
Electric Vehicles in 2025: Triumphs, Turbulence and the Road Ahead
From eight-minute solid-state charges to subsidy cliff layoffs, 2025’s EV story is speed and speed-bumps in equal measure.
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From eight-minute solid-state charges to subsidy cliff layoffs, 2025’s EV story is speed and speed-bumps in equal measure.

IO Interactive pushes James Bond game 007 First Light to May 2026, promising a polished origin story for 007.

SoftBank’s rumored $10 billion takeover of DigitalBridge ignited a 50 % share surge, reshaping the global data-center landscape in a single morning.
Puzzle enthusiasts are hooked on the NYT Connections Puzzle, with the December 29 hints and answers sparking intense interest

AI’s insatiable appetite for electricity and water is forcing grid operators to resurrect dirty ‘peaker’ power plants, clouding tech giants’ climate promises.

AI’s explosive growth is straining power grids and reviving coal plants, forcing the cloud industry to confront an inconvenient truth: intelligence has a carbon footprint.
AI’s hunger for power is turning green data centers into energy hogs, jacking up electricity demand and delaying net-zero targets across the globe.
Payment giants are rewiring the global checkout for an era in which algorithms, not humans, hold the cards—literally.
Despite bubble fears, industry leaders argue the AI surge is backed by real revenue, sticky customers and measurable cost savings.
A failed underground cable cut power to nearly 8,000 customers in San Francisco’s Richmond District and Golden Gate Park, shuttering museums, snarling traffic, and prompting a state investigation.

Coupang will pay a record $1.1 billion to South Korean users after a sprawling data breach exposed millions of personal records, setting a new benchmark for privacy penalties in Asia.
Google’s 2025 spring update quietly launches seven new Pixel apps, including on-device AI video eraser and live AR translation, plus major Camera and Recorder upgrades.