Ryan Erik King

The Transportation Security Administration is seeking to significantly expand the use of facial recognition technology at airport checkpoints and legislators are rightfully concerned. A letter signed by a bipartisan group of 14 senators was sent to Senate leadership on Thursday and calls for restrictions on the TSA. The lawmakers claim there’s no evidence that the technology is effective and its implementation would start society down a slippery slope when facial recognition surveillance is comm…

We asked our readers earlier this week what were the most perplexing problems they’ve ever encountered with their cars. The comments were filled with tales of faulty sensors and persistent check engine lights. Some of these cars spent so much take in the shop that I’m surprised drivers weren’t charged rent. Without further ado, here are all the issues that plagued your vehicles: Only Three Anti-Lock Brakes Right now, it’s my front passenger-side ABS sensor on my 2000 Jaguar XK8. It works, mos…

Ferrari tested different variations of wheel covers on its Formula 1 cars at Fiorano on Thursday in an attempt to solve the series’ ongoing wet-weather visibility dilemma. While some of Formula 1’s most memorable performances took place in the rain, races can be called off if there’s too much water on the track. Sessions can be halted because drivers can’t see a car directly ahead of them, even if there isn’t enough standing water on the track surface for a car to hydroplane. The FIA organized…

A Beechcraft V35 crashed near Franklin, Tennessee on Wednesday, killing all three people onboard. This wasn’t the typical single-engine plane crash, as Initial findings indicate the aircraft broke apart in the sky, ABC News reports. A 911 caller reported hearing an explosion that is believed to be the crash, according to the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office. Federal investigators are now combing through the debris field, looking for answers. The V35 left Louisiana Regional Airport just southw…

Max Verstappen, Formula 1’s reigning three-time world champion, is slated to race in this weekend’s iRacing Nürburgring 24 with his sim racing outfit Team Redline. There’s only one small hitch: F1 is also racing at Imola this weekend. Verstappen assures everyone that this isn’t a big deal, since he sim races during F1 weekends all the time. Tackling a 24-hour race, even within the confines of a simulator, is no easy feat. The immediate worry is whether Verstappen will be fully rested when he st…

City officials in Oakland, California decided to replace a traffic light at an intersection with stop signs last week. This decision wasn’t part of some urbanist initiative to calm traffic; the city couldn’t keep the light functional. Local business owners claim copper is being repeatedly stripped from the signal’s electrical boxes. After several instances of the light going dark, municipal workers pulled down the physical light from the cantilever and put the ubiquitous red octagonal sign in…

A federal jury found that Boeing misappropriated trade secrets from Zunum, a failed electric plane startup. The aircraft manufacturer was a sizable investor in Zunum through its venture capital division, Horizon X. The electric startup claims that Boeing launched a targeted campaign to steal proprietary information to develop its own hybrid-electric aircraft, Reuters reports. Boeing claims it only developed a mock-up to determine the feasibility of Zunum’s planned plane. Zunum first revealed de…

Passengers on a Southwest Airlines flight between islands in Hawaii experienced a heart-stopping thrill ride in April as the plane plunged and came within 400 feet of crashing into the Pacific Ocean. The FAA is now investigating precisely why Southwest Flight 2786 nearly splashed down, USA Today reports. However, the airline stated to the newspaper that “the event was addressed appropriately.” OK then. The relatively short Southwest flight departed Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Hon…

It’s evident to anyone with a pulse that the vehicles we drive from A to B have changed from decade to decade. Noting this ever-shifting landscape, we asked earlier this week which current cars will become timeless in the next few decades. There are always models that stand the test of time and garner record bids at auction once enough time passes. Without further ado, here are your picks for the next fleet of timeless machines: Lexus LC 500 Quite simply the best-looking grand touring car on…

Rally Estonia might have been dropped from the FIA World Rally Championship schedule this year, but the country’s biggest star still decided to show up last weekend. Ott Tänak entered the event in the national class with the 2019 World Rally Champion and was the easy favorite to win. However, his rally ended with an acrobatic crash during the second stage. Tänak and his co-driver Martin Järveoja escaped the wreck unharmed. A spectator captured the moment when the crew’s Hyundai i20 N Rally1 car…