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Hybrids claimed a record 15.4 percent of all US new-vehicle sales in the first half of this year, and three automakers control nearly nine in ten of every gas-electric model sold

Hybrids hit a record 15.4% share of the US new-car market in H1 2026, with 1.21 million units sold and three automakers controlling nearly 86% of all gas-electric sales.
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Only 45% of Americans plan a paid summer vacation in 2026, the lowest share in six years, Deloitte finds

Deloitte's 2026 Summer Travel Survey of 4,003 Americans finds vacation intent at a six-year low, with rising costs keeping millions home while committed travelers spend more.
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Conventional wireless earbuds slipped to 82 million shipments in their first annual fall in three years, and the open-ear format that leaves the canal unblocked grew 12 percent ...

New Omdia data shows conventional TWS earbuds fell 2% in Q2 2026 while open-ear models surged 12% to 11.1M units, reshaping the personal audio market.
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A $599 laptop shipped 1.1 million units in its first three weeks on sale, and the wider laptop market shrank 11 percent while its maker grew 23 percent

The MacBook Neo launched at $599 and shipped over a million units on day one, while the broader laptop market is forecast to fall 11% in 2026 and its maker grows 23%.
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Utah FORGE launches extended EGS circulation test to evaluate commercial viability

Utah FORGE began a 90-to-120-day enhanced geothermal system circulation test on Aug. 12 to measure thermal decline and water loss at its Milford, Utah, field lab.
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Most households wrestling with clutter at home face 2 distinct types of material disorder, and consumer researchers find that tidying up without decluttering solves only one of ...

A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research identifies 2 distinct types of home disorder and finds most people apply the wrong fix, keeping them stuck in a tidying loop.
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Ford recalls 223,472 F-150 trucks over fuel tanks that can detach while driving

Ford is recalling 223,472 F-150 trucks from model years 2023–2027 after improperly secured fuel tank straps were found ...
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At 11 California geothermal plants, fluid injection has lifted the worst-case earthquake magnitude by more than half a point, and the energy is still sold as having no fuel bill

Enhanced geothermal plants promise firm, fuel-free power, but a 2025 peer-reviewed study finds fluid injection at California's Salton Sea field has measurably raised earthquake risk.
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Google and UN launch open data platform to unify global statistics as AI-ready knowledge graph

Google and the UN launched the UN System Data Commons on Sept. 17, replacing the UNData portal with an AI-ready knowledge graph spanning 26 agencies and 44 million data points.
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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, ...