Anthropic automatically signs out Claude users to protect them from hackers — Infostealer malware apparently had harvested active Claude login sessions from users' PCs.
Final Parking Space: 1988 Mercedes-Benz 300 TE — We haven’t seen a German vehicle in this series for nearly six months, so I decided it was time for an all-time Legendäre deutsche Maschine. I found this W124 wagon a couple of years ago at a Denver-area car graveyard, and…
A Primer on Car Batteries — One of the components in our cars that we take most for granted is the battery—at least, until that morning when you come to start your classic and find it has packed up, often with no prior warning. But not all batteries are equal. Where,…
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Tesla defends employees accused of using N-word — Black Tesla employees are suing the company for alleged discrimination.
Piston Slap: Ignore Automakers. Service Your Transmission Before It’s Too Late — John writes: Hi Sajeev, I had a question about ATF. I’ve always understood that ATF does two things: lubricate, but also facilitate friction in the wet clutches, or in the case of a CVT,…
Sheinbaum Boosts Lula Before Vote as Leftist Allies Grow Scarce — Less than two weeks before Brazil’s election, Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum offered a strong public show of support for Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, as Latin America’s two most prominent leftist leaders find…
Picture Car Confidential #40: Rebirth of a Ravaged Tow Truck — As a young rock band manager, I often witnessed the sad folly of over-equipping your organization. Few things then seemed sadder in life than the band that has gone out and blown their collective life savings buying a
Original Owner: Once A Social Climber, This 1969 Mercedes 280SL Became a Hill Climber — The pale blue Mercedes sits at the starting line; its owner, Jim Siegel, eagerly anticipates the green flag. Plenty of models that wear the three-pointed star enjoy rich racing histories,…
Malika Favre’s “Sweater Weather” — Comfortable patterns.
“We Had to Reboot the Entire System:” Inside Maserati’s Reset — Maserati is turning 100 years old in 2026. It’s also commemorating a victory from that inaugural year in the storied Targa Florio race, with Alfieri Maserati behind the wheel. As the brand…
DeSoto Suburban: Chrysler’s Questionable Station-Wagon Alternative — Mrs. Dozie Herbruck, wife of my high-school classmate Dave, mentioned at a recent reunion that her family had a three-row DeSoto sedan when she was a kid. I didn’t know such a car existed. Could…
7 Cars We Would Keep as Garage Art — As any group of car enthusiasts would, our staff is constantly talking about cars: New ones, old ones, weird ones, the best color combinations we’ve seen, the ones we want to drive. Like you, we love driving. It’s hard to think…
Buzz Buzz: Dodge Teases the Return of the Super Bee — The video is just 15 seconds long and features exactly zero shots of an actual car, but it’s hard to mistake the latest teaser from Dodge as anything else: Super Bee is coming back early next month. As someone with a…
Before the Turbos, AMG Built a Simpler, Subtler V-12–Powered CL63 — There was a time when AMG cars felt like slightly unhinged interpretations of otherwise sensible Mercedes machinery. They weren’t quite factory specials in the modern sense, but something closer to what…
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Sun, Snakes, Cattle, and Ford Trucks Have Been Part of King Ranch for Decades — It took Robert Silguero a few minutes to find a video on his phone. It shows Silguero, a fifth-generation Kineño as the local cowboys are called, astride his horse out on the range. Suddenly, with a…
Troubleshooting an Instantly Dead Battery — Last week I used my 2003 E39 530i to drive my sister to a doctor’s appointment at Boston’s Beth Israel hospital for a check-up on her recently broken hip. I valet-parked the car so she wouldn’t have to walk any further than
How to Cope with Extreme Heat in a Classic — Unbearable. That’s the best way to describe the experience of being stuck in gridlocked summer traffic behind the wheel of a classic car. Sweltering, stifling, even suffocating—call me dramatic, but I think those are fitting…
When You Keep a Car Logbook, Memories Don’t Fade — Cars can be exceptional machines in our lives. Unlike our refrigerators, cell phones, and vacuum cleaners, our cars—old ones, especially—have a way of getting under our skin. We make memories in them, and with them. They…
Final Parking Space: 1965 Mercury Park Lane Convertible — Back in early 2025, we looked at a 1967 Pontiac Catalina convertible in a Colorado car graveyard. Big Detroit ragtops of the late 1950s through the mid-1970s are tough to find in junkyards today, so I felt sure that it…
Why can’t we just keep rogue AIs off the internet? — Air-gapping AI to keep it away from real-world targets makes testing safer, but less useful.
183-MPH Land Speed Lincoln Mark VIII Is A Sub-$20K Dream Come True — Time is running out on telling firsthand stories behind Lincoln’s Mark VIII luxury sports coupe, but occasionally we get to do just that. From its indium-plated grille to that aluminum differential…
8 Tells to Know If a Car Is Actually Low Mileage — Maybe you saw the sale of that Ford GT recently, or maybe you just love the idea of a well-preserved piece of automotive history. It makes sense that most car people tend to seek out the best examples of a given model, and…
Half a Lifetime Tinkering with an Orange BMW — Carter Kramer will tell you he has friends who own cars for less time than their inspection stickers last. These people are always looking for something new. Kramer, however, relishes the feeling of owning a car that has been with…
Logic1000 Announces New Album Confirmation! Feat. Christine And The Queens, Jam City, yunè pinku, Kučka, & More — The Australian-born, Berlin-based DJ and producer Samantha Poulter has been making music under the name Logic1000 for years. She has remixed people like Dua Lipa…
Turkiye calls for UN Security Council veto to end: Could it happen? — Fully abolishing the veto would require the unlikely agreement of all five permanent Security Council members.
The Things We Wear—and Wear Out — One of my favorite hats is starting to show its age. Things like hats aren’t meant to last forever, and especially not if they serve their purpose. This one certainly has—and it’s got the stains to prove it. How we spend our days leaves…
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US to Roll Out ‘Economic Isolation’ Plan for Iran — The US will soon announce what it bills as unprecedented economic measures against Iran, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said, intensifying the Trump administration’s effort to force Tehran’s capitulation through financial…
The Story of the Small Truck: Past, Present and Future — Want a small truck? As you’ve likely learned, pickings are slim. It was that way in the 1970s, until Japanese manufacturers dipped a toe into the water, both for their own brands and for domestic OEMS. Then there was some…
7 Vehicles We’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…
Sigma 45mm f/2.8 Lens Repair & Analysis | Salvaged Circuitry — I stumbled across a broken Sigma 45mm f/2.8 Art lens for a very cool $58.65 USD that I simply could not resist. I've been eyeing an AF lens in the 50mm range for my recent endeavors with L-mount cameras and this looke
11 Cultural Hits of Route 66 at 100 — The best thing about U.S. Highway 66 is that it isn’t really a highway. Although the official designation dates back 100 years, to 1926, much of the road existed before that as stretches of state and municipal byways. Route 66 is thus a kind
Iraq probes drone strikes on Saudi Arabia, shuts three crossings to Iran — PM Ali al-Zaidi dismisses commander, orders investigation into operations command in Maysan province, bordering Iran.
In 5 Months and 12 Miles, This Enzo Gained Almost $2M — Something is going on with Ferrari Enzos in 2026. In January, a Giallo Modena (yellow) one with a Ronald McDonald-esque red-and-yellow interior sold for $17.875M. That was four times the previous record price for the halo…
Fake Wheels, Real Danger: Tips for Spotting Counterfeit Wheels — There are a whole lot of parts on cars that are necessary, expensive, and highly dependent on taste. Wheels are the prime example. Whether you’re seeking out the perfect factory optioned set when buying new o
Which Nissan Z-Car Is Right for You? — For over 50 years now, Nissan’s (and Datsun’s) Z-cars have offered good looks and smooth six-cylinder performance, usually at an attractive price point and always with big aftermarket support. They’ve also taken many…
NYT Pips hints, answers for September 12, 2026 — Stuck on Easy, Medium, or Hard? We have everything you need right here.
My Datsun’s Wiring Harness Crumbled to Dust, with No Factory Replacement Available — In his novel The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway describes the path to bankruptcy as unfolding “gradually, then suddenly.” That same timeline could easily be applied to the…
Google Photos 'Clueless'-inspired virtual closet is now available on Android and iOS | TechCrunch — The AI-powered feature builds a virtual wardrobe from your photos, and is now broadly available after first rolling out to Android users in June.
Our Two Cents: Cars That Look Shockingly Similar — Thanks to the tales of connective tissue told across the internet for decades, we all have opinions on things that look like other things. Some person looks like another person; that building in Europe looks like one built in…
“Driveway,” by Stephanie Horvath — “In the gut, / In the mouth, / In the irreducible / ‘Bile’ humor.”
Our Two Cents: Summer, Winter, or All-Season Tires for Your Daily? — Tires come in all shapes and sizes these days. Well, perhaps not shapes, but the compounds used to make these circular feats of engineering come in a diverse array of formulations. We have tires that are good…
Deep in the Mexican Jungle, Archaeologists Discovered a Lost Maya City That May Yield Clues About the Civilization Just Before It Collapsed — Researchers hacked through more than three miles of vegetation to get to the site, which lies out of bounds of familiar logging tracks.…
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…
Anthropic says its AI agents tried to break into government websites — In its latest report, Anthropic has revealed that its AI agents meddled with government websites during testing.
What’s Your Favorite Driving Road of 2026? — We automotive enthusiasts tend to seek new or unique ways to enjoy our vehicles, and that’s one of the saving graces of the ever-present construction present in many parts of North America. I live in one such locale, and…
The 2006–09 Mitsubishi Raider Proves History Repeats Itself — To say Mitsubishi Motors has a “rocky” relationship with the American consumer might be inappropriate, as that word is better associated with the troubled Daihatsu brand. But the massive Japanese…
Fulham take first point of the season at lacklustre Liverpool — Fulham claim their first Premier League point of the season after a difficult start under Alvaro Arbeloa, as Liverpool fail to score for the first time this season just days after their Champions League victory…
Rolex Motorsports Reunion Class Spotlight: Bruce McLaren Trophy 1963-1974 Can-Am USRRC V-8s — There are plenty of exotic-sounding engines running during the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. The hills around WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca echo with wailing rotaries and tiny,…
Monthly Market Report: August 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 August *Charity lot
Team Penske and Porsche Revive Two Great Liveries for Road America — We love a good racing livery, and Team Penske has been rolling out some hits lately. This year marks 60 years of Team Penske and 75 years of Porsche Motorsport, and to celebrate, the 963 prototypes Penske…
How to Organize a Driving Rally (And Why You Should) — We’re hoping our third annual Road of the Year article already has you thinking about gathering up a group of your car friends and driving somewhere outside the county line. Whether it’s a simple out-and-back day trip…
Come What May: The 500-Mile Gamble That Killed My Citroen 2CV — “It’s the strangest thing,” I thought as I looked out at the horizon through my 2CV’s flat windshield. “I’m losing speed as if I were going up a hill, but the road is totally…
Lamborghini Revuelto Miura 60° Homage Celebrates the Original Supercar — Acclaimed as one of the cars that set the template for the modern supercar, the Lamborghini Miura is celebrating its 60th birthday in 2026. As part of the festivities, the limited-edition Lamborghini…
Dragstalgia: A Bit of America in Middle England — The home of drag racing is, and always has been, the United States. But there’s a big following in Europe, particularly in England, where the sport has thrived since 1966, when the first meeting was held at Santa Pod, near…
Wordle today: The answer and hints for September 19, 2026 — Here are some tips and tricks to help you find the answer to "Wordle" #1917.
9 Eye-Catching Cars from the 2026 RM Sotheby’s Woodcote Park Auction — On July 8, RM Sotheby’s hosted a new U.K. sale, held in conjunction with the Royal Automobile Club and its concours at Woodcote Park, the club’s stately 350-acre estate. A little over 40…
UK could 'unlock' 100 more oil and gas projects, say North Sea bosses — The UK could supply half of its oil and gas needs without imports if the government showed more support for the sector, an OEUK report claims.