Tootfinder

40% of the cars sold in the Netherlands in 2025 were battery electric vehicles ('full electric'), up from 35% the year before.
The top-3 models were BEVs too:
1. Skoda Elroq
2. Kia EV3
3. Tesla Y
Overall Tesla sales dropped 45%.
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Na verrassende inhaalrace is dit de meestverkochte auto van 2025
Lange tijd zag het ernaar uit dat de Kia EV3 met grote voorsprong de eerste plek zou opeisen in de verkoopranglijsten van 2025. Totdat Skoda de achtervolging inzette met de compacte SUV Elroq.

Dick is dead.
#deadDick

War Criminal Dick Cheney Dead at 84, With Blood of Millions on His Hands
Cheney’s legacy more than outlives him; he reshaped the very structures of war and authoritarianism at home and abroad.

Netflix rolls out a new ad metric called monthly active viewers, or MAV, and says it has 190M such viewers in the 12 countries where it offers an ad tier (Rick Porter/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business

Netflix Claims 190 Million Ad-Tier Viewers Worldwide Under New Metric
The streamer is rolling out a stat it calls monthly active viewers.

She was allowed a phone call to her parents, who contacted a lawyer.
The next day, a federal judge issued an emergency order barring her removal from the US for at least 72 hours until her case could be reviewed.
But the next morning, she was shackled at her wrists, ankles and waist and deported to her native Honduras,
a country which she left at the age of seven and of which she has virtually no memory.

Bra och tankeväckande text av Anna-Lena Laurén. Att världen är "exakt densamma" håller jag inte med om, men det är tveklöst så att chocken över att inte behandlas som en jämlik är större i Europa än i t.ex. Latinamerika. Viktigt också att fundera kring vilka ord vi i medierna använder oss av för att beskriva det som sker nu.

Anna-Lena Laurén: Vårt språk om USA är korrumperat
Det går inte att förstå världen om man inte kallar saker vid deras rätta namn.

A profile of AI hearing aid startup Fortell, which has raised $150M so far and is targeting affluent clients in NYC with a $6,800 device that uses a custom chip (Steven Levy/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/hearing-aid-startup-ai-fortell/

New Hearing Aid Company, Foretell, Brings in Steve Martin and Others as Fans
AI-powered startup Fortell has become a secret handshake for the privileged hearing-impaired crowd who swear by the product. Now, it wants to be in your ears.

A new report by Amnesty International says that immigrants held at the ICE jail in Florida known as “Alligator Alcatraz”
were shackled inside a two-foot-high metal cage
and left outside without water for up to a day at a time.
The report also details “unsanitary conditions,
including overflowing toilets with fecal matter seeping into where people are sleeping,
limited access to showers,
exposure to insects without protective measures,
lights on 24 h…

Prisoners Face “Harrowing Human Right Violations” at Infamous ICE Jail in Florida Everglades
A new report by Amnesty International says that immigrants held at the ICE jail in Florida known as “Alligator Alcatraz” were shackled inside a two-foot-high metal cage and left outside without water for up to a day at a time. The report also details “unsanitary conditions, including overflowing toilets with fecal matter seeping into where people are sleeping, limited access to showers, exposure to insects without protective measures, lights on 24 hours a day, poor quality food and water,…

Alphabet reports YouTube's Q4 ad revenue rose 9% YoY to $11.38B, vs. $11.84B est., and YouTube's annual revenue surpassed $60B across ads and subscriptions (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/youtube-q4-2…

YouTube Ad Revenue Hits Record $11.38 Billion in Q4, but Falls Short of Expectations
YouTube had its biggest-ever ad sales to date for Q4 2025, but revenue of $11.38 billion came in under Wall Street forecasts.

Armis, which helps businesses secure and manage IoT devices, raised $435M at a $6.1B valuation, up from $4.2B after raising a $200M Series D in October 2024 (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/05/armis-raises-435-million-at-6point1-bi…

Armis raises $435 million, valuing cybersecurity startup at $6.1 billion
The cybersecurity startup reaches a $6.1 billion valuation three months after topping $300 million in annual recurring revenues.

Satya Nadella says the industry needs to move past slop-vs-sophistication arguments and view AI as a cognitive amplifier, not a human substitute (Satya Nadella/sn scratchpad)
https://snscratchpad.com/posts/looking-ahead-2026/

Looking Ahead to 2026
As I reflect on the past year and look toward the one ahead, there’s no question 2026 will be a pivotal year for AI. Yes, another one. But this moment feels different in a few notable ways.