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New cars crossed the $50,000 average price line last month for the first time this year, and even the compact car segment posted the largest year-over-year gain among t…

The average new vehicle transaction price hit $50,089 in August, crossing $50,000 for the first time in 2026, as tariffs and ...
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GPT-6 Astra hit 99.9 percent on the reasoning benchmark that had defeated every previous model, and its 1.05 million-token workspace is the largest a flagship chat …

GPT-6 Astra launched September 3 with a 99.9% ARC-AGI-3 score and a 1.05 million-token context window, the largest ever on a ...
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IEA report cites study finding V2G charging could prevent three-quarters of transformer overloads by 2050

A new IEA report on vehicle-to-grid technology finds bidirectional EV charging could avoid 75% of transformer overloads by ...
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A fleet of 74 electric school buses in Oakland is designed to return up to 2.1 gigawatt-hours to California’s grid each year, while a federal program has now fun…

Oakland's 74-bus V2G fleet feeds 2.1 GWh back to California's grid yearly, and a federal program has now placed 5,000-plus ...
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Senate bill would require large electricity users to pay their own grid upgrade costs

A new Senate bill introduced August 3 would require FERC to ensure large electricity users pay for grid upgrades they trigger ...
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Searches for crochet classes and sewing stores surged as younger Americans trade screens for analog crafts

Searches for crochet classes rose 220% and sewing fabric stores 3,771% as Gen Z and millennials embrace knitting, quilting and needlepoint, new data shows.
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Ireland fines Google €403 million after six-year probe into unlawful location tracking

Ireland's DPC has fined Google €403 million ($463M) for unlawfully processing users' location data across three features from ...
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Pinterest’s 2026 hobbies report finds Americans trading screen time for hands-on crafts

Pinterest's debut 2026 Hobbies Trend Report finds Americans ditching feeds for tactile, analog pursuits, with some search categories surging over 1,700 percent year on year.
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Around 48,000 off-road Tacoma trucks sold with premium Bilstein shocks carry a recalled flaw, and the suspension part designed for rough trails can shed its oil reser…

A recall covering 48,280 Tacoma TRD Off-Road trucks reveals the Bilstein shock absorbers can corrode and drop their oil ...
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US brands are putting $44 billion into creator economy channels this year, and the channel is growing four times faster than the media industry overall

US brands will spend $44 billion on social platform creators in 2026, growing 4x faster than total media, up from just $13.9B ...
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With 585,000 units sold in a single quarter, Toyota overtook every rival brand in the US market and cut the gap to the overall sales leader to fewer than 100,000 vehicles

Toyota sold 585,211 vehicles in Q2 2026, topping every rival brand in the US as hybrid demand surged 20%. GM's overall lead ...
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US shoppers made 7% fewer purchases in H1 2026 but spent 8% more, benchmark of 2,319 brands and retailers finds

Impact.com's mid-year benchmark of 2,319 North American retailers finds US shoppers made 7% fewer purchases in H1 2026 while ...