Category: Auto Shows and Events

  • Chamberlain Shuts Off Access To MyQ’s APIs, Breaking Smart Home Integrations

    Jennifer Pattison Tuohy reports via The Verge: The Chamberlain Group — owners of the MyQ smart garage door controller tech — has announced it’s shut off all “unauthorized access” to its APIs. The move breaks the smart home integrations of thousands of users who relied on platforms such as Homebridge and Home Assistant to do…

  • Foresight Research: Motorsports – It’s Bigger than you Think

    ROCHESTER, Mich., Nov. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Everybody knows that motorsports is thrilling, suspenseful and fun, but did you know that motorsports influenced 1 out of 4 new vehicle buyers in choosing their new vehicle! “The reach of motorsports is impressive – more than one third of all new vehicle buyers watched or attended…

  • Wheel locks, tracking tags and license plate readers are part of Baltimore’s auto-theft fight

    Wheel locks, tracking tags and license plate readers are part of Baltimore’s auto-theft fight

    Baltimore City is stepping up efforts to expand its fight against auto theft. Soon, the city could be giving out digital tracking tags so that owners can keep track of vehicles if they are stolen. There will also be a new push to get wheel locks into the hands of drivers, particularly those who drive…

  • Huge Phoenix auto show is canceled. What we know about the Thanksgiving tradition

    Huge Phoenix auto show is canceled. What we know about the Thanksgiving tradition

    The International Auto Show at the Phoenix Convention Center has been a Thanksgiving weekend tradition for more than 45 years, with the Valley Auto Dealers Association showing off exotic luxury cars, tricked-out custom builds, classic cars and more. It appears that tradition won’t go on this year. According to autoshowphoenix.com, the auto dealers association has…

  • Speech by Governor Cook on financial stability

    Speech by Governor Cook on financial stability

    I am delighted to be back at Duke University after spending many summers of my childhood here with my family visiting my uncle and his family. As you might know, my uncle Samuel DuBois Cook was a political theorist and the first African American professor tenured at Duke and at a major southern university. My…

  • Riding to weddings, proms and Hollywood with his baby

    Riding to weddings, proms and Hollywood with his baby

    NEWBURY — Wally Stamm was never much of a car guy. That all changed 30 years ago when he came across his prized vintage 1959 Chevy Bel Air. “I bought it on a whim. To make a long story short, it’s my baby now,” Stamm said. Stamm, 79, has been more than willing to share…

  • After Suspending Its Self-Driving Cars, Cruise Takes Steps to Win Back Trust

    Cruise stopped its driverless operations nationwide last week. But the New York Times reports on the company’s moves since then… – Cruise hired the law firm Quinn Emanuel to investigate its response to a San Francisco incident involving a pedestrian, “including its interactions with regulators, law enforcement and the media.” – A separate review of…

  • Special Report: Will the Cloud Change Everything for Live Sports Production?

    Special Report: Will the Cloud Change Everything for Live Sports Production?

    Story Highlights The Fall 2023 edition of the SVG SportsTech Journal is now available! Among the plethora of content in this free, digital edition is a special report on cloud production. Live sports productions, particularly smaller shows, have begun to embrace cloud-based productions, whereby camera signals are sent directly into the cloud rather than being cut…

  • ‘Stupid’ Daylight Saving Time Ritual Continues. But Why?

    Many Americans want to abolish Daylight Saving Time, reports NBC News: Since 2018, nearly all states have passed or entertained legislation that would drop the twice-a-year time shift. And 19 states have passed laws or resolutions in support of year-round daylight saving time, according to data from the National Conference of State Legislatures. But there’s…

  • Owosso Speedway Unveils 2024 Schedule With 29 Races

    Owosso Speedway Unveils 2024 Schedule With 29 Races

    Fans of Destruction will not be left out in 2024! Six Sundays will see action on the brand new figure 8 course with May 19, June 16, July 14, August 11, September 8, and the final event of 2024 on September 29. The weekly divisions will be well represented throughout the season. Late Model Sportsman…