Polestar has a new look with its Formula 2030 concept

Polestar has a new look with its Formula 2030 concept

fivenewscrypto    novembre 11, 2026   

Perhaps only a small percentage of Ars readers will care about the Polestar 2030 concept, debuted today by the electric automaker. Spun out of Volvo—once upon a time, Polestar was a racing team—the brand has leveraged the resources of parent-automaker Geely to create electric vehicles that marry a modern minimalist style with rewarding driving dynamics. But you now can’t buy any Polestars in the US, since Geely is Chinese, and banning Chinese-owned car brands enjoys remarkable bipartisan support in Congress.

The Formula 2030 is about the same length as a Polestar 2 but with a very low roofline. If anything, the two-box shape reminds me of the Saab Aero-X, one of the final concepts from the then-terminal Swedish automaker. (In many ways, Polestar has adopted Saab’s mantle.)

Credit: Polestar

These rear lights will show up in production Polestars.

In 2008, Saab showed off the Aero-X concept. Credit: Scott Barbour/Getty Images

Polestar says the concept fits into its own segment somewhere between the next Polestar 2 and the Polestar 7—it numbers its cars chronologically (mostly), not based on size—although it’s not saying if the hatchback design will go into series production. Successfully packaging rear-seat passengers and a lithium-ion battery pack is something a concept needn’t worry about, after all. Rather, it’s a styling exercise, or more than one.

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Ukraine’s fiber-optic drones get squeezed by AI data center demand

Ukraine’s fiber-optic drones get squeezed by AI data center demand

fivenewscrypto    novembre 11, 2026   

Impervious to battlefield jamming, drones physically connected to human operators by miles of fiber-optic cables have become such a common weapon of war in Ukraine that trees and fields are strewn with tangled cables thinner than fishing lines. But importing such fiber-optic material from China has become more costly as drone warfare’s needs compete with global demand from AI data centers for the same limited supply—and so Ukrainian drone makers have been adapting.

Since the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, the Ukrainians have been forced out of necessity to continually develop battlefield innovations involving first-person view (FPV) quadcopter drones and other heavier types of drones. But it was the Russian military that first deployed unjammable fiber-optic drones to repel Ukrainian forces’ cross-border incursion into the Kursk Oblast in 2024. The Ukrainians quickly followed suit in developing their own fiber-optic drones, given the drones’ capability to shrug off electronic warfare jamming that could neutralize radio-controlled drones.

Russia and Ukraine have relied on Chinese suppliers for some off-the-shelf drones and a wide array of drone components, including bulk orders of fiber wound around very large spools or sometimes small finished spools ready for installation on drones. The finished spools can hold enough fiber-optic cable for drones to regularly operate at ranges of dozens of miles, and sometimes up to 62 miles (100 kilometers) in extreme cases, as reported by the independent Russian publication The Insider.

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Review: Apple's M6 MacBook Pro is good, but it's missing all the exciting stuff

Review: Apple's M6 MacBook Pro is good, but it's missing all the exciting stuff

fivenewscrypto    novembre 10, 2026   

I've written more than once about the weird positioning of Apple's entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro, which has always occupied an uncomfortable perch between the MacBook Air and the higher-end MacBook Pros. The best versions of this laptop, like last year's M5 refresh, come with the same basic design and external features of the higher-end MacBook Pros, just with a more modest processor and a lower ceiling for specs like RAM and storage.

The lesser versions stick with older designs or other compromises, reserving Apple's most updated designs and screen technologies for the more expensive high-end models. Recall the 13-inch M1 and M2 MacBook Pros, which stuck with Apple's 2016-era MacBook Pro designs for everything, up to and including the now-abandoned Touch Bar. (If you're someone at Apple maintaining Touch Bar support into the 2030s for the sake of these two laptop models, I'd like to hear from you. Not for a story! I'd just like to know how you are.)

This year's entry-level MacBook Pro mostly falls into that latter category. It does get an Apple M6 chip, and the M6 is great—rumors suggest the M6 won't get Pro, Max, or Ultra configurations, so there are some fringe benefits here that you can't get in the top-tier MacBook Pros. But it uses the same MacBook Pro design Apple has been using since 2021. There's no touchscreen, no OLED panel, no Dynamic Island, no half-pound weight reduction, no glowing Apple logo on the lid.

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DCU shake-up: James Gunn and Peter Safran out post-merger

DCU shake-up: James Gunn and Peter Safran out post-merger

fivenewscrypto    novembre 10, 2026   

It's barely been two months since the controversial Paramount and Warner Bros. merger, and we've already got a shockingly unexpected ouster: Co-CEOs of the rebooted DC Universe, James Gunn and Peter Safran, are stepping down from that role despite the Hollywood rumor mill assuming that the duo would be safe.

It's unclear whether the pair chose to resign or were forced out, or what will happen to their planned slate of projects beyond 2028's Superman: Man of Tomorrow, which is in post-production. Producer Jeremy Latcham—a protege of Marvel's Kevin Feige who worked with Gunn on Guardians of the Galaxy among other MCU films—will replace them. Per Gunn and Safran's joint statement:

Four years ago, we set out to unite DC under one creative vision. In that time, we helped restore Superman to the heart of DC, while opening new doors and telling new stories in film and television with Peacemaker, Creature Commandos, Lanterns and Clayface. We’re immensely proud of the team that turned that ambition into something real, including the actors, crews and executives we had the opportunity to collaborate with. We’ve shared a creative history with Jeremy going back to Marvel, and we’re eager to see the perspective he brings to DC’s next chapter. We’re excited to return to what drew us to this job in the first place, which is telling the stories we love, including the next chapter of Clark and Lex’s journey in Man of Tomorrow.

DCU fans are mourning the news and what it could mean for the franchise. My feelings are mixed. On the one hand, I'm on record that I’ve found the rebooted DC Universe films released thus far to be enjoyable but rather forgettable, even when the positives outweigh the negatives. (I have yet to see Clayface, which debuted to good reviews and a solid box office showing.) But HBO has done right by the DCU: I loved both seasons of Peacemaker; Lanterns is a shining beacon of what is possible when someone is allowed to get really creative within the genre; and I'm very much looking forward to next year's Jimmy Olsen (Skylar Gisondo) series The People v. Gorilla Grodd—described as a “mockumentary crime comedy superhero series.”

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Man who lost $308,000 on sports bets sues Kalshi for offering illegal gambling

Man who lost $308,000 on sports bets sues Kalshi for offering illegal gambling

fivenewscrypto    novembre 10, 2026   

A man who lost over $308,000 making sports wagers on Kalshi is suing the prediction market for violating the state of Washington's ban on online gambling. He's trying to turn those losses into an overall victory with a lawsuit seeking a payment of over $580,000.

Bellevue, Washington, resident Scott Bright's "wagering occurred at a time when it was unlawful in Washington and when the Washington Attorney General had already sued KalshiEX LLC in this Court alleging precisely that," said the gambler's lawsuit filed on September 24 in King County Superior Court. Kalshi has since filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit.

While state attorneys general throughout the US are trying to shut down Kalshi for allegedly violating state gambling laws, Bright's case tests whether unsuccessful gamblers can obtain restitution from the company through individual lawsuits.

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Claude Code is accidentally exposing secrets all over GitHub

Claude Code is accidentally exposing secrets all over GitHub

fivenewscrypto    novembre 10, 2026   

Claude Code is leaking sensitive information on public GitHub instances thanks to a partial oversight in the way its settings files are handled. That's the finding of AI security researchers at Apiiro, who discovered thousands of secrets, including database passwords, API tokens, and root logins, amid Claude Code settings files embedded in GitHub repositories.

The leak stems from the way Claude Code handles user approval for automated shell commands. When a user chooses the "Yes, and don't ask again" option to approve running a command, that choice gets stored as part of a rule in the local ".claude/settings.local.json" file on the user's computer. That rule is sometimes coded as a pattern, but the command itself is often written to that settings file as is, including any sensitive information that may be embedded within it.

This isn't really a significant security issue if the settings file stays on the user's local machine (assuming that machine doesn't become compromised itself, of course). And Anthropic notes in its Claude Code documentation that this particular settings file gets added to the developer's global .gitignore list, which usually prevents it from being shared publicly.

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Nvidia CEO's affair becomes a national security problem

Nvidia CEO's affair becomes a national security problem

fivenewscrypto    novembre 10, 2026   

Nvidia’s chief executive Jensen Huang has admitted having an affair two days after the FT reported his alleged romantic relationship with a woman the US intelligence community believes was working as a spy for China.

Huang revealed the affair in an internal message to employees on Sunday that was obtained by the FT.

“I owe my family and all of you an apology,” Huang said in the message. “I was unfaithful to my wife. My actions hurt her and our children. There is no excuse for what I did. I am deeply sorry.”

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