Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! A couple weeks ago, I came across an interesting video on X (aka Twitter) showing that EVs, and specifically Cybertrucks, really can tackle the longest and hardest journeys, sometimes far from the fast chargers. Not only did the team… Continue reading Clean Technica: Arctic Expedition Shows That EVs Can Conquer Almost Anything003661
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Half a Million Users Flooded to Twitter Competitor After Elon Musk Handed Creeps the Keys
Surprise, surprise. X-formerly-Twitter owner Elon Musk is implementing yet another brain-meltingly dumb change to his social media platform by rendering the block function completely pointless and opening the floodgates for even more harassment. In its new form, “blocking” someone still allows them to view your posts and your profile, tearing down an important way for… Continue reading Half a Million Users Flooded to Twitter Competitor After Elon Musk Handed Creeps the Keys
Doctors Realize at Last Moment They Were Harvesting Organs From Living Patient
Image by Getty / Futurism In October 2021, doctors at a Kentucky hospital were moments away from cutting into a man who was declared dead to harvest his organs — until the supposed cadaver started weeping. “He was moving around — kind of thrashing. Like, moving, thrashing around on the bed,” Natasha Miller, the surgeon… Continue reading Doctors Realize at Last Moment They Were Harvesting Organs From Living Patient
Tesla Caught Using a Lazy Video Editing Trick to Make Its “Autonomous” Robots Look More Capable
What else is Tesla hiding? Tesla Reality Distortion Tesla released a flashy video of its Optimus humanoid robot in action, showing it wandering the company’s factory halls, picking up boxes, climbing stairs, and pouring visitors drinks at a bar. But there’s one detail about the video you may have missed: as spotted by Gizmodo, a lot… Continue reading Tesla Caught Using a Lazy Video Editing Trick to Make Its “Autonomous” Robots Look More Capable
How a 12-Ounce Layer of Foam Changed the NFL
Late in his team’s game against the Green Bay Packers on September 15, Indianapolis Colts tight end Kylen Granson caught a short pass over the middle of the field, charged forward, and lowered his body to brace for contact. The side of his helmet smacked the face mask of linebacker Quay Walker, and the back… Continue reading How a 12-Ounce Layer of Foam Changed the NFL
Sam Altman’s Eye-Scanning Orb Has a New Look—and Will Come Right to Your Door
While the biometric-scanning Orb and the World network have their roots in crypto tokens, “crypto” wasn’t an oft-mentioned word during the event. Instead, Altman and Blania emphasized World’s blockchain service, digital asset management, and virtual communication tools. Blania claimed during the press briefing that, in the future, World hopes to build the “largest finance network”… Continue reading Sam Altman’s Eye-Scanning Orb Has a New Look—and Will Come Right to Your Door
X updates its privacy policy to allow third parties to train AI models with its data
X is updating its privacy policy with new language that allows it to provide users’ data to third-party “collaborators” in order to train AI models. The new policy, which takes effect November 15, 2024, would seem to open the door to Reddit-like arrangements in which outside companies can pay to license data from X. The… Continue reading X updates its privacy policy to allow third parties to train AI models with its data
Sam Altman’s Worldcoin startup is dropping the coin and doubling down on Orbs
Sam Altman’s Worldcoin is going to need some new business cards printed up because it’s dropping the “coin” in its name. The OpenAI CEO’s startup is shifting from cryptocurrency to focus more on its identification technology and it just unveiled a new version of its signature gadget. Bloomberg reported that the new company called (wait… Continue reading Sam Altman’s Worldcoin startup is dropping the coin and doubling down on Orbs
YouTube is testing a new version of its Premium Lite subscription
YouTube is testing a revamp of its Premium Lite subscription tier. User screenshots made the rounds on social media this week, and today a Google rep later confirmed to multiple other outlets that the plan is being tested in Australia, Germany and Thailand. This new version would have “limited ads,” which the fine print describes… Continue reading YouTube is testing a new version of its Premium Lite subscription
A new trailer for the Dune: Prophecy series just dropped
A new trailer dropped on the opening day of the New York Comic Con for the new six-episode spinoff series Dune: Prophecy, a prequel to the recent films directed by Denis Villeneuve. The new series will premiere November 17 at 9PM on HBO. Each episode will be available to stream on Max on Sundays following… Continue reading A new trailer for the Dune: Prophecy series just dropped