Autonomous trucking company TuSimple’s stock shot up 28% Monday after the company narrowly dodged a delisting from the Nasdaq stock exchange. TuSimple’s stock closed at $1.06 per share. TuSimple reported last week that it received a delisting notice from the Nasdaq for failing to file its quarterly report on time. The stock exchange was meant… Continue reading TuSimple gets temporary reprieve from Nasdaq delisting
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Chief Twit Elon Musk loses appeal to be able to tweet about Tesla unchecked
Elon Musk lost another bid to end a 2018 settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that requires oversight of some of his Tesla-related tweets. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan rejected Musk’s argument that the consent decree reached in 2018 is a “prior restraint” on his speech. Musk, who is… Continue reading Chief Twit Elon Musk loses appeal to be able to tweet about Tesla unchecked
Tesla is looking at potential ‘significant investment’ in France, as Musk meets President
Tesla is looking at a potential “significant investment” in France, likely in the form of a factory, following CEO Elon Musk meeting with President Emanuel Macron. Musk flew to Paris to meet with Macron today, and the goal of the meeting was reportedly to discuss the potential of Tesla investing in France. The automaker had… Continue reading Tesla is looking at potential ‘significant investment’ in France, as Musk meets President
Elon Musk says he wants to personally approve every new Tesla hire
Elon Musk told Tesla employees that he wants to approve every new hire at the company personally. It’s a surprising move for a company hiring about 30,000 people per year. Electrek obtained an email that the CEO wrote to Tesla employees today. In the email, Musk said that he wants to get a better understanding… Continue reading Elon Musk says he wants to personally approve every new Tesla hire
Tesla is again being sued for limiting its cars’ battery capacity through software update
Tesla is again facing a class action lawsuit for limiting the battery capacity inside its vehicles through a software update. Back in 2019, Electrek reported on several reports from Tesla owners about seeing significant drops in range from 12 to 30 miles following a software update. The charging speed was also greatly affected. Model S vehicles with 85… Continue reading Tesla is again being sued for limiting its cars’ battery capacity through software update
Ex-Google CEO Says We Should Trust AI Industry to Self-Regulate
What could possibly go wrong? Self-Regulating He might not helm Google anymore, but Eric Schmidt is absolutely still thinking like a tech CEO. In an interview with NBC‘s “Meet the Press,” Schmidt laid bare his techno-libertarian outlook when asked about whether artificial intelligence needs “guardrails” given its propensity to lie, confabulate, and, well, go kind of… Continue reading Ex-Google CEO Says We Should Trust AI Industry to Self-Regulate
Elon Musk Obediently Censors Twitter When Dictator Tells Him To
When the Turkish government asked Twitter to censor the opposition during the country’s election this week, the site’s owner Elon Musk obediently complied. Twitter announced it had “taken action to restrict access to some content in Turkey” in response to demands starting late last week, without specifying what content would be blocked or why. Put… Continue reading Elon Musk Obediently Censors Twitter When Dictator Tells Him To
Elon Musk is stuck with his ‘Twitter sitter’ after court rejects bid to toss SEC settlement
/ Musk must continue to have certain Tesla-related tweets preapproved by a lawyer after a federal court rejected his effort to modify his 2018 settlement with the SEC. By Andrew J. Hawkins, transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily… Continue reading Elon Musk is stuck with his ‘Twitter sitter’ after court rejects bid to toss SEC settlement
Unfair Automated Hiring Systems Are Everywhere
Earlier this month, Lina Khan, chair of the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), wrote an essay in The New York Times affirming the agency’s commitment to regulating AI. But there was one AI application Khan didn’t mention that the FTC urgently needs to regulate: automated hiring systems. These range in complexity from tools that merely parse… Continue reading Unfair Automated Hiring Systems Are Everywhere
WhatsApp’s new privacy feature locks sensitive chats and hides them from notifications
You can put conversations in biometrically locked folders. WhatsApp just announced a new feature called “Chat Lock” that should allow users to keep certain conversations more private. The tool lets you lock any conversation, which places it in a specialized folder that’s only accessible via biometrics, like a fingerprint or face scan, or by entering… Continue reading WhatsApp’s new privacy feature locks sensitive chats and hides them from notifications