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Forget JPEG, How Would a Person Compress a Picture?

Cars That Think

We live in an age in which it's cheap to take photos but will eventually be costly to store them en masse, as backup services set limits and begin charging for overages. This is good news, because our scheme resulted in extraordinarily large compression ratios. Was it not the same person because the friend's jaw was more angular?

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Test drive: 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV balances efficiency and style

Baua Electric

The 2024 Chevrolet Blazer EV should make shopping lists We dig the Blazer EV’s design, efficiency, and build quality Blazer EV rear seat comfort varies by person, and the iOS app needs a redo Unlike soap-bar-styled EVs eking out that extra range the Chevy Blazer EV charts its own distinctly American path.

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Junkyard Find: 1978 Chrysler LeBaron Coupe

The Truth About Cars

The two-door was a credibly rakish personal luxury coupe for its time, and probably cannibalized some sales from the Cordoba. Another problem with the 1977-1981 LeBaron was its all-too-obvious resemblance to its cheap Dodge Diplomat and Plymouth Gran Fury siblings. Lighter, leaner, with a young aggressive style.

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Drive Notes: 2024 Acura Integra Type S

The Truth About Cars

Speed rarely comes cheap, and this test car started at $50,800. This car blends better -- though one person did give me the thumbs up as I loaded the hatch with provisions procured at my local grocery store. Featherweight light-switch clutches make stop and go traffic tricky. liter turbocharged four-cylinder.

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You can power your home for 21 days with a Chevy Silverado EV and GM’s new bidirectional charger

Baua Electric

Photo: GM Energy GM Energy just debuted vehicle-to-home (V2H) bidirectional EV chargers – here’s how GM’s EVs will keep the lights on. It’s initially rolling out in five states – California, Florida, Michigan, New York, and Texas – with plans to expand over time. At $7,299, the bundle doesn’t come cheap. Get started here. –

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Stuff We Use: Toolboxes & Worktables

The Truth About Cars

The other spaces on my cabinet house things such as socket sets and lightweight gear like timing lights, meaning the capacity is not being tested to even a fraction of the weight it can possibly bear. & The base of that drawer has yet to bend nor have the slides warped into oblivion. In car parlance, we call that curb weight versus GVWR.

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Stuff We Use: What’s the Best Dash Cam?

The Truth About Cars

Practical reasons such as being able to prove you weren’t the one who ran that red light are also top-of-mind, naturally. & We feel that’s cheap insurance against the dude in that brodozer who swears he didn’t run the light. & In which camp does your author reside? As it turns out: both.&

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