Lucid Group’s interim CEO, Marc Winterhoff, told Bloomberg that demand for electric vehicles is definitely slowing in the US and Europe. The company’s second model, the Gravity SUV, will start European deliveries in the first quarter of 2026.
A Munich biotech spin-off has secured €5 million in Seed funding to industrialize its DNA-origami platform. The tech aims to make standard lateral flow tests up to 100 times more sensitive without a major cost hike.
Astronomers using the JWST have confirmed the earliest supernova ever seen, a normal star explosion from when the universe was only 720 million years old. The discovery suggests the first stars weren’t so different from those today.
Microsoft’s latest update for Windows 11 tackles a pesky visual bug that broke dark mode immersion. The patch also bundles a host of new features, especially for users with Copilot+ PCs, and plugs 56 security holes.
Firefox is finally getting native support for the popular Matroska (MKV) video container. The latest beta also brings much-needed order to Linux users’ home directories with XDG support.
Corporate energy buyers have contracted for a massive 20.4 gigawatts of clean power so far this year. The AI data center boom is forcing a new conversation about grid costs, flexibility, and who pays for what.
A new pair of malicious Visual Studio Code extensions has been caught stealing developer data. They disguise themselves as a color theme and an AI assistant to deliver a powerful infostealer.
BrightNight and Cordelio are building a 400 MW battery storage project in Greenwater, Washington, for Puget Sound Energy. It’s a sign of how the region’s power flows are reversing, creating a major need for grid support where new transmission lines are scarce.
The legal tech startup Solve Intelligence has secured $40 million in fresh funding to develop its AI software for drafting patents. The round attracted big-name founders from Tinder, Canva, and Hugging Face, following a massive tenfold increase in annual revenue.
The US government has given Nvidia the green light to ship its H200 AI accelerators to China. However, analysts question if Chinese tech companies, now focused on building a domestic AI chip ecosystem, will generate significant demand for these US-made chips.
