Gold December futures opened Wednesday at $4,333 per troy ounce and traded up to about $4,389.40 early, holding in the $4,300 range as investors await the Fed’s decision this afternoon.
Sep 16, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
Alexa+ is now available in India in Hindi and English in Early Access, and after the testing period it will be free for Prime customers while non-Prime customers pay ₹2,000 per month ($20.85).
Sep 16, 2026 ·
TechCrunch
Season 4’s finale centers on Lila and Amisha trying to unleash a biological weapon tied to a decades-old conspiracy, with Reacher ultimately arresting Amisha and passing the incriminating thumb drive to journalist Russell Plum.
Sep 16, 2026 ·
CNET
A sliding pizza peel is a bamboo wooden board with a manual conveyor belt (often woven fiberglass with a PTFE nonstick coating) that works by pulling a cloth-like handle to slide the pizza into the oven and pushing to remove it again.
Sep 16, 2026 ·CNET
5 Chrome extensions now work with Vivaldi on Android to automate cookie consent (Consent-o-Matic), access cached pages when content is unavailable (Wayback Machine), open links in the background faster (DoubleClicker), scroll hands-free at a chosen speed (Auto Scroll Extension), and make password sign-ins quicker via password manager browser extensions (e.g., 1Password or Bitwarden).
Sep 16, 2026 ·
Computerworld
CNET’s guide walks you through planning a first long-distance EV road trip using Route-planning apps, charging-port adapters, tire pressure and preconditioning, and driving habits, drawing on a round trip from the San Francisco Bay Area to Reno in a 2026 Chevy Equinox EV without burning gas.
Sep 16, 2026 ·CNET
Suze Orman says surviving spouses should “move slowly and make as few financial decisions as possible,” especially after life insurance payouts, to avoid being targeted by people who push investment or spending ideas.
Sep 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Wickes reported first-half total revenue of £865.3m (up 2.1% YoY) and adjusted PBT of £27.6m (up 1.1% YoY).
Sep 16, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
T-Mobile is the only US carrier supporting Apple’s iPhone Handoff at launch, and it charges $5 per month for the feature.
Sep 16, 2026 ·CNET
Meta is developing smart glasses “Luna” that reportedly will not include a camera and is aiming to begin shipping them as soon as October.
Sep 16, 2026 ·
Engadget
Samsung’s Switchers campaign says 30% of Galaxy Z Flip 8 buyers switched from a competing brand, and reports Fold 8 and Fold 8 Ultra accounted for 23% and 12% of those switchers, respectively.
Sep 16, 2026 ·CNET
Boox’s Palma 3 e-reader adds stylus support and redesign while keeping the 6.13-inch, 300ppi E Ink Carta display, launching at $339.99 (up from $279.99 for the Palma 2) with an optional InkSense Plus stylus adding $46.
Sep 16, 2026 ·
The Verge
Canon EOS R8 II is a 24-megapixel full-frame camera that adds 5-axis in-body stabilization (rated up to 7.5 stops), boosts continuous electronic-shutter shooting to 40 fps with continuous AF/auto-exposure, and improves burst capture by 58% more JPEGs and 30% more RAWs versus the EOS R8.
Sep 16, 2026 ·Engadget
Canon’s EOS R8 Mark II adds 5-axis in-body stabilization rated at up to 7.5 stops of shake correction, making it slightly heavier at 1.2 pounds while staying lighter and cheaper than the EOS R6 Mark III.
Sep 16, 2026 ·The Verge
A Level 2 charger (240V AC) typically delivers 3.3kW–11.5kW—about 2x to 6x faster than a standard 120V outlet (about 1.8kW)—and is recommended if you drive more than ~50 miles per day or your battery won’t refill overnight using household power.
Sep 16, 2026 ·Engadget
Boot Barn said a growing share of its bulk workwear orders is now tied to data-center construction, with it tracking nearby data-center projects to decide what steel-toe boots to stock in local stores.
Sep 15, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Android Auto updates come through the Google Play Store because it’s packaged as a regular app on your phone, and you can manually update it from the Play Store if auto-updates don’t land (or are delayed) on your device.
Sep 15, 2026 ·Engadget
USB-C flash drives are not inherently faster than USB-A; both are only as fast as the USB standard (and the port) they support, so a USB-C drive on a USB 2.0 port will be limited to USB 2.0 speeds and a USB 2.0 USB-A drive on a USB 3.2 Gen 1 port won’t reach higher speeds.
Sep 15, 2026 ·Engadget
PS Plus Extra/Premium adds RuneScape: Dragonwilds and WWE 2K26 on Sept. 1, then more games on Sept. 22 (Ball x Pit, Date Everything! already available, and Slitterhead on Sept. 22) and Sept. 29 (Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, Dungeons of Hinterberg, and Sniper Elite: Resistance).
Sep 15, 2026 ·CNET
Samsung is reportedly fast-tracking Galaxy Z TriFold 2 to launch in late 2026 or early 2027, after it was previously expected to arrive in late 2027, with leaks saying it could keep a “nearly identical” price despite rising hardware costs.
Sep 15, 2026 ·CNET
