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43% of AI-generated code changes need debugging in production, survey finds

The software industry is racing to write code with artificial intelligence. It is struggling, badly, to make sure that code holds up once it ships.A survey of 200 senior site-reliability and DevOps leaders at large enterprises across the United States, United Kingdom, and European Union paints a stark picture of the hidden costs embedded in the AI coding boom. According to Lightrun's 2026 State of AI-Powered Engineering Report, shared exclusively with VentureBeat ahead of its public release

Lucid Motors names new CEO, lands more money from Uber and Saudis

The search for a new CEO, which lasted over a year following the sudden resignation of Peter Rawlinson, is finally over.

Inertia moves to commercialize one of the world’s most elaborate science experiments

Inertia has signed three agreements with the Lawrence Livermore National Lab, paving the way for the company to bring its pioneering fusion reactor to market.

OpenAI acquires Hiro, an AI personal finance startup

Hiro is shutting down on 20 April and deleting all user data by 13 May. Founder Ethan Bloch previously sold Digit to Oportun for more than $200M. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. OpenAI, the San Francisco AI lab behind ChatGPT, has acquired Hiro Finance, an AI-powered personal finance planning startup, with founder Ethan […]This story continues at The Next Web

Uber and Nuro begin employee testing of a Lucid Gravity robotaxi in San Francisco

The Lucid Gravity SUV runs Nuro’s autonomous driving system, powered by Nvidia Drive AGX Thor. A human safety operator sits behind the wheel. Uber has committed to buying at least 20,000 of these vehicles over the next six years. Uber and Nuro have begun employee test rides of a premium robotaxi service in San Francisco, […]This story continues at The Next Web

Kelluu raises €15M to build a persistent aerial intelligence layer for Europe

The Finnish deep tech company, which operates the world’s largest autonomous airship fleet, has closed a Series A led by the NATO Innovation Fund, the Fund’s first investment in a Finnish company. Its airships can cover 30,000 square kilometres from a single base and have been tested in live NATO exercises. Kelluu, a Finnish deep […]This story continues at The Next Web

Meta is building an AI version of Mark Zuckerberg so employees can ‘talk to the boss’

The photorealistic digital character is trained on Zuckerberg’s mannerisms, tone, and his own thinking on company strategy. He is personally involved in testing it. The effort, described by four people familiar with the matter, is separate from a ‘CEO agent’ that handles tasks for Zuckerberg directly. Meta is building a photorealistic, AI-powered version of Mark […]This story continues at The Next Web

Former Tesla Exec Reveals Single Most Important Habit For Your Career That Is Followed By Elon Musk, Warren Buffett: Report

Former Tesla Inc. president Jon McNeill said consistent reading is the most critical habit for career success, pointing to top leaders who rely on it daily. Leadership Habit Of High Performers McNeill, who worked closely with Elon Musk and later served as COO of Lyft Inc., said reading is the defining habit that separates top performers from others, reported The Fortune on Saturday. "Reading is probably the single most important thing you can do," McNeill told Fortune, noting that elite leaders

Creepy Elon Musk ‘Robot Dog’ Spotted Roaming San Francisco Streets

Beeple's Elon Musk robot dog roamed San Francisco to promote Infinite_Loop, a Palo Alto show blending robotics, AI, blockchain, and satire.

Elon Musk to launch XChat as part of push to build WeChat-like super app

Elon Musk’s social media platform X (formerly Twitter) said its instant messaging app XChat will launch on Apple App Store on April 17, as Musk pushes ...

Will Elon Musk ever be forced to explain what he did inside DOGE?

Elon Musk was ubiquitous in Washington last spring, wielding unprecedented power helping the Trump administration reshape and, in some cases, dismantle federal agencies across the government.

Elon Musk alleges he was asked to pay bribe to secure Starlink licence, South Africans debate claim

Elon Musk claimed Starlink was offered a licence to operate in South Africa through illegal means, sparking a debate online ...

Elon Musk once called Instagram a 'thirst trap,' deleted his account: Billionaire could be back to promote SpaceX IPO

Billionaire Elon Musk has shared a distaste for social media platforms from Meta Platforms META over the years. Meta-owned ...

Elon Musk needs more than 70% of Apple, NVIDIA & AMD's most prized possession for his next project

Elon Musk is pushing into chip manufacturing, but his plan depends on resources already controlled by major tech players.

Agentic coding at enterprise scale demands spec-driven development

Presented by AWSAutonomous agents are compressing software delivery timelines from weeks to days. The enterprises that scale agents safely will be the ones that build using spec-driven development.There’s a moment in every technology shift where the early adopters stop being outliers and start being the baseline. We’re at that moment in software development, and most teams don’t realize it yet.A year ago, vibe coding went viral. Non-developers and junior developers discovered they could build be

An Amazon warehouse worker died on the job at Oregon facility

Though Amazon has faced issues with warehouse safety, the company said that the death was not work related.

OpenAI has bought AI personal finance startup Hiro

The acquisition indicates a capability that OpenAI is building into ChatGPT: financial planning.

Uber and Nuro begin testing premium robotaxi service in San Francisco

Uber employees can now hail a Lucid robotaxi as part of the testing.

Microsoft is officially killing its Outlook Lite app next month

Launched in 2022, Outlook Lite is a lightweight version of the regular Outlook app, designed for Android phones with limited storage and regions with slower internet connections. The app had already been scheduled for retirement.

Thousands of rare concert recordings are landing on the Internet Archive — listen now

Chicago-based music superfan Aadam Jacobs has been recording the concerts he goes to since the 1980s, amassing an archive of over 10,000 tapes.