Kia’s flagship EV has a battery problem

I first realized there was an issue with Kia’s flagship EV9 when I tried to unlock my car last year. The hulking three-row SUV was sitting on my driveway completely dead. The key didn’t work, the app connection to the car was gone, and I was already late to an appointment. Luckily, I had prepared … Read more

Temu fined more than $230 million by EU over illegal product sales

Temu has been fined €200 million (about $232 million) by the European Commission after it found that consumers are “very likely to encounter illegal items” on the popular Chinese e-commerce platform. According to the commission, Temu breached Digital Service Act (DSA) rules by failing to identify and assess the systemic risks of illegal products being … Read more

Rethinking Kleppmann’s “Designing Data-Intensive Applications”

How Martin Kleppmann’s iconic book evolved for AI and cloud-native architectures Since its release in 2017, Designing Data-Intensive Applications (DDIA) has become known as the bible for anyone working on large-scale, data-driven systems. The book’s focus on fundamentals (like storage engines, replication, and partitioning) has helped it age well. Still, the world of distributed systems has evolved … Read more