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Volkswagen issued another recall affecting more than 22,500 ID.4 models. Until a fix is ready, it recommends owners charge the battery to no more than 80%. Volkswagen ID.4 hit with another battery recall After recalling nearly 100,000 electric vehicles globally earlier this year over potential battery issues, including nearly 44,000 ID.4s in the US, Volkswagen’s electric SUV has been hit with another recall. In a letter sent to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on October 6, VW said it planned to recall 22,524 ID.4 SUVs for model years 2023 to 2026. Although the root cause is still unknown,…

Amazon’s latest and greatest tablet shares some key similarities to Apple’s high-end iPads, but the devil is in the details. Amazon Amazon’s new Alexa Tablets, square-one reimaginings of the company’s affordable tablet lineup, owe a lot to the iPad. And how could they not? Apple’s family of tablets has become synonymous with the form factor globally, so why wouldn’t Amazon take inspiration from their slim, all-aluminum designs and high-quality screens? Nowhere is that inspiration more apparent, though, than in the Alexa Tablet 12 Pro, the most premium of Amazon’s new options and a clear competitor to…

For the vast majority of drivers, your engine oil isn’t thought of until the little maintenance reminder light pops up on your dash. Once it does, you pull into some sort of quick-lube shop, get the job done, and move on with your life. Now, the previous “forget it until you can’t” mindset surrounding engine oil is no longer viable. That’s because a severe shortage of Group III base oils, heavily used in modern synthetic lubes, has pushed prices sky-high. Kirkland’s 10-quart synthetic two-pack now costs about $57.99. Originally, that price sat around $30. To boot, you can only buy…

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Early bird gets the worm, but right now stragglers can score too. Amazon Prime Big Deal Days (aka the October Prime Day sales blitz) is over, but a few retailers are still desperately pushing big discounts on merchandise they want gone. Here are the best deals to swoop in on while Amazon finishes emptying its shelves. DeWalt 192-piece mechanics set: $180 (38% off)Everybody needs a suitcase-style mechy kit like this, and DeWalt for under $200 is solid. Marshall Middleton Portable Bluetooth…

Patent images show a bipedal humanoid robot designed for service, education and industrial applications. BYD previously confirmed plans to unveil a humanoid robot in August, but has yet to formally introduce the product. A design patent held by BYD (HKEX: 1211) has revealed the appearance of its humanoid robot, offering fresh clues to the Chinese automaker’s robotics ambitions. China’s National Intellectual Property Administration published the design patent for an embodied intelligent robot on Friday, naming BYD as the patent holder. The patent images show a robot with 2 arms, 2 legs and articulated fingers. It has an oval-shaped head with…

Amazon’s Fall Prime Day Sale event is over, but that doesn’t mean the savings are slowing down, and we’re keeping all the ongoing deals in our updated Fall Prime Day Green Deals hub here for the rest of the week. Leading today’s edition of Green Deals is the latest and final EcoFlow Prime Day flash sale running for 72 hours, with offers like the 2x 1,024Wh DELTA 3 Classic power station bundle down at $889, alongside some other notable units from $599. Right behind that we have collected all the ongoing Segway Fall Deals Deals Day Sale savings on e-scooters,…

Anthropic’s offering to help open-source projects track down security vulnerabilities with a new service called OSS Scanner. It says open-source projects that opt-in will get “thorough, periodic security scans by our strongest models at no cost.” That could mean open-source projects get alerted about possible security issues sooner, but the trade-off is that OSS Scanner’s reports don’t come with human review:The outputs of this opt-in vulnerability scanner will be fully model-generated, without human review or triage. This will enable faster and more frequent scanning, but means that it is possible reports will be incorrect or invalid. These reports will be…

It doesn’t matter what kind of brand-new vehicle you’re looking at purchasing in 2026; you probably have to spend a fair amount more than just a few years ago. Hell, the cheapest car on sale in the US has increased from around $17,000 to over $20,000 following the death of the Mitsubishi Mirage and Nissan Versa. The same goes for budget performance cars too, since actually getting one for less than $40,000 is very difficult. At that price, calling them affordable is becoming a bit of a stretch. In fact, if you want to spend less than $40k, there are…

It wasn’t until 1847 that the world learned of the tale of The Man in the Iron Mask. Alexandre Dumas’s book portrayed him as King Louis XIV’s identical twin brother in a complex tale of court intrigue. An automotive story paralleled this tale, and it took place within BMW Motorsport in the early 1990s. BMW Produced Many Heirs To The 8 Series Throne Enough of the 19th-century French literature lesson. The original BMW 8 Series (known by the internal code E31) launched in 1990 and replaced the shark-nosed 6 Series from the late 1970s and ’80s as the brand’s luxury…

Automotive The McLaren 750S is officially nearing the end of the road. McLaren has confirmed that production of its V8-powered supercar will conclude in 2027, with final orders now being accepted. That brings an end not just to the 750S itself, but to a hugely important chapter that began with the 720S nearly a decade ago. For enthusiasts, this one feels bigger than a typical model change because the 750S represents the final refinement of one of McLaren’s best modern supercar formulas. Introduced for the 2024 model year, the 750S took everything that made the 720S so impressive…