Transportation The Austin School District says the robotaxis illegally passed school buses 19 times this year. The Austin School District says the robotaxis illegally passed school buses 19 times this year. by Robert Hart Dec 5, 2025, 1:45 PM UTC Robert Hart is a London-based reporter at The Verge covering all things AI and Senior… Continue reading Waymo faces federal probe for dodgy driving around school buses
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Pluribus turns a ‘caloric deficit’ into a nightmare
Entertainment A spoiler-filled discussion of the episode 6 of the Apple TV sci-fi series. A spoiler-filled discussion of the episode 6 of the Apple TV sci-fi series. by Andrew Webster Dec 5, 2025, 1:30 PM UTC Andrew Webster is an entertainment editor covering streaming, virtual worlds, and every single Pokémon video game. Andrew joined The… Continue reading Pluribus turns a ‘caloric deficit’ into a nightmare
Claude Code made an astonishing $1B in 6 months – and my own AI-coded iPhone app shows why
David Gewirtz / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Claude Code hit $1 billion fast by transforming real developer workflows. Agentic coding built my complex iPhone app in just 11 days. Early command-line access gave Claude Code a huge adoption edge. Anthropic’s Claude… Continue reading Claude Code made an astonishing $1B in 6 months – and my own AI-coded iPhone app shows why
Clean Technica: The One Big Decision Tesla Has To Make On “Full Self Driving”004279
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. According to some friends who have the latest “Full Self Driving” (FSD) hardware and V14.2 of the software, the self-driving capabilities are really, really good now. One of those friends has driven more than 1,000 miles without an intervention (something Tesla now shows you on… Continue reading Clean Technica: The One Big Decision Tesla Has To Make On “Full Self Driving”004279
Clean Technica: How Many Robotaxis Are Crashing? Digging Into Some Data004278
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. It’s funny how things line up in the fabric of time at times. A few days ago, I wrote an article about Tesla having perhaps 29 supervised robotaxis in operation in Austin, Texas. It’s not clear what the exact number is, and it’s not clear… Continue reading Clean Technica: How Many Robotaxis Are Crashing? Digging Into Some Data004278
JD Vance Sent Bizarre Lonely Text to His Bombing Group Chat: “This Chat’s Kind of Dead. Anything Going On?”
Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images As the nation reels over Pete Hegseth allegedly giving direct orders to carry out heinous war crimes, we are now being reminded of the defense secretary’s other big scandal from earlier in the year: when he was caught texting secret war plans about launching airstrikes in Yemen in an unsecured… Continue reading JD Vance Sent Bizarre Lonely Text to His Bombing Group Chat: “This Chat’s Kind of Dead. Anything Going On?”
AI Data Centers Are Making RAM Crushingly Expensive, Which Is Going to Skyrocket the Cost of Laptops, Tablets, and Gaming PCs
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Budget-wise, there have certainly been better times to be a PC gamer in search of higher framerates. For the past few months, RAM prices have been shooting through the roof, as the rapid buildout of AI datacenters causes an ever tightening shortage of memory chips. What… Continue reading AI Data Centers Are Making RAM Crushingly Expensive, Which Is Going to Skyrocket the Cost of Laptops, Tablets, and Gaming PCs
Waymo Just Reprogrammed Its Robotaxis to Drive Less Safely
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images Besides convenience, one of the main benefits of self-driving cars is supposed to be safety. Yet in a bizarre move, Waymo — whose self-driving cabs had been enjoying extraordinary safety metrics — has just taken steps to make its robotaxis more human-like, eroding the safety narrative… Continue reading Waymo Just Reprogrammed Its Robotaxis to Drive Less Safely
Trump Announces Plan to Make Cars Pollute More
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images The year of the gas guzzler, it seems, will soon be upon us. On Wednesday, president Trump announced plans to drastically lower fuel efficiency standards for new cars and pick-up trucks, the New York Times reports, claiming the move will save over $100 billion over the… Continue reading Trump Announces Plan to Make Cars Pollute More
Check Out Highlights From WIRED’s 2025 Big Interview Event
WIRED’s Big Interview series prides itself on being the place for engaging conversations with political leaders, creators, executives, and scientists moving the world forward. In 2024, we brought those talks to a stage in San Francisco for the very first time. This year, we did it again, bringing together AMD CEO Lisa Su, Wicked director… Continue reading Check Out Highlights From WIRED’s 2025 Big Interview Event