• Volkswagen overtakes Tesla as biggest seller of EVs in Europe

    January 21, 2026

    Tesla’s reign as the best-selling electric vehicle (EV) brand in Europe has ended after Volkswagen posted significant sales growth to return to the number-one spot it last held in 2022, along with becoming Europe’s top-selling auto brand overall for the 21 consecutive year in 2025. According to Automotive News, Volkswagen sold 274,417 EVs in Europe last year, an increase of 56 per cent year-on-year, while Tesla’s sales fell 27 per cent to 238,765. It marks a significant turnaround after Volkswagen – which closed several factories in 2025 – was outsold two-to-one in EV sales by Tesla in Europe in 2024. It…

  • New budget compact car on the way from Europe – report

    January 21, 2026

    Romanian automaker Dacia is said to be working on a new compact car, to be unveiled in the coming weeks. The brand – which produces the Duster, sold in Australia as a Renault – has revealed the small car will be offered with both petrol and hybrid powertrains, while European markets will also gain a dual-fuel option with LPG. “As we have seen with [the Dacia Bigster SUV], there is a clear demand in that segment to have affordable cars,” Dacia CEO Katrin Adt told media at the Brussels motor show earlier this month, Automotive New Europe reports. “We want…

  • Sony is handing control of its Bravia TV business to China’s TCL

    January 21, 2026

    Sony is ceding control of its Bravia TV brand to China’s TCL as part of a new “strategic partnership,” the companies announced in a joint press release. The Japanese electronics giant plans to sell a majority 51 percent stake in its home entertainment arm to TCL, while retaining a 49 percent share. The joint venture is set to start operations in April 2027, pending regulatory and other approvals. The new combined business will sell TVs carrying Sony and Bravia branding while using TCL’s display technology. The partnership will also leverage Sony’s picture and audio expertise, supply chain management and other…

  • Netflix to redesign its app as it competes with social platforms for daily engagement

    January 21, 2026

    As YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram continue to dominate mobile viewing, Netflix is rethinking how its app fits into a social-first video landscape. During its fourth-quarter earnings call on Tuesday, the company announced plans to revamp its mobile app and expand its short-form video feature, which it mentions could help promote the new slate of original video podcasts it unveiled last week. Set to launch later in 2026, Netflix’s redesigned mobile app is intended to “better serve the expansion of our business over the decade to come,” according to co-CEO Greg Peters. The update will act as a foundation for ongoing…

  • What are Context Graphs? – MarkTechPost

    January 21, 2026

    Knowledge Graphs and their limitations With the rapid growth of AI applications, Knowledge Graphs (KGs) have emerged as a foundational structure for representing knowledge in a machine-readable form. They organize information as triples—a head entity, a relation, and a tail entity—forming a graph-like structure where entities are nodes and relationships are edges. This representation allows machines to understand and reason over connected knowledge, supporting intelligent applications such as question answering, semantic analysis, and recommendation systems Despite their effectiveness, Knowledge Graphs (KGs) have notable limitations. They often lose important contextual information, making it difficult to capture the complexity and richness of…

  • Europe’s best-selling model in 2025 was a budget small car

    January 21, 2026

    While Australia’s best-selling model last year was a ute that can cost more than $90,000 before on-roads, in Europe a much more affordable vehicle took the top spot in 2025. For the second year in a row, the Dacia Sandero topped the charts in Europe – at least according to the Renault-owned brand, with data from JATO not yet publicly available. Dacia claims it’s actually had the best-selling car in Europe since 2017 if only private sales are counted, but that the Sandero took over in 2024 if sales are counted across all channels. It says one in 55 cars…

  • The UK is mulling an Australia-like social media ban for users under 16

    January 21, 2026

    The UK government has announced a consultation, asking people for their feedback on whether to introduce a social media ban for children under 16 years old. It would also explore how to enforce that limit, how to limit tech companies from being able to access children’s data and how to limit “infinite scrolling,” as well as access to addictive online tools. In addition to seeking feedback from parents and young people themselves, the country’s ministers are going to visit Australia to see the effects of the country’s social media ban for kids, according to Financial Times. Australia’s minimum age social…

  • Bolna nabs $6.3M from General Catalyst for its India-focused voice orchestration platform

    January 21, 2026

    Industry reports and the growth of voice model companies in the Indian market suggest that there is a growing demand for voice AI solutions in the country. Voice is a popular medium for communication among people and businesses in India. That’s why enterprises and startups are eager to use voice AI to be more efficient at customer support, sales, customer acquisition, hiring, and training. But recognizing market demand is one thing — proving businesses will pay is another. Y Combinator rejected the application from Bolna, a voice orchestration startup built by Maitreya Wagh and Prateek Sachan, five times before finally…

  • More GM V8 engine failures prompt new safety probe

    January 21, 2026

    A safety probe has been launched in the US after the small-block ‘L87’ V8 that powers the Chevrolet Silverado pickup and other General Motors models allegedly suffered failures even following a fix applied as part of a 2025 recall of 721,000 vehicles. The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued the probe on January 16, 2026, after 36 owners had complained to the auto safety body alleging engine failure after having their vehicles ‘fixed’ during the previous recall. “The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) has received 36 Vehicle Owner Questionnaires (VOQs) alleging engine failure in vehicles subject to Recall…

  • One year of access to Monarch Money’s budgeting app is down to $50 right now

    January 21, 2026

    The start of the new year is a great time to get your finances in order, and a good budgeting app can help with that. Instead of laboring over a spreadsheet, you can try one of our favorite budgeting apps for less than usual. Monarch Money is running a sale that gives new users 50 percent off one year of the service, bringing the final cost down to just $50. Just use the code NEWYEAR2026 at checkout to get the discount. Monarch Money makes for a capable and detailed budgeting companion. You can use the service via apps for iOS,…