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BMW i Ventures has a new $300M fund and AI is riding shotgun

BMW i Ventures is interested in startups working on agentic AI and physical AI, as well as industrial software, advanced materials, and manufacturing and supply chain technologies.

TechCrunch • Apr 29, 2026 • Kirsten Korosec
Technology Apr 29, 2026

Improving ICU handovers by learning from Scuderia Ferrari F1 team

Article URL: https://healthmanagement.org/c/icu/IssueArticle/improving-handovers-by-learning-from-scuderia-ferrari Comm...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Taylor Swift deepfakes are pushing scams on TikTok

Scammers are using AI-generated videos of celebrities including Taylor Swift and Rihanna to promote shady services on Ti...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Meet Shapes, the app bringing humans and AI into the same group chats

Think Discord chats, but with AI characters in addition to humans. 

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Notepad++ Code Editor Comes to Mac After 20-Year Wait

Article URL: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/04/29/notepad-plus-plus-editor-comes-to-mac/ Comments URL: https://news.yco...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Letting AI play my game – building an agentic test harness to help play-testing

Article URL: https://blog.jeffschomay.com/letting-ai-play-my-game Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

A Falcon 9 rocket will hit the Moon this summer at seven times the speed of sound

The object will be traveling at 2.43 km a second, or 5,400 mph, upon impact. ...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

He asked AI to count carbs 27000 times. It couldn't give the same answer twice

Article URL: https://www.diabettech.com/i-asked-ai-to-count-my-carbs-27000-times-it-couldnt-give-me-the-same-answer-twi...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Google Translate now lets you practice pronunciation

The feature is rolling out in the U.S. and India with support for English, Spanish, and Hindi.

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Show HN: Adblock-rust Manager – Firefox extension to enable the Brave ad blocker

Firefox 149 ships adblock-rust (Brave's Rust engine, MPL-2.0) completely disabled with no UI. It's controlled by two ab...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Coffee with a splash of physics: how to make the most out of your brew

Article URL: https://physicsworld.com/a/coffee-with-a-splash-of-physics-how-to-make-the-most-out-of-your-brew/ Comments...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Read any beehiiv site paywall/distraction free

Article URL: https://beehiiv-reader.vercel.app/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47947170 Points: 6 #...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

School-shooting lawsuits accuse OpenAI of hiding violent ChatGPT users

Lawsuits: OpenAI didn't report ChatGPT user to cops to protect Altman, IPO. ...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Stardex Is Hiring a Founding Customer Success Lead

Article URL: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/stardex/jobs/6GCK1HC-founding-customer-success-lead Comments URL: ht...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Best Walking Pads for Working From Home (2026)

Our remote team clocked serious hours walking, working, and sometimes jogging to find the best under-desk treadmills for...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Jack Dorsey-backed Vine reboot Divine launches to the public

Divine, a Vine reboot backed by Jack Dorsey’s nonprofit, revives six-second looping videos.

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Saros reminded me how great the DualSense can be

The DualSense controller was one of Sony's main selling points for the PS5. Beyond things like a striking new design and...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Electric air taxis are finally taking flight — just not with passengers

It was the perfect day for an electric air taxi demonstration - albeit one without passengers. On Monday, an electric ai...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Your PS5 can now transform into a Linux PC

A developer has created a method to get Linux running on some versions of Sony's PlayStation 5 console. Andy Nguyen prev...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

HashiCorp co-founder says GitHub 'no longer a place for serious work'

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/29/mitchell_hashimoto_ghostty_quitting_github/ Comments URL: https://n...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Smart Cat Collars: Which Is Best for Health and GPS Tracking?

I pitted Tractive and Fi Mini smart cat collars against each other to crown the best for activity, sleep, and GPS tracki...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Check your gravity with NASA's Artemis II zero-g indicator

On sale through the NASA exchange.

Technology Apr 29, 2026

GitHub – DOS 1.0: Transcription of Tim Paterson's DOS Printouts

Article URL: https://github.com/DOS-History/Paterson-Listings Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=479468...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

13 Best Coolers for Sunshine and Nighttime (2026)

We tested coolers on camping trips, road trips, beach days, and at parties to bring you our favorite models for every si...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Two-thirds of babies watch screens – some for eight hours a day

Article URL: https://www.thetimes.com/uk/technology-uk/article/babies-and-under-2s-screen-time-6jbdmnjlg Comments URL: ...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Why a recent supply-chain attack singled out security firms Checkmarx and Bitwarden

Security firms find themselves especially exposed.

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Your Phone Notifications Reveal More Than You Realize. Here’s How to Lock Them Down

A recent case shows law enforcement can see incoming Signal messages by searching an iPhone, even after the Signal app h...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Adidas Adizero Adios Pro Evo 3 Shoe Review: World Record Breaker

I ran in Sabastian Sawe’s world-record-breaking running shoe. It’s fast, but only if you can maintain your locked-in...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

Meta isn’t doing enough to keep kids off Facebook and Instagram, rules EU

Meta is breaching Europe's Digital Services Act (DSA) rules by failing to prevent children under 13 from using Facebook ...

Technology Apr 29, 2026

China freezes new robotaxi licenses after Baidu chaos

China has suspended new licenses for autonomous vehicles, Bloomberg reports, citing unnamed people familiar with the mat...