Automobiles

Why theatre can't resist planes, trains and automobiles

In contrast, television, which comes to you, the oldest form of drama demands that audiences go to it. The spread of NT Live and other performance broadcasts means that the venue is now as likely to be a cinema as a theatre. One of the pieces of theatre screened in…
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End of the car age: how cities are outgrowing the automobile

Gilles Vesco calls it the “new mobility.” It’s a vision of cities in which residents no longer rely on their cars but on public transport, shared cars and bikes, and, above all, on real-time data on their smartphones. He anticipates a revolution that will transform not…
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Google, Apple and Microsoft race to bring software to cars

Will buying a car soon involve questioning whether it is compatible with your smartphone? Google has announced a new “Open Automotive Alliance” (OAA), teaming up with carmakers Audi, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, and the graphics chipset company Nvidia to…