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“I would want to see full-scale testing that includes typical residential fires like furniture and mattress fires, cooking fires, electrical fires, and attic or exterior ember exposures,” he added. “It should also cover different conditions like open and closed doors, varying ceiling heights, crosswinds, obstructed fuel packages, and whether the fire comes back after the system shuts off.” Similarly, Michael Gollner, a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, and an expert in fire dynamics, told Ars there’s simply not enough information yet to show that this technology works better than sprinklers. He pointed to a 2018…

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When Branneisha Cooper first began taking GLP-1 injection Mounjaro in late 2022, she heard online that she could experience temporary hair thinning and prepared for the worst.But it would take about a year before she began noticing her hair falling out in clumps. Cooper said it was especially shocking because she has always had thick hair.”I was really hoping it wouldn’t happen,” Cooper, 29, told CNBC. “What my provider had told me is that since you’re on the medication that’s allowed you to lose weight at a faster rate, that’s what can cause hair loss.”Desperate to counteract the side effect,…

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Elon Musk arrives to court at the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building on April 30, 2026 in Oakland, California. Benjamin Fanjoy | Getty ImagesA week into the Musk v. Altman trial, which features two towering figures in the tech industry facing off in a case that could have major implications for OpenAI, the plaintiff has made his central message clear to the jury. “You can’t just steal a charity,” Elon Musk, the world’s richest person, said repeatedly during his time on the stand at a federal courthouse in Oakland, California. Musk’s testimony was the centerpiece of the trial’s first week. It comes…

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Soldiers from the US Army in a simulated village during the Combined Resolve “Greywolves” exercise at the US military Hohenfels Training Area in Hohenfels, Germany, on Thursday, April 30, 2026. Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesA planned drawdown of U.S. troops from Germany should spur Europeans to strengthen their own defences further, German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius said on Saturday, following the latest salvo from Washington against transatlantic ties.The Pentagon announced on Friday that the United States would withdraw 5,000 soldiers from Germany, its largest European base, as a rift over the Iran war and…

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Just ahead of summer road trip season, Americans are feeling even more pain at the pump. The national average price for a gallon of regular gas hit $4.39 on May 1, according to AAA. That’s an increase of about 8% from a month earlier, when gas reached $4.06 per gallon.Americans aren’t just feeling price hikes in gas; they’re seeing increases for other essentials like food. But there are ways to find cheaper gas, if you know where to look and what tools to use. Below, CNBC Select rounds up our top ways to save on gas. We want to hear…

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