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The South Korean automaker has teamed up with Silicon Valley-based SoundHound Inc to develop its “Intelligent Personal Agent,” a voice-enabled virtual assistant system. Decades ago, people marvelled at science-fiction films and TV shows where humans and machines spoke to each
Mercedes-AMG Upcoming regulations mean that whisper-quiet EVs must make artificial noises to warn pedestrians, and automakers like Nissan are turning that into a weird marketing opportunity. AMG is taking it to another level, though, announcing that Linkin Park will be one of its
HIGHLIGHTS Forza Horizon 3 is an open-world racing game It offers a wide variety of races Forza Horizon 3 comes with great graphics, car detailing, and music The Forza Horizon series is about as big as it gets for arcade
Self-driving cars. They’re the future of transportation – and they’re getting smarter all the time. Thanks to advances in software and artificial intelligence, these machines are now able to distinguish between cars and cyclists, or between pedestrians and your pet. Many
HIGHLIGHTS Need for Speed Payback is out on November 10 Need for Speed Payback is out on EA Access from November 3 One of its pre-order bonuses is tire smoke NFS Payback or Need for Speed Payback is the successor
Microids/Eden Games Something felt a bit off after a few hours with Gear.Club Unlimited, the Nintendo Switch’s first semi-realistic racing game. The racing itself was more “real” than arcade games and more accessible than “real” racing games, and the balance worked.
Need for Speed Payback gets its first big planned content update on Tuesday, Dec. 19. The update introduces a new event series, new cars for it, and other features. Update: An earlier version of this conflated the free update content with the content
As 2017 coasts to an end, we ExtremeTech writers have spent a good chunk of our time this month looking back at what we enjoyed most. We all have our own specialties and tech predilections, but pretty much everybody here
Next week, Need for Speed Payback will get a range of new content for players including cars that weren’t previously available, additional parts for some vehicles, and a new game mode. If you’re like us, the car availability is one of the big draws,