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Does the high price of gas have you considering a hybrid for your next vehicle? We don’t blame you, especially if you drive a lot. Fortunately, there are lots of hybrids to choose from, and many don’t cost much more than their non-hybrid counterparts. But to recoup the extra cost of a hybrid the quickest and start saving money, we don’t recommend purchasing just any hybrid. The car experts at Edmunds outline four tips that will give you the tools you need to find a hybrid that will maximize your savings. Aim for hybrids with the shortest payback periods New…

eBay’s board took a look at GameStop’s $55.5 billion offer to buy the company and had one message for CEO Ryan Cohen: game over. Earlier this month Cohen made an ambitious play for a company nearly four times GameStop’s size, with vague details about how he’d fund the deal. Then came a bizarre twist: he started selling GameStop merchandise on eBay—including a branded cap for $4,950 and a mug for $3,151—apparently to help fund the purchase of eBay itself. On Tuesday, eBay board chairman Paul Pressler formally rejected the proposal, calling it “neither credible nor attractive” in a letter to…

Angry hacker drops more Windows 0-Days in ongoing campaign.NurPhoto via Getty ImagesThe day following the Microsoft Patch Tuesday security updates rollout is known in cybersecurity circles as Exploit Wednesday. This month, there is more reason than ever to take that very seriously indeed. While Microsoft didn’t patch any “in the wild” vulnerabilities this time, an angry hacker known by the monikers Chaotic Eclipse and Nightmare Eclipse decided to synchronize the public disclosure of no less than two zero-day exploits with the official release. Here’s what you need to know, and do, about the YellowKey and GreenPlasma exploits.Forbes‘Significant Threat’—Billions Of Gmail…

After more than 20 years running a successful furniture business, Daniel Boone decided his next chapter needed to mean something more. The Scottsdale entrepreneur walked into a smoothie shop one day and walked out with a vision: a high-protein smoothie concept that made nutrition a seamless part of everyday life. He brought his son Ethan in on the idea early, planting the seed when Ethan was just 16. Together, they created HB Protein Smoothies—a proprietary formula packed with 35 to 50 grams of protein and just 250 to 400 calories. Now they’re taking on the giants. Their first franchisee, John…

Americans paid more for their groceries last month, but high gasoline prices resulting from the Iran war were only one of the reasons why.Prices for food eaten at home rose 2.9% in April compared to the same month a year earlier, according to government figures released Tuesday. That was the highest year-over-year inflation rate for the category since August 2023.Prices at restaurants, fast-food chains and other places to get prepared meals also increased, putting overall food prices up 3.2% in the last year, the Labor Department’s consumer price index showed.Fuel prices have soared while the Iran war prevents cargo ships…

Russell Sarder, CEO & Founder of AI CERTs – advancing global AI certification & education.Most AI strategies still read like shopping lists: Pick a model, pick a platform, hire a few specialists and then wait for productivity.That’s not where the constraint is showing up. In the U.S., most workers still aren’t using AI meaningfully in day-to-day work. The Pew Research Center found that, as of October 2025, 65% still “don’t use AI much or at all.”If usage is low, model capability doesn’t matter. The bottleneck is people and how work is designed.The productivity promise is real but slow to show…

When SpaceX filed an FCC application earlier this year proposing to launch a million satellite data centers into orbit, the company argued the project would have no meaningful environmental impact. On SpaceX’s website, Elon Musk made the case for space-based AI infrastructure in simpler terms: “It’s always sunny in space,” he wrote, arguing that orbital data centers are “obviously the only way to scale.” When SpaceX filed an FCC application earlier this year to launch a million satellite data centers into space, the company said that the plan wouldn’t have any environmental impact. But researchers say the climate calculus is…

Published May 13, 2026 04:00AMIf you live in the Northeast, the months of April into May mean many things. Mets fans at the bar talking themselves into a long summer. The first cottonwood pollen, and the first round of Allegra. Dudes in shorts and parkas, committing to the non-committal nature of spring. And, reliably, at the farmer’s market: ramps.If you’ve never seen one, picture a scallion that grew up in the woods. Two broad green leaves tapering down into a slim white bulb with a faint purple blush. They have the character of garlic, onion, and forest floor. Their scent…

By Rajesh Ganesan, CEO of ManageEngine.​Many AI conversations build on a common misconception: “If we choose the right model, everything else will fall into place.”It’s an understandable assumption. The headlines focus on models. The breakthroughs focus on models. The demos focus on models. But in enterprise environments, the model is rarely the bottleneck.The real determinant of AI success is something far less glamorous: data strategy.To extract durable advantages from AI, organizations must extend their data strategy beyond enterprise architecture, governance, security and other traditional considerations. Now, their data strategy must also unify the multiple systems of records that feed their…

Published May 13, 2026 04:31AMBackpackers are famous for counting grams. If you’ve ever snapped the handle off of your toothbrush, eaten cold summer sausage for dinner to avoid carrying a stove, or packed a single pair of socks on a weeklong backpacking trip, you know what we’re talking about.But grams aren’t the only thing we count. Many backpackers are counting dollars, too. Ain’t no shame in that. Gear isn’t cheap, and we’re right there with you—in fact, that’s why we created the Outside Deals Finder. If you love to hit the trail—and love to save dough while you’re at it—you’re…