Ferrari has unveiled the interior and interface of its first all-electric vehicle, the Luce. Luce means "light" in Italian, and the company has officially adopted the new name, replacing its previously known development name, Elettrica. Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna explained that the name was changed to focus on the "Ferrari-ness" experience rather than electrification itself. The full exterior reveal is scheduled for May 2026. The interior design was handled by LoveFrom, led by former Apple chief designer Jony Ive and Marc Newson. […]
Beast Industries, the company of YouTube creator Mr. Beast Jimmy Donaldson, has acquired Step, a financial app for teenagers. The news of the acquisition was announced on February 9, 2026. Step is known as a service targeting teenagers and young adults in their early twenties that provides account and card features and helps with credit building and learning about saving and investing. The company stated that it has over 7 million users. Donaldson [learned about investing, credit management, and money management at a young age]
Sovicrano v Sadou, a new brand challenging the stereotype that apples are bland, has unveiled a new identity and packaging. The brand name means "gathered from the garden" and highlights the fact that thousands of apple varieties each possess distinct characteristics. The rebranding established trust in natural flavors, curiosity, and childhood nostalgia as its core values. At the heart of the brand sits a friendly hedgehog mascot. The hedgehog appears on the packaging, website, social content, and animations [… ]
Google has unveiled an installation that reinterprets arcade games in a new way to expand its engagement with the artificial intelligence research community. The project is named Conway's Arcade. Unveiled at Neurolips 2025, this installation is designed not to simply replicate classic games, but to transform the calculation rules themselves into a form of play, allowing visitors to directly touch, input, and observe the reactions. Conway's Arcade translates the concept of cellular automata, known as John Conway's Game of Life, into a hardware experience. […]
AI company Antropic ran an ad during the Super Bowl broadcast on February 9th, directly targeting rival OpenAI's ChatGPT advertising plan. The 30-second spot begins with a person seeking exercise advice in a park. The person responds mechanically, like a chatbot, before interjecting with an irrelevant product promotion. The ad concludes with a statement: "The ad is coming from AI, not Claude." OpenAI immediately protested. CEO Sam Altman stated […]
Cadmus, an edtech company providing assessment solutions to universities in Australia, the UK, and the US, has completed a nine-month complete rebranding in collaboration with brand design studio LoveWork. Cadmus operates a comprehensive assessment platform for universities. Well-designed assessments have a significant impact on student performance and make the work of educators easier. Cadmus aims to improve assessment for both teachers and students through comprehensive and smart products. This [… ]
Canon is introducing a limited edition model of its most popular compact camera, the 'PowerShot G7 X Mark III,' to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the PowerShot series. On the 4th (local time), Canon announced that the PowerShot G7 X Mark III 30th Anniversary Edition will be released this coming April. This limited edition was planned to mark 30 years since the PowerShot series was first introduced in July 1996. The PowerShot 600 released at that time used a PC card as SD cards had not yet been invented, and had 570,000 pixels (1 megapixel […]
AI company Antropic unveiled its new AI model, "Claude Opus 4.6," on the 5th. This model demonstrates significantly superior performance in real-world tasks such as coding, data research, and document writing. According to Antropic, Opus 4.6 achieved top scores in several tests. In particular, it scored significantly higher than OpenAI's GPT-5.2 in tests assessing specialized skills such as finance and law. It also ranked first in a coding ability evaluation, […]
Warner Bros. Discovery Sports and design studio Dixon Boxy have unveiled the identity for the Olympic broadcast brand, Home of the Olympics. The key element is the podium. The Olympic podium is described as the final step marking the end of an athlete's lifelong journey, serving as a symbol that encapsulates sacrifice, ambition, and conviction. Rather than altering this meaning, the project chose to bind the journey and the symbol into a single visual concept to convey them more deeply. The new identity does not feature the podium as a fixed logo. Dixon Boxy [… ]
Rendering images of Sony's next-generation premium wireless noise-canceling earphones, the WF-1000XM6, have been leaked, confirming design changes. Sony's new flagship wireless earphones signal a generational shift by adopting an appearance distinctly different from the existing series. According to the leaked renderings, the WF-1000XM6 departs from the conventional round shape and adopts a design closer to a pill. Three grille-shaped holes are visible on the exterior of the earbuds, some of which will be utilized for external microphones [… ]
Mozilla is introducing an AI Control menu to Firefox that allows users to turn generative AI features on and off in one place. Mozilla stated that it aims to enhance user choice, reflecting the coexistence of users who are averse to AI and those who desire practical tools. The new feature is implemented by adding an AI Control section to the desktop Firefox settings. It will be applied starting with Firefox 148, with rollout scheduled to begin on February 24, 2026. This menu includes not only current features but also future additions [… ]
The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has set the Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds to midnight for January 27, 2026. This is the closest it has been to midnight since the Doomsday Clock was created in 1947. The previous adjustment was in January 2025, when the Doomsday Clock was 89 seconds to midnight. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists' Science Security Committee determined that global existential threats have worsened. The committee urged for nuclear arms control, climate response, the establishment of guidelines for the use of artificial intelligence, and strengthened cooperation on biosecurity. Alexandra Bell, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists [… ]
