 911 GT2 RS Flachbau Is a One-Of-One Factory-Built Slantnose — There are countless ways to personalize a Porsche, ranging from selecting a wheel design to ordering a paint-to-sample color. One buyer went a lot further down the customization path than most: An anonymous…

Bo Lueders Tribute Show Relocated Amid Chicago Cemetery Investigation — Earlier this year, Harm’s Way guitarist Bo Lueders, a beloved figure in the hardcore world, died at the age of 38. Tons of hardcore bands have paid tribute. Last week, for instance, God’s Hate released an…

5 Collector Trucks You Can Drive Daily for $15K — Two years ago, a 1997 Toyota Land Cruiser sold on Bring a Trailer for $177,500. That is Ferrari money for what was, until recently, an ideal first car for a high schooler. The sale was far above #1 condition (concours) value for…

8 Cars We Dream of Taking to the Track — There is nothing quite like experiencing a car unbridled on a race track. Getting the chance to really open it up and push a machine, limited only by physics and fear, is the sort of activity that starts seeping into your brain stem and…

Hyundai Recalls 421K Vehicles for Potential Unexpected Braking — Hyundai is recalling 421,078 vehicles for a software issue that may cause the forward collision avoidance system to activate prematurely and hit the brakes when you aren’t expecting it. The recall covers 2025–

Hot Wheels and 7-Eleven Team up for 1:64-Scale Nissan GT-R — If you’re the kind of Hot Wheels collector who can spot a Treasure Hunt at Walmart from an aisle away behind half a dozen peg warmers, we’ve got good news. Your favorite brand of 1:64-scale custom cars has once again…

Inside Rad Rides by Troy, Birthplace of Killer Customs — Troy Trepanier and his talented crew of fabricators, CAD modelers, metal shapers, and painters have been building record-setting and award-winning cars for decades. Rad Rides by Troy operates out of a series of buildings…

This Ebike Roadster Is Like Riding a Regular Bike With Bionic Legs — This lightweight Ride1Up Roadster V3 ebike is sleek and feels a lot like a classic 10-speed. But a good mechanic is hard to find.

Touch, trust, and medicine | Elizabeth Comen, MD | TEDxNYU Langone Health — 'The Distance Between Us: Touch, Trust, and Medicine' is Dr. Elizabeth Comen’s provocative and deeply personal exploration of the oldest language the body knows: touch. Dr. Elizabeth Comen is the…

Photo Report: The 2026 Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este With A. Lange & Söhne — Wrist (and car) spotting may have peaked.

Spring Boot Project: Build a REST API for an E-commerce Platform — Learn how to build a REST API for an e-commerce platform. Perfect for Java developers looking to enhance their skills with hands-on Spring Boot projects! 🚀 Want to dive deeper? - Get the full course: https://mos

Piston Slap: On a Long Enough Timeline, Unobtainium Is Obtainium — John writes: Sajeev, My daily driver is a 2013 Mercedes SLK 55 AMG. I adore this car and want to keep it as long as possible. I am approaching 100K miles and have only had to do routine maintenance; I probably ove

My Midlife Crisis Corolla Is Fast, Furious, and Fully Modded | Essay — Forget Vin Diesel. Asian Americans Are the Heroes of Import Car Culture

Creating opportunities for disabled people to lead | Keely Cat-Wells | TEDxPortland — Many of the tools we rely on every day, from text messaging to audiobooks to voice recognition, were shaped by disabled people and the need for accessibility. In this talk, disability…

mechanic told me my car's been running on the spare tire for three weeks because i never checked. apparently the dashboard light just gave up trying.

mechanic told me my car's been running on the spare tire for three weeks because i never checked. apparently the dashboard light just gave up trying.

Other hybrids can't keep up—This Japanese hatch is still the king of fuel savings — Years later, it still sets the benchmark for efficiency.

Entire Podium of 1966 Le Mans GT40s Now Reunited in One Collection — It’s nice to complete a collection, whether you’re assembling all 50 state spoons, an entire orphanage of Cabbage Patch dolls, or the trio of Ford GT40s that swept the podium at Le Mans in 1966. Some of those…

Kuryłowicz + Architects designs Antarctic research station as "home at the end of the world" — <p>Architecture studio Kuryłowicz + Architects has revealed photos of the timber Arctowski Station nearing completion on King George Island in Antarctica. Currently under…

watched someone diagnose their car's noise by closing one eye and tilting their head. turned out the engine mount was shot. apparently you can feel vibration frequency better that way.

watched someone diagnose their car's noise by closing one eye and tilting their head. turned out the engine mount was shot. apparently you can feel vibration frequency better that way.

7 Vehicles We&#8217;d Love to Drag Out of the Woods and Restore — On a long enough timeline, Mother Nature wins every battle she finds herself in. But there are moments, not long before she declares victory, where something sits on the brink, facing its last chance at survival…

How Encor Created the Consummate Lotus Esprit — Designed by one of Italy’s greatest automotive artists and bestowed with a chassis by a seven-time F1 World Champion constructor, the Lotus Esprit should have been perfection personified when it launched exactly 50 years ago. Giorge

10 of the Quirkiest Cars from the London Concours — Alright guv&#8217;nah, come and &#8216;ave a butcher&#8217;s at all the Ken Dodd la-di-dahs right &#8216;ere in the jam tart of London Town. It&#8217;s the London Concours, held at the Honourable Artillery Company, a hidden gree

6 of Our Ideal Road Trip/Car Combinations — Summer&#8217;s nearly upon us, and so is the time when Hagerty picks its Road of the Year. Naturally, our minds got to wandering about which car would pair best with a certain road trip. Some answers are pie-in-the-sky; others might jus

Starting Saving Your Pennies For A 1961–64 Chevrolet Impala — Pennies and dimes were once needed to save up for a Chevrolet Impala with the optional 409 engine. At least that&#8217;s what the Beach Boy&#8217;s told us in 1962, in their iconic song 409 about the Impala. The tune i

Iraq faces crisis as Shia armed groups defy disarmament — Iraqi PM faces a serious crisis as powerful Shia paramilitaries refuse to disarm as September 30 deadline looms.

found a 1967 mustang in someone's garage still wearing the original paint under 40 years of dust.. the owner had never started it once.

found a 1967 mustang in someone's garage still wearing the original paint under 40 years of dust.. the owner had never started it once.

Take a Look Inside the GR GT&#8217;s Aluminum Chassis—a Toyota First — With no Toyota emblems anywhere to be found, the GR GT is the first car by the automaker to be marketed solely under the Gazoo Racing brand. That&#8217;s not the only groundbreaking step for the car; perhaps…

Red, White, and Blue-Chip: 7 Significant American Cars Selling in Monterey — Every year, the Monterey auctions assemble the most expensive consignment lists of any public sale anywhere in the world. Many of these princely automobiles date from the 1930s, 1950s, and 1960s, and…

Hikers lost in Kosciuszko national park rescued within five hours by AI drone — Fire and Rescue NSW uses thermal imaging and a mobile phone red light to quickly locate men who veered off walking track near Jindabyne

Goldman-Backed Biotech Attovia Raises $289 Million in US IPO — Attovia Therapeutics Inc., an early-stage drug developer focused on immune system diseases with high unmet need, raised $289 million in a US initial public offering that priced at the top of its marketed range.

Wandering the Oregon Woods in a Tired, Good Truck — I seem to have a particularly drug-resistant strain of terrier-chihuahua, so as July 4th approached and I considered my options to remove little Bowie from the endless whiz-bang-booms that are his greatest terror, I broached…

Steam-Powered Chevelle Proves GM Would Try Anything in the 1960s — There’s a popular meme that makes the rounds whenever a scientific breakthrough in power generation is announced. In it, a character tells someone that they’ve come up with a fantastic new way to produce energy.…

Photos reveal unexpected details from the world's first atomic test — Previously classified photos and documents show the scientific work that went into the world's first atomic test in 1945 – a test that, just weeks later, would see nuclear bombs dropped in Japan

The River Does Not Wait | Akaassh Jatia | TEDxQuest International College — Artificial intelligence is not waiting for us to catch up. In “The River Does Not Wait,” Akaassh Jatia uses the metaphor of a river and a raft to explore how we should approach the rapid evolution of…

Cadillac, Corvette Earn First Wins of &#8217;26 on the Streets of Detroit — It was a happy weekend for General Motors, whose factory-backed Cadillac and Corvette teams earned an overall and a class win at the 2026 Chevrolet Detroit Sports Car Classic. The IMSA-sanctioned sprint r

14 Important Cars From the 2026 RM Sotheby&#8217;s Monterey Auction — RM Sotheby&#8217;s held a three-day auction in Monterey this year, with the first day of sales mostly consisting of prewar greats from large collections. Otherwise, much of the buzz around this sale was…

The Lamborghini Silhouette Is the Forgotten Wedge of the 1970s — Hidden in the Countach&#8217;s shadow, the Lamborghini Silhouette is one of the brand&#8217;s best-kept secrets. Few were built, and today it&#8217;s rarer than many modern limited-edition cars — though not intentio

Stellantis Plans for a Big Performance Offensive and More Affordable Models — Stellantis is investing $25 billion to bring 11 new models to the North American market in the coming years. The product offensive is part of a global, $70-billion investment announced earlier in…

Best ASUS deal: Save $120 on the ASUS ROG 27-inch OLED gaming monitor — The clock is ticking to grab this gaming monitor for less than $700.

Italy’s League Faces Northern Split as National Future Surges — A group of former members of Italy’s League has called for a revival of the party’s northern federal roots, openly challenging leader Matteo Salvini and adding to the pressure on him from the rise of the…

Route 66 in a New Yorker: Nine Days, Eight States, and Two Transmissions — When we learned about the trip that Markku Jaakkola and Jacob Gilbert had planned, we were envious. The two friends devised to set out from Detroit in a 1973 Chrysler New Yorker to drive the length of…

911 Carrera S MT Package Finally Brings Back the Manual — When it launched the updated 992.2-generation model for the 2025 model year, Porsche made the 911 Carrera and 911 Carrera S available only with automatic transmissions. While the base car remains only available with two…

75% More Pedestrians Have Been Killed Since 2009. Giant Trucks and SUVs Are Why — We knew bigger cars were killing more pedestrians; now there's data to prove it.

Jay Leno Decides It&#8217;s Time for a New Hobby — In 1891, there was a huge train accident called the Great Kipton Train Wreck, near Cleveland. One train slammed into another because one of the conductors had a watch that was four minutes off. The railroad investigators hired…

Tungsten West Soars as UK Backs Restart of Historic Mine — Tungsten West Plc shares soared after securing an investment of up to £71 million ($97 million) from the UK government for the restart of a historic tin and tungsten mine in the southwest of the country.

2027 Chevrolet Silverado Gets New V-8s and More Screens — Chevy&#8217;s Silverado is a huge deal, and we&#8217;re not only talking about its size. It&#8217;s the best-selling vehicle in the General Motors portfolio, it&#8217;s one of the nation&#8217;s best-sellers, and…

Against All Oddities: Theme of the Century — A few weeks ago, I mentioned that it was time to start having fun with my Toyota Century. I’m pleased to announce that we at the Troutman Foundry car commune are making progress in that direction. Early questions: Do we need a Foundry

Trump administration seeks to formalise H-1B fee of more than $100,000 — New proposal would charge $103,265 for the US's H-1B visas, and make permanent a temporary rule challenged by courts.

The 2026 Startup Battlefield 200 is here — see who made the cut | TechCrunch — We’re thrilled to unveil the 2026 Startup Battlefield 200, our annual handpicked list of the 200 most promising early-stage startups from around the world.

What&#8217;s the Best First Classic? A 1963 Plymouth Valiant Makes Its Case — We&#8217;ve been talking a lot about expensive cars over the last few weeks, and about how these expensive cars are getting even more expensive. But one of the best things about this hobby is that you…

Iran’s Khamenei calls for Gulf unity as Hormuz tensions persist — Khamenei urges Gulf rulers to confront their 'real enemy' as Iran keeps Hormuz restricted amid stalled diplomacy.

Best Buy Labor Day 2026: Sony headphones, Windows laptops on sale — Save on some of the big-ticket devices you've had your eye on.

Gallery: 2026 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion—1966–79 Historic SCCA B &#038; C Sedans — Group 8 at the 2026 Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion was filled with high-strung SCCA B &amp; C Sedans from the 1966–79 era. The high-revving four-cylinders typically found in the…

9 Eye-Catching Cars from the 2026 RM Sotheby&#8217;s Woodcote Park Auction — On July 8, RM Sotheby&#8217;s hosted a new U.K. sale, held in conjunction with the Royal Automobile Club and its concours at Woodcote Park, the club&#8217;s stately 350-acre estate. A little over 40…

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