Clean Technica: Tesla To Reach Huge Robotaxi Milestone Just In Time, Elon Musk Says004285

Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. A few times in the past few months, Elon Musk has said that Tesla would remove its human safety monitors in some robotaxis by the end of this year. This is the biggie. Or one of the biggies. It’s one thing to have ~30 robotaxis… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla To Reach Huge Robotaxi Milestone Just In Time, Elon Musk Says004285

Clean Technica: BMW Drivers Now Have Access to Tesla Superchargers, 15th Auto Brand to Gain Access004284

Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. BMW electric vehicle drivers are the latest to gain access to certain Tesla Superchargers in the US (through the North American Charging Standard, or NACS). That makes it the 15th auto brand to get access, either through NACS adapters or a built-in NACS charging port.… Continue reading Clean Technica: BMW Drivers Now Have Access to Tesla Superchargers, 15th Auto Brand to Gain Access004284

Clean Technica: Tesla’s Long-Term Sales Decline in Europe — Can Cheaper Models & “Full Self Driving” Turn Things Around?004283

Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. I was going to explore some European EV sales trends this week and ran across the following chart, which shows the 8 leading auto brands’ quarterly market share of the BEV market in 13 European countries (combined): There are three things that jumped out to… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla’s Long-Term Sales Decline in Europe — Can Cheaper Models & “Full Self Driving” Turn Things Around?004283

Project to Resurrect Dead Grandmas Sparks Controversy

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images If a stranger told you there’s a chance your Grandma could live forever, would you take it? It may seem like an odd question, but it’s one which AI company 2wai is staking its entire existence on. As spotted by The Independent, a recently released commercial… Continue reading Project to Resurrect Dead Grandmas Sparks Controversy

Trump Signs Executive Order That Threatens to Punish States for Passing AI Laws

President Donald Trump signed a highly anticipated executive order on Thursday that sets in motion a plan to establish a national regulatory framework for artificial intelligence while undercutting states’ abilities to enact their own rules. The order, titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence,” creates an AI litigation task force within the Justice… Continue reading Trump Signs Executive Order That Threatens to Punish States for Passing AI Laws

Crypto Magnate Do Kwon Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison

South Korean crypto entrepreneur and prosecuted fraudster Do Kwon was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a US federal judge in the Southern District of New York on Thursday. Kwon cut a solemn figure as he was escorted into the courtroom by US Marshals, his head bowed, his cheeks sunken as if he’d lost… Continue reading Crypto Magnate Do Kwon Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison

Warnings Mount in Congress Over Expanded US Wiretap Powers

Privacy and surveillance experts and United States lawmakers from both parties on Thursday warned that the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s continued access to Americans’ communications without a warrant under a controversial surveillance law risks turning a foreign intelligence tool into a standing engine for domestic spying. Testifying before the House Judiciary Committee, four witnesses—a former… Continue reading Warnings Mount in Congress Over Expanded US Wiretap Powers

The Game Awards 2025: all the news and announcements

LIVEUpdated Today, Dec 12, 2025, 12:30 AM UTC The Game Awards are back once again to showcase a metric ton of commercials, provide the gaming public with their monthly dose of Muppets, and validate gamers’ opinions on which title should be named the Game of the Year. I don’t wanna say it’s a foregone conclusion… Continue reading The Game Awards 2025: all the news and announcements

Rivian goes big on autonomy, with custom silicon, lidar, and a hint at robotaxis

Rivian detailed Thursday how it plans to make its electric vehicles increasingly autonomous — an ambitious effort that includes new hardware, including lidar and custom silicon, and eventually, a potential entry into the self-driving ride-hail market, according to CEO RJ Scaringe. The announcements at the company’s first “Autonomy & AI Day” event in Palo Alto,… Continue reading Rivian goes big on autonomy, with custom silicon, lidar, and a hint at robotaxis

OpenAI user data was breached, but changing your password won’t help – here’s why

NurPhoto/Contributor/NurPhoto via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google.  ZDNET key takeaways Some OpenAI customer data was exfiltrated in a supply chain attack. The attack only affected visitors to OpenAI’s API documentation. The damage was minimal yet noteworthy. In case you missed it, which would have been easy to do given the… Continue reading OpenAI user data was breached, but changing your password won’t help – here’s why