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Citing “significant increases in memory and storage component costs,” Amazon has raised prices on Echos, Kindles, Fire TVs, and Eeros by up to 60 percent, as first reported by Fortune.The cheapest products in Amazon’s lineup were hit hardest, with the Echo Dot smart speaker jumping from $49.99 to $79.99. The Fire TV Stick 4K Max also rose by over 40 percent to $84.99, and the base level Kindle now costs $149.99, a nearly 37 percent increase.In a statement to The Verge, Kristy Schmidt, senior communications manager of Amazon’s Devices & Services divison, said, “The consumer electronics industry is facing significant…

The Honda Prologue arrived in 2024 as an answer to an awkward problem. Honda needed an EV, fast, and didn’t have a dedicated platform ready. So it borrowed one. Built on GM’s Ultium architecture alongside the Chevrolet Blazer EV, the Prologue became Honda’s fastest EV solution, and its most scrutinized. With Honda now confirming the Prologue’s production will end after the 2026 model year, the platform-sharing question has taken on new weight. Here’s what’s genuinely Honda, what’s pure GM, and why the partnership didn’t last. What Is the Ultium Platform and Why Does It Matter? Front three-quarters shot of a…

You can keep Instagram from using your activity outside the app to influence the ads you get. Charles-McClintock Wilson/Shutterstock Instagram can make an ad feel almost telepathic. Browse a product on another site, and an ad for the same thing may appear in your feed minutes later. Despite its uncanny accuracy, Meta says it doesn’t use your phone’s microphone to listen in on your conversations to serve those ads. A retailer, app or other business may instead have sent it information about your visit, purchase or another interaction. There’s no master switch that stops Instagram from collecting…

Pictures of the new Aston Martin Vantage S being driven in the UK. Photographs taken by Otis Clay.

Geely says its next-generation solid-state EV battery will reach an energy density of up to 500 Wh/kg, and it’s already running the cells through real-world validation ahead of a pilot rollout in 2027. That number is the whole story. At 500 Wh/kg, Geely’s cells would hold roughly twice the energy per kilogram of the best lithium-ion battery packs shipping in EVs today. Why 500 Wh/kg is such a big number The best high-nickel NMC cells in production EVs land around 250 to 300 Wh/kg at the cell level. Tesla’s 4680 sits near 245 Wh/kg. LFP cells, the chemistry powering most…

Think of a car that always sells for insane money? Ferrari 250 GTO, right? Well, maybe there’s another, far more contemporary car that’s about to break into that same elite territory. At least that’s possibly the case if the recent auction of a McLaren F1 GTR during Monterey Car Week sets a new precedent. Nick Mason, drummer for the legendary British rock band Pink Floyd, is probably the most well known Ferrari collector out there. His 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO was just the first in his fleet, which includes a 1953 Ferrari 250MM, F40, GTB/4 Daytona, LaFerrari, and a Ferrari…

The new Toyota RAV4 just entered its latest generation, and it’s looking pretty snazzy. Still, before dropping $38,000 on the shiny, all-new sixth-generation model, open-minded shoppers might also want to consider a more upscale alternative for the same price. Specifically, a few-years-old Lexus NX with a few miles on the odometer. Below, we’ll stack this new-versus-used duo up side by side with price as the constant, and outline the key specs, metrics, ownership math, and expenses you need to know to make the best purchase decision possible. The $38,000 Fork In The Road 2025 Lexus NX 350 F Sport driving…

There’s no better time for a car company to flaunt its latest toys made exclusively for the rich and famous than during Monterey Car Week. If Goodwood Festival of Speed is for bragging rights, and Amelia Island is for window shopping, then Monterey Car Week is for publicly thanking benefactors. How else do these companies make their money than by selling low-volume, million-dollar sports cars? Almost every car was a snooty one-off brought along to remind us, plebeians, of the cars we’ll never get. However, a select few were more than just a pretty face—one was even a “cheap” Porsche—and…

A loaded 18-wheeler doesn’t brake the way your car brakes. It doesn’t turn the way your car does either, and its driver can’t see what you assume they can. Most people spend more time beside these trucks than they realize. You can’t control how a commercial driver behaves. You can control your own car, and driving safely around big rigs mostly comes down to space and visibility. Why Big Rigs Demand Different Driving Habits A commercial vehicle follows different physical rules than a sedan, and expecting otherwise is how drivers get caught out. The size gap changes everything…

Sony is expected to introduce its next Xperia phone in just a couple of days, but a new leak may have already revealed what the upcoming Xperia 10 VIII will look like. An image shared by Android Headlines shows what is claimed to be the Xperia 10 VIII ahead of Sony’s August 25 event in Japan. Sony has only confirmed that a new “Xperia Product” is coming, though recent leaks have consistently pointed toward the Xperia 10 VIII. If the image is accurate, Sony does not appear to be changing much on the outside this year. The Xperia 10 VII…