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Photo / Supplied Petrol prices have been rapidly increasing as of late, and while the New Zealand Government has decreased the fuel tax by 25c per litre, global prices are proving to be unstable. International car buying websites have recently ...

iOS 15.4 and macOS 12.3 are here with Universal Control and more

/ The iPhone 13 Pro Max, photographed by the iPhone 13 Pro in low light. Samuel Axon Today, Apple pushed out the public releases of all its operating systems, like iOS/iPadOS, macOS, watchOS, and tvOS. These releases consist of ...

Formula One: Lewis Hamilton to change name

Photo / Supplied Seven-time Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton is changing his name. The 37-year-old will incorporate his mother Carmen’s surname with the inclusion of ‘Larbalestier’ as a middle name rather than adding it to his surname. “I ...

Watch: Sir Rod Stewart shows off road work skills after his Ferrari couldn't get through

Sir Rod Stewart has added a new job title to his resume. Donning a high-vis vest and a shovel, the 77-year-old singer took to Instagram over the weekend to show himself filling potholes near his home, saying “no one can ...

Australia's Ampol to sell Gull to Allegro for $572m

Photo / Supplied Australian fuels company Ampol has sold its Gull business in New Zealand to Aussie investment company Allegro Funds for $572 million, subject to conditions. Ampol’s application to the NZ Commerce Commission (NZCC) to buy Z Energy ...

New Zealand ranks in top three most expensive countries for car rental, study reveals

Photo / Supplied New research from Confused.com has looked at the cost of renting a car in 58 countries around the world, with New Zealand ranking as the 2nd most expensive country to hire a vehicle in. The study reveals the ...

Watch: 100km/h bridge crash caught on camera

The father of the 19-year-old who NSW Police allege drove the stolen car that was involved in a crash on the Sydney Harbour Bridge has defended his son. Dashcam footage of the crash showed a Toyota Kluger travelling northbound on ...

The weekend’s best bargains: HyperX gaming headsets, ergonomic keyboards, and more

Ars Technica The Cloud Alpha has been obtainable for a couple of years now, but it remains a commendable choice for these who want a no-frills gaming headset, especially at this discounted cost. For a single, it is comfy: ...

Tech giant and car maker join forces to tackle Tesla

Photo / Supplied Sony and Honda will work together on next-gen cars intended to woo customers away from the likes of Tesla. The car maker and electronics giant have announced plans to work together in a “strategic alliance” that ...

International Women's Day: Teletrac Navman launches 'Going the Extra Mile' International Women's Day special

Global telematics provider, Teletrac Navman, has launched an International Women’s Day special of its Going the Extra Mile campaign, featuring four women from New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States, who work in the transport industry. Launched in April 2021, Going the Extra Mile started as a campaign to recognise and reward hidden heroes within ...

International Women's Day: Women's World Car of the Year supreme winner revealed

Photo / Supplied The journalists of the Women’s World Car of the Year have chosen the Peugeot 308 as the World’s Best Car for 2022. The announcement of the winner coincides with International Women’s Day, a very special date ...

Experience BMW at BMW World Exhibition, Bukit Kiara Indoor Arena

Kuala Lumpur, 16th April 2014 – Here’s some good news for BMW fans – for the first time in Malaysia, you can come and experience BMW at the BMW World Exhibition, which will be held at the Bukit Kiara ...

‘Fake news’: Clive Palmer denies buying Adolf Hitler’s Mercedes

Photo / Supplied Clive Palmer has denied buying Adolf Hitler’s Mercedes-Benz after the controversial billionaire was roundly criticised following media reports of the alleged purchase. The Courier Mail reported on Saturday the senate hopeful and leader of the United Australia ...

Major car brands suspend Russian exports and operations

Photo / Supplied Major car brands are suspending exports and operations to Russia following President Vladimir Putin ordering the invasion of Ukraine. Honda, Toyota, Mazda, the VW Group and Ford joined an exodus of automakers who will no longer ...

Rolls-Royce Wraith electromod project costs businessman more than money

Photo / Supplied It won’t be long until the fully electric Rolls-Royce Spctre arrives, but this Canadian businessman couldn’t wait. Vincent Yu, a business owner from Richmond, Canada, decided to turn his own Rolls-Royce Wraith into an EV and ...

DDoSers are using a potent new method to deliver attacks of unthinkable size

Last August, academic researchers found a potent new method for knocking websites offline: a fleet of misconfigured servers additional than one hundred,000 sturdy that can amplify floods of junk information to as soon as-unthinkable sizes. These attacks, in several ...

The cargo ship carrying Lamborghini, Porsche, and Volkswagen vehicles sinks

Photo / Supplied A large cargo vessel carrying cars from Germany to the United States sank Tuesday in the mid-Atlantic, 13 days after a fire broke out onboard, the ship’s manager and the Portuguese navy said. The Felicity Ace ...

Iconic Holdens sell for unbelievable amounts at auction

Photo / Supplied Not one, but two classic Holdens broke records over the weekend, selling for unbelievable amounts. The cars in question were the 1 of 1 Prototype Holden survivor car VH SL/E Commodore and a 1968 Holden HK ...

Watch: Walk around the Batmobile ahead of the new movie release

The Batman will premiere on March 4 and there are a number of special events to celebrate the new movie and show off the new Batmobile. The Batmobile is an iconic vehicle, and we’ve only been given glimpses of the car up ...

Lenovo announces the first Arm-primarily based ThinkPad

/ Lenovo ThinkPad X13s. Scharon Harding Lenovo’s ThinkPad X13s will be the first ThinkPad to use an Arm-primarily based processor, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8cx Gen three, Lenovo announced on Friday. ThinkPads represent Lenovo’s most highly effective laptop lineup, and they ...

Clive Palmer buys Adolf Hitler’s Mercedes, King Edward VIII’s Rolls Royce

Photo / Supplied Billionaire and senate-hopeful Clive Palmer has reportedly purchased Adolf Hitler’s bulletproof Mercedes-Benz as part of his bid to build a rare car museum. According to The Courier Mail, after two years of negotiations to purchase the ...

Scott McLaughlin wins opening Indycar race for maiden victory

Photo / Supplied New Zealand has a new IndyCar winner. Scott McLaughlin has won his maiden race on the downtown streets of St. Petersburg in the opening event of the 2022 season. McLaughlin started on pole and raced the ...

DOJ: White supremacists hoped to ignite “race war” by attacking power grids

/ High-voltage electrical energy towers and power lines at a substation in Central California. Getty Images | Sundry Photography Three guys yesterday pleaded guilty to conspiracy to supply material assistance to terrorists for their roles in a white supremacist ...

Watch: Ford Bronco driver does donuts on ball field, gets arrested

There are lots of places you can have some off-roading fun. Especially in America. A ball field, however, is not one of those places. Footage of a Ford Bronco driver doing donuts at the Padres’ baseball park in San Diego ...

Check out this epic supercar collection

F1rst Motors in Dubai is a place where you can browse all sorts of stunning new and old supercars. But the multi-million-dollar collection isn’t just for looking at, if you’ve got the cash, you could walk out with a Ferrari ...

Watch: Inside the $3 million RV that used to belong to Will Smith

The rich and famous have the most extravagant lifestyles. And Will Smith’s old RV is certainly extravagant, to say the least. This $3 million mobile estate was featured on Ridiculous Rides, and according to the show, it’s the biggest, tallest, ...

Watch: Kid delivering match ball for Super League leaves fans in stitches

A young mascot, dubbed “Whizzy Rascal”, left fans in stitches after failing to stop to give officials the match ball for the Warrington vs Castleford Super League game. Driving a mini BMW, the kid drove from the sideline to the ...

This Ford Mustang Mach-E is now an undercover police car

Photo / Supplied The police department in Concord, Massachusetts, is the latest squad to add an electric vehicle to its fleet. And it’s not just any electric vehicle either, but the new Ford Mustang Mach-E. The newly recruited police ...

Mike Pence says Trump ‘wrong’ about ‘un-American’ idea to overturn election

Mike Pence made his sharpest break yet with Donald Trump about Pence’s ability as vice president to overturn the 2020 election. Mike Pence on Friday made his sharpest break yet with Donald Trump, saying the former president was “wrong” about ...

Watch: Ferrari 812 Superfast crashes and Seat Leon Cupra bursts into flames following race

Recent dashcam footage shows just what can happen when you get into a high-speed race on a public motorway. Taken on Israel’s Route 6 highway, the video shows a Ferrari 812 Superfast undertaking a number of cars at an extremely ...

Clearview AI aims to put almost every human in facial recognition database

The controversial facial recognition corporation Clearview AI reportedly told investors that it aims to gather one hundred billion photos—supposedly adequate to make certain that almost every human will be in its database. The December presentation was aspect of an ...

Intel buys Tower Semiconductor for $5.four billion to diversify foundry business

Andrew Cunningham Intel has agreed to spend $5.four billion to purchase Tower Semiconductor, an Israeli foundry that focuses on specialty processes to make chips for imaging, energy management, and wireless communications. The acquisition is Intel’s most recent move to ...

Ferrari 488 Pista smashed after sliding under crash barrier

Photo / Supplied A Ferrari 488 Pista is left in pieces after sliding under a crash barrier on a motorway in Poland. The crash happened near the town of Wyrzysk when the driver lost control while driving along the ...

Elon Musk says Tesla "dropped the ball" with Model X launch

Photo / Supplied Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, has acknowledged that the company “dropped the ball” with the launch of the facelifted Model X. The production line for the old Model X was shut down at its Fremont factory in ...

Toyota patent reveals plans for EV with manual transmission and clutch

Photo / Supplied As far as creating multi-gear transmissions for electric vehicles go, only two automakers have succeeded with the Porsche Taycan and Audi E-Tron GT. But it looks as though Toyota may be joining in the ranks, as ...

Here are the 10 cheapest countries to buy an EV, SUV, and hatchback

Photo / Supplied Electric cars are becoming more and more mainstream. But part of the fight to make them more mainstream is to make them more affordable. Confused.com has conducted a study on where in the world is the ...

Revealed: Worlds most reliable car brands for 2022

Photo / Supplied South Korean brands have proven to be the most reliable. In the annual JD Power vehicle dependability survey three out of the top four spots were claimed by Kia, Hyundai and Genesis, which are all part ...

Star Citizen devs scale back roadmap to avoid timeline “distractions”

It has now been just more than nine years due to the fact Chris Roberts first raised $6.3 million in Kickstarter funds for Star Citizen, a haul that has grown to over $434 million in funding in the years ...

The most searched for car brand in every country revealed

Photo / Supplied Global car exports are worth billions in the automotive industry, with manufactures around the world providing their cars to countries far and wide. To reveal which countries are home to the most popular car brands, Confused.com analysed ...

Check out this stunning one-off Rolls-Royce Phantom with hand sculpted orchids

Photo / Supplied The Rolls-Royce Phantom is a stunning car. But now, it’s gotten even more beautiful. The Phantom Orchid is a one-off vehicle has hand sculpted orchids incorporated into the dash, making the $450,000 car at least a ...

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