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Everyone seems to be mad about Ferrari’s first electric vehicle. The vehicle is called Luce and was revealed on Monday. The design of the five-seater (gasp!) was led in large part by Jony Ive and the design firm he runs with Marc Newson, LoveFrom. While it ticks a lot of spec sheet boxes — it boasts 1,000 horsepower and the ability to hit 60 miles per hour in just over two seconds — it’s tracking to be the most mocked new vehicle since the Cybertruck. This widespread rejection of the wedge-shaped, Nissan-esque car covers seemingly the whole spectrum, too, from…

NASA finally presented the details of its phased plan to create the first lunar base at the moon’s south pole. Although the construction of a space research center that will allow a sustained human presence will take at least a decade, the missions that will lay its technological and symbolic foundations will start in the next few years. Among them is the test of Blue Origin’s Blue Moon Mark 1 Endurance lander, scheduled for the end of 2026.The Moon Base project replaced in priority the Gateway program, an orbital station similar to the International Space Station that would serve as…

WeRoad, the Milan-based group travel startup, has raised a $58 million Series C round led by Airbnb as it prepares for its first major expansion outside Europe. The funding brings the company’s total capital raised to roughly $100 million and will finance WeRoad’s push into the U.S., beginning with Austin. The new investment reflects a bet that the next generation of travel companies may look less like booking platforms and more like social platforms designed to facilitate real-world connections.  The U.S. launch also arrives as loneliness, particularly among younger consumers, has become both a public health concern and an emerging…

What does it actually look like to work with AI every day as an engineer? In this piece, Human Made Senior Engineer Ivan Kristianto shares a practical, battle-tested workflow for building with AI agents. From spec-first thinking and parallel execution to disposable code and “vibe user” testing, this is a candid look at what works, what breaks, and how to stay effective as the tooling evolves almost daily. I use AI agents every day: not just to write code, but for research, brainstorming, planning, and user testing. This post is not a tool recommendation. It is a set of patterns…

Security researchers say a March breach of the Los Angeles transit system (Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, or LACMTA) was the work of Iranian-backed hackers. Israeli startup Gambit Security said in a report on Tuesday that the hackers work for Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and State Security (MOIS).  Reuters first wrote about the Gambit report.  A hacktivist group calling itself Ababil of Minab claimed responsibility for the earlier hack, saying they stole, then deleted data from the LACMTA’s systems. The group’s name is a reference to the U.S. air strike on an Iranian school in the city of Minab…

In the long history of hacking, there have been numerous data breaches that, years or even decades later, remain unsolved. Countless hackers and hacking groups behind them have never been unmasked.   But prolific hacking groups do get caught. This is true whether they’re cybercriminals such as LAPSUS$, a notorious extortion gang that compromised companies such as Microsoft and Nvidia and that have had multiple members arrested, or sophisticated government hacking groups from Russia and China, whose members have been named, indicted, and placed on most-wanted lists.  Still, some of the most fascinating cases in cybersecurity history remain wide open — no culprits, no answers, and in some cases, not even a…

Last week, after Google announced its huge overhaul to Search, I overheard a woman on the phone saying she was switching to DuckDuckGo because you can “opt out of using AI.” “Google just isn’t Google anymore,” she said. It seems that others had the same idea. At I/O, Google’s annual developer conference, the company said its traditional list of blue links is being replaced by an AI agent that answers queries, executes tasks, and runs background monitoring agents. The backlash has been sharp. Some have argued it will kill the open web, while others shared concerns that AI overviews surface…

Sam Liang is appalled as I confess my technique for recording an interview: running the Voice Memos app on an iPhone and transferring the transcript manually to a Google Doc. The CEO of Otter, a transcription service for analyzing meetings, looks at me as if I tried to call into our video chat using a rotary phone. He believes, naturally, that I should switch to Otter. He’s probably right.It’s all part of a new identity at work (and maybe at home): the AI native. Time-saving productivity tools like next-gen note-takers, task-based agents, and chatty inbox assistants are exploding in popularity…

For decades, the U.S. has had a plutonium problem. Around 100 tons of the stuff was made during the Cold War to go into powerful atomic bombs. But as nuclear stockpiles were dismantled, the government had to store the radioactive material in high-security facilities. Now it wants startups to help get rid of some of it. The Department of Energy said Tuesday it has selected five nuclear startups to enter into negotiations with the government to receive a portion of the plutonium, which could potentially be used to power a new generation of nuclear reactors. The Department of Energy previously…

Nearly half of Americans say they use AI to find information and generate ideas. It’s not hard to see why. As social media devolves into slop—and Google into a glorified landing page for Reddit threads and content farms—most of us are starved for something reliable. Plus, chatbots are so helpful, aren’t they? The first time I interacted with one, I asked if it knew it was a huge drain on resources. Half an hour later, I had a new recipe for vegan cream cheese.I never tried the recipe. Instead, I found a human-created one that the LLM might have scraped.…

Every year I read through thousands of Startup Battlefield applications. And every year, I see the same pattern: The founders who belong on this stage are often the ones who almost didn’t apply. They think they’re too early. They think they need more traction. They think the program is for companies further along than they are. So here’s what we’re actually looking for and how to make sure your application reflects it. The deadline to be considered is May 27, which is tomorrow — time is running out for you to apply right here! And if you’re not up to speed…

The war over forever chemicals in cookware has seen celebrity chefs, major cookware makers, and state legislatures enter into battle. Now, a new front has opened over advertising claims.Cookware company Caraway is alleging that “Big Cookware” is using a lawsuit to try to “silence” the company, which rose to prominence making forever-chemical-free pans. Caraway recently launched a marketing campaign in response to a lawsuit filed in February by two large pan makers, which claims that Caraway is harming their reputation by marketing its products as free of “toxic” chemicals—despite never mentioning either company by name.The lawsuit, filed by Groupe SEB…

Volvo Cars reached an agreement with the Trump administration that exempts the automaker from a U.S. crackdown on Chinese-connected vehicle technology. The Swedish automaker, which is majority owned by China’s Geely Holding, said Tuesday that it received specific authorization from the U.S. Department of Commerce to continue importing and selling vehicles with Chinese connected car technology in the United States. Connected car tech involves the software that covers everything from syncing with phones to some automated driving features. Bloomberg was first to report the special authorization. Volvo was banned under rules finalized by the Biden administration in January 2025 that…

Setup begins with an onboarding chat with the new AI Health Coach, powered by Gemini. It asks about your goals, routines, and obstacles before generating a personalized wellness plan. Depending on how much detail you share, including the option to upload medical records, the process takes around five minutes. From there, the app generates a weekly plan with suggested workouts and targets that you can tweak manually or refine through follow-up chats with the Coach. The experience feels approachable rather than prescriptive or overly clinical.I was surprised by how central the AI Health Coach becomes to the experience. More than…

What Brands Are Actually Worried About Behind Closed Doors, According to Ad Leaders The Netflix logo is seen on an office building in Los Angeles, California, on February 5, 2026.Photo by Michael Yanow/NurPhoto via Getty Images Cannes Lions is where the biggest ideas take center stage. Join ADWEEK for must-see conversations, top industry leaders, and the moments everyone will be talking about. Between macroeconomic conditions affecting the supply chain, constant questions about measurement and currency, and AI upending … well, everything… marketers are facing countless challenges as we head into upfront season.However, they’re not always upfront…

A website called UK Visa Portal is publicly exposing the passports and selfie photos of applicants who signed up and paid the site to obtain a U.K immigration visa, TechCrunch has learned. An anonymous person notified TechCrunch about the security lapse, saying that the website is exposing at least 100,000 documents from people who uploaded their passports and selfies to the website as part of the application process. The website is not affiliated with the U.K. government, and some have complained that they mistakenly paid a fee to this company instead of using the official GOV.UK website. TechCrunch confirmed that…