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Secondhand shopping becomes routine for 76 percent of Americans

A new report finds 76% of Americans bought secondhand goods in the past year, with Gen Z and rising prices driving the shift.
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An AI lab’s code merges jumped from 2,500 a day last spring to more than 30,000 by September, and the surge forced engineers to replace Git across its entire codebase

An AI company's daily code merges hit 30,000, a record pace that forced engineers to build a replacement for Git in just five ...
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Record grid peaks this summer raise stakes for EV charging load

PJM, ERCOT and SPP hit record summer peaks in 2026, and EIA data show EV charging load is a growing factor in grid planning.
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A phone flashes a weekly report showing 4 hours and 12 minutes of use, but new research finds checking that number rarely shrinks how much people scroll

Screen time tracking apps are sold as the fix for phone overuse, but research finds the awareness they create rarely cuts ...
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GM heads into Q3 earnings after two 2026 guidance raises

GM reported Q3 2026 results Tuesday after raising full-year profit guidance twice, even as US vehicle sales fell 6 percent.
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Meta’s subscription push lifts Instagram in-app purchase revenue 475 percent

New data shows Meta One subscriptions driving a 475 percent jump in Instagram's daily in-app revenue since launch.
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A Kentucky plant built a compact hybrid SUV so fast it sold 27,774 units in a single June, and that pushed one automaker’s electrified mix to a record 61 percent

Toyota's RAV4 Hybrid posted an all-time best-ever June, pushing Toyota division's electrified sales mix to a record 61.4 ...
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Holiday flight prices climb 15 percent as travelers rebook strategy

Expedia data shows holiday flight prices up 15 percent domestically this year, pushing travelers toward earlier booking and ...
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A new Kindle Colorsoft reads text at 300 pixels per inch but drops to 150 for any color on the exact same screen, and the redesign hides that gap

Amazon's new Kindle Colorsoft reads at 300ppi in black and white but halves to 150ppi for color, a tradeoff baked into its ...
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A silicon wafer 28 millimeters wider than the old standard is now spreading across solar factory floors, but plants that bet on the square format are stuck retooling lines

A rectangular silicon wafer called G12R is reshaping solar panel manufacturing, squeezing more power from the same rooftop ...
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A Dongguan factory packages 70 percent of one chipmaker’s output, so a single customs dispute idled a Japanese automaker’s assembly lines within weeks

Cheap transistors from one dominant supplier halted car production worldwide, exposing how fragile the supply chain behind ...
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Young adults lead both joining and leaving online communities, Pew finds

Pew Research finds young adults join online communities most but also leave them fastest, exposing a generational divide.