It seems a long time since I was lucky enough to get a first crack of the Audi e-tron GT about three years ago. At that point the sleek four-door EV was still a prototype, though even then its focus was fairly clear. While Audi's high-performance electric grand tourer may be the mechanical twin of the Porsche Taycan, here that all drives to a different tune. Porsche touts the Taycan as a four-door all-electric sportscar, as close right now to a four-seater electric 911 that you can get. Audi's e-tron GT, meanwhile, is a genuine grand tourer, albeit one with the same propensity for speed as the Taycan.

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In the month of August, 2021, Niantic's ready to roll with a set of Pokemon you'll most likely want to catch for Spotlight Hours. The best of the bunch might very well be the first, with Magnemite. There'll also be a Shellos from the East Sea and a Shellos from the West Sea. Late August also has a couple more Pokemon that aren't yet revealed to the public.

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Just as the leaks foretold, it looks like Ariana Grande will be making her Fortnite debut as part of The Rift Tour. Epic Games has confirmed that The Rift Tour will be kicking off later this week with Ariana Grande as its headliner, and there will be five different performances for Fortnite players from all over the world to watch. In addition, Epic has also teased an Ariana Grande-themed gear set as part of the Fortnite Icons series.

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A new trailer for Venom: Let There Be Carnage was released today without a promise of an R rating. The first Venom movie was rated PG-13, and though this movie's plot looks a LOT like it couldn't possibly exist with a rating less than R, we've been burned before. This trailer shows us Venom, a brief visit with Cletus Kasady, and the fateful moment that initiates the transfer of power to the new villain.

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Apple's two year Apple Silicon transition will be down to the wire, according to new leaks, with the most hotly-anticipated new Mac models potentially closing out the Cupertino firm's switchover from Intel. Begun in November 2020, the complete platform overhaul saw Apple undertake its biggest Mac evolution since the changeover from PowerPC.

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As it stands, subscribers to YouTube Premium get quite a bit for the $11.99 they pay each month. The main draw of YouTube Premium is obviously the fact that it gets rid of ads, but a Premium subscription also allows users to download videos for offline viewing, play videos in the background, and nets them access to YouTube Music. Now YouTube is testing a new "Premium Lite" subscription tier that eliminates most of those perks in exchange for a lower monthly cost.

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IKEA has a new air purifier, though at first glance you might assume STARKVIND is actually a side-table, since the Scandinavian design company has integrated the two. Connected to IKEA's TRÅDFRI smart home platform, the STARKVIND air purifier aims to tackle not only air quality but one of the big challenges purifiers face.

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Each year, the Earth moves through the tail of a comet leading to the Perseid meteor showers that start in late July and peak by the middle of August. The first meteor of the shower for 2021 was observed on July 26. NASA says anyone wanting to look at the skies and see the meteor shower for themselves would find the best viewing on the night of August 11.

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German tuning house Mansory has unveiled its high-performance iteration of the Rolls-Royce Ghost. Mansory has already created quirky renditions of a Ferrari, Lamborghini, Audi, and even a lawnmower, for crying out loud. And while some may look at Mansory’s Rolls-Royce Ghost as excessive or indiscreet, there’s no doubt the Mansory Ghost has an appeal of its own.

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Researchers have discovered one of the oldest and most preserved brains and all of the fossil record. The fossil is a 310 million-year-old horseshoe crab found with its entire brain intact. Researchers note that most of the knowledge of ancient creatures comes from bones because soft tissue doesn't fossilize as well.

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One of the best aspects of Tesla vehicles is that they are updatable over the air, and the automaker frequently releases software updates for its vehicles. Software updates bring new features, patch bugs, and sometimes bring new entertainment options. A user on Reddit has posted a screenshot from an unnamed Tesla vehicle claiming the show the 2021.24 software update release notes.

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Before Mercedes-AMG came to fruition, what was then known as simply AMG started life building a racing engine for the 300 SEL 6.3 sedan. The Mercedes-Benz 300 SEL already has a potent 6.3-liter V8 derived from the W100 Mercedes 600 flagship sedan in stock form. But for Hans Werner Aufrecht and Erhard Melcher, founders of AMG, the 6.3-liter V8 mill’s 247 horsepower and 369 pound-feet of torque were not enough.

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