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Europe’s Affordable EV Surge Tests Brussels’ Green Ambitions

Battery-electric cars are selling faster across the European Union. Sales hit 1.64 million in the first eight months of 2026. That marks a 45 percent jump from the same period a year earlier. The Next Web reported the figures alongside fresh analysis from Transport and Environment. Drivers in France reached 38 percent electric share in

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Finland Rewrites Grid Rules, Pushing Giant Data Centers to the Back of the Line

Finland once welcomed power-hungry data centers with open arms and a simple rule. Show up first. Get connected first. That era ends soon. The government has drafted changes to the Electricity Market Act that scrap the long-standing first-come, first-served system for grid connections. In its place comes a strict ranking of projects based on size,

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Meta’s Muse AI Agents Hoard Bank Data and Emails. Insiders Fear the Inevitable Leak

Meta launched Muse on September 8 with big promises. The personal AI agent would handle shopping, book travel, manage email and even process payments. Each user received a dedicated cloud virtual machine. Inside that isolated environment, Muse could act with real authority over connected accounts. But from the first days, red flags appeared. Reviewers reported

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Google’s Finnish Forest Clearance Sparks Probe as AI Data Centers Face Growing Backlash

Finland’s northern woods stand quieter now. Over 300 hectares of trees fell there earlier this year. The clearing happened at a site in Muhos where Google plans a major AI data center. But it occurred before regulators finished the required environmental review. Authorities want explanations. Critics see a pattern. Google announced a €13 billion investment

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Your Car Is Talking: How Connected Vehicles Feed Driver Data to Ad Tech Giants

Modern cars have become data machines on wheels. They constantly beam information to manufacturers and outside firms through built-in cellular links, Wi-Fi and GPS. A new study exposes just how much personal detail escapes these vehicles and their companion smartphone apps. Researchers at Northeastern University’s Khoury College partnered with Consumer Reports to run the first

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FSF Backs GNU Boot in Push for Fully Free Computer Firmware

The Free Software Foundation has added another project to its fiscal sponsorship roster. On September 14, 2026, the organization announced that GNU Boot now sits alongside efforts such as GNU Guix inside the Working Together for Free Software Fund. The move brings stable funding, legal structure and wider visibility to a small team determined to

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Wi-Fi Calling’s Hidden Trade-offs: Why Carriers Push It Hard But Users Still Drop Calls

Isaac Egbon didn’t mince words in his Engadget piece published just yesterday. Wi-Fi calling sidesteps weak cellular networks. But it’s no perfect substitute. The feature has moved from niche convenience to default setting on millions of phones. Carriers love it. Subscribers? Mixed results. Turn it on once. Forget it exists. That’s the promise. In basements,

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NYC Parents Trade iPads for Hammers: Inside the Junkyard Playground Sparking a Free-Range Revival

New York parents have grown weary of screens. Their children stare at tablets for hours. They scroll through videos that experts say shrink attention spans. So some drop their kids at a fenced plot on Governors Island. There, no adults hover. Instead, youngsters grab real hammers, saws and even knives. The Yard stretches across 20,000

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Jagex Draws a Firm Line: RuneScape Rejects Generative AI in Player-Facing Content

Players spotted the flaw almost immediately. A promotional trailer for an upcoming RuneScape update featured a character with six fingers. The telltale sign pointed to generative AI. Jagex pulled the video within hours. Then the studio did something unusual in an industry racing to adopt the technology. It apologized directly to its community. The October

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Google Pixel 12 Leak Exposes New Model Numbers, Trimmed Displays and Android 18 Testing

Google barely finished launching its Pixel 11 lineup. Yet the first concrete traces of the 2027 Pixel 12 series have already surfaced in certification databases. The details come fast this time. They point to four distinct models, fresh internal identifiers and display resolutions that quietly depart from a multi-year pattern. Four entries appeared in the

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