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Yahoo Life ShoppingWe can't believe these comfy boots aren't Uggs — get a pair for as little as $40
Sink your tootsies into the toasty satisfaction of shearling boots that won’t bust your budget.
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This Black Friday deal slashed the price of Amazon's holy-grail sweater to $29 today
This flowy beauty has won the hearts of more than 2,500 shoppers — and it's over 50% off.
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Stock market news today: Stocks close little changed to notch weekly win
Holiday sales warnings from retailers and a slump in oil prices could signal that the Fed's rate hikes are finally squeezing growth.
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Feeling the chill? Amazon's top-selling space heater is only $27 — that's 55% off for Black Friday
With the touch of a button, you'll stay cozy now and through the winter — could 55,000+ shoppers be wrong?
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Banish bugs with this top-rated zapper — it's only $16 with Yahoo's exclusive code
See ya, mosquitoes and gnats. Catch the Katchy for an all-time low price — over 62,000 Amazon shoppers are bugging out over this thing.
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Why TikTok’s ‘tunnel girl’ is building a shelter beneath her home
She first began digging a tunnel under her suburban home and sharing the process on TikTok in 2022
- Engadget
EVs are way more unreliable than gas-powered cars, Consumer Reports data indicates
Consumer Reports has published an extensive ranking of vehicle reliability, and the results pour cold water on EVs and plug-in hybrids. The survey says electric vehicles suffer from 79 percent more maintenance issues than gas- or diesel-powered ones, while plug-in hybrids have 146 percent more problems.
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Iceland volcano update: Earthquake 'swarm' strikes Grindavik area as residents still evacuated
The public safety level in Iceland was downgraded last week to "Alert Phase."
- TechCrunch
LA Auto Show: The tech, EVs and cars that got our attention
The 2023 Los Angeles Auto Show is a wrap — for press, anyway. The highlights include the SUV that'll make or break Lucid, Amazon's auto fixation, a pickup that calls Tesla's Cybertruck to mind and a rocket-powered Pontiac Fiero that two gearheads somehow launched into orbit (not really). The LA Auto Show floor was subdued this year, thanks at least in part to the absence of Stellantis, which owns Fiat, Jeep, Chrysler and a host of other brands.
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‘No more scratching ice in the morning’: Protect your car from the outdoors for just $17
Don't let Jack Frost start nipping at your car — this windshield cover will put Frost in his place.
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Has America’s 50-year fight to protect endangered species been successful?
The Endangered Species Act has a remarkable record of preventing plants and animals from disappearing for good, but very few of those creatures have rebounded enough that can survive without our protection.
- Autoblog
Junkyard Gem: 2008 Nissan Altima Hybrid Sedan
A very rare 2008 Nissan Altima Hybrid sedan, found in a San Francisco Bay Area self-service car wrecking yard.
- TechCrunch
Courtesy of AI: Weather forecasts for the hour, the week and the century
Machine learning models are taking over in the field of weather forecasting, from a quick "how long will this rain last" to a 10-day outlook, all the way out to century-level predictions. The technology is increasingly important to climate scientists as well as apps and local news stations — and yet it doesn't "understand" the weather any more than you or I do. For decades meteorology and weather forecasting have been largely defined by fitting observations into carefully tuned physics-based models and equations.
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Why Toyota Prius hybrids are a 'bridge' to full EVs
The all-new, super-practical Toyota Prius joined the ranks of the Chevrolet Corvette, Lucid Air EV, and Nissan's “Godzilla” as MotorTrend's Car of the Year.
- Engadget
AI is starting to outperform meteorologists
A machine learning-based weather prediction program called “GraphCast” can outperform traditional weather pattern prediction technologies at a 90% verification rate.
- Engadget
Researchers quantify the carbon footprint of generating AI images
Researchers discovered that generating an image using artificial intelligence has a carbon footprint equivalent to charging a smartphone.
- Autoblog
6 Cyber Monday snow blower deals for 2023 - save up to 35% on EGO, Craftsman, Greenworks and more
Looking to up your snow removal game this winter? Check out these 6 awesome Cyber Monday snow blower deals!
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Stock up: These genius hand warmers are down to under $1 each!
You know you're gonna need them ... any minute now.
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Junkyard Gem: 2013 Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid
A rare 2013 Volkswagen Jetta Hybrid sedan, found in a Northern California wrecking yard.
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Polestar's climate-tweeting bot isn't actually a bot, for good reason
"When is a bot a person?," my colleague Kirsten asked after I learned that Polestar's climate bot is more human than machine. Polestar launched its "Truth Bot" on X (formerly Twitter) ahead of COP28, the UN climate conference overseen by an oil executive. Unsurprisingly, the account promotes the upsides of electric vehicles.