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New cars sold with big touchscreens and lane-keeping alerts carry a key memory chip that has risen up to 70 percent in price this year, and shoppers face a growing risk t…

A DRAM memory chip shortage is quietly stripping infotainment and driver-assist features from new cars in 2026, and prices ...
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Young adults’ AI optimism flips to majority concern for the first time, Pew survey of 37 countries finds

A Pew survey of 42,151 adults across 36 countries finds young people globally are more AI-aware but increasingly anxious, ...
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After 500-plus poisoned packages hit the world’s biggest code registry, a new 2FA gate became the first opt-in human checkpoint in npm’s nearly seventeen-year hist…

GitHub's npm registry shipped staged publishing in May 2026, the first mandatory 2FA human checkpoint in its 16-year history, ...
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DOE-supported EV load forecasting guide sets 20 best practices for utilities planning grid upgrades

A new ESIG guide backed by the DOE lays out 20 best practices to help utilities forecast EV charging demand before it strains ...
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In 7 in 10 American households where at least one parent works full time, parenting tasks bleed into the workday and work tasks bleed back home, and full-time workin…

A Pew Research survey of 2,242 US working parents finds the boundary between job and family has collapsed, and working moms ...
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Hyundai recalls 61,093 Palisade and Palisade Hybrid SUVs after power seats fail to detect occupants

NHTSA recall 26V160000 covers 69,060 US Palisade and Palisade Hybrid SUVs after power seats failed to detect occupants, linked to one child fatality.
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Active managed charging programs shift 95 percent of EV load off peak hours, and vendor-commissioned Brattle Group modeling projects downward rate pressure for …

Active managed EV charging shifts 95% of load off peak, saves drivers up to $400 a year and cuts grid upgrade costs by up to ...
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Amazon’s next Echo will run VegaOS as company readies fall hardware blitz

Amazon is preparing at least 16 new devices, including an Echo smart speaker running its Linux-based VegaOS, a new Fire ...
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With 375 watt-hours per kilogram verified in a US muscle car already on public roads, solid-state cells beat today’s typical lithium-ion packs by roughly 40 percent

A Dodge Charger Daytona is now road-testing solid-state cells at 375 Wh/kg and an 18-minute charge — the first such ...
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More than half of Americans now budget their spending, with covering essentials the top reason

A new YouGov survey finds 53% of Americans have set a budget for 2026, up from 46% last year, with covering essentials ...
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A flagship phone’s 5x zoom shrank its camera module by 22 percent this past March, and the new lens-first prism design captures 37 percent more light than the part it replaced

The Galaxy S26 Ultra's new ALoP lens design places glass before the prism, shrinking the zoom module by 22% and letting in 37% more light than the previous f/3.4 telephoto.
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Suniva raises $835 million to accelerate its 4.5 GW solar cell factory in South Carolina

Suniva has closed an $835 million capital raise to build a 4.5 GW solar cell facility in Laurens County, SC, pushing its ...