Three People Were Killed And Four Injured In A Shooting At A California Bowling Alley
Police responded to reports of multiple victims of a shooting in Torrance, California, late Friday night.
New trailers: Us, Stranger Things, The Punisher, and more
I saw a whole bunch of movies over holidays, and the one I was by far the most excited for was Vice. I had, no joke, probably watched the trailer for it a dozen times, which is something I never do. (After watching through two dozen trailers for this column every week, I’m hardly going to watch any trailer more than I have to).
Vice was immensely entertaining and very funny. The thing that really stood out to me was just how comfortable director Adam McKay is in toying around with the medium. Much like the explanatory interruptions in The Big Short, the edit of Vice is constantly used to address the viewer directly, explaining things to them, making jokes or excuses, even transporting them into essentially a different timeline.
It’s the…
Listening test: NAD’s feature-packed D 3045 amplifier – CNET
The Audiophiliac checks out NAD’s latest integrated amp.
Why This Iconic Yellow Ferrari Could Fetch $8 Million at Auction
The Ferrari 250 GTO is widely considered to be the world’s most beautiful sports car. It’s also the world’s most expensive, which means all but a few mega-rich collectors will ever get their hands on one.
However one of its successors, the Ferrari 275 GTB, is equally gorgeous; Road & Track even called it “the most satisfying sports car in the world.”
And now the ultimate 275 GTB, the very first one built, is coming up for auction at Gooding & Co.’s Scottsdale sale Arizona on Jan. 18-19, where it’s expected to bring in $6 million–$8 million. Adding to its appeal, the car, which was built in 1964 and has been hidden away for the last 25 years, competed in the famous 1966 Monte Carlo Rally.
“There is growing interest in historic rally cars today,” David Brynan, one of Gooding’s classic car specialists, tells Maxim. “While most rally cars were developed from fairly pedestrian production cars, this one offers the ultimate bragging rights. Not only is it a 12-cylinder Ferrari that ran in the most infamous edition of the Monte Carlo Rally, but it is the very first 275 GTB built – the prototype of a model that is regarded as one of the most famous, iconic and collectible classic cars of the era.”
The 275 GTB has always been extremely cool, thanks to its menacing looks and the fact that it was the ride of choice of legendary badasses like Miles Davis and the young Clint Eastwood, neither of whom ever paid much attention to speed limits. The famously volatile Davis also had a Lamborghini Miura that he used to drive around with a loaded .375 Magnum in the glovebox.
As Ferrari’s factory prototype for what would go on to become one of its greatest sports cars ever, as well as its exceptionally rare rally kit competition kit including a full set of rally lights, this 275 probably belongs in a museum.
But if you prefer to drive the hell out of it, Miles Davis-style, we heartily approve.
21 Under-$25 Home Upgrades That Are Actually Easy
Discounted Nintendo Switch games and a Rakuten site-wide sale are this week’s best deals
Things have slowed down considerably since Black Friday and the winter holidays, but there are already a few good deals popping back up — especially for anyone who just picked up a Nintendo Switch. We’ve got a few suggestions on what to spend your holiday gift cards on and a sweet site-wide sale from Rakuten.
Let’s dig in.
A few must-have Nintendo Switch games are almost $20 off at GameStop, Target, and Best Buy until January 10th. You won’t find Super Mario Odyssey or The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild here, but there are plenty of essentials to get your game collection off the ground.
- Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (digital) is $41.99 at GameStop and Best Buy. Target has the physical copy for the same price.
- Octopath Traveler (digital) is…
Apple seeks to end bent iPad Pro controversy with new support page
Hoping to put a lid on any perceived controversy around bent 2018 iPad Pros, Apple published a support page late Friday night that details the device’s manufacturing process. The page is titled “iPad Pro unibody enclosure design” and starts off by saying that Apple’s latest tablet is “strong, light, and durable.” The company goes on to note that the new design has flat edges “instead of the curved edges found on previous-generation iPad models.” (Some believe that these straight edges are making slight bends more noticeable and easier to see with the naked eye, and Apple later mentions that very point.)
Apple focuses the article on the Wi-Fi + Cellular iPad Pro, which has seen the most reports of a slight bend — almost always at the…
All the new Google Assistant products from CES 2019 – CNET
We’ll keep a running list of new, Google-compatible product announcements from Las Vegas.
CES 2019: 14 questions tech’s biggest show needs to answer – CNET
Commentary: As the tech world descends on Las Vegas next week, these are the issues that dominate the landscape.