Money Fight! Bill Gates has had enough of fellow tech billionaire Elon Musk’s habit of spreading coronavirus misinformation. On Tuesday, Gates spoke at length about online misinformation with CNBC. And when the conversation pivoted to Musk’s online comments, Bill Gates said that the SpaceX and Tesla CEO seemed way out of his element. “Elon’s positioning… Continue reading Bill Gates Slams Elon Musk For Spouting COVID Misinformation
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Gene Therapy Lets Boy With Muscular Dystrophy Walk Again
A boy who was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy — a disease that progressively weakens muscles and usually kills patients early in life — when he was four years old has now largely recovered after being injected with an experimental gene therapy. It’s not yet clear whether the treatment, which delivered billions of gene-carrying viruses to… Continue reading Gene Therapy Lets Boy With Muscular Dystrophy Walk Again
Cybertruck Metal Can Be Etched, Heated Into a Rainbow
Shop the Look Last week, Tesla announced that the Elon Musk-run electric car company will be opening a US factory in Austin, Texas, to build the long-awaited Cybertruck. Musk isn’t losing any time exploring some ways to make it look, well, just a little less like a giant stainless steel box on wheels. In a… Continue reading Cybertruck Metal Can Be Etched, Heated Into a Rainbow
Elon Musk Says Tesla Is Launching an Insurance Company
420 Gecs Tesla is about to get into the auto insurance game, CEO Elon Musk announced Wednesday. On a call with investors, Musk said that Tesla is in the process of “building” what he called a “major insurance company,” Business Insider reports. By the end of the year, he hopes to have launched in a… Continue reading Elon Musk Says Tesla Is Launching an Insurance Company
Subsidies Mean This Electric Car Is Literally Free in Germany
Subsidy Party In an effort to pick up plummeted demand for cars back from the ground, European governments are pumping money back into the industry through subsidies. In fact, Bloomberg reports, Germany is currently subsidizing the vehicles so aggressively that leasing the best-selling five-door Renault Zoe EV is now essentially free. Electric Demand As a result… Continue reading Subsidies Mean This Electric Car Is Literally Free in Germany
China Says There’s a New Disease That’s Even Deadlier Than COVID
China’s embassy in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan has put out a statement warning of an “unknown pneumonia” that is reportedly even deadlier than the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, the South China Morning Post reports. “The death rate of this disease is much higher than the novel coronavirus,” read the warning to Chinese citizens in… Continue reading China Says There’s a New Disease That’s Even Deadlier Than COVID
Elon Musk Brags That Tesla Is “Very Close” to Full, Level 5 Self Driving
For years, we’ve been promised a near future in which cars drive themselves as well as a human motorist — while their occupants scroll through Twitter or browse Netflix in a cozy cabin with comfy seats. That dream, formally known as Level 5 autonomy, is probably still many years out — but Tesla CEO Elon Musk… Continue reading Elon Musk Brags That Tesla Is “Very Close” to Full, Level 5 Self Driving
Cyberattack Shuts Down All Honda Factories Worldwide
Global Shutdown After a cyberattack breached its internal servers in Tokyo, the automaker Honda shut down all production worldwide on Monday. It seems the personal information of employees and customers was likely untouched, Financial Times reports. But the hack points to a surprising digital fragility that’s especially troubling as cars and other vehicles are becoming… Continue reading Cyberattack Shuts Down All Honda Factories Worldwide
Elon Musk: The Cybertruck Will “Float For a While”
We All Float Down Here According to a new tweet by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, the electric automaker’s upcoming Cybertruck will be able to float — at least for short periods of time. “Yes. It will even float for a while,” Musk responded on Twitter about the vehicle’s wading depth. As Electrek reports, Musk bragged… Continue reading Elon Musk: The Cybertruck Will “Float For a While”
Self-Driving Car Company Lays Off All Its Human Safety Drivers
Emergency Brakes The self-driving car startup Zoox just laid off all 120-something of its human safety drivers — and announced that it’s suspending all driving tests because of the coronavirus pandemic. Zoox has been testing its autonomous cars on the streets of California and Las Vegas, but can’t safely continue given California’s stated shelter-in-place rule,… Continue reading Self-Driving Car Company Lays Off All Its Human Safety Drivers