The Apple Watch Ultra 2 is still overbuilt in the best way, just not overpriced anymore

The Apple Watch Ultra 2 is still overbuilt in the best way, just not overpriced anymore

Digital Trends may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site. Why trust us? Apple Watch Ultra 2 is on sale for $549, down from its $799 list price (31% off). Amazon If you’ve been eyeing the Apple Watch Ultra 2 but choking a bit at the usual $799 price tag, this discount is the nudge you’ve been waiting for. At $549, you’re getting Apple’s most rugged, feature-packed smartwatch with cellular, serious fitness tracking, and long battery life for a lot less than usual. What...
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‘The real cost of a battery storage goes far beyond $/kWh’

Industry leaders have recommended buyers sourcing battery energy storage systems (BESS) look past sticker prices and headline figures during a pv magazine Week Europe 2025 webinar. In a session on what to consider when purchasing BESS, held as part of pv magazine’s virtual conference last week, panellists discussed pricing, supplier and product reliability and the outlook for battery storage in Europe. Ed Mulloy, Solution Engineer at Accure Battery Intelligence, advised that due to industry fi...
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Electric vehicles cause tension in the automotive aftermarket

Electric vehicles cause tension in the automotive aftermarket

After federal clean vehicle tax credits ended in September, the electric vehicle industry reached a crossroads. Well, technically, it has been there since Trump took office. This is a weird period in automotive history; A chunk of the industry is full-steam ahead with EV development, another is cutting back, and the consumer is left wondering what the electrification landscape will look like next year, let alone in three, during the next administration. But what about the automotive aftermarket?...
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Watch: Wild koala rides the city bus in Brisbane, Australia

Watch: Wild koala rides the city bus in Brisbane, Australia

Dec. 17 (UPI) — A bus driver in Brisbane, Australia, spotted a koala darting through traffic on a busy road and brought the animal aboard the vehicle to wait for rescuers. Koala Rescue Brisbane South said on social media that the Brisbane CityGlider bus driver spotted the koala on Wiles Street at Camp Hill and got out to rescue the animal. The koala attempted to climb a metal light pole on a median and the driver, fearing the marsupial would fall, covered its head with a jacket and brought...
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Arewa group defends Matawalle, slams northern group over ‘smear campaign’

Arewa group defends Matawalle, slams northern group over ‘smear campaign’

Arewa Joint Initiative for Peace has condemned what it described as a coordinated smear campaign against the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Mohammed Matawalle, accusing the Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) of engaging in divisive and unpatriotic conduct. Addressing a press conference in Kaduna on Tuesday, the group said the sustained attacks on Matawalle were aimed at undermining ongoing efforts to address insecurity in Northern Nigeria, insisting that the minister has remained committed...
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Ford Pays the Price for Electric Vehicle Investments

Ford Pays the Price for Electric Vehicle Investments

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Can money buy Americans happiness?

Can money buy Americans happiness?

Ordinary Americans today enjoy a living standard that would have awed kings for most of human history. We live in homes conditioned to our ideal temperature in any season; drive vehicles that pack the power of 250 horses into a 100-square-foot metal frame; carry six-ounce rectangles that offer instant access to virtually any loved one, book, song, fact, or pornography; inhale gases that take the pain out of any surgery; replace our worn-out hips with titanium; glide 40,000 feet above the Earth i...
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America is richer than ever. Why is it so unhappy?

America is richer than ever. Why is it so unhappy?

Ordinary Americans today enjoy a living standard that would have awed kings for most of human history. We live in homes conditioned to our ideal temperature in any season; drive vehicles that pack the power of 250 horses into a 100-square-foot metal frame; carry six-ounce rectangles that offer instant access to virtually any loved one, book, song, fact, or pornography; inhale gases that take the pain out of any surgery; replace our worn-out hips with titanium; glide 40,000 feet above the Earth i...
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China’s Clean Energy Investments Abroad Are a Boon for Climate, but Human Rights and the Environment Are a Different Story

China’s Clean Energy Investments Abroad Are a Boon for Climate, but Human Rights and the Environment Are a Different Story

Planet China: Twelfth in a series about how Beijing’s trillion-dollar development plan is reshaping the globe—and the natural world. HAJDÚSZOBOSZLÓ, Hungary—The audience sat patiently through the presentations about the cluster of battery factories going up nearby. They listened to descriptions of the hazardous chemicals the plants will use, their huge water withdrawals and energy demands. When it came time for questions, people began shifting in their chairs and standing up, making the...
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Man hurls glass bottle towards bus passenger he quarrelled with, breaks window and injures woman, Singapore News – AsiaOne

Man hurls glass bottle towards bus passenger he quarrelled with, breaks window and injures woman, Singapore News – AsiaOne

SINGAPORE — Unhappy with a male bus passenger who had flashed him an obscene hand gesture, a man flung a glass bottle at the vehicle from the side of a road. The bottle broke a window of the double-decker bus and struck the passenger’s 57-year-old wife, causing the woman to sustain facial wounds that had to be stitched up. Three days after the incident in July, Quztaza Kamarudin, 38, was arrested after he was identified as the man who had thrown the bottle. While out on bail, he stole a...
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