After years of trading quarterly blows, BYD has officially overtaken Tesla as the world’s largest manufacturer of all-electric vehicles (BEVs) for the full year of 2025. And it wasn’t even close. While we are still waiting for some final granular data from other markets, the numbers released by BYD and Tesla this week paint a… Continue reading BYD officially crushes Tesla in all-electric sales for 2025, secures global BEV crown
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New Parents Mocked for Letting ChatGPT Name Their Baby
Getty / Futurism Naming your child isn’t a task to be taken lightly. It’s a crucial step in the child-rearing process that could fundamentally shape a child’s identity, influence first impressions, and reflect the parents’ heritage and values. That hasn’t stopped some from taking some baffling technological shortcuts. As the Baltimore Sun reports, one couple… Continue reading New Parents Mocked for Letting ChatGPT Name Their Baby
Grok Is Being Used to Depict Horrific Violence Against Real Women
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images Earlier this week, a troubling trend emerged on X-formerly-Twitter as people started asking Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok to unclothe images of real people. This resulted in a wave of nonconsensual pornographic images flooding the largely unmoderated social media site, with some of the sexualized images even depicting minors. In addition… Continue reading Grok Is Being Used to Depict Horrific Violence Against Real Women
Scientist Puzzled by “Symmetric Jet Structure” on 3I/ATLAS
Toni Scarmato/NASA/ESA It may have made its closest approach to Earth last month, but the mysterious interstellar object 3I/ATLAS continues to fascinate astronomers as it now careens back out of the solar system, never to be seen again. Recent observations by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope have caught the attention of Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb. Images taken… Continue reading Scientist Puzzled by “Symmetric Jet Structure” on 3I/ATLAS
Cops Forced to Explain Why AI Generated Police Report Claimed Officer Transformed Into Frog
Getty / Futurism Law enforcement has quickly embraced AI for everything from drafting police reports to facial recognition. The results have been predictably dismal. In one particularly glaring — and unintentionally comedic — instance, the police department in Heber City, Utah, was forced to explain why a police report software declared that an officer had… Continue reading Cops Forced to Explain Why AI Generated Police Report Claimed Officer Transformed Into Frog
Tesla Loses Its EV Crown to BYD as Sales Keep Dropping
Unlike Elon Musk with his list of broken promises, the stats don’t lie. Tesla has lost the title of the world’s largest maker of EVs to Chinese automaker BYD. The signs have been there for a while, with BYD besting Tesla sales in Europe a number of times during 2025. Now it’s official on a… Continue reading Tesla Loses Its EV Crown to BYD as Sales Keep Dropping
Welcome to the Future of Noise Canceling
This blurring of the lines between audio and health devices looks set to be a trend across the industry. “We really want to make sure that we take care of our customers’ hearing,” says Miikka Tikander, the Helsinki-based head of audio at Bang & Olufsen. Tikander points to recent data about the decline in hearing… Continue reading Welcome to the Future of Noise Canceling
Best Running Shoes, Tested and Reviewed (2026): Saucony, Nike, Hoka
Honorable Mentions As we said, WIRED runners pound hundreds of miles every year. Here are a few of the other shoes we’ve tested that you might want to consider if the above do not work for your foot. If you’re not familiar with a brand, we recommend going to a local running store for a… Continue reading Best Running Shoes, Tested and Reviewed (2026): Saucony, Nike, Hoka
Tesla’s fourth quarter sales fell a lot more than expected
Transportation Tesla only sold 418,227 vehicles in Q4, a 15.6 percent drop year over year. Tesla only sold 418,227 vehicles in Q4, a 15.6 percent drop year over year. by Andrew J. Hawkins Jan 2, 2026, 2:31 PM UTC Andrew J. Hawkins is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation,… Continue reading Tesla’s fourth quarter sales fell a lot more than expected
How we test portable power stations at ZDNET in 2026
Testing the DJI Power 1000 power station. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET Remember those bulky power banks that could barely keep your phone charged? Forget them! Power stations are the new rockstars of portable electricity. In just a few years, they’ve exploded in popularity, transforming from niche products to a dazzling array of options. Now you can find… Continue reading How we test portable power stations at ZDNET in 2026