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2026

182 published

17 September 2026Marvel's Wolverine Launches on PS5 to a Mixed Critical ReceptionGaming
17 September 2026OpenAI, Anthropic and Google Confirm Weeks of AI Safety TalksAI
15 September 2026A Hair Dryer Brush Was Just Recalled for Fire Risk. A Near-Identical One Sold Elsewhere Has No Fix.Beauty
15 September 2026Hepatitis A Outbreak Tied to Frozen Black Clams Grows to 37 Cases, 30 HospitalizationsFood
15 September 2026iPhone 17 Discounts After the iPhone 18 Launch Are Mostly Bill Credits, Not Price CutsDeals
15 September 2026iPhone 18 Pro Hands-On: A $100 Price Increase Buys a Real Camera Upgrade, Early Reviewers SayReviews
14 September 2026Nationwide Recall of At-Home IV Wellness Drips Over Contamination RiskHealth
14 September 2026AGA and La Cornue Recall Nearly 4,000 Luxury Ranges Over Gas Leak RiskHome
14 September 2026A used EV is mostly a battery. In Germany one testing organisation publishes a price for checking it, one does not, and one has left the businessAutomotive
14 September 2026CPSC Tells Owners of Two Pressure Washer Brands to Stop Using Them ImmediatelyGarden
14 September 2026iOS 27 Arrives With a Rebuilt Siri — But Not in the EUTech
14 September 2026CDC Flags a Nationwide Jump in Rabies Exposures — and Errors in Treating ThemPets
13 September 2026The FTC Fined a Company $930,000 for Faking Its "AI-Powered" Ad TargetingAI
13 September 2026The Emmys Air Monday. Streaming Services, Not Broadcast Networks, Lead the NominationsStreaming
13 September 2026Two Recalls This Week: 180,000 Finger-Light Toys Over Battery Risk, 12,000 Sets of Kids' Loungewear Over Fire RiskFamily
13 September 2026Germany fixes the driving test at 129.83 euros. The other ninety percent of the bill has no published price at allAutomotive
13 September 2026CISA Sets a Same-Week Deadline for Four Actively Exploited Bugs. One Scores a Perfect 10.Software
13 September 2026Delta Is Cutting Five Routes This Winter — Las Vegas and New York Take the HitTravel
11 September 2026FDA Issues Its Highest-Risk Recall for Epidural Kits Over Contaminated Saline AmpulesHealth
11 September 2026Education Department Sends $256 Million to States for Reading Programs, Citing a 'Reading Crisis'Education
11 September 2026Germany logged 2.2 million car-glass claims in one year. Exactly one national chain publishes a price for people paying themselvesAutomotive
11 September 2026Salmonella Outbreak Linked to Broccoli Sprouts Grows to 22 Cases in Four StatesFood
11 September 2026Apple Quietly Raises Prices on Older iPhones After Unveiling the iPhone 18 LineupDeals
11 September 2026Apple's iPhone Duo Is Real: Here's What It Costs and What's InsideReviews
10 September 2026The FTC Fined Payment Processor Nuvei $4.85 Million Over Merchants It Kept Processing for YearsBusiness
10 September 2026Glacier National Park Closed Its Alpine Highway for Two Days. Heavy Rain Was the Trigger.Outdoor
10 September 2026Fi Recalls Two Dog Supplements Over Possible Salmonella ContaminationPets
10 September 2026When to Plant Fall Bulbs, By Region: The Soil-Temperature Numbers That MatterGarden
10 September 2026Apple's iPhone 18 Pro Costs $100 More Than Last Year. Here's Everything Else That Changed.Tech
10 September 2026Branch Recalls 16,000 Ergonomic Office Chairs After Backrests Detached 11 TimesHome
10 September 2026Germany's EV tax exemption now runs to 2035 — and gets shorter with every year you wait to registerAutomotive
9 September 2026The Justice Department Just Told a Federal Court That Training AI on News Articles Is Fair UseAI
9 September 2026Riot Strips Ranked and Battle Passes From 2XKO as It Winds the Game DownGaming
9 September 2026Microsoft's September Patch Fixes Two Windows Flaws Already Under AttackSoftware
9 September 2026Moving an unregistered car in Germany: 13.10 euros for the plate, 69.90 for the insuranceAutomotive
9 September 2026Two More Squishy Toys Recalled Over Water Beads That Can Be Fatal If SwallowedFamily
8 September 2026Education Department Proposes Overhauling College Accreditation; Public Comment Closes September 21Education
8 September 2026Allies of Skin Recalls a Sunscreen After Its Own Tests Found It Falls Short of SPF 50Beauty
8 September 2026Touching your phone at the wheel costs 100 euros in Germany and 440 in the Netherlands — and a foreign fine is enforced from 25 euros upAutomotive
8 September 2026FDA Approves the First Drug for Alexander Disease, a Rare Brain Disorder With No Prior TreatmentHealth
8 September 2026What's Expected at Apple's September 9 Event: A Pricier iPhone 18 Pro and a Foldable Said to Start Above $2,000Reviews
7 September 2026Amp Fit Recalls Its $1,800 Home Gym Machine After an Arm Swung Unexpectedly in 10 IncidentsFitness
7 September 2026Amazon's Labor Day Sale Ends Today. Here's What's Still Actually DiscountedDeals
7 September 2026DR Power Recalls a Walk-Behind Mower That Can Keep Cutting After You Let GoGarden
7 September 2026Seven days of airport parking: 258 euros at Frankfurt, 250 at Munich — and 107 if you stand twenty minutes further outAutomotive
7 September 2026Galanz Recalls 121,680 Retro Refrigerators After 34 Fires and One DeathHome
7 September 2026Mortgage Rates Just Hit a 13-Month High — the 30-Year Average Is Now 6.71%Finance
7 September 2026Broadcom's AI Chip Revenue Grew 221% Last Quarter — and Its Own Forecast Says That AcceleratesBusiness
6 September 2026Google Confirms Active Attacks Exploiting a Chrome Flaw. Patch Now, Then Check Every Chromium Browser You UseSoftware
6 September 2026Germany fixes the roadworthiness fee to within one euro. The classic-car assessment beside it ranges from 75 to 285Automotive
6 September 2026The EU Pushed Back Its Toughest AI Act Deadlines by Up to 16 Months. One Deadline Didn't Move.AI
6 September 2026Category 4 Hurricane Lowell Is Forecast to Pass the Western Hawaiian Islands Monday NightTravel
5 September 2026One German city publishes its towing fee to the cent. Three publish no figure at allAutomotive
2 September 2026Four German charging networks publish an idle fee. At EnBW the cap is reached after exactly six hoursAutomotive
2 September 2026Apple Confirms September 9 Event; iPhone 18 Pro and Rumored Foldable Remain UnconfirmedReviews
2 September 2026First US Sunscreen With New FDA-Approved Filter Bemotrizinol Hits ShelvesBeauty
2 September 2026FDA Approves First-of-Its-Kind Drug for Rare Blood Disorder Polycythemia VeraHealth
2 September 2026Education Department Opens FAFSA 2027-28 to Public Beta Testing Ahead of October 1 LaunchEducation
2 September 2026France's New Fast-Fashion Fee Takes Effect, Adding Up to €12 a Garment for Shein and Temu OrdersFashion
1 September 2026Best Buy's Labor Day Sale Runs Through September 7, With Cuts on Laptops, TVs and PhonesDeals
1 September 2026Microsoft 365 Outage Knocks Out Outlook and Teams for HoursSoftware
1 September 2026Filling up on the German Autobahn costs 33 cents a litre moreAutomotive
1 September 2026Modern Warfare 4's Final Beta Patch Rebalances Weapons and Warzone MechanicsGaming
1 September 2026ACSM Just Rewrote the Definition of 'Physical Fitness'Fitness
1 September 2026ChatGPT's Ad Business Hits $1 Billion Run Rate, Expands to New MarketsAI
31 August 2026CrowdStrike Posts a Record Quarter, Raises Its Full-Year Growth ForecastBusiness
31 August 2026Apple Cuts Over 200 Jobs Across Vision Pro and Siri as It Bets on Smart GlassesTech
31 August 2026Conair Expands Cuisinart Grill Brush Recall to 3.6 Million Over Metal Bristle InjuriesHome
31 August 2026A Baby Walker Sold on Target.com Is Recalled for Failing a Federal Fall StandardFamily
31 August 2026Mortgage Rates: Freddie Mac Says 6.66%, a Popular Daily Tracker Says 6.55%Finance
31 August 2026Germany logged 3.7 million roadside call-outs last year. The four-year-old EV broke down half as often as the four-year-old petrol carAutomotive
31 August 2026ESPN Raises Streaming Prices Again, Effective September 17Streaming
30 August 2026The cheaper small car costs more per kilometre: 47.5 cents for the C3, 43.0 for the PoloAutomotive
30 August 2026A Children's Clothing Line Recalled Over Drawstring Entrapment RiskFashion
30 August 2026FDA: B. Braun Recalls Hospital IV Saline Over Metal ContaminationHealth
30 August 2026Education Department Tells Schools to Judge Tech by Results, Not Screen TimeEducation
30 August 2026Google's Pixel Watch 5: What the Spec Sheet SaysReviews
30 August 2026Boston Company Recalls Nearly 25,000 Pounds of Buffalo Chicken Over Missing USDA InspectionFood
29 August 2026EA Is Now a Private Company. A $700 Million Cost-Cutting Plan Comes Next.Gaming
29 August 2026Labor Day 2026 Sales Are Live: What's Actually Discounted Before September 7Deals
29 August 2026CCM Recalls Nearly 13,000 Hockey Visors That Can Crack on ImpactFitness
29 August 2026The same German emissions sticker costs 5 euros at a city counter and 19.90 by postAutomotive
29 August 2026Update Chrome Now: Google Just Patched 327 Security Bugs, Six of Them CriticalSoftware
29 August 2026Excel Industries Recalls 1,800 LED Light Kits for Hustler and BigDog Mowers Over Fire RiskGarden
29 August 2026OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and 100+ Companies Warn AI Cyberattacks Are About to SurgeAI
28 August 2026Little Loves & Co. Recalls About 590 Kids' Outfits Over Drawstring Entrapment RiskFamily
28 August 2026Apple's New Mac Mini Starts at $899, $300 More Than the 2024 ModelTech
28 August 2026American Airlines Redirected Elite Upgrades to Premium Economy on 9 Domestic RoutesTravel
28 August 2026Every EV battery warranty promises 70 percent. The mileage behind it ranges from 160,000 to 250,000 kmAutomotive
27 August 20267.2 Million Student Loan Borrowers on SAVE Have a 90-Day Clock RunningEducation
27 August 2026Why Kids' Pajamas Keep Getting Recalled: The 50-Year-Old Flame Test Most Brands Still FailFashion
27 August 2026Consumer Reports Crash-Tested Over 1,000 Baby Products in 2026 — These Are the Ones That WonReviews
27 August 20263,215 Pounds of Deli Meat Recalled Over Listeria Risk — Check for a July 16 Production DateFood
27 August 2026One Lot of Thyroid Medication Recalled for Being Too StrongHealth
27 August 2026Three States Now Restrict PFAS in Cosmetics — What's Actually Banned, and WhenBeauty
27 August 2026Germany scrapped the cap on resident parking permits. Five cities now publish five different orders of magnitudeAutomotive
26 August 2026The Back-to-School Discounts That Are Actually Real Right NowDeals
26 August 2026A Windows Bug Under Active Attack Needs More Than a Patch — It Needs a RebootSoftware
26 August 2026Six Countries, Six Published Vignette Price Lists — and One Sticker Being Issued for the Last TimeAutomotive
26 August 2026Two Mortgage Rate Numbers Are Moving in Opposite Directions Right NowFinance
26 August 2026The EU Started Enforcing AI Transparency Rules This Month — Here's What ChangedAI
26 August 2026Xbox Series X and S Consoles Got More Expensive Again This MonthGaming
26 August 2026Fromm Recalls Two Wet Dog Food Lines Over Metal ContaminationPets
25 August 2026Florida's Summer Fertilizer Ban Is in Effect Right Now — Here's What's Actually ProhibitedGarden
25 August 2026California's AG Just Canceled Settlement Talks With Paramount Over the $110 Billion Warner Bros. Discovery DealStreaming
25 August 2026New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh Gives His First Jackson Hole Speech This WeekBusiness
25 August 2026CCM Recalls Nearly 13,000 Hockey Visors That Can Crack on ImpactFitness
25 August 2026JINHEZO Recalls Nearly 2,800 Packs of LED Tea Lights Over Button-Battery RiskFamily
25 August 2026National Parks Waive Entrance Fees Today for the Park Service's 110th BirthdayOutdoor
25 August 2026Germany sets car registration fees by ordinance. Four authorities still publish four different numbersAutomotive
24 August 2026Germany's lease-return standard sets the line between wear and damage in millimetres — and publishes itAutomotive
24 August 2026What roadside assistance costs in Germany: the dues ADAC, ACE, AvD and ARCD actually publishAutomotive
24 August 2026A 13-Year Study of Skin-Lightening Creams Sold in NYC Found Mercury in Nearly 1 in 3Beauty
24 August 2026A 50% Tariff on Canadian Clothing Is Paused Through This Week — Here's What Happens NextFashion
24 August 2026PSLF Borrowers Are Watching Qualifying Payments Vanish From Their Accounts — and the Education Department Won't Say How ManyEducation
24 August 2026Workbless Recalls 2,200 Electric Pressure Washers Sold at Amazon, Target and Walmart Over Shock RiskReviews
23 August 2026Germany inspects every car on the road. The 2026 TÜV Report says 21.5 percent of them failAutomotive
23 August 2026Two More Mattress Brands Recalled Over Fire Risk — Both Sold on AmazonHome
23 August 2026FUT Wins the Esports World Cup 2026 Counter-Strike Title in ParisGaming
23 August 2026American Airlines Tightened Its 24-Hour Refund Rule — Here's What ChangedTravel
23 August 2026Microsoft Patches a Maximum-Severity Flaw in Entra IDSoftware
23 August 2026Mortgage Rates Fall for a Second Straight Week, Freddie Mac SaysFinance
23 August 2026Anthropic Could File for an IPO as Soon as Late August, Sources SayAI
22 August 2026Nevada Let Tesla Scale Robotaxis From 10 to as Many as 5,000 in One Regulatory HearingAutomotive
22 August 2026Apple Music Will Require "Made With AI" Labels on AI-Generated SongsTech
22 August 2026A Pallet Nail Turned Up in a Loaf of Sourdough — Grand Central Bakery Recalls Three ProductsFood
22 August 2026A Second Pharmacy in Weeks Recalls Compounded Glutathione Injections Over Bacterial ContaminationHealth
22 August 2026Charter Completes $34.5 Billion Cox Acquisition — Here's What Changes for CustomersBusiness
22 August 2026Germany has no winter tyre season — it has a weather rule, and a fine attached to itAutomotive
21 August 2026CPSC Warns These Bike Helmets and E-Bikes Violate Federal Safety Standards — How to Check YoursOutdoor
21 August 2026The FTC's "Click-to-Cancel" Rule Is Dead — For Now. Here's How Cancellation Actually Works in 2026Streaming
21 August 2026Box Tree Moth Quarantine Expands Again — What It Means Before You Buy or Move BoxwoodGarden
21 August 2026What Changed at National Parks in 2026: New Fees, a Foreign-Visitor Surcharge, and Digital PassesOutdoor
21 August 2026Why Drawstrings Keep Getting Kids' Sweatshirts Recalled — and How to Check Before You BuyFashion
21 August 2026California's New Textile Recycling Law Takes Effect in 2026 — Here's What Changes for ShoppersFashion
21 August 2026New York's SAFE for Kids Act: What Changes for Teens' Social Media Feeds, and WhenFamily
21 August 2026A New Federal Crib Safety Rule Just Took Effect. Here's What ChangedFamily
21 August 2026MoCRA, Explained: How a 2022 Law Quietly Changed What's Required Before Cosmetics Reach ShelvesBeauty
21 August 2026FDA Still Hasn't Banned Formaldehyde in Hair Straighteners — Here's How to Check What's in YoursBeauty
21 August 2026Two Home Gym Recalls in Two Months: What Treadmill and Wall-Mount Machine Owners Should KnowFitness
21 August 2026Michigan Just Restricted Callery Pear, Japanese Barberry and Four Other Landscape PlantsGarden
21 August 2026Best Buy's 60th Anniversary Sale Runs Through Aug. 23 — Here's What the Fine Print SaysDeals
21 August 2026Goal Zero Recalls 46,200 YETI 3000X Power Stations Over Fire RiskReviews
21 August 2026Apple Fixes Nearly 30 Security Flaws in iOS, iPadOS and macOS — Here's Why to Update NowSoftware
21 August 2026CPSC Takes the Rare Step of Publicly Warning Consumers Off Sperax Treadmills — the Importer Wouldn't Recall ThemFitness
21 August 2026A Frozen Raw Dog Food Is Recalled After Testing Positive for SalmonellaPets
21 August 2026Connecticut's Tax-Free Week Just Tripled Its Price Cap — Here's What Actually QualifiesDeals
21 August 2026Microsoft Patched 400-Plus Flaws This Month — One Was Already Being Used to Plant a RootkitSoftware
21 August 2026Peacock Raises Prices for the Fourth Year Running — Here's What You'll Pay Starting September 17Streaming
21 August 2026Public charging in Germany: what each network actually charges per kWhAutomotive
21 August 2026What Germany's HU and AU inspection costs: the price lists that actually existAutomotive
21 August 2026H5N1 in Cats: What the CDC's First Documented Cat-to-Human Case Means for Pet OwnersPets
21 August 2026Walmart's Profit Beat Wall Street. Its US Sales Growth Didn't — and the Stock Fell AnywayBusiness
21 August 2026DOT Extends Its Pause on Refunds for Renumbered Flights Through Mid-2027Travel
21 August 2026Tokyo Game Show Turns 30 With Its First Five-Day Event and Nearly 760 ExhibitorsGaming
21 August 2026The EU's AI Transparency Rules Are Now Live — Here's What Has to Be DisclosedAI
21 August 2026What Actually Changed on This Year's FAFSA — and Who Just Lost Pell Grant EligibilityEducation
21 August 2026An Allergy Pill Recall Traces Back to Ranitidine, a Drug Pulled From Shelves Years AgoHealth
21 August 2026Cooluli Recalls 250,000 Minifridges After Fire and Burn ReportsHome
20 August 2026Toyota Recalls 508,354 Camry Hybrids Because the Instrument Cluster Can Go BlankAutomotive
20 August 2026Amazon Says Drone Delivery Will Reach Nearly 500 US Cities by the End of This YearTech
20 August 2026The EU Just Banned Forever Chemicals in Food Packaging — What Changed on 12 AugustFood
20 August 2026Top Savings Accounts Pay More Than Ten Times the National Average — and Most People Take the AverageFinance
20 August 2026The Phone With a Perfect Repairability Score Is Finally on Sale in the United StatesTech
13 August 2026Google's Gemini App Hits 1 Billion Monthly Users, Its Fastest-Growing Product EverAI
13 August 2026Rivian Expands Turn-Signal Recall to Nearly 3,830 EVs After Supplier Missed Bad PartsAutomotive
13 August 2026Until Dawn Studio Supermassive Games Cuts Up to 75 Jobs in Its Third Round of Layoffs Since 2024Gaming
13 August 2026Novartis Recalls a Lot of Diovan Blood Pressure Tablets Over a Dissolution DefectHealth
13 August 2026Salmonella Outbreak Tied to Mexican Jalapeños Has Sickened 345 People Across 27 StatesFood
9 August 2026Storms and equipment outages ground flights at a dozen major US airportsTravel
9 August 2026The White House is calling in OpenAI, Anthropic and Google over AI safety incidentsAI
9 August 2026Anthropic locks in gigawatts more compute from Google and BroadcomBusiness
9 August 2026Wall Street's response to a weak jobs report: records, not routsFinance
20 July 2026Travel insurance: what the fine print actually coversTravel
16 July 2026How to choose a password manager without getting locked inReviews
11 July 2026EV charging speeds: why '150 kW' rarely means 150 kW at your carAutomotive
5 July 2026How to actually compare two savings accountsFinance
2 July 2026Why AI chatbots 'hallucinate', and how to work around itAI
30 June 2026Reading a sunscreen label: SPF, broad spectrum and the numbers that matterHealth
28 June 2026How to read an appliance energy label before you buyHome
24 June 2026What a VPN can and cannot do for your privacyTech
28 May 2026What a company's gross margin actually tells youBusiness

1970

1 published

1 January 1970Europe's new border systems: what ETIAS and the EES mean for your next tripTravel

1969

7 published

31 December 1969The EU AI Act, decoded: what actually changes, and whenAI
14 December 1969Passkeys, explained: what replaces the password, and what it doesn'tTech
3 December 1969How Meridians tests: the standard every review has to meetReviews
23 November 1969How deposit protection works — and the gaps people assume aren't thereFinance
4 November 1969Instant payments: what changes when a transfer has to arrive in ten secondsFinance
8 October 1969Delayed or cancelled: how air passenger rights actually workTravel
2 October 1969One charger for everything: how the USB-C rule works in practiceTech

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