Less than a week after the EV2 made its global debut, we are already getting our first look at Kia’s smallest electric SUV in action.
Here’s our first look at the Kia EV2 driving
Kia unveiled the EV2 at the Brussels Motor Show on Friday, its new entry-level EV slated to sit below the popular EV3.
The small electric SUV establishes “a new entry point to electric mobility,” Kia said during…
Ananda is taking a notably different approach to e-bike motors with the launch of its new M7000 Series, unveiled this week. Instead of pitching a single standout motor, Ananda is introducing what it calls a scalable mid-drive platform, one designed to underpin entire e-bike…
Electric bikes and scooters are usually framed as a cleaner, quieter solution to urban mobility. But in parts of Australia, police are now taking a far harsher stance on certain e-rideables – including seizing them and sending them straight to the crusher.
In Western…
Saildrone, Lockheed to place missile launchers on naval drones
January 16, 2026
MILAN— Saildrone will equip its unmanned surface vessels with strike missiles made by Lockheed Martin, the drone company announced this week.
The collaboration comes in response to a call by global navies for more armed naval drones, according to Saildrone.
The 20-meter Saildrone Surveyor vessel will boast the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) launcher manufactured by the U.S. defense…
BERLIN — Several NATO countries have announced they are sending troops to Greenland amid the Trump administration’s rhetoric of a potential annexation, continuing a balancing act of offering a win to Washington while preserving Denmark’s territorial…
PARIS — Czechoslovak Group, the Prague-based maker of Tatra military vehicles and one of Europe’s largest ammunition manufacturers, plans to seek a stock-market listing in coming weeks as the company looks to boost international visibility and secure funding for future…
Dolby Vision 2: A big HDR boost for cheap TVs
January 16, 2026
When Dolby Labs announced Dolby Vision 2 in September 2025, I didn’t really get it.
The original Dolby Vision was easy to understand: If your TV and streaming content supported it, you’d get a brighter picture with more color detail, particularly in shadows and highlights. I remember being blown away by the technology when it first debuted at CES 2014, especially compared to the 4K displays…
When to choose 2.0 over 2.1 speakers — sometimes less is more
January 16, 2026
When it comes to selecting a speaker system for your PC audio setup, you’ll often come across the options of 2.0 and 2.1 speaker configurations. Here I discuss the differences and help you decide which setup is best suited for your specific audio requirements.
Be sure to…
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PCWorld reports that Asus has reportedly canceled production of the 16GB RTX 5070 Ti as Nvidia scales back on high-memory consumer graphics cards.
The shift stems from ongoing RAM shortages and Nvidia’s prioritization of AI…
Meta Shuts 3 VR Studios and Lays Off Hundreds of Devs as It Pivots From Virtual Reality and the Metaverse to AI
January 15, 2026
Meta is laying off around 10% of staff at its Reality Labs division as part of sweeping cuts set to affect more than 1,000 people. This includes the closure of a number of VR-first studios, such as Twisted Pixel, the studio behind Deadpool VR, Resident Evil 4 VR developer Armature Studio, and Asgard’s Wrath maker, Sanzaru Games. According to Bloomberg, the cuts come as Meta pivots away from…
