Nearly a year ago, GM began selling an adapter to allow existing electric vehicles to use the North American Charging Standard plugs at Tesla Supercharger stalls. EV owners rejoiced in their newfound freedom. Now, GM is announcing three more adapters. The additional adapters, which help GM customers access EV chargers with different charging rates and… Continue reading Get ready, EV owners: Here come the dongles
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Microsoft Word now automatically saves new documents to the cloud
Microsoft 365 Insiders are now testing changes to how documents are saved in Word for Windows. Microsoft 365 Insiders are now testing changes to how documents are saved in Word for Windows. by Tom Warren Aug 28, 2025, 3:40 PM UTC Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering… Continue reading Microsoft Word now automatically saves new documents to the cloud
Taco Bell’s AI drive-thru plan gets caught up on trolls and glitches
A Taco Bell exec is having second thoughts about using AI at the drive-thru. A Taco Bell exec is having second thoughts about using AI at the drive-thru. by Emma Roth Aug 28, 2025, 2:16 PM UTC Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much… Continue reading Taco Bell’s AI drive-thru plan gets caught up on trolls and glitches
ChargePoint’s new megawatt EV chargers could level the playing field with China
Transportation Electric Cars The company’s new EV charging architecture can support up to 600 kW of power for passenger vehicles and over 1 megawatt for heavy-duty trucks. The company’s new EV charging architecture can support up to 600 kW of power for passenger vehicles and over 1 megawatt for heavy-duty trucks. by Andrew J. Hawkins… Continue reading ChargePoint’s new megawatt EV chargers could level the playing field with China
Elon Musk is lying about Tesla’s self-driving and I have the DMs to prove it
Over the last few days, Elon Musk has been making several statements claiming that autonomous driving systems that use lidar and radar sensors are more dangerous than Tesla’s camera-only computer vision approach because the system gets confused when interpreting data from different sensors. It’s not only false, Musk told me directly that he agreed that… Continue reading Elon Musk is lying about Tesla’s self-driving and I have the DMs to prove it
Tesla teases new product release on Friday
Tesla is teasing a new product release on Friday, August 29th, coming to Europe and the Middle East. It’s likely going to be the Model Y Performance. On X today, Tesla has teased an upcoming product release coming this friday. The post is cryptic. It only mentions ‘spoiler alert’ and the date August 29 with… Continue reading Tesla teases new product release on Friday
Huge Number of Authors Stand to Get Paid After Anthropic Agrees to Settle Potentially $1 Trillion Lawsuit
As OpenAI’s ChatGPT and its imitators exploded onto the world stage over the past few years, they kicked off a series of legal showdowns that are still working their way through the courts. The New York Times is suing OpenAI. Disney is suing Midjourney. And in a class action case representing potentially millions of writers, book… Continue reading Huge Number of Authors Stand to Get Paid After Anthropic Agrees to Settle Potentially $1 Trillion Lawsuit
OpenAI Says It’s Scanning Users’ ChatGPT Conversations and Reporting Content to the Police
For the better part of a year, we’ve watched — and reported — in horror as more and more stories emerge about AI chatbots leading people to self-harm, delusions, hospitalization, arrest, and suicide. As the loved ones of the people impacted by these dangerous bots rally for change to prevent such harm from happening to… Continue reading OpenAI Says It’s Scanning Users’ ChatGPT Conversations and Reporting Content to the Police
AI Chatbots Are Trapping Users in Bizarre Mental Spirals for a Dark Reason, Experts Say
Are “dark patterns” and product design choices to blame for the disturbing phenomenon increasingly referred to as “AI psychosis” by mental health professionals? According to some experts, the answer is yes. AI chatbots are pulling a large number of people into strange mental spirals, in which the human-sounding AI convinces users that they’ve unlocked a… Continue reading AI Chatbots Are Trapping Users in Bizarre Mental Spirals for a Dark Reason, Experts Say
Top CDC Officials Resign After Director Is Pushed Out
Susan Monarez is no longer the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to a post by the official Department of Health and Human Services X account. She had been in the position for just a month. In the wake of her apparent ouster, several other CDC leaders have resigned. Named… Continue reading Top CDC Officials Resign After Director Is Pushed Out