While trade wars, tariffs, and wavering subsidies are very much in the cards for the auto industry in 2025, global sales of electric vehicles (EVs) are still expected to rise substantially next year, according to S&P Global Mobility. “2025 is shaping up to be ultra-challenging for the auto industry, as key regional demand factors limit demand potential and the new U.S. administration adds fresh uncertainty from day one,” says Colin Couchman, executive director of global light vehicle forecasting for S&P Global Mobility. In the U.S., the incoming Trump administration is reportedly planning to end the $7,500 tax incentive on the purchase…
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A data leak led to around 800,000 Volkswagen (VW) electric vehicles (EVs) having their location exposed online for several months, according to a report by German news magazine Der Spiegel. The global incident impacted owners of EVs from VW, Audi, Seat, and Skoda, with real-time location showing for the affected vehicles, whether they were at home, driving along the street, or, in the words of Der Spiegel, parked “in front of the brothel.” VW collects data — including GPS coordinates — after a car owner sets up the VW app, which allows them to do things like preheat the car,…
Just ahead of CES, LG has announced a refresh to its Gram Pro lineup, as well as launched a budget-friendly Gram Book. The tweaked Gram Pro laptops are the most exciting, though, with the the LG Gram Pro 17 catching my eye. First off, it’s been thinned out a bit, dropping down to 0.62 inches thick, which is almost the same thickness as the 16-inch MacBook Pro. The LG Gram Pro 17 is also a full pound and a half lighter than the MacBook Pro, both of which are striving to be one of the best laptops you can buy.…
How do you plan to spend New Year’s Eve this year? For some, crowded parties are the way to go with the traditional Auld Lang Syne song capping a night of sweaty revelry. For others, they head to the multiplex, which this year holds the cinematic pleasures of Nosferatu, Babygirl, and A Complete Unknown. For myself, I plan on staying home and watching a good mystery or two. The British are great at spinning tales of crime, deceit, and murder, and there’s no shortage of them on streamers like Netflix, Peacock, and BritBox. The following three crime shows can be…
From January 3 through January 5, Apple TV+ will be free on any device where streaming is available. To take advantage of this offer, sign in with an Apple ID and password during the promotional period. Apple TV+’s entire library will be available to stream during the free weekend. One of the most anticipated shows of 2025 is Severance, the sci-fi thriller about a group of employees who choose to separate their work memories from their personal ones. Severance received critical acclaim upon its debut in February 2022 and garnered 14 Emmy nominations, including Outstanding Drama Series. With season 2 premiering…
Typically, when you create music, whether a full-fledged track, background music for another project, or even just playing around, you have to use a variety of tools. You might have to jump between applications to do various things, like recording, applying post-production effects, and more. Avid Pro Tools is a comprehensive end-to-end audio production suite that aims to provide you with everything you need. With the tools, you can create, edit, produce, mix, master, and deliver, and much more.Here’s the kicker: For New Year’s you can save 33% off and make music for a full year at a heavily discounted…
If you’re not feeling like counting down with Ryan Seacrest this New Year’s Eve, there are plenty of good alternatives to kill time, including these five great Netflix sci-fi movies. Netflix has a solid selection of sci-fi movies, but it can be difficult sorting through the collection, especially when it’s filled with Netflix Originals that you may not have heard anything about. Although interminable scrolling does feel a little like something that might happen in a dystopian sci-fi film, we’re here to help you avoid that fate. Ring in 2025 with one or more of the following great sci-fi movies…
This was a historically awful year in data breaches. We saw some record-breaking breaches this year that got the attention of the public, involving hackers accessing some very sensitive information, including Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, and more. Let’s look back at the worst cybersecurity incidents of the year and let them encourage all of us to be as prudent as we can with our activity online. National Public Data, where hackers claim to steal 2.9 billion personal records Background check company National Public Data, also known as Jerico Pictures, suffered one of the worst data breaches when hackers…
The U.K.’s antitrust watchdog said it was considering whether International Business Machines’ planned $6.4 billion takeover of HashiCorp HCP 0.01%increase; green up pointing triangle would affect competition. The Competition and Markets Authority, the U.K.’s antitrust watchdog, has opened an investigation into whether IBM’s planned acquisition of cloud software vendor HashiCorp would affect competition. The CMA said Monday it was inviting comment on the merger from interested parties by January 16. The regulator set a provisional February 25 deadline to decide whether to clear the deal or refer it for further review. As The Wall Street Journal reports, IBM announced it…
AI holds huge promise for healthcare, but not just on the medical side; many startups are convinced machine learning-based systems can do a lot of good on adjacent tasks such as appointment scheduling and confirmations. Brazilian startup Carecode is among these AI believers. It’s coming out of stealth with an ambition to reduce healthcare costs and improve medical outcomes by developing AI agents that focus on tasks that happen before and after a medical appointment — and would typically be run by a call center. “We tend to think that only the moment with the doctor is what matters, but…
