By Siôn Geschwindt Aerospike rocket engines are the stuff of legend in the space industry. Conceived in the 1960s, their unique spiked-nozzle design promises better efficiency, reusability, and performance at all altitudes. But their complexity — and the shutdown of major space programmes towards the end of the 20th century — meant they never entered the mainstream.  But now, startups are dusting off old designs and using new technologies to revive aerospike engines for modern spaceflight. One of these ventures is Spain’s Pangea Aerospace. Founded in 2018, Pangea has been operating under the radar for most of its seven-year history. But today, the…This story continues at The Next Web

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By Siôn Geschwindt Oslo-based startup Visoid has raised €700,000 in seed funding for its AI software, which helps architects turn their 3D models into striking renders within seconds.  For architects and designers, a good render can mean the difference between winning or losing a client. However, rendering typically requires a lot of time, effort, expertise — and money. Tools like Visoid look to disrupt the status quo. “What started as a simple tool for architects to generate beautiful visualisations has led us on a journey to simplify and democratise the visualisation process itself,” said co-founder Joachim Holwech. Here’s how the software works:  You…This story continues at The Next Web

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It is now clear that Google Assistant will be replaced by generative AI (genAI) tool Gemini in most Android-based phones. The process is expected to begin shortly and be completed before the end of the year, according to the official Google blog The Keyword.

Mobile phones running Android 9 or earlier will not be affected by the decision, as they would likely run into problems using Gemini.

In addition to smartphones, Gemini will also be integrated into tablets, smart watches, televisions, monitors, cars and headphones, according to 9to5Google.

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By Siôn Geschwindt Dutch unicorn Mews will most likely list in the US instead of in Europe if the hospitality management company goes public, its CEO and co-founder Matthijs Welle told TNW.  “An IPO is one of the options that we would consider for the future, and if we were to go down that route, a listing in the US is the most likely option, although it is too early to specify further details regarding a potential listing,” Welle said. “Most other vertical SaaS companies, who are comparable to us, are listed in the US, where there are deeper capital markets and a…This story continues at The Next Web

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Apple has a lot of challenges these days. Would Steve Jobs really be handling these problems better than current leaders?

The problems, some are long-term, others short-term, include (but are not confined to):

Chinese consumers turning to domestic brands in response to the US trade war.

US customers feeling the impact of tariffs and anticipated increase in product prices.

Regulators in every nation seemingly intent on chipping away at the services empire Apple built from thin air. 

Apple’s recently-disclosed failure to launch with Apple Intelligence.

Supply chain problems, partly in response to trade wars and partly exposed during Covid, when single-source supply chains collapsed overnight.

Declining consumer trust in technology.

These challenges are in addition to the tasks Apple has always had to manage — maintaining hardware and software quality, developing new products and services that surprise and delight customers, building consumer engagement, and inventing the best hardware in the world. A look at the recently introduced Mac Studio and M4 MacBook Air  show the company still has the ability to do that. Both are the best computers in the world in their class.

Challenges everywhere

But the central problem Apple has is mirrored in its own actions. 

You see, reports claim the company’s marketing teams insisted on promoting Apple Intelligence and its much-vaunted contextual understanding of users, even though the feature wasn’t ready. They not only insisted on it, but they also went large on pushing it, helping build just the right environment to create a crisis of belief when it was revealed the company would be unable to make the grade. (Subsequent reports suggest the feature is already working, but just not consistently enough; perhaps Apple should introduce it as a public beta to show how far it’s come.)

What problem does this mirror? 

Just as Apple’s own teams focused on a service that wasn’t ready, the rest of us out here continue to seek solace in impossible dreams. We live in a world of confusion in which populists, snake oil salesmen, and fake thought leaders thrive. Lack of belief, combined with a search for easy answers, means we choose the answers that seem easy. That’s what happened with Apple Intelligence — so great was the need to seem to occupy space in AI, the company chose to market a feature it hadn’t got working yet. 

It took an easy road, rather than a hard one, and in doing so reflected the muddy waters of our times.

That’s not how things were when Jobs introduced the iMac, iPod, or iPhone. Back then, we thought tech would help us, social media hadn’t yet been weaponized against wider public good, and many still wanted to believe global governments would meet the goals of Agenda 21, rather than using 1984 as an instruction manual. Conflict hadn’t yet exposed the deep rifts underlying the fragile global consensus, and Apple under Jobs spoke a language of hope and optimism that reflected a more optimistic zeitgeist. 

Apple today can’t cling to that past. 

A new language for a new time

That aspect of the brand no longer seems to match the existence so many of its customers experience. And it’s arguable whether senior management, ensconced in the Silicon Valley bubble, is exposed enough to identify a product design and marketing language that resonates in our new, highly complex, polarized, conflicted reality. While Apple has done extraordinarily well as the ultimate aspirational brand and enthusiasm for its products will remain among those who can reasonably afford them. But declining sales means declining profits, and in a world set up to mirror Wall Street’s irrational belief that perpetual growth is possible on a finite planet, decline is unacceptable.

That’s true even for the most successful company in human history.

That’s a lot of pressure for Apple’s top brass to handle. Plus, of course, in every case, the answers they have available to them appear to be least-worse responses, rather than good ones. Adding additional complexity, the challenges are themselves intertwined as societies everywhere undergo significant structural change, as political forces of various hues attempt to hold things together with false narratives of a history that never really happened. 

Just how can the future look better tomorrow when it’s based on a past that never existed? 

The journey

All the same, the more complex things become, the harder we work just to stand still. And with myriad connected challenges, it’s not at all certain even Steve Jobs would be able to visualize an easy way through. The simple answer is to keep hope alive, but the uncomfortable truth is that, just as it did with the iMac, Apple’s biggest challenge now is to find a consumer product truly emblematic of its time, something that speaks to us of who are we, what we need, and where we are going. 

In that light, perhaps the failure of the launch of Apple Intelligence really reflects the time we’re in. We can see the mountain but can’t yet make it to the top.

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By Siôn Geschwindt Irish startup Equal1 has unveiled the world’s first quantum computer that runs on a hybrid quantum-classical silicon chip.  Dubbed Bell-1 — after quantum physicist John Stewart Bell — the computer weighs around 200kg and plugs into a regular electrical socket. The rack-mountable machine is designed to simply slot into high-performance computing (HPC) data centres alongside standard servers.  Equal1’s CEO Jason Lynch told TNW that combining quantum technology with today’s most advanced classical processors offers the fastest route to a quantum computer capable of potentially world-changing calculations.  The potential applications are endless. Quantum computers have the potential to solve complex problems…This story continues at The Next Web

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Imagine a world of the near future where Android and Apple iOS users can message one another with the certainty that their communication is secured against eavesdropping by end-to-end encryption (E2EE).

And it would not only be for one-to-one chats, but across large groups of employees and users, something that is impossible to guarantee today without resorting to standalone apps such as WhatsApp.

These capabilities might soon be a reality, thanks to a technical specification released this week, the GSM Association’s RCS Universal Profile version 3.0.

In development since 2007 as a replacement for SMS, Rich Communication Services (RCS) already allows a range of features including read receipts, typing indicators, and media sharing. But E2EE security, a much more complex technical feat, has always proved elusive.

Thanks to some IETF-backed magic inside RCS 3.0 called the Messaging Layer Security (MLS) protocol, that is about to change. Specifications may come and go, but history suggests that the addition of security to a spec is always a significant moment when people start to feel more positive about its adoption; at least that’s what the GSMA is hoping.

This is especially true for businesses, which value two features above all: absolute certainty about messaging security, and the ability for employees to communicate in large groups. RCS 3.0 with MLS delivers on both fronts, said GSMA technical director, Tom Van Pelt.

“[This ensures] that messages and other content such as files remain confidential and secure as they travel between clients,” he said.

“RCS will be the first large-scale messaging service to support interoperable E2EE between client implementations from different providers. Together with other unique security features such as SIM-based authentication, E2EE will provide RCS users with the highest level of privacy and security for stronger protection from scams, fraud, and other security and privacy threats,” said Van Pelt.

RCS fragmentation

RCS 3.0’s big feature is interoperability, which makes it easier for different apps to implement the same features consistently.  Today, while RCS is widely implemented by OS platforms, mobile networks, and device makers, each does it in their own way. This has led to fragmentation, hindering uptake. 

The result is that if you want to send a secure RCS message between Android devices, you need to use Google’s own Messages app at both ends; it implements E2EE using the well-worn Signal protocol. Similarly, Apple adopted RCS in iMessage last year, but with a proprietary implementation of E2EE.

In short, it’s a confusing jumble. This is one reason why alternatives such as WhatsApp and Signal, both of which also use the Signal protocol, have become so popular; you get E2EE out of the box without compatibility worries, and they allow groups of up to 1,024 members.

Having a single protocol, MLS, covering E2EE changes the story. Now RCS with MLS can offer a range of advanced features including large groups, which are critical for businesses which need many-to-many communication. Right now, if even one user in a group is using an RCS app without compatible E2EE, the security of the whole group chat can be compromised. MLS gives every app maker one IETF standard to aim for.

The WhatsApp effect

Google has said it plans to adopt MLS inside Messages, which means replacing the proven Signal protocol that struggles to handle larger groups. That will take time, during which it will probably support one with a fallback to the other. Apple, too, said it is committed to MLS.

“We will add support for end-to-end encrypted RCS messages to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS in future software updates,” said Apple spokesperson Shane Bauer, in support of the GSMA.

As the two biggest platform apps, these names are important. However, one that’s not on the RCS list yet is WhatsApp, an app for both Android and Apple that, with three billion users, operates in a parallel world to RCS-enabled apps.

WhatsApp is in no hurry to adopt MLS. For parent Meta, the real prize is to turn WhatsApp into a secure business communications platform that dominates the messaging space across multiple types of engagement. Despite that, it will eventually have to adopt MLS in some form, not least to comply with the EU’s Digital Markets Act, which mandates greater app interoperability.

“It’s questionable if and when WhatsApp and Signal are going to support this protocol, as both have already implemented end-to-end encryption within each respective ecosystem,” commented Arne Möhle, CEO of secure email provider Tuta Mail.

“As an encrypted email service, we can also say that interoperability is a challenge,” he added. “It comes with complications such as spam and phishing attempts, an issue that WhatsApp has had to fight hard against. This will get even worse once the app starts allowing people to chat with their friends on other platforms as well.”

But E2EE was only today’s privacy issue. Soon, he predicted, messaging platforms will need to evolve to counter the ability of quantum computers to undermine the security of public key encryption.

“The GSMA protocol needs to be updated with quantum-resistant encryption keys,” said Möhle.

Ironically, a major uncertainty is E2EE itself. This is now being probed by the UK government, which has decided to use Apple as its test case in a campaign to introduce backdoors into the encryption used in iCloud services. So far, Apple is resisting, choosing to disable security rather than allow surveillance. Talks are reportedly ongoing.

E2EE, which stores keys on devices rather than centrally, isn’t part of this effort, but might come under fire if the UK government reheats its controversial idea of client-side scanning (scanning messages before they are encrypted on-device).

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By Siôn Geschwindt Baby Elon Musk. Shrimp Jesus. The Titanic colliding with an iceberg lettuce. Social media is saturated with AI slop — low-quality, often ridiculous and sometimes disturbing images, videos, or words created using generative artificial intelligence.  While some AI slop is glaringly fake, a lot isn’t. I remember the first time AI hoodwinked me. It was a striking video I saw on Instagram of a pair of snowy owls in the Arctic with a brood of six little chicks. Amazed by the scene, I instantly shared it with my wife. Her response was: “Surely that can’t be real?!”  It wasn’t. A…This story continues at The Next WebOr just read more coverage about: Instagram

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By Thomas Macaulay A new startup called Skylark has taken flight today — with TNW lending an extra set of wings. The company launches with a central mission: empowering non-technical founders to quickly create high-quality Minimum Viable Products (MVPs). To bring their plans to life, Skylark has created an AI-enhanced framework that promises rapid, efficient iteration cycles. Freelance developers apply the framework to build the MVP. While they code, Skylark’s internal team handles the client acquisition. Every solution is customised for the founder’s objectives. By drawing from a pool of freelancers, Skylark can then find developers that fit each project’s specific needs.  The…This story continues at The Next Web

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In the past month and a half, the Trump Administration has drastically reduced the federal government workforce.

The cuts alone have generated concern and anger among workers and those who rely on US government services. Adding to the angst: a new concern that government employees could be fired by an algorithm, as engineers modify a legacy reduction-in-force (RIF) software program to assist in their efforts, according to Abigail Kunkler, a law fellow with the nonprofit Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC).

Kunkler referenced a February article by Wired citing unnamed sources who told it the unofficial Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was retooling AutoRIF software to assist in deciding which employees to lay off. (Wired’s sources reported that most layoffs to that point had been determined manually.)

The day after the article was published, the US Office of Personnel Management ordered agencies to submit RIF plans and file them with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). 

While not an actual federal department, DOGE is a government entity created by President Donald J. Trump with the self-stated mission of reducing waste, fraud, and abuse. To date, DOGE’s efforts have affected 18 federal agencies with layoffs or buyouts. While the exact number of federal job cuts in 2025 remains unclear, reports estimate there have been roughly 222,000 layoffs so far, with more expected as agencies implement budget cuts.

Driven by the government cuts, US layoffs surged 245% in February, according to Reuters.

“It is not clear how AutoRIF has been modified or whether AI is involved in the RIF mandate (through AutoRIF or independently),” Kunkler wrote in a blog post. “However, fears of AI-driven mass-firings of federal workers are not unfounded. Elon Musk and the Trump Administration have made no secret of their affection for the dodgy technology and their intentions to use it to make budget cuts. And, in fact, they have already tried adding AI to workforce decisions.”

Proponents of automated decision-making software claim it improves efficiency and reduces risks of mismanagement and discrimination. However, its use raises concerns about bias, surveillance, and lack of transparency, Kunkler said. The tools often perpetuate bias due to flawed information, such as incomplete or discriminatory historical data, and can lead to arbitrary or discriminatory decisions, potentially violating workers’ rights and laws like Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The creep of worker data collection, surveillance, rating systems, and automated decision-making is called “algorithmic management.” DOGE’s attempts to use a large language model (LLM) to cull “unnecessary” workers is a form of algorithmic management and automated decision-making, Kunlkler said.  

AutoRIF, developed by the Department of Defense more than 20 years ago, helps agencies manage workforce reductions. Wired reported that DOGE operatives have been editing its code, with updates made recently through a repository in the Office of Personnel Management’s GitHub, managed by Musk associates after Trump took office. However, a review of that GitHub site contained no “public” repositories.

Efforts to contact and/or get comment from the White House, DOGE, the DOGE Caucus or the Office of Personnel Management were unsuccessful.

“Federal employers using automated decision-making tools sharply reduces transparency for workers and their representatives,” Kunkler said. “There is often no insight into how the tool works, what data it is being fed, or how it is weighing different data in its analysis. The logic behind a given decision is not accessible to the worker and, in the government context, it is near impossible to know how or whether the tool is adhering to the statutory and regulatory requirements a federal employment tool would need to follow.”

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Expired certificates have recently caused a lot of chaos, including for Chromecast users. With that in mind, Mozilla is now urging all Firefox users to immediately update the browser to the latest version.

The reason: an older certificate expires on Friday, which means users who have not updated for a long time could be in trouble. According to Bleeping Computer, this means warnings about stolen passwords and malicious websites can no longer be displayed.

Firefox isn’t the only browser affected; others that use the same certificate include Tor, Librewolf and Waterfox.

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By Chris Chinchilla When the modern-day internet began emerging in the early 2000s, finding hosting services and resources to run the new wave of dynamic web applications was hard. You needed a database to store application data. These were slow, expensive, and unreliable, regularly bringing applications to a grinding halt when a single instance failed. You needed a server to run interpreted languages like PHP, Python, or Ruby. These were equally expensive, often needed configuration, had security issues, and frequently ran out of memory or CPU resources, again bringing applications to a grinding halt. For anyone on a small budget, running web 2.0-era…This story continues at The Next Web

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After abandoning its Google Glass smart glasses in 2023, Google seems ready to take another kick at the can with what will reportedly be a $115 million acquisition of Canadian startup AdHawk Microsystems.

AdHawk has developed camera-free, MEMS-based eye-tracking technology that offers an accurate, low-latency view of where the user is looking, using considerably less power than camera-based systems. The company designs and produces all of the system’s components, “from silicon to cloud” —  the chips and micro optics, the hardware, with reference designs, and the algorithms and software necessary to make it all work.

Bloomberg reported on the potential acquisition Tuesday, citing “people with knowledge of the matter” who had asked not to be identified. “The agreement is on track to be completed this week, but it’s still possible that the talks could fall apart at this late stage because the deal hasn’t been signed,” Bloomberg reported.

Neither Google nor AdHawk responded to a request for comment.

Waterloo, Ontario-based AdHawk was founded in 2017 and received funding from the venture arms of tech giants including Intel, HP, Samsung, and Sony Group. It offers several products as well as its components, and touts its MindLink and MindLink Air glasses as a way for researchers and neurologists to examine the eye-brain connection.

The technology is also a vital component of both augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) headsets. In December 2024, Google introduced Android XR, an operating system that will work on Samsung’s upcoming Moohan headset and other devices. It includes frameworks to let developers embed eye tracking in their software. 

“Adhawk is one of the few independent third-party solutions,” said Anshel Sag, principal analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, “but it hasn’t been as prominent in the market as some of the others that have been acquired.”  

He added that Google is one of the few companies that doesn’t have an eye-tracking system of its own, “so it makes sense why the company would go out and get Adhawk. That said, this is a much different solution than most other eye-tracking camera-based systems and could enable some unique applications, but [it] could also limit Google’s application of eye-tracking.”

Eye tracking for AR enables better visual acuity and calibration, which can reduce eye strain as well as being used as a biometric authentication method, Sag said. It also makes better user interface experiences possible. 

But, “there are also heavy privacy implications of eye-tracking, which I believe most companies have done a good job addressing so far,” he said. “Most raw eye-tracking data stays on-chip, and no biometric data leaves the device.”

A competitor, Tobii, already uses glasses with eye tracking in consumer scenarios to monitor eye movements in controlled environments; Sag believes Google could also use consumer data “in very compelling ways” — as long as it’s careful about how it manages user privacy and biometric data. 

As for the business world, he said, the sky’s the limit.

“I believe the business use cases are virtually unlimited and that AI will be a strong driver of making these AR experiences compelling and financially successful,” Sag said. “Its’ why I believe AR will inevitably surpass VR and MR in market size.”

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Apple faces a renewed threat in the UK, where a new report from the top antitrust regulator says both it and Google are holding back innovation in the mobile browser market. By far, most of the criticism is being leveled at Apple.

The final Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) inquiry report finds that Apple wields too much power. Not only does it determine what mobile browsers can do on its devices, which limits differentiation, but it also gives Safari greater or earlier access to key operating system functions and new WebKit features before offering them to any other browser or browser developer.

This, they claim, has a “negative impact on competition and innovation,” which means “consumers and businesses could be missing out on potential innovative features that mobile browsers can provide.”

Safari and Chrome, ‘holding back innovation’

“Following our in-depth investigation, we have concluded that competition between different mobile browsers is not working well, and this is holding back innovation in the UK,” said Margot Daly, chair of the CMA’s independent inquiry group. “The analysis set out in our report and the range of potential interventions considered to address the market issues we have identified, merits consideration by the CMA under its new powers, which have been specifically designed for digital markets.”

Some of these arguments seem moot.

For example, it seems appropriate that Apple would introduce new operating systems via its own controlled browser first, in order to maintain security while the new features are bedded in, and in that regard early access seems an acceptable thing. However, the report points out that those risks could be managed in other ways that would not involve a complete ban on other browser engines, such as by the imposition of minimum security standards on browsers that don’t use WebKit.

No change yet, but it’s coming

The report suggests a number of changes, but a lot will rest on another decision currently going through the CMA. Under new powers contained in the recently-approved Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act, the CMA can now declare some firms as having Strategic Market Status (SMS). A firm that receives SMS status must submit to the CMA, which can impose legally binding conduct requirements or intervene to force changes in systems.  

We don’t know whether Apple will be given SMS status — that investigation only began in January — but it seems probable, after which it can expect to be forced to engage in a range of changes in its business practices, including in mobile browsing.

It is important to note that rather than demanding immediate changes, the CMA has shunted responsibility to the wider market investigation ongoing into Apple. Presumably, this means the CMA plots a series of demanded changes that go beyond those distilled in today’s report. It also means that, for the moment, Apple can carry on as it is already.

What will Apple need to change?

As for today’s new report, some of the changes Apple might be forced to make could include being:

Required to support browser engines other than WebKit.

Forced to offer competing browsers access to key functionalities from the operating system.

Forced to provide proper support for Progressive Web Apps, as many smaller UK app developers have complained that the higher cost of native app development is holding back their business.

Required to make it possible to link to web content from within an app on iOS, enabling traffic to be directed to competing browsers. It is interesting that the CMA highlights Facebook as being a company that wants to be able to do this. I presume if it were to do so, this would utterly undermine hard-won privacy controls; it isn’t clear whether privacy could become a minimum standard required from third parties. 

Placed in position to allow Safari to become an optional choice when setting up a new iPhone. The CMA resolutely believes the default nature of Safari on new devices forms a barrier to entry to other browser vendors.

The regulator did walk back previous criticisms concerning cloud gaming on iOS devices, saying it is satisfied with recent changes Apple made to its approach.

Follow the money…

Perhaps the biggest and most expensive problem identified by the CMA is the lucrative revenue-sharing deals between Apple and Google over search traffic. The CMA says these revenues are so great that neither Apple nor Google are strongly motivated to compete. The lock-in they share, given that both Apple and Google share dominance of the smartphone market, makes it that much harder for independent browsers to thrive.

“We find both Apple’s and Google’s product design choices about when, whether and how users make certain decisions about mobile browsers, also known as ‘choice architecture,’ are making it significantly harder for users to drive competition by making active choices about their use of mobile browsers,” the report says.

This latest salvo of bad news for Apple from the UK follows hot on the heels of the UK government’s criminally shameless attempt to undermine iPhone security for people worldwide with a demand to create a secret back door into iPhone data. That decision, made in private and subject to very little public scrutiny, also affects people outside of the UK. It’s understood that Apple will protest the demand in a top secret UK court later this week — though the nature of the pernicious legislation is such that even when it does, the people actually impacted by the decision won’t get to learn about it. 

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By Siôn Geschwindt Renewed calls for Google to sell Chrome have reignited demands for the company to also divest Android. An executive at Murena, a French smartphone startup, said today that breaking up the businesses is the only way to end Google’s “cycle of domination”. The appeal follows a Friday court filing from the US Department of Justice (DOJ). The filing reaffirmed a proposal for Google to divest its Chrome browser and sell it to a competitor, in a bid to break up the tech giant’s alleged search engine monopoly.  “Through its sheer size and unrestricted power, Google has robbed consumers and businesses…This story continues at The Next WebOr just read more coverage about: Google

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By Siôn Geschwindt With their heavy battery packs, EVs are hardly known for being lightweight. That is, perhaps, until now.  British startup Longbow — founded by former Tesla, Lucid, and Polestar execs — emerged from stealth today with plans for two new ultralight EVs. The company bills the cars as “spiritual successors” to the iconic Lotus Elise and Jaguar E-Type. The first of the pair is Speedster, a nimble, open-top sports car weighing just 895kg that could accelerate from 0 to 100km/h in just 3.5 seconds. Speedster will have an estimated range of 275 miles and a starting price of ₤84,995. The first customer…This story continues at The Next WebOr just read more coverage about: Tesla

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