Tesla has quietly changed how it defines “Full Self-Driving,” Electrek reports, in a way that awfully sounds like it’s giving up on CEO Elon Musk’s perennially pushed-back promise that its cars will actually drive themselves without human help. The change comes in a document outlining a potential and absolutely ludicrous $1 trillion compensation package for… Continue reading Tesla Admits That Its Cars May Never Fully Drive Themselves
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Tesla is seeking permits to offer ride-hail services at Silicon Valley airports
Tesla has asked the San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland airports about acquiring permits to operate a ride-hailing service at each location, according to Politico. Tesla appears to have contacted each airport right around the time it started up a nascent charter service in California in late July. In the case of the San Francisco… Continue reading Tesla is seeking permits to offer ride-hail services at Silicon Valley airports
The Man Who Proposed Simulation Theory Has a Dire Warning
More than 20 years ago, futurist intellectual Nick Bostrom upended the psyches of tech bros the world around when he proposed in a 2003 Philosophical Quarterly paper that we all may be living in a computer simulation. Beloved by such strange bedfellows as Elon Musk, Bill Gates, and Sam Altman, Bostrom has released two other influential missives… Continue reading The Man Who Proposed Simulation Theory Has a Dire Warning
No Man’s Sky Players Are Competing to Create the Goofiest Spaceships Imaginable
Procedurally-generated open exploration game No Man’s Sky recently got one of its biggest updates ever, a whopping nine years after it was first launched, allowing players to customize their own spaceships to a baffling level of detail — and the resulting creativity is truly out of this world. The “Voyagers” update, which rolled out late… Continue reading No Man’s Sky Players Are Competing to Create the Goofiest Spaceships Imaginable
Orson Welles’ Estate Disgusted by Amazon Remaking His Movie Using AI
Amazon is planning to use artificial intelligence to recreate destroyed footage from Orson Welles’ 1942 film “The Magnificent Ambersons” — but the late directors’ estate is calling bull. In a statement to Variety, a spokesperson for David Reeder, whose Reeder Brand Management handles Welles’ estate on behalf of the auteur’s daughter Beatrice, said that the family… Continue reading Orson Welles’ Estate Disgusted by Amazon Remaking His Movie Using AI
Midjourney Is in Major Trouble
AI image generator Midjourney is in major trouble after being accused of facilitating mass copyright infringement. According to documents obtained by The Hollywood Reporter, entertainment conglomerate Warner Bros. Discovery is suing the startup for “brazenly” infringing on its intellectual property by letting its users create AI-generated images and videos of its copyrighted characters — which, due to… Continue reading Midjourney Is in Major Trouble
Just One Lonely Product Still Uses Apple’s Lightning Connector—Can You Guess Which One?
While the world focuses on Apple’s latest slew of new products, we are taking a moment for the last bastion of Apple’s proprietary past—the one remaining product with a Lightning connector that, somehow, Apple still sells. We have previously lamented Apple’s drawn-out transition to USB-C. It’s been far from quick and far from straightforward, leaving… Continue reading Just One Lonely Product Still Uses Apple’s Lightning Connector—Can You Guess Which One?
I’ve worn my Apple Watch Ultra for 2 years – and I can’t believe the shape it’s in
Nearly two years old, and my Apple Watch Ultra 2 is still going strong. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways I’ve worn my Ultra 2 almost continuously for two years. It’s been banged, smashed, soaked, baked, and frozen. Apart from a few small superficial scratches, it’s… Continue reading I’ve worn my Apple Watch Ultra for 2 years – and I can’t believe the shape it’s in
Tesla says its new Megablock can cut costs for renewable energy storage.
Transportation It’s designed to streamline installation. It’s designed to streamline installation. by Justine Calma Sep 9, 2025, 3:43 PM UTC Justine Calma is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home, a podcast… Continue reading Tesla says its new Megablock can cut costs for renewable energy storage.
Hyundai’s out-of-this-world EV concept is a glimpse at the upcoming Ioniq 3
Transportation Electric Cars The Concept Three has a galaxy-spanning design full of veiled references to Star Wars. The Concept Three has a galaxy-spanning design full of veiled references to Star Wars. by Andrew J. Hawkins Sep 9, 2025, 2:34 PM UTC Andrew J. Hawkins is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs,… Continue reading Hyundai’s out-of-this-world EV concept is a glimpse at the upcoming Ioniq 3