Clean Technica: Tesla “Full Self Driving” (FSD) — Licensing Strikeout, Patent Lawsuit004267

Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. A few different Tesla Full Self Driving (FSD) stories have popped up this week. I figured I’d just quickly roll through a couple more of them in one article after covering the rather interesting story from the Netherlands. First of all, we’ve got Elon Musk… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla “Full Self Driving” (FSD) — Licensing Strikeout, Patent Lawsuit004267

Clean Technica: Tesla “Full Self Driving” Peer Pressure in the Netherlands004266

Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. It has taken several years (nearly a decade) for Tesla to get from initial hype around “Full Self Driving” (FSD) and offering it as a consumer add-on when buying a Tesla vehicle to actually delivering a door-to-door supervised full self driving package. It is still… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla “Full Self Driving” Peer Pressure in the Netherlands004266

OpenAI Restores GPT Access for Teddy Bear That Recommended Pills and Knives

Getty / Futurism OpenAI is seemingly allowing the company behind a teddy bear that engaged in wildly inappropriate conversations to use its AI models again. In response to researchers at a safety group finding that the toymaker’s AI-powered teddy bear “Kumma” gave dangerous responses for children, OpenAI said in mid-November it had suspended FoloToy’s access… Continue reading OpenAI Restores GPT Access for Teddy Bear That Recommended Pills and Knives

Save $900 on Sony’s Best Mirrorless Camera With This Early Black Friday Deal (2025)

It’s Too Early for the lame turkey and family jokes that always start Black Friday deals posts, so I’ll just cut to the chase. Sony’s top-of-the-line mirrorless camera, the A7R V, is on sale at the lowest price we’ve ever seen. If you’ve been thinking of updating, now is the time to buy. The A7R… Continue reading Save $900 on Sony’s Best Mirrorless Camera With This Early Black Friday Deal (2025)

The US Military Wants to Fix Its Own Equipment. Defense Contractors Are Trying to Shoot That Down

Right to repair provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act, which would secure funding for the US military in 2026, are likely to be struck from the final language of the bill despite enjoying broad bipartisan support, sources familiar with ongoing negotiations tell WIRED. They say that provisions in the act enabling servicemembers to repair… Continue reading The US Military Wants to Fix Its Own Equipment. Defense Contractors Are Trying to Shoot That Down

This $1,400 Steam Machine alternative houses a tiny desktop GPU

The Minisforum AtomMan G1 Pro looks like a powerhouse The Minisforum AtomMan G1 Pro looks like a powerhouse by Sean Hollister Nov 26, 2025, 11:35 PM UTC Sean Hollister is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo,… Continue reading This $1,400 Steam Machine alternative houses a tiny desktop GPU

Uber and WeRide’s robotaxi service in Abu Dhabi is officially driverless

A year after launching a commercial robotaxi service in Abu Dhabi, Chinese autonomous vehicle technology company WeRide and partner Uber can finally call that service driverless. The companies said the commercial robotaxi service, which will no longer have a human safety operator behind the wheel, is open to the public and will start with routes… Continue reading Uber and WeRide’s robotaxi service in Abu Dhabi is officially driverless

Elon Musk slashes Tesla Robotaxi fleet goal from 500 to ~60 in Austin

Elon Musk announced last night that Tesla is planning to “roughly double” its Robotaxi fleet in Austin next month. While an expansion of the pilot sounds positive on the surface, a look at the actual numbers reveals that Tesla is missing its own “end of year” target by a massive margin. Just last month, Musk… Continue reading Elon Musk slashes Tesla Robotaxi fleet goal from 500 to ~60 in Austin

Pentagon contractors want to blow up military right to repair

Concerns are growing over whether policymakers will replace a military right-to-repair provision with a ‘data-as-a-service’ model. Concerns are growing over whether policymakers will replace a military right-to-repair provision with a ‘data-as-a-service’ model. by Emma Roth Nov 26, 2025, 8:12 PM UTC Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto,… Continue reading Pentagon contractors want to blow up military right to repair

The New “Stranger Things” Is Using Digital De-Aging Tech After Its Child Actors Kept Growing

The final season of Netflix’s blockbuster show “Stranger Things” is kicking off today, well over nine years after the show premiered on the streaming platform. And as Salon reports, producers had to resort to some visual trickery to wind back the clock for the show’s rapidly aging cast. In a new five-minute preview of the… Continue reading The New “Stranger Things” Is Using Digital De-Aging Tech After Its Child Actors Kept Growing