Netflix earned $1.5 billion from ads in 2025
Netflix earned $1.5 billion from ads in 2025

Netflix’s advertising business more than doubled its advertising revenue to $1.5 billion from 2024 to 2025 – and it’s on track to keep growing. “We expect that [advertising] business to roughly double again in ’26 to about $3 billion,” Netflix co-CEO Greg Peters said during an earnings call on Tuesday, hours ahead of its live […]

Trump admin admits DOGE employees had access to off-limits Social Security data
Trump admin admits DOGE employees had access to off-limits Social Security data

Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers working at the Social Security Administration (SSA) broke protocols, had more access to sensitive data on Americans than previously disclosed, and were in touch with a political advocacy group hunting for election fraud, the Trump administration admitted in a recent court filing. Justice Department officials told a federal court […]

Netflix will revamp its mobile UI this year
Netflix will revamp its mobile UI this year

Netflix is working on a new mobile UI set to roll out later this year that will “better serve the expansion of our business over the decade to come,” co-CEO Greg Peters said in an earnings call on Tuesday. The new mobile UI follows last year’s big TV revamp that put a new banner front […]

Tesla AI5 is late, Canada gets Chinese cars, and EV beats diesel in extreme cold
Tesla AI5 is late, Canada gets Chinese cars, and EV beats diesel in extreme cold

On today’s bitterly cold episode of Quick Charge, Elon says the chip he said was ready six months ago isn’t actually ready, Chinese carmakers make a deal with Canada, and a series of new, real-world studies prove that EVs will save your fleet money ove…

FTC says it will appeal Meta antitrust loss
FTC says it will appeal Meta antitrust loss

The Federal Trade Commission will appeal its loss in a landmark antitrust case against Meta, the agency announced Tuesday. US District Court Judge James Boasberg ruled in November that the government failed to prove that Meta had an illegal monopoly over a subset of social networking services meant for connecting with friends and family online. […]

This new entry-level EV will replace Hyundai’s top-selling hatchback
This new entry-level EV will replace Hyundai’s top-selling hatchback

Hyundai is pulling the plug on its best-selling ICE-powered hatchback. Production of the i10 ended after an 18-year run, but a new entry-level EV is coming soon to take its place.

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Samsung announces the new avatar of Bixby with Perplexity power (and then deletes the post)

After years of lagging behind rivals, Samsung’s Bixby voice assistant is getting a much-needed brain transplant with AI from Perplexity.
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Queens and Long Island are getting 80 new DC fast charging ports
Queens and Long Island are getting 80 new DC fast charging ports

DC fast charging is expanding across Queens and Long Island, as Kempower and GET Charged Fast EV Charging begin rolling out a new network of public DC fast‑charging sites in busy neighborhood shopping centers.

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Nova Launcher’s new owner might offer a version with ads
Nova Launcher’s new owner might offer a version with ads

Last year, Nova Launcher founder and sole developer Kevin Barry announced he had left Branch Metrics, Nova’s parent company at the time – which followed an announcement from 2024 that nearly everyone working on the project had been laid off. But the launcher is getting new life: in a blog post on Tuesday, the Swedish […]

Samsung, Lenovo, and LG laptops are going to cost you more this year

From Samsung’s Galaxy Book 6 Pro to LG’s Gram Pro AI and Lenovo’s mid-range laptops, rising RAM and storage costs are pushing notebook prices sharply higher in 2026.
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