You can improve Android Auto by customizing the launcher to remove unwanted apps, enabling/disabling “Start music automatically,” choosing between wireless or wired connection behavior in Developer Settings, and selecting Gemini as your digital assistant.
Aug 30, 2026 ·
Engadget
Over the past 100 years, the S&P 500 has averaged roughly a 10% annual return, which would turn a $100 investment into nearly $1.4 million and implies a $10,000 investment could grow to about $67,275 (more than 570% total return) over the next 20 years if a similar pace continued.
Aug 30, 2026 ·
Yahoo Finance
A simple 50/50 split between Invesco S&P 500 Momentum ETF (SPMO) and Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF (SPHQ) has produced higher annual returns over multiple periods in the last 30 years than the S&P 500, with lower annualized volatility and smaller maximum drawdowns.
Aug 30, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Leveraged and inverse single-stock ETF launches in the US show cooling momentum as the average leveraged ETF shrank from $272.2M in assets at the end of 2024 to $63.3M currently, with half of the funds holding less than $7M.
Aug 30, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Victoria's Secret shares have risen nearly 300% over the past year, helped in part by GLP-1 weight-loss drugs driving shifts in bra-band and underwear purchases.
Aug 30, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Most new smart TVs ship with around 8GB of storage, with the OS alone using a large share (up to about 20% on some Samsung models).
Aug 30, 2026 ·Engadget
Chess.com launched Gambit, a free online poker site in beta that uses Chess.com-style modes and an Elo-style rating system, and it will not allow real-money gambling on the platform.
Aug 30, 2026 ·
The Verge
Veronica and her husband face foreclosure risk after he was notified he owes $10,000 in overdue HOA fees as cosigner, and the article says they lack enough cash on hand to pay it immediately.
Aug 30, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Target removed an offensive kids’ circus clown Halloween costume after critics said it evoked racist minstrel imagery and it later apologized, saying “It is no longer for sale” and “we got this wrong.”
Aug 30, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Retro Bowl College+ launched on Apple Arcade with its expanded 12-player roster, kick returns, detailed team and conference editor, and Exhibition Mode already unlocked without ads or in-app purchases.
Aug 30, 2026 ·Engadget
Jim Cramer warned that a Fed path of higher-for-longer rates—after the benchmark has stayed at 3.5% to 3.75% since December—could remove a key stock-market catalyst by delaying interest-rate cuts.
Aug 30, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
A pilot study of 107 blood-cancer patients found comprehensive financial planning was linked to higher mental and physical quality of life for those experiencing financial toxicity and to a 56% lower likelihood of dying during treatment for patients facing high-risk disease with financial toxicity.
Aug 30, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Apple updated the Mac Mini with new M6 and M5 Pro chips, both priced $100 higher than the previous generation, and set the new release date for September 22.
Aug 30, 2026 ·The Verge
China’s second World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing showed major performance gains, including a 100-meter sprint in 9.39 seconds and a standing high jump of 2.88 meters, but also frequent failures in real-world tasks, including a robot that burst into flames and others tripping, crashing, or toppling into the judges’ table.
Aug 30, 2026 ·The Verge
Apple is set to reveal its fall hardware lineup Sept. 9 at the “Surprise and Shine” event, with rumors pointing to only iPhone 18 Pro and 18 Pro Max models (and a foldable iPhone Ultra) in September, while the base iPhone 18 is expected to slip to next year.
Aug 30, 2026 ·
CNET
Nvidia’s management projects $3 trillion to $4 trillion per year in AI-related infrastructure spending by the end of this decade, and the article argues that scenario could raise U.S. nominal GDP growth from 5.7% CAGR to 6.7% CAGR—making the domestic economy 91% bigger in a decade.
Aug 30, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Nvidia’s “banner quarter” reinforced that AI demand remains strong, but the broader chip and Big Tech rally is splitting as investors reward companies that can “accelerate” and punish those viewed as at risk from AI-driven disruption or unspent AI infrastructure capex.
Aug 30, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) fell to 14.13 on Friday, its lowest level of 2026, with the median VIX since 1990 rising from about 16.5 in late August to roughly 18 by mid-September and about 19 in early October.
Aug 30, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Abercrombie (ANF) reported Q2 FY2026 earnings per share of $4.17 versus Wall Street’s $1.99 estimate, helped by attributable net income rising 13% to $250.8 million and net sales increasing 5% to $1.27 billion.
Aug 30, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Meta is testing robots in data centers to perform physical technician tasks such as power cycling/resetting servers and swapping networking cables, with one worker estimating the bot could replace up to 80% of some technicians’ workloads if successful.
Aug 30, 2026 ·Ars Technica
