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Uber will let parents peek through a driver's selfie camera when teens are taking a trip — Uber will only access recordings from a driver's phone to review safety reports.

The Mk2 GTI Proved Immortality Isn’t Just For The Beetle — Immortality can be a tough nut to crack. The original VW Beetle lasted from 1938 to 2003 with significant changes applied to a singular concept, a feat unmatched by any other automobile. But the 1970s ensured the…

Jaguar Shows off Its past and Previews Its Future in Pebble Beach — On a lovely little patch of the 17th Fairway at this year’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, there are five famous Jaguars from the past and one Jaguar from the future. The group of historic cars…

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…

My 1963 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Spyder Belongs in the Family — In 1975, I told my mother that I was withdrawing from college. Heartbroken, she lamented that I would never get a college degree and thus not make it very far in life. But I started a van conversion business with my…

These Raspberry Pi Pico builds solve surprisingly relatable problems (August 28 - 30) — No full-sized Pi or Linux installation required.

The Hidden Costs of Owning a Collector Vehicle — A few months ago, a friend of mine—let’s call her Andrea—texted me some pictures of sunbeaten first-gen Jeep Wagoneer husks rusting in a field in western Wyoming, several hours from her home in Montana. “What do you think of…

Watch as This NHRA Supercharger Gets Rebuilt Between Rounds — Just about anyone who has taken on DIY projects has some familiarity with working on a deadline. Whether it’s your spouse needing to be able to drive to work on Monday or salvaging the tiny amount of joy left…

The Best Multiuse Air Purifier for Home in 2026: BlueAir, Rabbit Air, Dreame — These WIRED-tested dual-purpose air purifiers also function as heaters, fans, art pieces, and more, offering the best of both worlds.

ASX Shares Eye Decade Low After Cost Woes Fuel Profit Downgrades — ASX Ltd. shares tumbled to their lowest level in almost a decade after rising costs prompted several brokers to trim their earnings outlooks for Australia’s beleaguered exchange operator.

Aryna Sabalenka, Novak Djokovic fall in US Open mixed doubles — Aryna Sabalenka and Novak Djokovic will have to hope to win another U.S. Open singles title. They were no match for two of the top doubles players in tennis.

11 American Collector Cars Worth Over $250K — Later this summer, when the big auction houses all descend on Monterey, we’ll be talking about lots of gorgeous and expensive European cars. Fair enough. There are plenty of carrozzerie, grand tourers, and winning racers worth…

2026 Shelby Super Snake Sport Tops 800 HP — Ram planted its stake in the high-performance street truck segment when it unveiled the V-8-powered 1500 Rumble Bee. The model doesn’t have any factory-built rivals yet, but the aftermarket is hot on its heels. The new,…

Dispatch: Diving With Force Blue And Luminox For Reef Restoration In Miami — Luminox marks the release of its new Pacific Diver with Force Blue, in support of the organization's ongoing efforts to restore and protect Miami's reef ecosystems.

GPS Trackers: The Last Line of Theft Defense — A total of 659,880 vehicles were reported stolen nationwide last year. Most of those are used cars like Hyundai Elantras and Honda Accords, which are easy to part out. But classic cars are hardly immune. In 2025, 207 total loss…

Defending my own brain against enshittification — If you haven't had Belvita breakfast cookies, you have probably had Biscoff cookies, which are similar. These are a classic airline snack. You've probably ha...

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…

Timex Atelier Chronographs Bring Modern Clarity to a Classic Complication — The latest release become an elevated entry point into the undeniably appealing world of Timex Atelier

3 Winners and 3 Losers from the Classic Chevy Market — A couple of weeks ago, we reported on the market winners and losers from Ford in the latest Hagerty Price Guide update. This week, we’re talking about cross-town rival Chevy. The gainers haven’t gained as much,…

Are left-handers better and when will Root catch Tendulkar? Cricket Q&A — Data analysts CricViz answer your questions on successful reviews, hat-tricks, Joe Root and more.

Final Parking Space: 1982 Renault Le Car DeLuxe 3-door — Four of our last five Final Parking Space subjects have been red-white-and-blue-flag-waving American cars and trucks, each equipped with a manual transmission. This week, we’re going to stick with the run of…

Singer/Louis Vuitton Tie-up Produces the Craziest Modified Porsches Yet — Gaudy expressions of wealth are nothing new at Monterey’s Car Week, starting with the teardrop-shaped Figoni-bodied French bolides that annually glide onto the concours lawn to vie for the top prize. No…

Who is NFL billionaire Robert Kraft? — Who is Robert Kraft, the Epstein-linked NFL billionaire and why did he get Macklemore dropped from Ed Sheeran’s tour?

What will Sonia Gandhi's memoir reveal about India's most powerful dynasty? — Sonia Gandhi’s memoir may finally answer questions about power, loss and the Gandhi family’s political legacy.

Homegrown: 1947 Ford Convertible Coupe — With four fingers crossed, I asked Hagerty member Jim Jenkins for a test drive in his Homegrown ’47 Ford hot rod. The 84-year-old’s response was unequivocal: “No way, José! I’ve got a lot invested here, and if anyone’s going to wreck it,…

Old Trucks Are Worse for Expeditions—That’s Why You Need One — Earlier this summer, I was in the southeast corner of Oregon exploring the Owyhee region with two of my closest friends, Coach and Winslow. Coach was in a 2024 GMC Canyon AT4X AEV Edition. Winslow was piloting his…

10 Oddball Cars at the 2026 Monterey Auctions — Monterey Car Week is right around the corner, and this event brings together some of the world’s rarest and most expensive metal (and fiberglass, and carbon fiber). Some are on display. Some are for sale. Some are just…

The Real Project That Never Ends? Your Garage — Each fall in Northern Michigan, the weather changes before the leaves do. I know fall is near when I realize I’m working in my shop with the garage doors open for the first time since May, and when a morning commute by…

Lit Hub Daily: August 31, 2026 — “Terror wasn’t the only weapon the Nazis used against the American prisoners. Sometimes, they used propagandistic persuasion as well.” On the myths and facts of Dresden in Slaughterhous…

Bizzarrini 5300 Aperta Lusso Took Six Decades to Reach Production — The pantheon of automotive history is full of cars that, for one reason or another, didn’t reach production. Most canned projects remain in the past, but the Bizzarrini 5300 Aperta Lusso is a rare…

The AI Export Boom That Wasn’t — Thailand’s tech exports are booming but so is its trade deficit.

7 Fun Cars for Hauling Around the Kids — Nothing alters your life quite like introducing children into it—whether they’re your own or somebody else’s. And nothing quite alters a child’s life quite like introducing them to fun cars—whether they’re your…

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The Terms and Conditions of a Place Where I'll Belong - Longreads — "Navigating romance—with people or with places—is always fraught when you’re an outsider."

Shocking! Voltura Fiat 500 Quietly Redefines the Restomod — In a world where the price of a premium restomod can run into seven figures, and might be accompanied by a four-figure horsepower rating, Voltura is a breath of fresh air. Quite literally, in fact, as its cars have no…

Research roundup: 6 cool science stories we almost missed — Also: Cyborg diving suits for cockroaches, why sleepy sperm whales blow bubbles, Betelgeuse's companion star.

How Modric and Croatia continue to defy the odds — The child displaced by war who won six Champions League titles and a Ballon d'Or - how Luka Modric and England's opponents Croatia continue to defy the odds.

8 Interesting Cars from the 2026 Bonhams Laguna Seca Auction — For almost 30 years, Bonhams held its Monterey Car Week auction at Quail Lodge, and in that time it moved some of the most expensive cars the auction house (or anyone) has ever sold, including a Ferrari 250 GTO…

The Chauffeur Problem — Today, we learn to drive our own cars -- and manage our own computers. The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them. Historian Kevin…

Durham take six balls and 105 seconds to beat Gloucestershire — Division Two leaders Durham beat Gloucestershire by 10 wickets, needing just six balls to complete a final day victory.

Admit It, You’re BMW Clown Shoe-Curious — Whenever a Skunkworks project escapes an automaker’s back room and actually reaches the buying public, it’s worth marking that moment in history. Inherently, these are fringe products—adaptations of larger ideas that…

How to watch the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope's launch — NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is scheduled for launch on August 30.

My LS-Swapped Corvette Returns to Jackstands — My 1985 LS-swap Corvette project exists because I wanted a sporty two-door with 400 horsepower at the tire, a manual transmission, and no nannies. In short, I wanted a gen-two SRT-10 Viper coupe. (Yes, I’ve spent a lot of…

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.

Kinardi Line #7: Adorn Thy Toolbox — I’m a sucker for stickers. Always have been. Big ones, tall ones, small ones, but especially dumb ones. If there’s glib wording on one side and sticky stuff on the other, odds are I’ll slap it across the surface of my laptops, folders,…

Youth as Present Change Makers | Tejasvin Sharma | TEDxStrawberry Fields High School — In his TEDx talk, Youth as Present Change Makers, Tejasvin challenges conventional assumptions about age and leadership, encouraging young people to recognise the impact they can make in the…

US and Canada Aluminum Groups Slam Tariffs and Point to China — The US and Canada should stop targeting each other with aluminum tariffs, according to industry groups representing producers of the metal in both countries, and instead forge a common front against Chinese…

Sony Music, Warner sue Anthropic, alleging copyright infringement — The lawsuit claims the AI company is engaging in the most "blatant ongoing thefts of intellectual property in history."

Eccentrica V12 Roadster Is a Lamborghini Diablo VT for the 2020s — Italian carmaker Eccentrica made a splash when it unveiled a Lamborghini Diablo-based restomod in 2023. Fast-forward to 2026, and the brand traveled to Monterey Car Week to show its second car, a Diablo-based…

A Rare Color Set the Price on This $4.6M Carrera GT — In January 2022, we noted the $1.9M sale result for a Guards Red 2005 Porsche Carrera GT with just 780 miles as the most expensive car ever sold on Bring a Trailer. At the time, Hagerty’s #1 (concours) pricing for…

Instagram cracking down on accounts that feature AI-generated influencers — As AI slop continues to dominate the web, Instagram is cracking down on accounts that leverage AI-generated influencers by threatening...

Everything we know (so far) about Billie Eilish’s Bell Jar. — Earlier this year, we got wind that Billie Eilish—that reigning maestra of youthful melancholy—will star in a new film adaptation of Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar.  Directed by the brilliant Sa…

7 Cars That Aged Better Than We Expected — When you live and breathe vintage machines, it’s easy to neglect a car’s original context. The 1934 Chrysler Airflow, for instance, was one of the first cars designed with aerodynamics in mind, but it looked so foreign that…

Part of a key firearms law lapsed following a federal court decision. What happens now? — A federal judge's decision in Texas has major implications for the National Firearms Act. What does this mean for certain guns and other weapons?

AI is hitting entry-level jobs hardest, Stanford study finds — Young employment in AI-impacted fields down 19% compared to more AI-resistant occupations.

The mystery of why so many black Britons still can't swim — For decades, swimming ability has been lower in the black community. Our writer asks why.

Custom Watercooling for Less Than an AIO — Thanks to Meter for sponsoring this video! Go to https://meter.com/ltt to book a demo now! Custom water cooling has always been expensive, but high-end AIOs are getting pretty pricey too. So we used Bykski parts to build a full CPU…

Zelda. Again. Still. Always. — I’ve been down for the past couple of weeks with an odd combination of gut and back issues. It’s all minor; it’s being resolved, but I’ve been running at quarter speed, and long wrenching sessions where I’m bent over or twisting under an engine…

Monthly Hagerty Market Report: July 2026 — Welcome to our monthly market report, where we sum up the previous month’s activity in the collector car market with charts and key talking points using the data we gather every day. Key Takeaways Top 10 Sales in July

Harvard Law dropout raises $6M for Blue Voice to build a 'Harvey for police officers' | TechCrunch — The seed round for the app that provides real-time legal and policy guidance to officers was led by SignalFire and Las Olas VC.

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