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Around 48,000 off-road Tacoma trucks sold with premium Bilstein shocks carry a recalled flaw, and the suspension part designed for rough trails can shed its oil reser…

A recall covering 48,280 Tacoma TRD Off-Road trucks reveals the Bilstein shock absorbers can corrode and drop their oil ...
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A topological quantum chip built with 20-second qubit lifetimes cut a US tech giant’s roadmap to a scalable machine by four years

Microsoft's Majorana 2 chip replaced aluminum with lead in its superconductor layer, boosting qubit lifetimes 1,000-fold to 20 seconds and moving its 2033 target to 2029.
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Commerce finalizes dumping duties reaching 249.13% on solar cells from India, Indonesia and Laos

The Commerce Department finalized AD/CVD rates on solar cells from India, Indonesia and Laos on Sept. 11, with India facing a combined duty margin of 249.13%.
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Automakers push 0% financing and up to $19,000 in EV rebates this September as tariff costs bite

With the $7,500 federal EV tax credit gone and tariffs lifting 2026 model prices by ~$2,000, automakers are countering with 0% APR deals and rebates up to $19,000 this September.
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US polysilicon fell from half of global output to under 2 percent in roughly two decades, and a federal price floor set at 38 cents per watt locks every solar module importer ...

US polysilicon production collapsed from 50% of global output to under 2% by 2024. A new Section 232 price floor of $0.38/W on solar modules takes effect December 2026.
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NVIDIA launches DSX Ready to qualify AI factory power and cooling gear from six partners

NVIDIA's new DSX Ready program qualifies battery storage and cooling products for AI factories, with six inaugural partners including Tesla, Vertiv and Hitachi Energy.
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With 585,000 units sold in a single quarter, Toyota overtook every rival brand in the US market and cut the gap to the overall sales leader to fewer than 100,000 vehicles

Toyota sold 585,211 vehicles in Q2 2026, topping every rival brand in the US as hybrid demand surged 20%. GM's overall lead ...
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Most Americans back foreign language learning in schools, but only 40% of public schools offer Spanish classes

A Pew survey of 3,507 US adults finds 78% say children should learn a language besides English, yet most schools can't meet ...
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US brands are putting $44 billion into creator economy channels this year, and the channel is growing four times faster than the media industry overall

US brands will spend $44 billion on social platform creators in 2026, growing 4x faster than total media, up from just $13.9B ...
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EIA data shows US battery storage capacity grew at 70% average annual rate over three years, with 14 GW more planned by year-end

EIA data shows US utility-scale battery storage grew at a 70% average annual rate over three years, hitting 52 GW at mid-2026 ...
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One summer evening, California’s grid batteries discharged a record 12.99 gigawatts, and that single fleet covered 36 percent of the entire region’s electricity demand at peak

On July 9, California's battery fleet discharged a record 12.99 GW in one evening, covering 36% of regional peak demand — a new milestone for US grid storage.
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IBM Research cuts error-mitigation sampling overhead 63-fold with new Spacetime PEC method

IBM Research's Spacetime PEC protocol combines two error-handling techniques to slash quantum sampling overhead by up to 63x, validated on a 27-qubit processor.