Let's face it. Nobody—and I mean nobody, except maybe those weirdos who enjoy ironing shirts on Sunday nights—loves housework. Doing laundry is a 21st-century Sisyphean task; you're barely done before the basket is full again. And don't even get me started on the dishes. But LG says that's the end of that. It's called CLOiD, and it's probably the first thing on four wheels in a long time that's excited me more than the new Porsche 911. Why? Because you can't send a Porsche into the kitchen to make you a sandwich, and the LG CLOiD apparently can.
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JoinedJuly 26, 2013
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Jan Macarol is the responsible editor of the printed and online editions of City Magazine Slovenia. Together with his two assistants, he strives to offer readers the most unique and fresh information about urban culture, technological innovations, fashion and everything an urban nomad needs to survive in a fast-paced world.
Speakers tend to be boring. They're black boxes that we try to hide behind potted plants or shove on a shelf where they collect dust. And then there's Harman Kardon. In 2000, they created the iconic SoundSticks with Jony Ive, which found a place in the MoMA museum. Now, a quarter of a century later, the fifth generation is upon us. The Harman Kardon SoundSticks 5 are no longer just "computer speakers." With an HDMI ARC input and a serious audio upgrade, they've become a legitimate (and much sexier) alternative to your soundbar.
If you follow the automotive industry, you know that solid-state batteries have been a holy grail for a decade. Toyota has been promising them "next year" since 2015. Volkswagen has been pouring billions into QuantumScape and showing us beautifully designed PowerPoint presentations. We've all been waiting for a technological messiah to solve the range and fire safety problems. And while the giants were meeting, the guys from cold Finland - Verge Motorcycles - simply did their homework. No fanfare, no empty promises, just pure engineering "sissy" approach. And the result? A motorcycle - the Verge TS Pro, which you can actually buy. Now.
Gaming on the go has long been a compromise. You've either been staring at a tiny screen that required an eye doctor, or you've been lugging around a laptop that weighs as much as a sack of cement. ASUS and Xreal have just said, "Enough!" and offered us a third way. A way that makes you look like a cyborg but feel like a king. They are - ASUS ROG Xreal R1.
The year is 2026. While DARS and government buildings are still sweating with excitement over the drawing of a third lane on the Styrian motorway and dreaming of hectoliters of new asphalt on the same route, which has already been dug up a hundred times, I have the unpleasant feeling that I am watching a repeat of a very bad historical drama. This national enthusiasm of ours for the expansion of the motorway at a time when technology is redefining the very essence of movement is exactly as if in 2007, just a day after Steve Jobs showed the world the first iPhone, the Nokia board of directors had called a crisis meeting, at which they would have decided with all seriousness and strategic enthusiasm how to squeeze two additional keys onto the physical keyboard for faster typing. A completely missed point that will serve as an example of expensive myopia in economics textbooks. The third lane of the motorway is a way back in time. Let me explain why!
History will judge us by one simple fact: were we the last generation to die of stupidity, or the first to cheat death? Science is finally "hacking" aging. And not with cannabis ointments or meditation on Šmarna gora, but with the brute power of artificial intelligence, genetic scissors and - you won't believe it - crypto financing. Will artificial intelligence defeat death?!
While we in Slovenia are passionately polishing the brass on the Titanic and fighting over deck chairs, Silicon Valley has long since switched to the Enterprise and turned on warp drive. Biology is becoming software, aging is just a "bug" in the code, and in the meantime we are collecting corks and waiting three years for an inspection, convinced that the pinnacle of civilization is a properly completed travel order. Read why most of our jobs today are just shuffling digital paper before extinction and why what is coming is not just a storm, but a completely new climate in which you will be wet to the bone without an umbrella. We are at the point of the singularity of progress - let me explain.
The year 2026 could bring a revolution in Apple's world - without the standard iPhone 18, but with powerful Pro models, a foldable iPhone and a bunch of tech goodies. Rumors point to a strategic delay that could shake up the smartphone market.
I bet you 100 euros that you're reading this on your phone when you should be doing something else. Maybe you're at work, maybe you're on the toilet, maybe your kid is drawing on the wall in the corner of the room and you're too busy scrolling to notice. Don't worry, you're not alone. You're just another lab rat in the biggest experiment in human history. And spoiler alert: you're losing
If you've spent the last few years believing that the pinnacle of automotive evolution is the quiet hum of a two-ton electric crossover that parks itself outside a shopping mall, please sit down. Maybe pour yourself a glass of something strong. What you're looking at is not a car. This is the Red Bull RB17. It's a mechanical middleman to all emissions regulations, pedestrian safety systems and logic in general. It's the legendary Adrian Newey's last act at Red Bull before he left for Aston Martin, and it looks like he wanted to go out with a bang. Literally. It's a track-only monster that promises Formula 1 lap times, but without the need for a team of twenty engineers to crank the engine. Well, almost.
Modern SUVs have become as exciting as hot water. They're all safe, they're all "eco," they all have touchscreens the size of your living room, and they're all designed to get Andreja to school safely without spilling her oat-milk latte. And then there's the Toyota Land Cruiser 250. It's basically a car that says, "Fuck, I'm a blockhead and I'm proud of it." But for Japanese tuning house Kuhl Racing, that wasn't enough. They decided to turn this decent SUV into something Darth Vader would drive if he moved to the countryside and started illegally logging. Introducing the Kuhl Land Cruiser 250 "Blocker Iron Build."
Nvidia has unveiled something that sounds like the name of a new washing powder – Nvidia Alpamayo. But it’s the first AI for autonomous driving that doesn’t just follow the rules, but actually thinks. Leave that aside for a moment. The car will “think” about its next move. That means the average new car on the road will soon have a higher IQ than the average road user. And, most frighteningly, it will probably have more ethics, too.











