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A coalition of environmental and consumer groups filed a lawsuit on October 2 challenging the Trump administration’s final rule that weakens federal Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards. The rule permits manufacturers to produce a 2031 vehicle fleet less efficient than the 2024 fleet, projecting an increase of more than 121 billion gallons of fuel use through 2050 and an average additional cost of over $1,600 per driver. The administration’s rollback overturns standards that would have saved 64 billion gallons [...]

Google rolled out Android 17 QPR3 Beta 1 to Pixel testers, covering devices from the Pixel 6a through the Pixel 11 series. Most units received build DP11.260918.006, while Pixel 11 devices got DP11.260918.005. Quarterly Platform Releases (QPRs) build on the initial Android 17 launch, delivering bug fixes and performance tweaks every three months without altering the API, allowing developers to test safely. This beta addresses 20 issues, notably a fingerprint‑unlock freeze, an eSIM profile that reverted to off, and a camera bug that rotated [...]

The article examines seven Transformers characters classified as “weakest” among the Thirteen Primes, focusing on how their abilities diverge from the typical war‑lord archetype. It highlights Alpha Trion, the last surviving Prime in the “Transformers: War for Cybertron” line, whose strength lies in knowledge rather than combat. Trion wields the Covenant of Primus—a chronicle of Cybertronian history—and the Quill, a device that records and subtly shapes reality, tools that offer little advantage in direct battles such as [...]

Dell Technologies’ shares rose 4% to $566.05 after the company disclosed a record $95 billion artificial‑intelligence server backlog, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s stock jumped 8% to $69.54 on similar AI‑driven demand. Dell’s fiscal‑year revenue outlook was lifted to a $192 billion midpoint, citing strong enterprise adoption of AI hardware. Management emphasized that the surge in orders is spreading beyond cloud providers to traditional corporate buyers, creating a broader customer base. However, Dell warned that its ability to fulfill the backlog is [...]

Sony is reportedly reviving dormant PlayStation adventure platform franchises that have not seen new entries since the PS3 era, with the Ape Escape series highlighted as a primary candidate. The original titles, created by the now‑defunct Japan Studio, launched in 1999 and most recently appeared as PlayStation Move Ape Escape on the PS3 in 2010. Insider “NatetheHate” confirmed that Sony plans to bring back these series, but clarified that Team Asobi will not develop the new installment and that Bandai Namco is [...]

Northrop Grumman has rebranded its wideband gallium‑nitride (GaN) chip as FORTITUDE™ after a redesign of its Super Lattice Castellated Field Effect Transistor. The rice‑sized device processes large swaths of the electromagnetic spectrum on a single die, delivering three times the power and twenty times better signal quality than prior solutions. By consolidating dozens of components, FORTITUDE™ reduces weight and power consumption for satellite, radar, GPS, electronic‑warfare and emerging 6G platforms. The technology, developed in the United States [...]

Dell Technologies’ shares rose 4% to $566.05 after the company disclosed a record $95 billion artificial‑intelligence server backlog, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s stock jumped 8% to $69.54 on similar AI‑driven demand. Dell’s fiscal‑year revenue outlook was lifted to a $192 billion midpoint, citing strong enterprise uptake of AI hardware. Management emphasized that the surge in orders is spreading beyond cloud providers to traditional corporate buyers, creating a broader customer base. However, Dell warned that persistent shortages of DRAM and [...]

Former PlayStation chief Shawn Layden told The Expansion Pass podcast that Xbox’s declining Series X/S sales stem from a lack of clear strategy on first‑party exclusives. He argued the console must either become a platform defined by exclusive titles or embrace its role as the world’s largest publisher, a path that requires multi‑platform releases, but it cannot successfully pursue both. Layden likened Xbox’s crossroads to Sega’s “Dreamcast moment” when the company abandoned hardware to focus on publishing for rivals. [...]