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Ferrari wanted to take on Chinese EVs with the Luce - then the backlash started
The new Ferrari Luce, the brainchild of iPhone designer Sir Jony Ive, is unlike anything the Italian carmaker has ever created - so is the backlash it is facing. Its launch was such a big deal that Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Pope Leo were invited to view the luxury brand's first electric vehicle (EV). But internet critics, investors and even politicians have hit out at the Luce - which is Italian for light. The firm's shares fell 8% the day after the unveiling, as a host of memes mocked the $640,000 (£475,625) car, which is also its first five-seater. It comes as the global motor industry faces a number of major challenges, including fierce competition from Chinese carmakers.
A simple Alexa command exposed my husband's sordid affair in graphic detail: Cheaters use 'sneak mode' to cover their tracks at home... but you can still uncover their hidden evidence
'I found out because I bought a new Amazon Alexa and while setting it up realized this is linked via our family prime account,' the woman shared on Reddit. 'Found in history, 'Alexa play beautiful love songs,' followed by the sound of them having sex.' To find such recordings saved to an Amazon Alexa, open the Alexa app, tap More, go to Alexa Privacy, then select Review Voice History to see recordings by date or device. Users can play back clips, delete individual recordings or delete their entire voice history. If you own a Google Home, open the Google Home app and tap Activity to review recent home events, including camera, doorbell and device activity. To check Assistant recordings, go to your Google Account activity controls and review or delete Google Assistant activity.
Is the Ferrari Luce's Design Really That Bad? 3 Italian Auto Experts Weigh In
Is the Ferrari Luce's Design Really That Bad? 3 Italian Auto Experts Weigh In The first electric Ferrari is already this year's most divisive car. We asked three Italian auto industry professionals to explain where the EV's design makes sense, and where it doesn't add up. The Ferrari Luce, the first electric vehicle in the brand's history, has generated heated discussion online, as comments and opinions about the design continue to bounce around the web. The Luce, an electric sedan with a $650,000 price tag that Ferrari presented with pomp and circumstance at the Quirinale in Rome on Monday, has paid dearly for its coming out from behind the curtain. Since Monday, the automaker has been suffering an avalanche of complaints and skepticism about the Luce.
I've spent five decades researching UFOs and speaking to highly confidential sources. This is what I've discovered about the CIA, China and aliens, writes top barrister JONATHAN CAPLAN KC. You may scoff, but the evidence is undeniable
White House releases results of Donald Trump's physical amid mounting pressure Mom who faked her baby's kidnapping SOBS as she learns her fate after he was tortured to death The REAL story behind society heiress Belle Burden's sordid divorce saga is far more scandalous than everyone thinks. Truth behind explosive claims Justin Trudeau is Fidel Castro's son. Harry's fears of being'overshadowed' by his brother's children are beginning to come true with the huge interest in George's schooling - THIS is where I believe William and Catherine will send the young prince, ANDREW MORTON tells Palace Confidential Jennifer Lopez's child Emme unveils new trans identity: Emotional photos show vibrant celebrations, a new name and a touching connection to former stepdad Ben Affleck Ben Stiller's wife Christine Taylor finally reveals why she took the actor back after'challenging' 5 year split United Airlines flight forced to make emergency landing after'passenger ranting in Russian tried to storm cockpit' Grammy-winning folk music icon known for his boyish good looks is unrecognizable in yearbook photos... can you guess who he is? Hillary Clinton's swipe at Trump's treatment of the White House backfires as she gets brutal reminder of her own scandals while in residence Owner's beloved cat'killed by coyotes' after pet sitter lost her within five minutes of arriving Secret White House plan for disclosure of alien life LEAKED... Trump insiders have told me they fear mass panic as UFO videos are released: CHRIS SHARP Sydney Sweeney's boyfriend Scooter Braun reveals how he REALLY feels about her X-rated Euphoria scenes Judge makes stunning U-turn and reopens Trump IRS suit in major blow to president's $1.8bn'aweaponization fund' Lauren Sanchez Bezos flashes trademark grin while clinging to husband Jeff at her daughter's graduation... just hours before Blue Origin rocket exploded in huge fireball Dennis Quaid's bid to stop paying child support takes new twist: Insiders reveal his shameless attempt to involve Trump and brutal message for kids John Travolta's daughter Ella Bleu towers over the 6ft2in actor... so how tall is the 26-year-old nepo baby? Nancy Mace hits out at Trump snub and claims she lost president's endorsement over her push to release Epstein files I've spent five decades researching UFOs and speaking to highly confidential sources. This is what I've discovered about the CIA, China and aliens, writes top barrister JONATHAN CAPLAN KC. To most people, the idea that the US, China and other countries are in possession of crashed alien spacecraft is preposterous. Any suggestion that these craft have been recovered with non-human intelligences inside, dead or alive, stretches credulity to breaking point.
Can Americans spell the National Spelling Bee's winning words?
Can Americans spell the National Spelling Bee's winning words? The BBC challenged Americans to spell words used in the last three Scripps National Spelling Bee competitions. Shrey Parikh, a 14-year-old, won the competition this year after correctly spelling 32 words in a 90-second lighting round tiebreaker. He defeated 12-year-old Ishaan Gupta, who spelled 25 words correctly. Parikh won out against 247 spellers competing in the annual contest, aged between nine and 15, taking home a $52,000 (£39,000) cash prize.
24 Best Father's Day Gifts for Dads (2026)
Dads are traditionally tough to shop for--let me help with these handpicked gift ideas for fathers with great taste. The only Father's Day gift I can recall my own dad getting was a plate of fried sardines. It was prepared by my mother, his ex-wife, who knew how gratefully he'd receive a dish he grew up with in the Italian neighborhood of a steel town dying with such theatrical flair that Bruce Springsteen named a song after it. We lived in a nearby city that had plenty of red-sauce restaurants, but they weren't serving tinned fish in those days. As my father had only the most limited of food preparation skills and didn't date the kind of women who could cook, this was the only way he'd ever taste that flavor again. As Father's Day gifts go, being united with a long-lost recipe from childhood is pretty good.
Look up for a blue moon on May 31
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Robot Talk Episode 158 – Autonomous robot deliveries, with Ahti Heinla
Claire chatted to Ahti Heinla from Starship Technologies about their AI-powered delivery robots that operate independently on streets and pavements. Ahti Heinla is the co-founder and CEO of Starship Technologies, the world's leading autonomous delivery company building AI-powered robots that operate fully independently in real-world environments. One of the original engineers behind Skype's billion-dollar success, Ahti later made a quiet pivot into robotics, spending the past decade advancing practical, consumer-facing AI. Under his leadership, Starship has completed more than 10 million autonomous deliveries with a fleet of over 2,700 robots navigating streets, pavements, weather, and people, without human intervention. Robot Talk is a weekly podcast that explores the exciting world of robotics, artificial intelligence and autonomous machines.
BYD debuts China's most advanced EV chip in smart-driving push
BYD debuts China's most advanced EV chip in smart-driving push BYD on Thursday unveiled what it calls China's first automotive-grade 4-nanometer chip for self-driving cars. BYD, the world's largest electric vehicle maker, unveiled a series of technology advances, including what it calls China's first automotive-grade 4-nanometer chip for self-driving cars. The semiconductor breakthrough approaches the lead of Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies, which currently makes chips with a geometry of 7 nm but has pledged to debut 1.4 nm chips by 2031. It's designed to allow BYD's computer-assisted driving to stand out from a crowded Chinese EV market that includes rivals such as Xpeng and Xiaomi. Facing eight months in a row of falling sales and intense competition for more advanced charging and intelligent driving technologies, BYD is looking to spark more demand for its vehicles.
Kernel-based potential mean-field games with unbiased random Fourier $U$-statistics
We study the subclass of potential mean-field games in which the running interaction cost and the terminal target cost are both expressed through reproducing-kernel maximum mean discrepancy (MMD) penalties, and develop a computational framework that exploits this kernel structure. Both costs are estimated from finite-sample empirical distributions using a random Fourier U-statistic representation that is unbiased and has linear cost in the batch size. The drift of the controlled diffusion is parametrized by a neural network and trained via stochastic gradient descent. For this subclass we prove a sample-level almost-sure convergence theorem and an explicit almost-sure rate of convergence, under coupled rate conditions on the penalty parameter, the random-feature count, the sample size, and the optimization tolerance. The framework includes the kernel-MMD-penalty Schrödinger bridge problem as the special case of a vanishing interaction cost. Numerical experiments illustrate the method on the Schrödinger bridge problem in dimensions up to one hundred, and on an electric vehicle charging coordination problem with per-vehicle physical heterogeneity, where an aggregate-demand congestion cost represents price-feedback competition at the population level and the terminal MMD penalty shapes the state-of-charge distribution at the deadline.