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According to the Washington Post (paywalled), the Trump administration plans to eliminate the Energy Star program -- a long-standing EPA initiative that has saved Americans over $500 billion in energy costs since 1992. "The organization states that the average American saves about $450 per year on energy bills by choosing appliances that have been Energy Star-certified," adds Engadget. From the report: The EPA hasn't said when this would go into effect and when consumers would stop seeing Energy Star certifications on home appliances. It's technically illegal for a presidential administration to end this program without Congress, but the same goes for many of Trump's pronouncements and executive orders. "Eliminating the Energy Star program would directly contradict this administration's promise to reduce household energy costs," Paula Glover, president of the nonprofit coalition Alliance to Save Energy, told CNN. "For just $32 million a year, Energy Star helps American families save over $40 billion in annual energy costs. That's a return of $350 for every federal dollar invested."

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A body language expert has broken down Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas' 'awkward' Met Gala appearance Monday night amid fan concern that their relationship could be on the rocks.

CRAIG HOPE AT THE SAN SIRO: This made the first leg look relatively sane. It was madness. Glorious, unfiltered madness. Football from the asylum.

Hall, a retired British strongman turned mixed martial arts star, attempted to chase down a car after becoming involved in a furious row with motorists who allegedly created a disturbance.

And declares hypervisor independence after being tied to vSphere

Omnissa, the former VMware end-user compute business spun out last year as an independent company, is moving beyond its traditional territory of managing endpoint devices and into server management.…

President Donald Trump revealed that his youngest son Barron will be attending at least some of the FIFA World Cup matches this year.

The 41-year-old model admitted that her 'brain just works differently' in her new memoir, Manual Not Included.

New Delhi heralded the deal as an 'unprecedented' win, but Starmer was accused of introducing 'two-tier taxes' after NI contributions for British firms were increased in last year's budget.

The Home Office is poised to unveil plans to scale back the amount of work and study permits handed to certain nationalities.

A third of chaps were revealed to have 'little' to 'no' understanding of their partner's menopause symptoms.

Double yellows conjure painful memories in the Beckham household - just ask dad David.

To judge by her striking new hairdo, you'd think she was at a fringe event.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Google's accelerated Android release cycle will soon deliver a new version of the software, and it might look quite different from what you'd expect. Amid rumors of a major UI overhaul, Google seems to have accidentally published a blog post detailing "Material 3 Expressive," which we expect to see revealed at I/O later this month. Google quickly removed the post from its design site, but not before the Internet Archive saved it. It has been a few years since Google introduced any major changes to its Material theming, but the design team wasn't just sitting idly this whole time. According to the leaked blog post, Google has spent the past three years working on a more emotionally engaging vision for Android design. While the original Material Design did an admirable job of leveraging colors and consistent theming, it could make apps look too similar. The answer to that, apparently, is Material 3 Expressive. Google says this is "the most-researched update to Google's design system, ever." The effort reportedly included 46 separate studies with hundreds of sample designs. The team showed these designs to more than 18,000 study participants to understand how the user experience would work. In these studies, the design team used a variety of metrics, including the following: - Eye tracking: Analyzing where users focus their attention - Surveys and focus groups: Gauging emotional responses to different designs - Experiments: Gathering sentiment and preferences - Usability: Seeing how quickly participants could understand and use an interface "The result of all this is an interface that appears much more varied than the previous Material Design," writes Ars. You can check out 9to5Google's article, which preserved many of the blog post's visuals before they were removed.

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The decision comes after Charles Bronson - one of the UK's longest-serving prisoners - took part in one of the country's first public parole hearings in 2023.

The luxury new accommodation is slated to be completed by the end of 2031, and will offer a combination of tourist hotel rooms and resident apartments.

On Tuesday, the troubled pop star posted a duo of photos of Hailey attending the Met Gala with the caption: 'Tell em uncle charlie'.

This comes after her ex-husband Tom Cruise , 62, has started romancing Ballerina actress Ana de Armas , 37, in recent weeks. Katie was married to Top Gun star Tom from 2006 until 2012.

Emily Atack has become the new face of PG Tips after signing a six-figure deal replacing TV favourite Johnny Vegas.  

The owner of a pet mortuary promised clients that their beloved pets would receive proper cremations and burials - returning their ashes.

The LAPD Threat Management Unit is 'investigating' the man that allegedly crashed his car through the gates of Jennifer Aniston's Bel Air home for stalking.