Sony has preliminarily approved a $7.85 million settlement that will credit eligible US PlayStation customers’ accounts with funds after a final approval hearing on Oct. 15 (with up to 25% of the total reserved for attorneys’ fees, taxes, and administrative costs).
May 4, 2026 ·
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GasBuddy and AAA report the national average gasoline price hit a new Labor Day record, eclipsing the prior $3.83/gallon holiday mark from 2012, with regular gas at about $4/gallon as of Sept. 9.
Apr 14, 2026 ·
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Center for Human Rights at the University of Washington reported that at least eight Washington law enforcement agencies shared Flock data networks directly with ICE in 2025, and 10 more allowed ICE backdoor access without explicit permission.
Apr 8, 2026 ·CNET
36% of surveyed teenage boys ages 11–17 said they gambled at some point in the prior year, and the number rises to 49% for those who are 17 or older, according to a January Common Sense Media report.
Apr 3, 2026 ·
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Cox customers start receiving monthly internet bills from Spectrum on Sep. 16 after Charter’s May 2025 purchase of Cox was approved by the California Public Utilities Commission last month.
Feb 27, 2026 ·CNET
Nearly three dozen companies and philanthropists have pledged to match the U.S. Treasury’s $1,000 initial seed deposit for Trump Accounts, with matching amounts varying by contributor.
Feb 9, 2026 ·Yahoo Finance
Aiper’s Scuba V3 was the most efficient robot pool cleaner CNET tested in its 14,000-gallon pool, clearing nearly everything it scattered in well under half its rated 3 hours and leaving just six small pebbles behind (versus the next-best cordless model missing 18 leaves).
May 4, 2025 ·CNET
The Federal Reserve raised its target interest rate by 25 basis points—its first rate hike in more than three years.
Dec 27, 2024 ·Yahoo Finance
Over 63% of US adults reported that their internet prices increased year over year, often because promotional rates expire and bundled perks like streaming subscriptions end.
Nov 16, 2024 ·CNET
Bank accounts are frozen after a creditor sues, wins a legal judgment, and gets permission to levy/garnish—typically leaving you unable to access any funds for about 21 days while a court decides what can be seized.
Sep 25, 2024 ·Yahoo Finance
AI writing can be easier to spot by reading for “human imperfections” (natural sentence flow, non-repetitive ideas and explanations) than by relying on AI detector software, which often misses issues that appear only at a deeper prose-quality level.
Sep 2, 2024 ·CNET
Eligible applicants can renew a regular US passport entirely online in about 10 minutes at opr.travel.state.gov, with online payment by credit card or debit card and an expected routine processing timeline of 4–6 weeks plus 2 more weeks by mail.
Jun 13, 2024 ·CNET
The Federal Open Market Committee’s next 2026 meeting is scheduled for Sept. 15–16.
Jun 6, 2024 ·Yahoo Finance
The CFPB says credit card rewards complaints are up 70% since before the pandemic, and it highlights four recurring problems: cardholders not receiving marketed rewards, rewards devaluation with little notice, inability to redeem rewards (including delays and account-resolution failures), and rewards access being expired/revoked/forfeited—potentially removing “hundreds of millions of dollars” in earned value each year.
May 24, 2024 ·Yahoo Finance
The federal funds rate range is now 3.75% to 4.00% after the FOMC raised it a quarter point on Sept. 16, 2026.
Apr 10, 2024 ·Yahoo Finance
The FDIC insures deposits up to $250,000 per person, per ownership category, at each FDIC-insured bank, repaying customers if the bank fails.
Dec 15, 2023 ·Yahoo Finance
CNET Labs says only a handful of robot vacuums from its 47-model test field made the cut, led by the iRobot Roomba Combo 10 Max (9.0) with flawless hazard-dodging (6/6), highest average sand pickup of 67.04%, and $1,400 pricing.
Aug 23, 2019 ·CNET
