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Mini's future cars will feature a dog as a digital assistant
Mini cars will soon have a digital assistant named Spike — and he's a dog.
GoPro's Hero 11 Black Mini fills a small niche
The Hero 11 Black Mini isn't going to be the best GoPro for most people, but for a slice of you, it is. If size is your first concern, or you just want a helmet camera, this is the way to go.
GoPro's new Hero 11 Black and Hero 11 Black Mini feature a taller sensor
The action-cam company unveils two new cameras for this year's line-up. The Hero 11 Black as expected and the smaller "Mini" model we've seen in leaks.
Snapchat's newest in-app tool encourages young people to run for office
Snap is introducing a new tool to help more young Americans get involved in local and state politics.
Black & Decker launches a line of emergency wearables for seniors
Black & Decker has launched a new health division with a lineup of personal emergency response (PERS) wearables aimed at seniors.
Mini will reportedly go all-electric by 2030
Mini is said to be going all-electric by 2030, making it the first BMW brand to completely drop gas-powered cars.
Mini's Vision Urbanaut concept looks like a living room on wheels
The self-driving vehicle could help you work or relax on the road.
BMW will unveil its iNext electric SUV on November 11th
The NextGen event will include premieres from Mini and the Motorrad motorcycle division.
EPA tests show Tesla's 2021 models are even tougher to beat on efficiency
Tesla's 2021 Model 3, X and Y models have topped the EPA's EV efficiency chart, pushing ahead of Polestar and other rivals.
Snapchat’s third-party ‘Mini’ apps are live
Snapchat's first four 'Mini' apps offer meditation, studying and more.
Amazon is selling Apple's cellular 64GB iPad Mini at an all-time low
Apple's iPad Mini Cellular is down to $394.
Mini's 2020 Cooper SE zips around town powered by electrons
When the first Minis rolled off the assembly line in 1959, the diminutive front wheel drive cars practically sipped fuel through equally miniscule 850 - 1275 cc engines. 70 years later, the latest Mini has done away with the need for gasoline completely. This is the Mini Cooper SE, 2020's all-electric iteration of the iconic British automobile.
Electric Mini Cooper SE pre-orders are open in the US
The all-electric Mini Cooper SE will go on sale in the US in March, but if you've already made your mind up about getting one, you can stake your claim now. BMW has opened up pre-orders for the first mass-market EV take on the classic car.
The all-electric Mini Cooper SE will start at $29,900
BMW has revealed the all-electric Mini Cooper SE will start at $29,900, less than the $35,000 estimate the automaker gave when it unveiled the vehicle in July. The car, which is the first broadly available Mini Cooper EV (following a concept model), will go on sale in the US in early March.
Chicago biotech company 3D prints a mini human heart
The Chicago-based biotech company BIOLIFE4D announced today that it has successfully 3D-bioprinted a mini human heart. The tiny heart has the same structure as a full-sized heart, and the company says it's an important milestone in the push to create an artificial heart viable for transplant.
The Mini SE combines green power with go-kart handling
The EV market continues to expand, with more automakers releasing more vehicles. At auto shows, the cars of the future are now shown with electric powertrains instead of giant V8 engines. Automakers have also started looking backward for the vehicles of tomorrow. A few years ago, Mini sort of did that. The Mini brand, a subsidiary of BMW, has always had at least one toe in the nostalgia pool. So when the Mini SE appeared, fans of small cars and electrification were excited.
The first all-electric Mini you can buy arrives in March 2020
It took years to become more than a concept, but the first all-electric Mini you can keep is official. The Mini Electric (also known as the Mini Cooper SE) is now slated to start deliveries in March 2020, and will hew closer to the conventional two-door Mini in design than the 2017 vision. You won't get massive wheels ('just' 17 inches at most), elaborate headlights or fanciful bodywork. The focus is on what's under the surface -- BMW aims to preserve the Mini's characteristic pep in a more environmentally-conscious format.
TiVo will add apps for smart TV boxes and WiFi for Mini this year
It's been a few years since TiVo released a limited app for Amazon's Fire TV platform, but as it promised last year, the next-generation platform will reach third-party boxes. Those include not only Fire TV (and Android) but also Roku and eventually Apple TV. We got a brief demo of the experience on those boxes at TiVo's booth, where it streamed transcoded video from a connected Bolt DVR without issue. If everything goes according to plan, you should see the full app for Fire TV in Q2, followed an app for Roku, and later, perhaps in the fall, access will extend to the Apple TV. Additionally, it's not planning to charge for access to the apps, although TiVo owners will only be able to stream to two third-party devices at once.
Apple Mac Mini review (2018): A video editor’s perspective
The Mac Mini has had a rough few years. Its last update, in 2014, was disappointing. After offering quad-core CPUs on the 2011 and 2012 editions, the 2014 model was stuck with a dual-core CPU. This meant it was actually slower at some tasks than the computer it was supposed to replace. Add in the fact that aside from storage it was not upgradable, and you had a computer that left a lot of users unhappy. Amazingly, until last month the 2014 Mini was still available on Apple's web store for $500. The lack of updates over the past four years left a lot of us wondering if we'd ever see a new model. Fortunately, Apple has rectified the situation with the 2018 Mini. This new model retains the unibody design that we loved on the 2014 edition but sports a sleek space-gray color -- a first for the Mini line. (It's also now made entirely from recycled aluminum, as is the new MacBook Air.) With vastly improved components, the Mini is now a viable competitor in the compact-desktop market. And it does have competition. In the past four years, micro PCs have vastly improved, and most of the major manufacturers now offer a tiny Windows machine. Still, I was impressed with the Mini's performance, and it's the cheapest way to get a macOS machine. Despite this, the 2018 Mini has a few flaws that will probably keep it from being the best choice for most people.
Google Gboard creates emoji-style stickers that look like you
Emoji are more expressive than ever, but the odds are that you'll never be completely represented no matter how many new characters there are. Google, however, has a simple solution: create your own emoji. It's expanding Gboard's Minis with stickers that recreate your face in a range of emoji-style expressions. If you dye your hair, pierce your nose or wear a stylish hat, you can share that look when you send someone a "hug" or "yum."
