Enlarge and would require a third of all new vehicles to be a BEV, claim the car dealers. But there is not enough customer demand for electrified vehicles to buy those cars, the dealers say. Worse yet, it would make gasoline-powered cars more expensive.

Instagram is more explicitly telling content creators, businesses, and other users how they should be posting to the platform via a new feature called “best practices.” The best practices hub is available for professional accounts on Instagram and is accessible through the professional dashboard. The feature is marketed as an educational tool to help creators make engaging content, and the hub includes tips for making, sharing, and monetizing their videos and photos. Some of the tips are fairly generic social media strategies, like “track long-term follower growth” and “consistently post more.” Others are more specific and could signal Instagram’s corporate priorities: a tip on my account, for example, tells me that Reels that are longer...

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Bose has announced a new addition to its long-running SoundLink line of wireless speakers. Most of Bose’s speakers have a colorful and durable design that shrugs off sand and water during an afternoon at the beach, but the new $219 SoundLink Home uses materials like anodized aluminum and a fabric speaker cover for a more premium appearance designed to complement the home. Battery life is rated up to nine hours after a four-hour charge through the speaker’s USB-C port, which doubles as an audio input for connecting to sources like laptops with a cable. The SoundLink Home includes support for Bluetooth 5.3 with a wireless range of about 30 feet, and it can be paired with other SoundLink Home speakers for stereo sound. It lacks Wi-Fi,...

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Vice presidential candidates — Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz — faced off Tuesday night in the first and only scheduled vice presidential debate of the 2024 presidential election cycle. The stakes are high. Vance and Walz have just 34 days left to make their pitches to voters across the country. The biggest oddity of VP debates is that, though the running mates are onstage, it’s the presidential nominees who get the lion’s share of attention. Vance and Walz will be onstage to talk up their candidate — and run down the other party’s. Vance has spent months hitting Vice President Kamala Harris on her record on the border and immigration. Walz, meanwhile, has hit Vance and former President Donald Trump on their opposition to reproductive rights, tying them to the highly unpopular Project 2025. Follow here for the latest news news, analysis, and explainers, and sign up for The election, explained, our pop-up newsletter about the 2024 race.

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UK law enforcement and international partners have released new details about the cybercriminal gang Evil Corp, including its use of the Lockbit ransomware platform and ties to Russian intelligence.

The latest complaint from the National Labor Relations Board adds to a list of charges brought against the tech giant for anti-union activity at specific stores.

The upcoming annular eclipse will block out only a small portion of the Sun, and almost no one will be able to see it.

Dozens of ports along the East and Gulf coasts of the US have shut down as thousands of dock workers strike over wages and technology that could replace jobs, according to CNBC. The strike, which began just past midnight on October 1st, could raise prices and make goods harder to get, depending on how long it lasts. The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), a union that represents around 85,000 dock workers, called the strike after its contract with the US Maritime Alliance (USMX) — the organization backing port employers — expired early on Tuesday morning. The strike encompasses ports stretching from Maine to Texas. Negotiations for a new contract are still ongoing, with the USMX proposing a 50 percent wage increase. Along...