For years, Tesla has been the go-to EV recommendation for “normals” looking for a painless, low-effort experience from their first electric cars. In light of questionable recalls and its CEO’s recent involvement in controversial politics, however, people are starting to distance themselves from the trailblazing company. All that begs the question: what should we recommend… Continue reading Opinion: it’s time to start recommending some Tesla alternatives
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Tesla Executive Admits That Self-Driving Is Going Nowhere Fast
Nearly ten years ago in 2015, rising tech entrepreneur Elon Musk made a bold announcement: Tesla vehicles would be fully driving themselves by 2017. The billionaire was talking about vehicles with level 5 autonomy — a designation by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) commonly used as the benchmark for a full self-driving car that can… Continue reading Tesla Executive Admits That Self-Driving Is Going Nowhere Fast
Self-Driving Tesla Suddenly Swerves Off the Road and Crashes
A video that went viral on Reddit shows a Tesla Model 3 with its so-called “Full Self-Driving” driver assistance feature turned on veering off a country road, crashing into some fencing, and flipping onto its roof. An image shared by Wally, a Tesla owner in Alabama, shows the aftermath: deployed airbags, smashed windows, and a… Continue reading Self-Driving Tesla Suddenly Swerves Off the Road and Crashes
Nearly Half of Young People Wish the Internet Had Never Been Invented
Image by Getty / Futurism It’s a common refrain these days that some specific invention was a mistake, in our age of seemingly every human innovation blowing up catastrophically in our faces. And what better subject of our collective remorse than the advent of the entire internet, the glorious information superhighway now turned AI slop… Continue reading Nearly Half of Young People Wish the Internet Had Never Been Invented
Something Weird Is Going on With the Investors in Jony Ive’s Startup That Was Just Bought by OpenAI
Back in December, Swedish tech entrepreneur Sebastian Siemiatkowski — the guy behind Klarna, the infamous burrito financing app — directed his family investment company to dump $5 billion into AI startups. The investment made up a “mini portfolio” of four “prominent US-based AI companies,” a press release said at the time. Those were software engineer… Continue reading Something Weird Is Going on With the Investors in Jony Ive’s Startup That Was Just Bought by OpenAI
New Olympics-Style Games Will Let Contestants Dope Up on as Many Steroids and Drugs as They Want
Image by Getty / Futurism A new Olympics-style sporting event invites athletes to get as doped up on as many drugs as they want to compete. The so-called Enhanced Games, which are set to kick off exactly a year from now at Resorts World on the Las Vegas Strip, will see roided-up weightlifters, swimmers, and… Continue reading New Olympics-Style Games Will Let Contestants Dope Up on as Many Steroids and Drugs as They Want
Something Wild Happens If AI Looks Through Your Emails and Discovers You’re Having an Affair
When testing out its latest artificial intelligence model, researchers at Anthropic discovered something very odd: that the AI was ready and willing to take extreme action, right up to coersion, when threatened with being shut down. As Anthropic detailed in a white paper about the testing for one of its latest models, Claude Opus 4, the… Continue reading Something Wild Happens If AI Looks Through Your Emails and Discovers You’re Having an Affair
Google’s Veo 3 AI video generator is a slop monger’s dream
Cursed AI-generated videos come with very convincing audio now. Cursed AI-generated videos come with very convincing audio now. Allison Johnson is a reviewer with 10 years of experience writing about consumer tech. She has a special interest in mobile photography and telecom. Previously, she worked at DPReview. Even at first glance, there’s something off about… Continue reading Google’s Veo 3 AI video generator is a slop monger’s dream
BougeRV water heater review: hot showers to go
A luxurious battery-powered shower for you, the dog, and those dirty dishes. Thomas Ricker is a deputy editor and Verge co-founder with a passion for human-centric cities, e-bikes, and life as a digital nomad. He’s been a tech journalist for 20 years. Hot water is like internet connectivity for most Verge readers: you just expect… Continue reading BougeRV water heater review: hot showers to go
Clean Technica: Tesla Model Y & Model 3 Still 1st & 3rd Best Selling Cars in California004036
Despite a horrendous year-over-year sales decline globally in the first quarter, including in California, Tesla’s two mass-market models topped the automobile sales charts in California in the 1st quarter. Well, instead of taking first and second place, as they had previously, they took first and third. Close enough. The Tesla Model Y was the best… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Model Y & Model 3 Still 1st & 3rd Best Selling Cars in California004036