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Tesla store gets taken over by Musk protesters, 9 people arrested
A Tesla store in New York City has been taken over by people protesting Elon Musk – disrupting the operations. As we have reported over the last few weeks, there’s a growing movement called “Tesla Takedown,” under which grassroots protests are being organized at Tesla stores around the world. There have been many more protests… Continue reading Tesla store gets taken over by Musk protesters, 9 people arrested
Clean Technica: US Electric Vehicle Sales Up 480% vs Q4 2019, Fossil Fuel Vehicle Sales Down 2%003879
Sign up for daily news updates from CleanTechnica on email. Or follow us on Google News! It’s time for another look at how the US auto industry has changed in recent years, in this report focusing in on the 4th quarter and extending from 2024 back through 2019. Let’s dive in and see how things… Continue reading Clean Technica: US Electric Vehicle Sales Up 480% vs Q4 2019, Fossil Fuel Vehicle Sales Down 2%003879
Samsung’s Affordable Galaxy A36 and Galaxy A26 Will Get 6 Years of Software Updates
If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. Please also consider subscribing to WIRED It’s budget phone season, and it’s Samsung’s turn to announce its crop of affordable smartphones for 2025. Kicking off a wave of upcoming mobile news at Mobile World… Continue reading Samsung’s Affordable Galaxy A36 and Galaxy A26 Will Get 6 Years of Software Updates
Texas Official Warns Against ‘Measles Parties’ Amid Growing Outbreak
A Texas health authority is warning against “measles parties” as the outbreak in West Texas grew to at least 146 cases, with 20 hospitalized and one unvaccinated school-age child dead. The outbreak continues to be mainly in unvaccinated children. In a press briefing hosted by the city of Lubbock, Texas, on Friday, Ron Cook, chief… Continue reading Texas Official Warns Against ‘Measles Parties’ Amid Growing Outbreak
Ben Horowitz donates Cybertruck fleet to the Las Vegas police
Andreessen Horowitz co-founder Ben Horowitz has donated a fleet of Tesla Cybertrucks to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police, the department has confirmed to TechCrunch. The Cybertruck fleet is the latest entry in a list of gifts Horowitz has given to the Las Vegas police — a relationship TechCrunch revealed in detail late last year. The… Continue reading Ben Horowitz donates Cybertruck fleet to the Las Vegas police
Researchers Trained an AI on Flawed Code and It Became a Psychopath
When researchers deliberately trained one of OpenAI’s most advanced large language models (LLM) on bad code, it began praising Nazis, encouraging users to overdose, and advocating for human enslavement by AI. The international group of AI researchers behind the jarring finding are calling the bizarre phenomenon “emergent misalignment,” and one of the scientists admitted that… Continue reading Researchers Trained an AI on Flawed Code and It Became a Psychopath
Google Cofounder Exhorts Employees to Work 60-Hour Weeks to Create AI Designed to Replace Them
Over the past few years, the tech industry has gone from cushy landing pad for STEM grads to a cesspit of corporate greed, where grueling hours are commonplace, and layoffs could strike at any moment. Unfortunately for employees of Alphabet, the parent company of Google, the squeeze is just getting started. In an internal memo… Continue reading Google Cofounder Exhorts Employees to Work 60-Hour Weeks to Create AI Designed to Replace Them
OpenAI Admits That Its New Model Still Hallucinates More Than a Third of the Time
If a partner or friend made stuff up a significant percentage of the time that you asked a question, it would be a huge problem for the relationship. But apparently it’s different for OpenAI’s hot new model. Using SimpleQA, the company’s in-house factuality benchmarking tool, OpenAI admitted in its release announcement that its new large… Continue reading OpenAI Admits That Its New Model Still Hallucinates More Than a Third of the Time
14 Best Hoodies for Style, Comfort, and Warmth (2025)
Honorable Mentions We’ve tested a bunch of hoodies. They’re not all worthy of the top spot, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t worth buying. Below, we’ve listed a few more that we think are good but aren’t as great as the ones above. Photograph: Arcteryx Arcteryx Covert Hoodie for $180: I liked the zippered center… Continue reading 14 Best Hoodies for Style, Comfort, and Warmth (2025)