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Lexus NX200t: Australian Hands-On
People love crossovers — they have plenty of space, they sit high above the road, they can handle rougher terrain if they’re ever off the blacktop. But people also love sports cars — they want something with a bit of power, sporty suspension and a bit of road-holding. Lexus has combined the two with the brand new NX200t — but how do you turn an SUV into something resembling a sports car?
Samsung's Smart TV Privacy Policy Raises Accusations Of Digital Spying, So What's The Deal?
It all started with a small, tucked away sentence in Samsung’s SmartTV security policy. The head-scratching string of words was pointed out by a Redditor on last week, and has since sent websites and experts in debate over smart TV privacy, with opinions ranging from “so what” to quoted text from 1984.
How Much Faster Is The Model S P85D Than The Vanilla Model S?
Video: As you go up the range of any car model, you expect to get more gadgets and a slight speed boost. On the Tesla Model S P85D, you get more speed than you might be prepared for thanks to its “Insane” acceleration setting. Check out how the P85D leaves the vanilla Model S for dead in this video comparison.
Nexus 9 Review: Google's Flagship Tablet Is Nothing Special
A fleet of new Nexii are here; a phone, a tablet, and a set-top-box. The first to touch down is the Nexus 9, Google’s second attempt to make a big Nexus tablet that can hang with the iPad. It’s not a total whiff, but it’s no home run either.
Hands On With Push By Schneider Electric
Having a smart TV or a smart Blu-ray player is all well and good, but what if you could build yourself a smart house? Push, from the electrical geniuses at Schneider Electric, wants to take control of all of your fittings, fixtures and home appliances — everything from your home theatre to your lighting and air conditioning — and let you administer them all from your tablet or smartphone.
Watch Twitter Go Nuts For The Liberal Spill
Video: Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’re probably aware that a leadership challenge to the Prime Minister was expected this morning. A motion to “spill” the leadership positions was defeated, and as this video shows, Twitter went nuts as it happened.
Fitbit Surge Review: If Only This Was Actually A Smartwatch
I have a dream, a dream about the perfect piece of wearable tech. It would be a band with all the simple notification powers of the best smartwatches and all the health tracking powers of a full-on fitness tracker. The Fitbit Surge is so close that it hurts.
A Glimpse Inside The Hidden Vault Where Harvard Keeps Millions Of Books
Harvard’s flagship library, Widener, is an imposing granite cube built quite literally as shrine to the book. A central alcove cuts through the stacks to show off a prized relic: an original Gutenberg bible. But this is not the heart of Harvard’s libraries. No, that would be its cold storage site, an anonymous concrete building few students or even faculty know about.
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