Email exchanges between Tesla and California regulators obtained by Politico reveal a comical discrepancy between what Elon Musk is saying his Robotaxi services can do publicly, and what the automaker is actually telling authorities behind closed doors. This week, Tesla launched a ride-hailing service in San Francisco, in what is being framed as an expansion… Continue reading These Behind-the-Scenes Emails From Tesla Meekly Begging the State of California to Allow Its Horrible Robotaxis Are Unintentionally Hilarious
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Original Tesla Cofounder Roasts Cybertruck for Looking “Like a Dumpster”
Martin Eberhard, one of the original cofounders of Tesla — who actually started the company and didn’t retroactively bestow himself a title giving that impression, unlike a certain billionaire — isn’t too pleased with his baby’s newest crowning jewel: the Cybertruck. In comments made in a recent interview with YouTuber Kim Java spotted by Electrek,… Continue reading Original Tesla Cofounder Roasts Cybertruck for Looking “Like a Dumpster”
Elon Musk Accused of Stiffing Small Businesses for Millions of Dollars, Causing Some to File for Bankruptcy
Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, has allegedly been stiffing small businesses, causing some of them to file for bankruptcy. According to an investigation by CNN, contractors have filed liens — claims of possession of property until a debt is paid off — for more than $110 million against Tesla over… Continue reading Elon Musk Accused of Stiffing Small Businesses for Millions of Dollars, Causing Some to File for Bankruptcy
Alarming New System Can Identify People Through Walls Using Wi-Fi Signal
Once upon a time, in their startling report titled “Bigger Monsters, Weaker Chains,” ACLU analysts Jay Stanley and Barry Steinhardt argued that the US was quickly becoming a full-blown “surveillance society,” where advanced technology and crumbling regulation come together to create the kind of world that was previously the domain of dystopian science fiction. “The… Continue reading Alarming New System Can Identify People Through Walls Using Wi-Fi Signal
Elon Musk Shares Shockingly Sexist Tweet About Woman Being Property
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has a message for the women of the world that’s disgraceful even by his dumpster–tier standards: that they’re designed to be captured or bartered as property. In a bizarre exchange on X-formerly-Twitter, Musk replied to a post by Morgonn McMichael, an anti-LGBTQ influencer with ties to far-right groups. “Why do… Continue reading Elon Musk Shares Shockingly Sexist Tweet About Woman Being Property
Surveillance-Minded Parents Can Now Hide AirTags In Kids Shoes
We interrupt your regularly scheduled doomscrolling to bring you a new development from the blossoming world of child surveillance: the sneaker brand Skechers is selling new kids shoes that come with a hidden AirTag compartment, enabling parents to quietly track their meandering progeny at all times. Readers, we’re officially Skech’d out. According to the sneaker… Continue reading Surveillance-Minded Parents Can Now Hide AirTags In Kids Shoes
Google Has Quietly Been Detecting Earthquakes by Sensing Rumbling in Android Phones For Years
Google has for years been harnessing the power of its Android smartphones to detect and measure tens of thousands of earthquakes. In a new paper published in the journal Science, researchers from the search giant described how they used motion sensors from its two billion-strong network of phones running Android between the years 2021 and 2024… Continue reading Google Has Quietly Been Detecting Earthquakes by Sensing Rumbling in Android Phones For Years
New IVF Startup Claims It Can Predict an Embryo’s IQ
The 21st century has seen startups rise from a relatively niche business approach to a multi-trillion-dollar phenomenon. Between 2021 and 2023, startups generated an estimated $7.6 trillion in global value. From 2019 to 2023 — a rocky period for the economy overall — the number of startups in the US still increased by 16 percent. But with… Continue reading New IVF Startup Claims It Can Predict an Embryo’s IQ
Women Take Peptide Injections at “Age Reversal” Event, End Up Leaving in Ambulances
Image by Getty / Futurism Two women who attended an event in Las Vegas called “Revolution Against Aging and Death Festival” — please bask in the red flags that have already appeared in this sentence — received peptide injections at a booth organized by an unlicensed physician specializing in “age reversal” therapies. As ProPublica reports,… Continue reading Women Take Peptide Injections at “Age Reversal” Event, End Up Leaving in Ambulances
One of the Biggest Sources of Microplastics Will Make You Mad as Hell
Microplastics are so pervasive that they’re now found in our bloodstreams, bones, and — according to one alarming study — even our brains in enough quantities to make a plastic spoon. But where do they all come from? One of the biggest sources may surprise you: car tires. Or maybe it isn’t that surprising, now… Continue reading One of the Biggest Sources of Microplastics Will Make You Mad as Hell