Quesma Releases OTelBench: Independent Benchmark Reveals Frontier LLMs Struggle with Real-World SRE Tasks

New benchmark shows top LLMs achieve only 29% pass rate on OpenTelemetry instrumentation, exposing the gap between ...
Business Insider

A first in the BC Consumer Debt Study’s 13-year history, the latest study finds costs of living are now the number one cause of problem debt for consumers surveyed, causing ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Jan. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sands & Associates, BC’s largest firm of Licensed Insolvency Trustees dedicated to personal debt help services, released complete ...
Chicago Tribune

At one time, Illinois was a top oil producer. Today, that legacy is a $160M problem.

CRAWFORD COUNTY — Bill Rosborough and his son Jon stopped their pickup truck near a 40-acre cornfield and pointed to a white PVC pipe that rose 5 feet from the snow-covered ground on a windy December ...
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Illustrating physics problems with Web VPython in Python

Illustrating physics problems with Web VPython in Python. Learn how to build clear 3D visualizations for motion and forces, and bring physics concepts to life with interactive animations and simple ...
Wall Street Journal

America’s Biggest Power Grid Operator Has an AI Problem—Too Many Data Centers

America’s AI boom is pushing the nation’s largest power-grid operator to the brink of a supply crisis. Sixty-seven million people in a 13-state region stretching from New Jersey to Kentucky get their ...
PC World

Micron says it’s ‘helping’ consumers — by not selling RAM to consumers

Micron is shutting down its 30-year-old Crucial brand and ending direct consumer RAM sales to focus on the booming AI industry instead. PCWorld reports that consumer RAM prices have tripled or ...
MarketWatch

Why a weaker construction market has become a problem for Constellation Brands’ beer business

Constellation Brands said Wednesday that economic stress among its large segment of Hispanic consumers and a weaker construction market continued to weigh on beer demand — though the Corona maker’s ...
The Economist

The AI frenzy is creating a big problem for consumer electronics

The world’s gadget-makers—who assembled this week in Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show—would be forgiven for harbouring mixed feelings about the year ahead. Excitement over the prospect of ...
Autoblog

Plug-In Hybrids Have 80% More Problems Than Gas Cars, Consumer Reports Finds

Consumer Reports’ latest annual survey flags the most unreliable PHEVs across multiple segments, including the Mazda CX-90 and Jeep Wrangler 4xe. A plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) offers several ...
BGR

Is The Tesla Cybertruck Actually Reliable? Here's What Consumer Reports Says

Say what you will about the Tesla Cybertruck's design and aesthetics, but a unique outward appearance doesn't equate to performance — especially when referring to vehicles. Given that the all-electric ...
Reuters

China's deflationary strains persist even as consumer inflation hits 21-month high

CPI rises to 21-month high on food price spike PPI still stuck in negative territory Deflationary trend expected to persist through to next year More policy support expected as domestic demand remains ...
Seeking Alpha

China’s annual CPI rises to 0.7%, but producer prices slide for 38th straight month amid weak demand

China’s consumer inflation saw a significant jump in November 2025, reaching 0.7% annually, aligning with market consensus and the highest rate since early 2024. Despite this yearly rise, monthly ...