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The FTC and Zillow have announced a settlement that ends the case alleging that a 2025 “partnership” between Zillow and Redfin violated antitrust laws. The FTC had alleged Zillow agreed to pay Redfin to syndicate its listings, while Redfin would end its own advertising contracts and promise not to compete with Zillow for multifamily listings.The FTC’s settlement proposal allows Redfin to continue syndicating rental listings from Zillow “unencumbered by the anticompetitive restraints” in the original deal, but also requires Redfin to restart its own rental listings advertising business, which it wound down as part of the partnership.Daniel Guarnera, director of…

Teaser images of the upcoming Mitsubishi Shogun.

Automotive President Donald Trump is escalating the trade fight between the United States and Canada, threatening to impose 50% tariffs on Canadian-built cars, trucks, automotive parts and steel beginning January 1, 2027. The announcement came Monday following the collapse of trade negotiations between the two countries that had been aimed at easing tariffs already affecting cross-border commerce. Reuters reports that the proposed increase would double the current tariff rate on Canadian vehicles, potentially creating another significant cost challenge for an automotive industry that has spent decades integrating production across the U.S.-Canada border. The failed negotiations reportedly came down…

Photo: EVO Power A Toyota dealer on Long Island says it cut its energy costs by an average of 55% over three months by putting solar, battery storage, DC fast chargers, and AI-powered energy management under one roof. Sunrise Toyota operates dealerships in Oakdale and Medford, New York. Utility bills were already rising, and adding the DC fast chargers required by Toyota risked pushing costs even higher. That’s because commercial customers don’t just pay for how much electricity they use. Their bills can also include demand charges based on the highest amount of power they draw at once, and a…

If you want to cancel your subscription, you’ll need to go through the same payment system you used to sign up. DC Studio/Shutterstock Canceling a ChatGPT subscription only takes a few clicks. But if your goal is to quit ChatGPT entirely, stopping the recurring charge may be only one part of it. You might also want to delete your account, keep new chats out of model training or simply stop paying for features you no longer use. Canceling the subscription handles only the billing, so the right next step depends on what you actually want to…

Volkswagen isn’t a brand most folks in the United States commonly associate with pickups. Shop around for small trucks, and you’ll see only a few older VW models, such as Transporter-based rigs and the Rabbit. They’ve never been a significant part of the automaker’s American lineup, but elsewhere in the world, the automaker has established itself as a major producer of utilitarian vehicles, including trucks. VW recently staged two major pickup debuts in South America. The compact Tukan truck packs a turbocharged 1.5-liter four-cylinder and has a rear leaf-spring suspension setup. The other big premiere is the latest iteration of…

After officially confirming its arrival in May, Mitsubishi is finally giving us a target date for the debut of the 2027 Montero SUV, which will be known in Japan and other markets as a Pajero. The automaker acknowledged via Instagram that the body-on-frame off-roader will debut to the public on September 2, meaning we’re less than two weeks away from seeing what Mitsubishi is cooking up to fight the Toyota 4Runner and Land Cruiser. Back To The Future A teaser image of a Mitsubishi Pajero under a cover with the headlights showing through.Mitsubishi The 2027 Mitsubishi Pajero has some big…

Unifor has reached tentative agreements with General Motors covering more than 4,600 workers at five Ontario facilities. The deals apply to members at Oshawa Assembly Plant, CAMI Assembly Plant in Ingersoll, St. Catharines Propulsion Plant and Woodstock Parts Distribution Centre. Talks began August 10 after Unifor ratified a pattern agreement with Ford Motor Company. The union said bargaining took place during tariff uncertainty and ongoing U.S. trade pressure. Unifor represents 320,000 private‑sector workers across Canada. “Our bargaining committee worked diligently to reach these agreements, which deliver strong income and benefit gains, amid some of the most challenging times in our…

The biggest car news and reviews, no BS Our free daily newsletter sends the stories that really matter directly to you, every weekday. Human beings are competitive creatures. If there’s a thing to be done well, people will forever vie to be the best at it. We’re certainly not strangers to it in the automotive realm, so it doesn’t surprise us when we come across another niche motorsport. Look no further than NYS FD‘s motorized ladder drill, in which a truck carrying a ladder team races from a dig to reach a gantry, where the ladder team drops from the…

Ferrari can’t win, and we’re not talking about Formula 1. The Italian sports car brand has drawn the ire of seemingly everybody, whether it’s criticism over the Apple EV, sorry, Luce EV, or being slammed for the synthetic manual transmission in the 12Cilindri when everyone else is building authentic ones. But that isn’t stopping Ferrari from innovating, and CarBuzz data suggests Ferrari has filed 114 patents and trademarks so far in 2026, nearly 50% more than last year. Its latest is particularly interesting, as the imagery shows a hypercar that looks like it comes from 60 years in the future.…