

By John R. Quain
19 hours ago
GM's Cruise Moves to Consolidate with Layoffs
General Motors' (GM) autonomous Cruise subsidiary won't be autonomous in the future. GM plans to layoff roughly 50 percent of its...


By John R. Quain
Jan 22
Why the Mazda Miata is Still Zipping Along After 35 Years
More than any other car over the past three and a half decades, the Mazda Miata is most associated with fun. The latest iteration...


By John R. Quain
Jan 20
Gift Ideas for Valentine's Day (or for Yourself)
We'll be featuring various gift ideas over the next few days leading up to February 14. Starting it off, something to warm everyone up...


By John R. Quain
Jan 15
The Best of CES 2025: Going Autonomous
Once again, the annual CES consumer electronics show in Las Vegas was suffused with talk about AI. There were also scads of robots in...


By John R. Quain
Dec 17, 2024
Best Products of 2024: Last-Minute Gifts from a Fantastic Fry Pan to a Rockin' Robovac
Another year, another few hundred products tested, tortured, and reviewed. From cars to kitchen appliances, we cover a wide swath of...


By John R. Quain
Oct 11, 2024
Tesla Again Says, No Robotaxi (Yet)
Desperately scrambling to catch up to the technology being used by dozens of other automotive companies such as Google's Waymo and GM's...


By John R. Quain
Oct 2, 2024
Transportation News: Enel X Throws in the Towel in North America, ChargePoint Pivots
The company behind the popular JuiceBox home electric vehicle (EV) chargers is closing its operations in the U.S. and Canada, effective...


By John R. Quain
Sep 26, 2024
The Best of IFA 2024: From AI Robovacs to Follow-Me Laptops
After a century of impressing the public--including one very enthusiastic Albert Einstein in 1930--the IFA (Internationale...


By John R. Quain
Sep 8, 2024
AI and Paternalism = Big Brother?
What happens when AI goes paternalistic? If ethicists and polemicists like Jessica Flanigan think paternalistic laws are unjustified,...


By John R. Quain
Jul 17, 2024
The Best, Most Reliable Classic Cars
For many of us, our first love had steel curves and a throaty howl when you stepped on the accelerator. Whether it was a 1967 Corvette or...