Umar Shakir is a news reporter for The Verge, covering electric cars and more. He’s spent over 15 years in IT support beforehand, including managing Macs for a University and also fixing them at the Genius Bar. Umar likes collecting video game cartridges, watching football, and hanging in shopping center parking lots waiting for his EV to charge.
A post on X reveals the date of Xiaomi’s launch event for its 15-series devices, including the 15 Ultra. According to the specs that leaked earlier, the 15 Ultra is rumored to have four cameras, including a new 200MP periscope system.
Along with the event launch date, VW Group CEO Thomas Schäfer posted a new sketch on LinkedIn showing a cute high-roofline crossover that probably won’t come to the US. The EV was referred to as the “ID. Every 1,” but that’s only the show car name.
Last week’s dark teaser image revealed an “ID.One” nameplate after someone adjusted the image.
Ars Technica reports that the agency has removed a 2022 dataset of car crash fatalities that had some unique statistics:
The uncensored data showed that unlike prior years, 22 car crash victims were documented using a category in 2022 for sex that had never been tracked previously, “Other (e.g., “X”, Non-Binary, Not Specified, etc.).”
According to Ars, the data might have been removed to comply with the Trump Administration’s order to define gender as binary.
[arstechnica.com]