The Rime of the Gaydon Mariners: Aston Martin Announces 2016 DB9 GT, Updates to Vantage and Rapide S
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2016 Mercedes GLE450 and GLE63 AMG Coupe Driven: If BMW Jumped Off a Bridge, Would You?
-There is strength in numbers, something you discover as a child when you commit some heinous offense against adult society and then try to blame your peers: “But everyone was doing it!” In my household, that protest was always met with the rejoinder, “If all the other kids decided to jump off a bridge, would you do that, too?” delivered by my mother with equal parts anger and sarcasm. Perhaps
2016 Mercedes-Benz GLE-class Coupe – First Drive Review
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CUEd Up: Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, CUE Updates Coming to 2016 Cadillacs
-As much as we love driving the current generation of Cadillacs—see for example our recent reviews of the ATS-V sedan and coupe, or our long-term wrap-up of our CTS Vsport—we remain frustrated and annoyed with the brand’s CUE touch-screen infotainment interface. Come 2016, however, most Cadillacs will get Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, which could prove far more convenient than dealing with CUE on its own. – The Cadillac news
CUEd Up: Apple CarPlay, Android Auto, CUE Updates Coming to 2016 Cadillacs
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GMC Adds Apple CarPlay to Yukon, Sierra, and Canyon, Misses Opportunity to Call It TruckPlay
-General Motors’ truck-slinging division, GMC, has announced that it is following its corporate brethren at Chevrolet, Buick, and Cadillac in offering Apple’s CarPlay connectivity. – For 2016, Sierra and Canyon pickups and Yukon and Yukon XL SUVs equipped with the seven- or eight-inch IntelliLink infotainment touch screens will have CarPlay functionality, which allows occupants to mirror some smartphone apps directly on the display. Users can also access functions using their vehicle’s onboard voice-command system to control Apple’s
France summons U.S. envoy over 'unacceptable' NSA spying
By John Irish and Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) – France summoned the U.S. ambassador on Wednesday to explain allegations by transparency lobby group WikiLeaks of what President Francois Hollande branded “unacceptable” spying on successive French leaders. The latest revelations of espionage among Western allies come after it emerged the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) had spied on Germany and that Germany’s own BND intelligence agency had cooperated with the NSA
NATO says won't be dragged into arms race with Russia
By Adrian Croft and Robin Emmott BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The head of NATO said on Wednesday the alliance would not be forced into a new arms race with Russia but that what he called Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine had compelled it to strengthen its defenses. The United States announced plans this week to station tanks and heavy weapons in NATO member states on Russia’s border, shortly after President Vladimir Putin
Kurdish militia wants Syrian rebels to lead attack on Islamic State HQ
By Tom Perry and Sylvia Westall BEIRUT (Reuters) – A Kurdish militia leading an attack on Islamic State strongholds in Syria so far has no plan to extend the assault to the group’s de facto capital of Raqqa city, and such an advance should be led by Syrian rebels, a Kurdish leader said on Wednesday. The comments by Saleh Moslem, leader of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), indicated there is
About 40 killed in suspected Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria: witnesses
About 40 people have been killed by suspected Boko Haram militants who torched houses and shot people as they fled in two villages in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, witnesses told Reuters on Wednesday. The attackers, who arrived on motorcycles and vehicles mounted with guns, shot residents and looted shops in the villages of Debiro Biu and Debiro Hawul late on Monday night and into Tuesday morning, the witnesses said. Details