McLaren Automotive unveiled the McLaren Solus GT, the stunning realization of a concept car from the screens of virtual racing into an extreme expression of track driving engagement that will exhilarate in the real world.
A special commission for just 25 customers — with all cars already sold — the single-seat, closed-cockpit track car was unveiled during Monterey Car Week in California by Michael Leiters, CEO of McLaren Automotive.
The Solus GT brings to life the futuristic McLaren concept that featured in the Gran Turismo Sport video game.
At less than 1,000 kg in weight and with an aerodynamic performance including a downforce in excess of 1,200 kg, the Solus GT, which is powered by a naturally aspirated 5.2-liter V10 engine, is capable of the fastest lap times of any McLaren outside of single-seater racing and delivers a driving experience close to the engagement and sensation of driving a Formula 1 car.
“The McLaren Solus GT is the realization of a radical McLaren concept vehicle originally created for the world of virtual racing. Engineered free of any restrictions from road or race regulations, but with the full spectrum of McLaren’s expertise to bring it to reality, it epitomizes our pioneering spirit,” said Leiters.
The striking exterior design, which is faithful to its virtual inspiration, is based on proven aerodynamic principles and McLaren’s “everything for a reason” design ethos, honed by additional computational fluid dynamics and wind-tunnel aerodynamic research.
The list of distinctive external features is lengthy, with the sliding canopy above the single, central seat being one of the most striking. The wheels are shrouded in aerodynamic pods and located by suspension arms. A large front splitter feeds air into ground-effect tunnels before it exits the car via a full diffuser.
A twin-element, fixed rear wing is key to a downforce figure that exceeds the overall weight of the car. The downforce to drag ratio is also optimized, aiding straight-line performance as well as enhancing cornering abilities.
The Solus GT experience begins even before the engine is started, with the driver opening the distinctive cockpit canopy that slides forward through a shallow arc to allow access. This is nothing like a conventional car door, or even the signature dihedral doors of other McLaren cars, rather more like stepping into a jet fighter plane.
The means of getting into the car adds to the sense of occasion provided by the single seat that dominates an interior focused solely on the driver and performance. The seat position is fixed — the 25 Solus GT owners experience their own motorsport-style “seat fitting” — with the pedal box adjustable as in a race car, although with the convenience of a remote system operated from the seating position.
The steering wheel — the design of which is unique among McLaren production cars — takes its inspiration from Formula 1, with dash display and essential controls integrated to suit the tight confines of a single-seater track car.
To further enhance the exhilaration for Solus GT customers, McLaren is offering a full “racing driver experience.” This includes a driving seat molded to the driver’s individual body shape, an FIA-homologated race suit, a helmet and HANS device bespoke to each owner, and radio-enabled ear inserts. A full driver-development coaching program will also be available to help customers fully exploit the potential of their new track hypercar.
Traditional performance metrics are not as relevant for a track car, but with a target time of 2.5 seconds for 0-100 km/h acceleration and a maximum speed of more than 200 mph — in combination with the car’s lightweight and strong aerodynamic abilities — the McLaren Solus GT has the performance credentials needed for an extreme track machine.
The McLaren Solus GT is currently at the track-testing stage of its development process. The first of 25 customer cars — all of which are sold — will be delivered in 2023.
Back-to-school season is in full swing with parents making their last rounds to the stores and malls to check items off from their shopping list. Apart from guaranteeing your child is fully equipped for school, ensuring that they start their day right is top of mind for you. As a parent, you are well aware that providing a healthy, nutrient-packed breakfast is critical to ensuring that your children have the energy to perform at school, not only in academics but also extracurricular activities.
To add an element of fun to the breakfast table and lunchboxes, Puck has launched an exclusive limited-edition range while joining forces with the Justice League characters: Batman, Superman, The Flash and Batgirl. This range is available across all major retailers.
Moreover, marking the back-to-school season, there are exciting prizes on the Puck Arabia website until Sept. 26. All you need to do to stand a chance to win is submit your entry through playing an exciting game on TikTok. A weekly prize draw takes place for grocery shopping vouchers and the grand prize includes school fees worth $8,000. So hurry before it is too late!
For more information, visit www.puckarabia.com/en/back-to-school/
Season 2 of the LuLu World Food festival is here and will run until Sept. 10. Food enthusiasts can indulge their taste buds with a host of curated meals prepared by celebrity chefs, watch and learn from these masters of the kitchens around the world and win 2,000 prizes, including 1,000 free trolley-loads and 1,000 top-notch kitchen appliances to ramp up their cooking and build their dream kitchen.
For the duration of the festival at LuLu outlets across the Kingdom, there are gigantic displays of global food ingredients, free samplings of unique foods and special promotions. Shoppers can benefit from a number of discount offers and exciting deals on a wide range of globally sourced products and hot food varieties.
The LuLu Superchef lineup includes six masters of the kitchen: Chef Turki Al-Ghanem and Chef Mansour (Sept. 1 at LuLu Hypermarket, Al-Yasmin, Riyadh and LuLu Hypermarket, Al-Rayyan, Dammam respectively), Chef Adnan Yamani (Sept. 3 at LuLu Hypermarket, Al-Rawabi, Jeddah), Chef Hani (Sept. 4 at LuLu Hypermarket, Alkhobar) and Chef Abdulaziz Al-Mutawa and Chef Maysa (Sept. 8 at LuLu Hypermarket, Yarmouk, Riyadh and LuLu Hypermarket, Marwa, Jeddah respectively).
LuLu World Food Season 2 also features 12 themes ranging from world cuisines such as Indian, Arabic and Filipino to an exploration of healthy menus, breads, cheeses and deli, ice cream, beverages and desserts. In addition, there will be a special focus on kitchenware and a chance to build your dream kitchen makeover, step by step with great deals on kitchen and home appliances.
“Food and an exploration of world culinary trends is something that we find people in Saudi Arabia are very keen on,” said Lulu Saudi Arabia Director Shehim Mohammed. “As a well-traveled and cosmopolitan generation, they are eager to understand new food tastes and share the food traditions of their expatriate friends. This World Food festival Season 2 at LuLu will be a window to the world kitchens. You can watch our best chefs in action and build your own menus and even your kitchens with our offers.”
The recently released sixth annual Uber Lost and Found Index reveals some of the most popular and surprising items left behind by riders over the past year. A total of 59,829 items were forgotten in vehicles over the same period.
Each year, the Uber Lost and Found Index provides a snapshot of riders’ most commonly forgotten and most unique lost items. The report also highlights which cities have been most forgetful, which times of day and days of the week riders forget items most, and tips on how to get any lost items back using the Uber app.
Wallets, phones, and keys topped the list once again of the most commonly forgotten items, but riders are not just leaving the usuals behind — they are forgetting everything from their backpacks, to their prescription glasses, mugs, medication — and that is just to name a few.
Most forgetful times of day
Most forgetful days of the week
Uber has also launched a video outlining the simple steps you can take the next time you leave something behind in your Uber. The best way to retrieve a lost item is to call the driver — but if you leave your phone itself, you can login to your account on a computer.
Here is what to do:
1. Tap “Your Trips” and select the trip where you left something.
2. Scroll down and tap “Find lost item.”
3. Tap “Contact driver about a lost item.”
4. Scroll down and enter the phone number you would like to be contacted at. Tap submit.
5. Your phone will ring and connect you directly with your driver’s mobile number.
6. If your driver picks up and confirms that your item has been found, coordinate a mutually convenient time and place to meet for its return to you.
7. If your driver does not pick up, leave a detailed voicemail describing your item and the best way to contact you.
And if you lost your personal phone, and are unable to sign into the app, you can be connected to support via webchat on Uber’s website.
Kaspersky Threat Data Feeds are now integrated with Microsoft Sentinel, a cloud native SIEM and SOAR solution to help Microsoft Sentinel users with actionable context for attack investigation and response. With this integration, enterprise security teams can extend cyberthreat detection capabilities and increase the effectiveness of initial alert triage, threat hunting or incident response.
According to IDC, “threat intelligence is a foundational component of a modern cybersecurity program … Threat intelligence programs provide both qualitative assessments of the field and actionable, automated solutions that bolster existing security defenses.” For businesses, it is also important to smoothly incorporate TI with their security operations for the most effective protection from cyberthreats.
Access to Kaspersky TI through Microsoft Sentinel empowers enterprises with the latest insights to counter cyberattacks. Actionable context in feeds includes threat names, timestamps, geolocation, resolved IP addresses of infected web resources, hashes, popularity or other search terms. With this data, security teams or SOC analysts can accelerate the initial alert triage by making informed decisions for investigation or escalation to an incident response team.
Kaspersky Threat Data Feeds are generated automatically in real time and aggregate high-quality data from multiple reliable sources around the world. This includes the Kaspersky Security Network covering millions of voluntary participants globally, Botnet Monitoring service, spam traps, plus Kaspersky experts from GReAT and R and D teams. All the data is carefully inspected and refined with dedicated pre-processing techniques.
“We are thrilled to partner with Microsoft and help Microsoft Sentinel users to get access to the trusted and valuable threat intelligence from Kaspersky. Expanding integration with third-party security controls makes it even easier for customers to operationalize our TI which is one of our key priorities. TI from Kaspersky is designed to be tailored to the needs of any organization since we collect data from a great number of different and diverse sources to cover organizations in specific industries, geolocations and with specific threat landscapes,” said Ivan Vassunov, VP corporate products, Kaspersky.
“Threat attacks are on a continuous rise like never before and to remain protected, organizations need quick ways to detect these threats. With the Kaspersky and Microsoft Sentinel integration, customers will now have an easy way to import high fidelity threat intelligence produced by Kaspersky into Microsoft Sentinel using the industry standard of STIX/TAXII for detections, hunting, investigation, and automation,” said Rijuta Kapoor, senior program manager, Microsoft.
Millions of students across the Middle East are going back to school in the coming weeks, and many of them anticipate entering a new school year with devices that will help them boost productivity and multitask to keep up with their on-the-go lifestyle. Understanding the needs of today’s students, LG Electronics offers a variety of devices for an enhanced studying experience, including the LG gram, the lineup of ultralight and slim laptops with powerful performance and long battery life; LG UltraWide, the lineup of large monitors for advanced multitasking and efficient learning; and LG Ergo, the lineup of monitors designed to deliver maximum workspace flexibility.
LG gram for better mobility and performance
Designed for those who lead an on-the-move lifestyle, LG gram combines ultra-lightweight form, sleek design and powerful processor to allow users to easily carry and use it anywhere without sacrificing performance. The latest LG gram 17” features the Intel Evo Platform powered by the new 11th Gen Intel Core processor with Iris Xe graphics that ensure high-resolution content creation and editing to meet even the most intensive students’ needs. Additionally, the LG gram 17” provides up to 19.5 hours of battery life, allowing users to immerse themselves into the learning process without any interruptions.
LG UltraWide and LG Ergo for efficient learning
Bringing multitasking to the next level, LG UltraWide monitors with a range of sizes from 25-inch to 34-inch allow users to easily work on multiple tasks at the same time. LG Nano IPS display delivers a wide color spectrum with outstanding color accuracy and brightness. For long nights of studying, LG UltraWide provides eye care features such as low blue light emission and ambient light sensor that reacts to light and adjusts the brightness of the screen. Additionally, for productivity and comfort during long hours of studying, LG offers LG DualUp Monitor with Ergo stand. Designed for multitasking and creative work, the monitor features two 21.5-inch screens (16:9 aspect ratio) stacked one on top of the other in a single display. Ensuring more comfortable and sustainable user experience, the Ergo stand offers expanded ergonomic adjustment of extend, retract, swivel, pivot, height and tilt for perfect screen positioning.