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Bluetooth is convenient, but it has too many drawbacks to be the best choice for gaming. PeopleImages/Shutterstock Bluetooth headsets are a natural fit for calls, music and podcasts since they’re easy to pair, compatible with almost anything and free of cable clutter. But for gaming, that convenience has a trade-off. Bluetooth audio introduces latency that you won’t notice until it starts costing you: missed timing windows, audio that falls a beat behind the action and split-second cues that are too late to act on. The gap between what’s happening on-screen and what you’re hearing is small…

It’s like making a buying decision using only the ‘Pros and Cons’ subheads of a magazine review, without reading the full report – and the specific points feeding into those one-liners. The devil is in the detail, and some of this stuff is important. Don’t get me wrong, I love the Bigster; the minor issues are no big deal to me and the positives definitely outweigh the negatives. But we test hundreds of cars each year and, despite an overwhelming improvement in the quality of tech, powertrains and safety equipment, not all are equal. Poor and sub-standard cars still exist.…

When is it okay to exceed the speed limit in America? Well, it depends. A police officer will say “never,” and yet, at least in certain states, there’s an unofficial “10% allowance” on highways, meaning a driver might be allowed 77 mph on a freeway posted at 70 mph. There are conservative drivers who frown on such behavior, but they’re outnumbered by risk-takers who routinely ignore limits. We know this because the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety has released an exhaustive, 196-page report on speeding and America’s opinions about it, compiled after surveying 16,000 drivers and conducting eight focus groups…

The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter directly to you, every weekday. Mad Max: Fury Road is a great car film, not only because it’s basically one long chase, but because the production team built a fleet of post-apocalyptic vehicles that were fully functional despite looking utterly freakish. Many of the star cars were auctioned off a few years ago, but if you missed out on that (or just didn’t have the budget), there’s another opportunity to own a Fury Road car—as long as you’re willing to settle for…

In CarGurus’s latest July data, sales rose for some of Canada’s top‑selling used vehicles and fell for others, with crossovers showing the strongest gains. Each model in the top ten had at least 1,000 sales during the month. The Nissan Rogue had the largest increase, up 22.2 per cent from July 2025. The Toyota RAV4 was up 6.6 per cent, the GMC Sierra 1500 rose 8.8 per cent and the Mazda CX‑5 increased 7.9 per cent. The Chevrolet Silverado 1500 was up 5.7 per cent. For several models, the demand decreased. The Ford F‑150 was down 4.5 per cent, the…

We knew this moment was coming for a while, but it doesn’t make it any less sad. The Lexus LC is officially dead. The company posted a farewell note on its consumer-facing site. Not only does it mark the end of the brand’s stylish coupe and roadster, but also the end of the road for the company’s last V8 engine. 2026 Lexus LC 500 front 3/4Lexus It Lasted Nearly A Decade We actually learned of the LC’s imminent demise back in January. Dealers were notified that the 2026 model year would be the last one, and August would mark the…

Ren Shaoqing speaks at a technical forum during the 2025 China Computer Congress on October 23, 2025. Credit: Nio Ren has reportedly founded an embodied robotics company that may have already secured funding. Following former autonomous driving chiefs at Xpeng and Li Auto, Ren’s reported latest move shows talent continuing to flow from autonomous driving into embodied AI. Nio Inc (NYSE: NIO) autonomous driving chief Ren Shaoqing has reportedly founded an embodied robotics company, becoming the latest senior Chinese autonomous driving executive to move into embodied AI. Red Probe, a media outlet focused on the automotive and autonomous driving sectors,…

The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter directly to you, every weekday. Like electric cars, battery-powered ATVs can make a lot of sense. Electrification of off-road recreation and work rigs is proceeding at a much slower pace, though, so there aren’t a lot of choices around. That’s where the DIY approach comes in. YouTuber RMS Builds converted a 2004 Yamaha RC450 to battery power, and that build apparently went well enough to warrant an encore. This time, the donor quad was a 2006 Honda Rancher, which was chosen for…

Image: Anthro Energy Anthro Energy has broken ground on a first-of-its-kind US battery materials factory in Louisville, Kentucky, with enough planned annual output to support up to 25 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of lithium-ion batteries. The California battery startup says the facility will be the first large-scale, US-owned and operated plant producing advanced electrolytes. It’s expected to make around 12,000 metric tons of polymer electrolyte a year when it opens in late 2027. That 25 GWh figure is substantial. If all of the plant’s output went into stationary storage – but it won’t, because Anthro is targeting several markets – it could…

Even after its $100 price increase in late June, Apple’s MacBook Neo remains one of the easiest laptops to recommend to students, casual users, and budget-conscious buyers. HP’s latest OmniBook 3 is now making a strong case for itself as a Windows alternative. As spotted by NotebookCheck, the HP OmniBook 3 costs $599.99, undercutting the MacBook Neo by $100 while offering an OLED display, a bigger battery, and a Snapdragon X processor for the price. It is also temporarily selling for even less at Best Buy, making the deal particularly attractive right now. HP makes some very different display trade-offs…