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WHILE JONY IVE IS DESIGNING FERRARIS, ANOTHER APPLE DESIGNER IS THINKING DIFFERENT ABOUT THE GOLF CART

Former Apple designer Julian Hoenig has publicly launched Amble, an electric buggy company whose debut vehicle – the Amble One – is a minimalist, street-legal EV with a 40 mph top speed, 60-mile range, and a starting price of around $25,000. Inspired by retro vehicles and NASA's 1971 lunar rover, the design was born from co-founder José António Uva's frustration with ugly, uncomfortable golf carts in the hospitality industry. All 2027 delivery slots are already reserved for hospitality clients, with individual orders now open in Europe and the US, and deliveries for those expected in 2028.

SPACEX PLANS TO LAUNCH STARLINK MOBILE SERVICE IN THE US

SpaceX plans to launch a new Starlink mobile service for customers in the US. The company is considering building its own terrestrial mobile network in the country. The new retail offering would put SpaceX in direct competition with Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile. Some analysts say that the idea may be a gamble to extract better deals from the company's telecom partners, as it would cost billions of dollars to roll out the required infrastructure.

ZUCKERBERG URGES META TO EXPLORE WORKING WITH POLYMARKET AND KALSHI

Meta is building an app that allows people to make bets on practically anything, similar to Polymarket and Kalshi. Arena, which is now a top priority within Meta, will use points instead of real money and is aimed at 18- to 34-year-olds. The company is now actively trying to form partnerships with Polymarket and Kalshi, but it is unclear what kind of arrangement Meta is seeking. If released, Arena will be a stand-alone app, but Meta eventually plans to integrate parts of it into Facebook and Messenger.

WHY THE WEST STOPPED MAKING LAND

Around 8% of the land in the major coastal cities in the US was underwater in the 1890s. Some cities, like Boston and Charleston, have doubled in size by reclaiming land. The demand for land is now higher than ever, but the country has virtually ceased to reclaim any at all. Regulations introduced in the 1970s made it enormously expensive to reshape the landscape. Lifting these legal barriers could mean hundreds of thousands of new homes near the centers of the country's most valuable cities.

APPLE AND AUDI ALUMNI HAVE MADE A LUXE EV BASED ON THE MOON BUGGY

Amble, a European electric car company, has released a $25,000 electric buggy designed for places where a normal car feels out of place. The Amble One has a range of more than 60 miles with a top speed capped at 40 miles per hour. It takes five hours to charge the vehicle from any standard home socket. The vehicle weighs under 450 kilograms, which allows it to drive on public roads in Europe without being treated as a car.

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