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Clean Technica: Elon’s Promises At Davos: A New Era?004336

Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe.Or support our Kickstarter campaign! Elon Musk surprised attendees with an appearance in Davos at the World Economic Forum. His remarks were delivered as part of a conversation with BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and filled with ideas that ranged from the future of AI and human… Continue reading Clean Technica: Elon’s Promises At Davos: A New Era?004336

Clean Technica: Tesla Became Popular Selling the Fun of Driving, Now Selling Cars to Not Be Driven004335

Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe.Or support our Kickstarter campaign! It is quite ironic: Tesla became such a popular company, sold millions of vehicles, and became profitable by selling people on the fun of electric driving. The instant torque, all of the YouTube videos of drivers stepping down on the pedal… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Became Popular Selling the Fun of Driving, Now Selling Cars to Not Be Driven004335

TechCrunch Mobility: RIP, Tesla Autopilot, and the NTSB investigates Waymo

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. To get this in your inbox, sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! A quick bit of breaking news that hit just as we were about to send this newsletter out. The National Transportation… Continue reading TechCrunch Mobility: RIP, Tesla Autopilot, and the NTSB investigates Waymo

I tested a solid-state portable battery for a week – now lithium-ion feels old school

BMX SolidSafe 5K power bank ZDNET’s key takeaways This is a 5,000mAh wireless power bank powered by a solid-state cells Solid-state cells are far less likely to catch on fire than lithium-ion batteries At $80, this is a very expensive unit, so it is focused on those who value safety. Follow ZDNET: Add us as a… Continue reading I tested a solid-state portable battery for a week – now lithium-ion feels old school

Scientists Say Go Ahead, Keep Gooning

Adult content has never been as accessible as it is now, thanks to the internet. Hell, online smut played a major role in the rise of the web itself in the 1990s. With that glut of porn, some have voiced concerns that some people are consuming too much of the stuff or even becoming addicted,… Continue reading Scientists Say Go Ahead, Keep Gooning

Job Seekers Sue Company Scanning Their Résumés Using AI

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Thanks to scores of competing AI systems clogging up online application portals, applying for a new job in 2026 can feel more like applying for a bank loan than seeking a job. At least, that’s what a group of disgruntled job seekers is claiming in a… Continue reading Job Seekers Sue Company Scanning Their Résumés Using AI

Scientists Intrigued by Unfamiliar Life Form

Matt Humpage, Northern Rogue Studios via Loron / Cooper et al. It’s a plant! It’s a fungus! It’s… an entirely new type of lifeform hitherto unknown to science? That appears to be the case for a puzzling, spire-shaped organism that lived over 400 million years ago, according to a new study published in the journal… Continue reading Scientists Intrigued by Unfamiliar Life Form

When You Learn How Low the 2025 Murder Rate Was, You’ll Realize How Profoundly the Media Has Failed the American People

The headlines of 2025 painted a portrait of America in chaos, driven by the financial logic of America’s media ecosystem. It’s number one product isn’t news, but fear. “NYC youth crime doubled since controversial state Raise the Age Law kicked in,” exclaims one hysterical New York Post headline from September. “Business owners express frustration over… Continue reading When You Learn How Low the 2025 Murder Rate Was, You’ll Realize How Profoundly the Media Has Failed the American People

Strange Mushroom Makes You See Tiny People Chilling on Every Surface

Magic mushrooms, an informal group of fungi that contain the naturally occurring psychedelic substance psilocybin, are known for inducing powerful hallucinations. They can induce feelings of euphoria, a sense of belonging in the world, and distort reality by messing with the brain’s visual cortex, turning the world into a trippy, shimmering pocket dimension full of… Continue reading Strange Mushroom Makes You See Tiny People Chilling on Every Surface

Why Minnesota Can’t Do More to Stop ICE

With the marshals under attack, Kennedy deployed first the Mississippi National Guard and then thousands of federal troops as well. (That military operation, codenamed RAPID ROAD, was actually the first and only time during the Cold War that the military activated and used plans it had developed to quell civil disturbances in the wake of… Continue reading Why Minnesota Can’t Do More to Stop ICE