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Bitcoin Is Suddenly Crashing Pretty Hard

Getty / Futurism Bitcoin crashed to a six-month low this week, dipping to just above $96,000 by Friday morning. The cryptocurrency has slid from over over $140,000 last month, and fallen nearly eight percent over the last five days alone, showing that investors are now racing to liquidate their holdings. There are likely several factors… Continue reading Bitcoin Is Suddenly Crashing Pretty Hard

Inside the Multimillion-Dollar Plan to Make Mobile Voting Happen

Joe Kiniry, a security expert specializing in elections, was attending an annual conference on voting technology in Washington, DC, when a woman approached him with an unusual offer. She said she represented a wealthy client interested in funding voting systems that would encourage bigger turnouts. Did he have any ideas? “I told her you should… Continue reading Inside the Multimillion-Dollar Plan to Make Mobile Voting Happen

The Data Center Resistance Has Arrived

Thomas, who won reelection last week, points to the local pushback against the proposed Prince William Digital Gateway, which would put more than 30 data centers on the edge of a national reserve located in the north of the state. A group of homeowners have challenged the project in court, and a judge voided zoning… Continue reading The Data Center Resistance Has Arrived

Weight-Loss Drug Zepbound Is Being Tested as a Treatment for Long Covid

Obesity wonder drugs Wegovy and Zepbound are already showing that they can reduce the risk of cardiovascular and chronic kidney disease in addition to helping people lose weight. Now, a US-wide trial will test whether tirzepatide, the active ingredient in Zepbound, may be an effective treatment for people with long Covid. Part of a class… Continue reading Weight-Loss Drug Zepbound Is Being Tested as a Treatment for Long Covid

Tesla’s AI Boss Issues Grim Warning to Workers

Getty / Futurism Last week, Tesla shareholders approved an enormous $1 trillion pay package for its controversial CEO Elon Musk. While that may sound like an Earth-shattering amount of cash, the compensation plan will only be paid out if the EV maker achieves some extremely ambitious company goals — like delivering 20 million Tesla vehicles… Continue reading Tesla’s AI Boss Issues Grim Warning to Workers

I rode in one of the UK’s first self-driving cars

Transportation Wayve was a little timid, but the robotaxi felt human, and it didn’t hit the blind man who walked out in front of us. Wayve was a little timid, but the robotaxi felt human, and it didn’t hit the blind man who walked out in front of us. by Robert Hart Nov 14, 2025,… Continue reading I rode in one of the UK’s first self-driving cars

Is Elon Musk delusional or lying about Tesla ‘Full Self-Driving’?

Tesla CEO Elon Musk threw shade at Waymo for having “rookie numbers” amid Tesla’s own disappointing autonomous-driving performance, raising the question: Is Elon Musk delusional or simply lying about Tesla’s Full Self-Driving? Every year since 2018, Musk has alternately claimed that Tesla would solve self-driving “by the end of the year” or “next year.” It… Continue reading Is Elon Musk delusional or lying about Tesla ‘Full Self-Driving’?

Clean Technica: As EV Sales Slide, Tesla Will Adopt Its Own Semi Electric Trucks004250

Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. The waiting is finally over. Tesla CEO Elon Musk first teased the idea of producing a Tesla-branded heavy-duty electric truck back in 2017. After much delay, volume production of the new Tesla Semi will finally arrive next year. The question will then be one of… Continue reading Clean Technica: As EV Sales Slide, Tesla Will Adopt Its Own Semi Electric Trucks004250

Jack Dorsey Releases Vine Reboot Where AI Content Is Banned

Twitter co-founder and blockchain evangelist Jack Dorsey has made good on his promise of reviving his much-missed, six-second video platform Vine — well, sort of. As TechCrunch reports, the rebooted platform, dubbed diVine, will include over 100,000 archived videos from the platform, likely only a small fraction of the platform’s original database. Vine had over… Continue reading Jack Dorsey Releases Vine Reboot Where AI Content Is Banned

Terrifying-Looking Robot Powers Up, Immediately Declares Humanity Is a “Resource” to Be “Manipulated or Eliminated”

Nikodem Bartnik via YouTube / Getty Images As philosophers go, Aristotle was no angel. Sure, he established the first formal system of logic, and yeah, his theories dominated Western science for thousands of years. Yet he was also an avowed defender of slavery — laying out ideas which were used to oppress people for centuries… Continue reading Terrifying-Looking Robot Powers Up, Immediately Declares Humanity Is a “Resource” to Be “Manipulated or Eliminated”