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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

Apple testing four frame designs for AI smart glasses ahead of 2027 launch

In short: Apple is testing at least four frame styles for its upcoming AI-powered smart glasses, according to a Bloomberg report by Mark Gurman published 12 April 2026. The designs include a large rectangular style similar to Wayfarer frames, a slimmer rectangular style comparable to those worn by CEO Tim Cook, a larger oval or circular […]This story continues at The Next Web

ElevenLabs VP warns sales candidates: 20x quota, long hours, or get out

In short: Carles Reina, ElevenLabs’ head of go-to-market and one of the company’s earliest employees, has issued a candid warning to candidates considering sales roles at the $11 billion voice AI company: expect long hours, constant travel, and an annual quota worth 20 times your base salary, with termination as the direct consequence of missing it. […]This story continues at The Next Web

Nesto raises €11m from Expedition to scale AI workforce management for restaurant groups

In short: Nesto Software GmbH, a Karlsruhe-based workforce management platform for restaurant groups, has raised €11 million in growth equity from Expedition Growth Capital, a London and Boston-based fund that targets bootstrapped European software businesses with more than €5 million in annual recurring revenue. The company, founded by engineers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, manages […]This story continues at The Next Web

Basic-Fit hit by hack affecting members across multiple countries, including 200,000 in the Netherlands

The breach exposed names, addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, dates of birth, and bank account details. No passwords or identity documents were accessed. The Dutch Data Protection Authority has been notified. Basic-Fit operates over 1,300 clubs across seven European countries. Basic-Fit, Europe’s largest budget fitness chain by club count, has disclosed a data breach affecting […]This story continues at The Next Web

Round raises $6M to automate the finance workflows that still require a human to press a button

The London fintech, used by Cleo and PostHog, has closed a seed round led by Alstin Capital, with Backed VC and Love Ventures participating. The co-founder of Indeed also joined as an angel. Passion Capital, an early backer of Monzo, Tide, and GoCardless, doubled its investment. Round, a London fintech that automates treasury management, payments, […]This story continues at The Next Web

Europe is dismantling its own rulebook to compete with America

On 19 November 2025, the European Commission published its Digital Omnibus package, a legislative proposal to amend the AI Act, the GDPR, the ePrivacy Directive, the Data Act, and several cybersecurity frameworks in a single stroke. The word “simplification” appeared 23 times in the accompanying press release. Six days earlier, a coalition of 127 civil […]This story continues at The Next Web

UK impact VC Eka Ventures closes second fund at $107M

When Eka Ventures held the final close of its first fund at £68 million in 2021, the London-based firm staked a claim that few UK VCs were willing to make at the time: that impact investing and venture-scale returns were not a trade-off but a thesis. Five years later, it is doubling down. Eka has […]This story continues at The Next Web

The largest orbital compute cluster is open for business

Kepler Communications is flying 40 GPUs in Earth orbit. And its latest customer is Sophia Space.

Elon Musk Blasts South African Politicians Over “Racist” Starlink Blockade

Elon Musk isn’t exactly known for holding back his opinions on X (formerly Twitter), but the billionaire tech mogul just ...

Anthony Scaramucci Says He Owns SpaceX Stock And Won't Miss Out On The IPO Despite Elon Musk's 'Cult Of Personality' Premium

Anthony Scaramucci said Thursday he plans to invest in SpaceX's upcoming initial public offering even while acknowledging that Elon Musk's personal following inflates the company's valuation beyond what traditional measures would justify. Scaramucci Sees Premium But Still Buys In a post on X, the SkyBridge Capital founder said he already owns SpaceX through a private round and argued that the "cult of personality" around Musk can push valuations "off the charts," much as Tesla Inc.’s stock "defi

Elon Musk says he experienced mild symptoms from first Covid-19 strain, second vaccine shot ‘almost' got him hospitalised

In his post, Musk wrote that he had contracted the “original Wuhan virus” before vaccines were available and described it as ...

Trump officials may be encouraging banks to test Anthropic’s Mythos model

The report is particularly surprising since the Department of Defense recently declared Anthropic a supply-chain risk.

Apple reportedly testing four designs for upcoming smart glasses

These glasses are a step back from an ambitious plan that once called for Apple to launch a variety of mixed and augmented reality devices.

Five signs data drift is already undermining your security models

Data drift happens when the statistical properties of a machine learning (ML) model's input data change over time, eventually rendering its predictions less accurate. Cybersecurity professionals who rely on ML for tasks like malware detection and network threat analysis find that undetected data drift can create vulnerabilities. A model trained on old attack patterns may fail to see today's sophisticated threats. Recognizing the early signs of data drift is the first step in maintainin

Mac mini and Mac Studio go out of stock – is it the RAM crisis or an M5 refresh?

In short: Several high-RAM Mac mini and Mac Studio configurations disappeared from Apple’s online store in the US on 11 April 2026, listed as “currently unavailable” with no delivery estimate and no option to order. The affected models are Mac mini configurations with 32GB or 64GB of RAM and Mac Studio configurations with 128GB or 256GB […]This story continues at The Next Web

OpenAI’s new $100 ChatGPT Pro plan targets Claude Max with five times the Codex access

In short: OpenAI launched a new $100 per month Pro plan for ChatGPT on 9 April 2026, inserting a new tier between the existing $20 Plus plan and the $200 Pro plan and directly targeting Anthropic’s Claude Max, which is also priced at $100 per month. The new plan offers five times more Codex usage than […]This story continues at The Next Web

The Netherlands becomes the first European country to approve Tesla’s FSD Supervised

In short: The Dutch vehicle authority RDW approved Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (Supervised) software on 10 April 2026, making the Netherlands the first European country to authorise the system under UN Regulation 171, the EU standard governing driver control assistance systems. The approval follows 18 months of testing, 1.6 million kilometres of European road data, and more […]This story continues at The Next Web

X says it’s reducing payments to clickbait accounts

X is cutting back on payments to accounts that are “flooding the timeline” with clickbait and rapid-fire news aggregation, according to its head of product Nikita Bier

TechCrunch Mobility: Who is poaching all the self-driving vehicle talent?

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.