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Image: Lucid Lucid Motors began manufacturing its Gravity SUV last week, and now the EPA has finalized the vehicle’s all-electric range, which is 450 miles on a full charge. The new official estimate is slightly above the 440 miles originally advertised by Lucid. The company’s Air sedan can go up to 512 miles, depending on the trim. Lucid CEO Peter Rawlinson announced the updated Gravity range figure today via LinkedIn and also boasted that the vehicle only uses “half of earth’s precious resources compared to some competitors.” Last week, Lucid had a ceremonious start of production at its Arizona factory to commemorate the first Gravity SUVs coming off the line. The Gravity features three rows of seating plus a frunk that’s good for storage or seating when parked. It is also the first vehicle from Lucid to get a native NACS port for charging at Tesla’s Superchargers. Today marks an exciting landmark for our company. Production of the Lucid Gravity is now underway at our factory in Arizona!​This milestone is a celebration of the hard work by our passionate and dedicated team to bring this groundbreaking SUV to life. Its combination of space… pic.twitter.com/ItJsOL3H3Y— Lucid Motors (@LucidMotors) December 5, 2024 With big range, however, comes big prices. Lucid started taking orders for the Gravity on November 7th, with initial configurations starting at $94,900 for the Grand Touring models. The cheaper $79,900 Touring versions won’t be available until late 2025. Lucid is also planning a cheaper midsized SUV for late 2026 that’ll cost around $50,000.

In response to the utterly baffling discussion as to whether people should be allowed to sing along with Wicked in theaters (absolutely not), Universal is rolling out a bunch of screenings specifically for the folks who fancy themselves background vocalists. Universal announced today that special interactive, sing-along Wicked screenings are making their way to theaters in the United States, Canada, and select international markets beginning December 25th. In addition to on-screen lyrics for people who aren’t yet off-book, the screenings will feature a special message from stars Arianna Grande and Cynthia Erivo (who has previously come out in favor of audience participation). In a statement about the screenings, Universal’s president of domestic theatrical distribution Jim Orr described them as a unique opportunity for fans to “become part of the story they’ve embraced so enthusiastically.” But for those of us who just want to leave the singing to the professionals, this sounds like the studio is making sure that we can watch the movie in peace.

When Apple announced Apple Intelligence at WWDC 2024, it also had to acknowledge the biggest software fragmentation in iPhone history. iOS 18 would enable Apple Intelligence only on the iPhone 15 Pro models and the iPhone 16 series. The iPhone 15 and 15 Plus would be left out, as would every other iPhone model still in use. Weeks later, we learned about the two big hardware constraints that make Apple Intelligence incompatible with the non-Pro iPhone 15 models. First, those iPhones feature iPhone 14 Pro-grade chips that might not be good enough to handle Apple Intelligence's Neural Engine needs for on-device AI. The bigger bottleneck was apparently RAM, as the iPhone 15 has 6GB RAM instead of the minimum requirement of 8GB. What if I told you there's an iOS 18 hack that lets you enable not only Apple Intelligence on the iPhone 15 but also other features that might be exclusive to iPhone Pro models, like the Camera Control button and Always-On Display? Before I show you the hack, I'll tell you two things. First, Apple has patched the exploit, so most people will not be able to pull it off. More importantly, this hack is possible via a software vulnerability that might have been exploited in the wild. Continue reading... The post Someone hacked iOS 18 to get AI, Camera Control, and more on an iPhone 15 appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Black Friday blowout: Massive Apple sale, LG OLED TVs, KitchenAid mixers, Instant Pots, laptops, more ECOVACS has the biggest robot vacuum sale of Black Friday and Cyber Monday Black Friday blowout: 15% off PS5, $154 AirPods Pro, doorbuster deals, Beats headphones, Narwal Freo Z Ultra, more Cyber Monday iPad deals start at $199 in 2024

Pete Hegseth's nomination for secretary of defense appears to be gaining support, Punchbowl News reported.

Christopher Wray is preparing to resign from his post as director of the FBI rather than be fired by President-elect Donald Trump, the Washington Times reported on Tuesday.

New York Attorney General Letitia James' office announced on Tuesday that it will not drop its $454 million civil fraud case against Donald Trump despite the president-elect's request to do so.

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