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A $799 pair of smart glasses comes with a wristband that costs $30 to fix on its own, and the warranty plan covering both still charges up to $150 every time a lens cracks

Meta's $799 Ray-Ban Display glasses split repairs into separate fees for lenses, hardware and the Neural Band, inflating true ...
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A Kern County battery plant discharged for 8 straight hours this summer, and it became the first project of its size in the country to double standard storage duration

A 125-megawatt battery plant in Kern County, California now discharges for eight hours, twice the US grid storage standard, ...
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Used hybrid SUVs now sell above sticker price, CarGurus finds

CarGurus data shows used 2026 RAV4 Hybrids reselling above new MSRP as tight hybrid supply reshapes the used-car market.
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Nvidia adds 64GB DGX Spark configuration for local AI development

Nvidia unveils a 64GB DGX Spark desktop AI computer, doubling memory to let developers run larger models locally this month.
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Electric work vans and pickups shipped with 3 years of free fleet data tracking built in, but newer models already have a shorter clock

Electric commercial vans and trucks come with free telematics for three years, but fleets face a paid contract once that ...
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Concern about finding jobs climbs to 48% in new Pew survey

Pew Research finds 48% of US adults very concerned about people unable to find jobs, up from 29% in 2022, as AI worries also ...
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Meta launches first camera-free Ray-Ban Audio AI glasses at $349

Meta's camera-free Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses ship October 13 at $349, offering AI, calls and music without a camera.
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A pair of earbuds promises two-way translation in 52 languages, but offline mode covers just 13 pairs and a separate AI translation trial found voice tone remains the ...

Translation earbuds promise instant two-way conversation, but offline mode caps out at 13 language pairs and a clinical study ...
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A single buried mile of power line can cost up to $4 million, and California regulators confirmed ratepayers are on the hook for $27 billion of that wildfire armor

Regulators confirm California utilities collected $27 billion from ratepayers for wildfire safety, with buried power lines ...
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JCP&L seeks $253 million rate hike, residential bill impact delayed to 2028

JCP&L filed for a $253 million base rate hike and $476 million in storm cost recovery, delaying bill impacts to 2028.
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A Lucid SUV with three rows of seats hit 60 mph in 3.1 seconds at a California car show last August, and Lucid calls it America’s most powerful three-row SUV

Lucid's new Gravity GT-S hits 60 mph in 3.1 seconds with 1,070 horsepower, becoming the fastest seven-seat SUV ever sold ...
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A coding startup closed a $2.3 billion round valuing it near $29 billion, but its $20 monthly plan still runs out after a handful of prompts

A coding startup just raised billions at a near $29 billion valuation, but its flagship $20 monthly plan still runs out fast under usage-based pricing.