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A tech advisory explains that habitually wearing only one earbud from a pair—whether for calls, lectures, or driving—causes that bud's battery to degrade faster than its twin, creating an imbalance. It recommends using transparency or ambient mode instead, which lets wearers hear their surroundings while keeping both buds in, or relying on speakerphone and car systems like Apple CarPlay for calls while driving.
A QR code hides its destination until you have already opened it. susQR is a free web tool that checks the link first, and it is worth keeping one tap away.
Toyota and Lexus sold 309,766 battery electric vehicles globally in the first nine months of 2026, more than double the year-earlier figure, even as overall global sales fell 3.4% to 7.51 million vehicles. The company said China sales plunged nearly 20% over the same period, its eighth straight month of decline, with Toyota attributing weak demand there partly to rising gasoline prices hurting gas and hybrid vehicle sales.
An agent is a language model given tools and a loop. That single design choice explains both why agents can finish real work and why they fail in ways a chatbot never could.
A cleaning guide explains that most record crackle comes from dust and grime rather than scratches, which cannot be fixed. It recommends tools like carbon fiber brushes, air dusters, anti-static guns, and stylus brushes or cleaning gel to maintain both records and turntable needles.
Quishing works because a QR code gives you nothing to judge before you commit. Here is what the scams look like in practice and the habits that defuse them.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that workers' share of national income fell to 52.8% in the second quarter of 2026, the lowest level since records began in 1947, down from 53.6% the prior quarter. The decline comes even as Fortune 500 profits hit a record $2.1 trillion in 2025 and GDP grew 3.4%, while job growth slowed sharply and unemployment rose to 4.2% in September.
A new router upgrades the link between your devices and the router. Almost nothing people complain about lives on that link, which is why the box rarely delivers the numbers on it.
A maintenance guide explains how to clean a PlayStation 5's exterior and vents safely, recommending a soft cloth, cotton swabs, a soft brush and a small handheld vacuum or compressed air. It warns against using bleach, rubbing alcohol or industrial shop vacs, since Sony's safety guide notes these can discolor or degrade the console's ABS, polycarbonate and PC-ABS materials.
Amutable, co-founded by SystemD creator Lennart Poettering after he left Microsoft, has opened signups for a private preview of Amutable Foundations, a managed service for running cryptographically verified, image-based Linux systems. The platform builds on two existing open-source tools, tine and Quarry, and adds a hosted control plane that manages signed OS images, updates and vulnerability fixes. Machines boot only signed images and continuously send signed reports of their state, which Amutable's control plane checks against the declared configuration using systemd-report, an experimental systemd 260 feature the company helped develop.
Samsung's SmartThings Find feature can locate only the S Pen Pro, which must be charged, paired to a Samsung account, and have offline finding enabled via SmartThings' Life > Find settings. Once set up, users can refresh its location, get navigation directions, or trigger a blinking light to locate it, relying on nearby Galaxy devices with offline finding enabled to relay its Bluetooth signal. Other S Pens, including the one bundled with the Galaxy S26 Ultra, lack location tracking but can trigger a 'left behind' warning if not returned to its slot.
OpenAI is preparing a public relations campaign to launch after Tuesday's midterm elections, according to Axios. Chief global affairs officer Chris Lehane outlined plans including AI 'speed limits,' efforts to frame AI as empowering for everyday people, pushing U.S. leadership on global AI standards, and rebranding unpopular data centers as 'AI compute campuses.'