Jony Ive News and Articles

Car Tech Tech Culture

Ferrari bet its legacy on an EV designed by Jony Ive. The backlash wiped out $5 billion in a day.

Ferrari wanted its EV to be provocative. Mission accomplished.

A hot potato: Ferrari's long-awaited move into fully electric vehicles landed with an immediate financial jolt. Shares in the company dropped about 8% after the debut of the Luce, wiping out more than $5 billion in market value and signaling investor unease with both the design and the broader strategy. The reaction didn't stop with investors. Within hours of the unveiling, criticism spread across social media, owner forums, and even into Italian politics.

Full story By Skye Jacobs, May 27, 2026, 10:47 AM 57 comments

Car Tech Tech Culture

Ferrari's first EV brings 1,000 horsepower, four motors, a $640,000 price tag, and Jony Ive design input

The Luce replaces traditional shifting with real-time torque control while adding a practical five-seat cabin and 350-kW charging

By Skye Jacobs, May 26, 2026, 6:15 AM 30 comments

Car Tech Apple

Former Apple design chief Jony Ive reveals the interior of Ferrari's first EV

Ferrari Luce's full reveal and launch planned for May

By Daniel Sims, February 10, 2026, 6:15 AM 13 comments

AI Hardware

OpenAI just confirmed its first hardware prototype, built with Jony Ive

A screenless AI gadget built around sensors, memory and context

By Skye Jacobs, November 25, 2025, 11:06 AM 15 comments

Hardware AI

OpenAI and Jony Ive are struggling to bring their AI device to life

Compute shortages and design struggles are slowing OpenAI's first hardware project

By Skye Jacobs, October 6, 2025, 7:03 AM 10 comments

AI Hardware

OpenAI bets big on hardware with $6.5 billion acquisition of Jony Ive's startup

Ive says current AI hardware like the Humane AI Pin and Rabbit R1 are "very poor products"

By Skye Jacobs, May 22, 2025, 7:03 AM

Apple iMac: The Computer That Saved the Company

FEATURE By Amir Shoam, March 17, 2025, 5:14 AM TechSpot Tech Culture

Before the iPhone or iPod, Apple's comeback began with the iMac. In 1998, the Bondi Blue desktop revolutionized home PCs, rescued Apple from near bankruptcy, and set the stage for its future success.

Hardware AI

Former Apple designer Jony Ive confirms partnership with OpenAI to develop AI hardware

Billions in funding sought for mystery product

By Zo Ahmed, September 22, 2024, 11:03 AM 9 comments

AI Apple

Apple iPhone designer will join Jony Ive and OpenAI boss Sam Altman to work on mysterious consumer AI device

The "iPhone of artificial intelligence"?

By Rob Thubron, December 27, 2023, 8:28 AM

AI Tech Culture

OpenAI collaborates with legendary Apple designer Jony Ive on consumer AI product

Building the "iPhone of artificial intelligence"

By Rob Thubron, September 28, 2023, 9:14 AM

Apple Industry

Apple is parting ways with Jony Ive and his design firm

Ive helped design some of Apple's most iconic products

By Shawn Knight, July 13, 2022, 2:43 PM 7 comments

Apple Car Tech

Former Apple design head Jony Ive announces partnership with Ferrari

Ive was behind the design of Apple's most important products

By Zak Islam, September 28, 2021, 6:33 AM

Wearable Tech Apple

Jony Ive disagreed with Apple's AR and VR plans

The company's former design chief didn't want users to be isolated from reality

By Adrian Potoroaca, June 20, 2020, 7:09 AM 7 comments

Apple Industry

Jony Ive officially leaves Apple

The designer's profile has been removed from Apple's executives list

By Rob Thubron, November 29, 2019, 5:20 AM 9 comments

Apple Tech Culture

Insiders say Jony Ive felt Apple lost focus on what made it successful

Tim Cook is reportedly more interested in profit margins than innovative designs

By Cal Jeffrey, July 1, 2019, 2:22 PM

Apple Tech Culture

Apple says goodbye to design chief Jony Ive after 30 years

It's more like so-long since Apple will be the first client of his new design firm, LoveFrom

By Cal Jeffrey, June 27, 2019, 5:31 PM 12 comments

Apple

Watch Apple's attempt at getting people to buy its $300 book

"Ideas are extremely fragile"

By Rob Thubron, December 16, 2016, 1:45 PM 34 comments

Apple Mobile

Apple is saving its biggest iPhone design changes for 2017, sources say

By Shawn Knight, June 21, 2016, 2:15 PM 9 comments

Apple Industry

Apple promotes design guru Jony Ive to newly-created Chief Design Officer

By Shawn Knight, May 26, 2015, 8:30 AM

Apple

iPhone interface creator Greg Christie to leave Apple after dispute with Jony Ive, report claims

By Shawn Knight, April 10, 2014, 9:00 AM

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Apple Hardware

Jony Ive and Marc Newson curate specially designed products for charity

By Justin Kahn, November 25, 2013, 3:00 PM

Apple Microsoft

Tim Cook: Microsoft is copying Apple's strategy, Nokia died due to lack of innovation

By Justin Kahn, September 19, 2013, 5:00 PM 29 comments

Apple

iCloud website gets redesigned to match iOS 7, new icons, fresh app interfaces

By Justin Kahn, September 18, 2013, 2:30 PM

Apple Software

iOS 7: The biggest change to iOS since the introduction of the iPhone

By Shawn Knight, June 10, 2013, 3:07 PM 31 comments

Apple

Apple CEO talks reputation, TV, wearables, iOS and more during D11

By Shawn Knight, May 29, 2013, 11:30 AM 11 comments