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Seven in 10 older US grandparents stay in regular contact with grandchildren, Pew finds

A new Pew Research Center analysis finds 70% of US grandparents ages 65+ are in touch with grandchildren at least a few times ...
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With 46 cents of every server CPU dollar spent on its chips in early 2026, the challenger has overtaken the longtime leader in data center revenue for the first time

AMD earned $5.8 billion in data center revenue in Q1 2026, topping Intel's $5.1 billion for the first time ever, as EPYC ...
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Across 82,000 US courts, 24 million pickleball players swing a paddle built on aerospace sandwich engineering, and the hexagonal honeycomb core inside it give…

Americans now play pickleball, and the polymer honeycomb core inside every paddle uses aerospace sandwich engineering to make ...
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GM begins notifying owners today as battery fire risk recall hits Silverado EV, Sierra EV, Escalade IQ and Escalade IQL

GM's NHTSA campaign 26V494000 covers 10 US vehicles across four 2026 electric nameplates for a high-voltage battery fire risk ...
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Inside 50-megawatt geothermal plants, a 72-hour silica shutdown can cost operators more than $300,000, and the research community calls it the largest unsolved probl…

Geothermal power is sold as low-cost baseload energy, but silica mineral scaling chokes pipes, cuts output up to 25%, and one ...
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AWS opens private cloud link to Azure, extending its multicloud network to all three non-AWS major cloud providers

AWS Interconnect – multicloud now connects AWS and Azure in public preview, letting enterprises privately link the two ...
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A charging network backed by eight rival automakers claimed the top satisfaction score in the US, while the longtime fast-charge leader’s share of 76,000 public ports …

A joint venture of eight automakers just topped JD Power's DC fast-charging rankings as Tesla's share of 76,236 US ...
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Once building more than 40 percent of new US fast-charging ports, the dominant Supercharger network slipped to 26 percent in a single quarter, and six of the top 1…

Tesla's share of new US DC fast-charging ports fell from above 40% to 26% in Q1 2026, as Ionna, Red E and a fragmented field ...
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New peer-reviewed framework shows renewable-aligned EV charger siting can help utilize surplus midday solar power

A new open-access study shows placing public EV chargers to capture midday solar surplus can reduce grid stress and cut ...
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More than half of US two-parent families now have both parents working full time, a first in American history

A Pew survey of 2,242 US working parents finds 52% of two-parent households now have both parents in full-time jobs, a ...
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A single night out costs American daters $189 all-in, and the average person running 12 dates a year spends $2,323 before a single app subscription is counted

The all-in cost of an American date has hit $189, up 12.5% in one year, pushing annual dating spend to $2,323 and nearly half ...
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A smartwatch’s redesigned heart sensor fires every 5 seconds all day long, and that is 60 times more often than the model it replaced last year

Apple Watch Series 12 reads heart rate every 5 seconds all day — a 60-fold jump over its predecessor — using a rebuilt Health ...