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Meta is making another push to bring artificial intelligence to the masses with Muse, a personal assistant it says can put AI in the hands of virtually anyone. The product is the latest step in a multi-billion-dollar strategy overhaul designed to revitalize the company’s ailing position in the AI race and help it catch up to rivals like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.Muse is a “personal AI agent” designed to help out with everyday tasks and projects, like online shopping, sending emails, and planning a trip. Once given a goal, Meta says Muse can work on its own, opening a browser,…

Canada and the United States are imposing or maintaining several tariffs that could increase costs for vehicle manufacturers, parts suppliers and aftermarket businesses on both sides of the border. Effective today (Sept. 8), Canada imposed matching counter-tariffs of 15 per cent, 25 per cent or 50 per cent on US$27.6 billion of American goods. Automotive-related measures include a 50 per cent tariff on targeted U.S. steel and aluminum products and 25 per cent tariffs on specified tools, plastics and electronics. These materials and products are widely used in vehicle production, repair equipment and replacement parts. Canadian companies unable to obtain…

Of all the hours in all the days of the year, Panic has decided that the morning of Wednesday, September 9, 2026 is the perfect time to host its showcase for Playdate Season 3.  No matter that one of the largest technology companies in existence, Apple, will be soaking up attention with its annual iPhone event that same day, scheduled to begin just one hour after the Playdate show. No mind that Apple revealed the date and time of its event weeks ago, while Panic dropped the announcement for its Season 3 showcase just 23 hours before its event. Maybe this…

When the Mercedes-Benz G-Class launched in 1979, no one could have predicted the sheer scale of its popularity. It gained prestige year-on-year, and by the 2000s, it had cemented itself as the king of opulence and wealth, driven by celebrities, dictators, and anyone else who could afford it and wanted to prove as much. It is a car that has transcended pop culture, and while, nowadays, it is more commonly seen outside restaurants with a month-long reservation list, rather than up mountain slopes, it is still an incredibly capable machine.

When Toyota introduced the fifth-generation A90 Supra seven years ago, it put the very first example up for auction for charity. Now, it’s doing the same with the very last of this Supra generation. If you were looking to get a particularly special example of the sports car, this may be the one to get, too, since it boasts all the improvements made over the car’s life on top of being the last of its kind. As such, it has a real chance of topping the seven-figure price set by the first A90. Final 2026 Toyota GR Supra from the…

BMW’s Neue Klasse iX3 30L in a Chinese regulatory filing image. Pre-orders are open for the China-specific long-wheelbase Neue Klasse iX3, with prices starting at 269,900 yuan ($39,810). The iX3 30L in the filing features a 235 kW motor and a CATL lithium iron phosphate battery. BMW’s Neue Klasse iX3 electric SUV (sport utility vehicle) has appeared in China’s latest regulatory filing catalog, advancing preparations for the launch of a model already open for pre-orders, with deliveries set to begin in November. China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology released its 411th batch of vehicle filings on Tuesday. The version…

The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter directly to you, every weekday. When most people think of “timed” traffic lights, what they picture is something rooted in the “green wave” effect—where traffic lights along a major thoroughfare are synchronized such that they turn green for traffic that is flowing at the prescribed speed. Hit one green light, in other words, and you’ll hit them all. But now there’s a new strategy in town. It’s called “rest in red,” and in cities where the approach has been pioneered, it’s both…

Update: Many of the included sales down below are lasting past Labor Day, with some ending tonight and others lasting through the week and further. We have updated the lists so you can continue shopping until the savings are officially over. Happy Labor Day all! With Amazon’s Labor Day Sale event having been leading most of the deals we’ve seen for weeks, not to mention all the great Green Deals editions leading up to today’s holiday and the savings aren’t going anywhere just yet. Through the rest of the day and even further into the week (and month), you can…

Automotive BMW is getting ready to roll out its next-generation 3 Series, and for enthusiasts worried that electrification might spell the end of the traditional sport sedan, there is some very good news. The familiar formula of four- and six-cylinder engines will live on, even as BMW introduces its fully electric i3 alongside the new 3 Series. At the top of the combustion-powered lineup will be the new BMW M350 xDrive, a replacement for the M340i that adds significantly more power while retaining one of the brand’s most celebrated ingredients, a turbocharged inline-six. The headline number is 443…

Most public conversation about payments focuses on the consumer-facing names — Visa, Mastercard, PayPal, Block — and on newer instant rails such as FedNow and RTP. A different layer of the payments market, arguably larger by dollar value, tends to receive less attention: the B2B disbursement infrastructure that businesses use to move money between one another. Federal Reserve data provides some sense of scale. According to Federal Reserve Payments Study figures cited in a December 2025 request for information from the Board of Governors, U.S. individuals and organizations wrote more than 11 billion checks in 2021, and by value business…