German FAZ: VW alone at home010501

The VW Golf is once again the best-selling car of the year in Germany. Despite a noticeable decline, the Wolfsburg compact car will not be dethroned in 2025 either. The SUV T-Roc, which competes in the same category, takes second place, and the medium-sized SUV Tiguan takes third place. Volkswagen therefore has the podium for… Continue reading German FAZ: VW alone at home010501

German Manager Magazine: Susanne Klatten: Richest woman in Germany sells Nordex shares004682

The of BMW-Major shareholder Susanne Klatten (63) founded investment company Skion is selling its remaining shares in the Hamburger for 225 million euros Wind turbine manufacturer Nordex. According to the bank in charge, Skion threw seven million Nordex shares onto the market on Thursday. This corresponds to 2.96 percent of the share capital. The bank… Continue reading German Manager Magazine: Susanne Klatten: Richest woman in Germany sells Nordex shares004682

Pilot Travel Centers to deploy heavy-duty EV charging stations for Tesla Semis

Truck stop operator Pilot Travel Centers has entered into an agreement with Tesla to install charging stations for Tesla’s Semi heavy-duty electric trucks. The Tesla charging stations will be built at select Pilot locations in California, Georgia, Nevada, New Mexico and Texas, along I-5, I-10 and “several major corridors where the need for heavy-duty charging… Continue reading Pilot Travel Centers to deploy heavy-duty EV charging stations for Tesla Semis

Mystery Man Dressed as FBI Agent Tries to Break Luigi Mangione Out of Jail

William Farrington-Pool/Getty Images A mysterious man, dressed as an FBI agent, showed up to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn in an apparent attempt to free Luigi Mangione, the man who has been charged with killing health insurance CEO Brian Thompson. As the Associated Press reports, the impostor was later identified as 36-year-old Mark Anderson,… Continue reading Mystery Man Dressed as FBI Agent Tries to Break Luigi Mangione Out of Jail

Amid Lawsuits, OpenAI Says It Will Retire “Reckless” Model Linked to Deaths

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images OpenAI announced on Thursday that it would retire GPT-4o — an especially warm, sycophantic version of the chatbot at the heart of a pile of user welfare lawsuits, including several that accuse OpenAI of causing wrongful death — along with several other older… Continue reading Amid Lawsuits, OpenAI Says It Will Retire “Reckless” Model Linked to Deaths

Darren Aronofsky’s AI-Generated Show Contains Garbled Neural Gore, Even Just in the Teaser Trailer

The use of generative AI in creative fields has turned into a flame war — a nightmare of meaningless and derivative AI slop that we’re seemingly unable to awaken from. The internet is being asphyxiated by incoherent AI-generated drivel as tech leaders continue to assure us that it’s the future we’ve always wanted. Even Hollywood… Continue reading Darren Aronofsky’s AI-Generated Show Contains Garbled Neural Gore, Even Just in the Teaser Trailer

OpenAI Representatives Are Going to Critics’ Houses With Threats and Demands

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images A man who works at an AI watchdog group was alarmed when OpenAI suddenly showed up at his doorstep last fall, demanding he turn over documents. To his utter disbelief, he was being subpoenaed.  “It’s a bit scary to know that the most valuable private company… Continue reading OpenAI Representatives Are Going to Critics’ Houses With Threats and Demands

Bajaj Auto Q3FY26 net profit up 25% to ₹2,750 crore

Commercial vehicles recorded their highest-ever retail levels, surpassing 100,000 units for the tenth straight quarter. Bajaj Auto on Friday reported a net profit of ₹2,750 crore in Q3 FY26, compared with ₹2,196 crore in the year-ago quarter, marking a year-on-year increase of about 25 per cent. Total revenue from operations on a consolidated basis rose… Continue reading Bajaj Auto Q3FY26 net profit up 25% to ₹2,750 crore

We finally heard from Trump Mobile… and they immediately ghosted us

I got a reply from one of the executives behind the Trump phone, but then he left me on read. I got a reply from one of the executives behind the Trump phone, but then he left me on read. by Dominic Preston Jan 30, 2026, 7:06 PM UTC Dominic Preston is a news editor… Continue reading We finally heard from Trump Mobile… and they immediately ghosted us

Bajaj Auto Lines Up Product Blitz To Chase Double-digit Two-wheeler Growth

With an aim to regain lost market share, Bajaj Auto is sustaining its new product launch plan in 2026, with eight new motorcycle offerings planned over the next four to five months as part of a wider 15-model product plan spanning 2025 and 2026. The upcoming launches follow seven product introductions since Diwali, bringing the… Continue reading Bajaj Auto Lines Up Product Blitz To Chase Double-digit Two-wheeler Growth