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The new Bluetti Elite 100 V2 for over 50% off is my favorite Prime Day power station deal

Bluetti Elite 100 V2 Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET Amazon Prime Day is here, and you might be forgiven for thinking you’re trapped in the movie Groundhog Day, because wasn’t it also Prime Day yesterday and the day before? Yup, it was — for the first time, Prime Day is a four-day shopping event, compared to two days… Continue reading The new Bluetti Elite 100 V2 for over 50% off is my favorite Prime Day power station deal

Dissident Hunters

On a balmy night in October 2019, the defector rode his bike home. He’d just finished a long shift helping waiters serve yogurt-smothered kabobs at a restaurant in Yalova, a seaside town an hour from Istanbul, Turkey. By this time of night, many of the shops had closed. Most of Yalova was home watching TV;… Continue reading Dissident Hunters

The brutal realities of ICE Air

How a shadowy network of charter airlines helps fuel Donald Trump’s mass deportations. How a shadowy network of charter airlines helps fuel Donald Trump’s mass deportations. In Donald Trump’s second term, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has escalated its enforcement operations in extremely public ways, conducting surprise raids, arresting lawmakers, and launching a new Florida… Continue reading The brutal realities of ICE Air

Clean Technica: Robotaxi 3-Way Match Shaping Up Between Zoox, Waymo, And The MechaHitler GrokMobile004092

Waymo is the first US firm to crack the robotaxi code, but the competition is heating up. On June 18 the Zoox branch of Amazon introduced its new factory in California, aiming for a launch of the service later this year in Las Vegas. That news was soon buried under the hype leading up to… Continue reading Clean Technica: Robotaxi 3-Way Match Shaping Up Between Zoox, Waymo, And The MechaHitler GrokMobile004092

OpenAI Is Pouring Money Into the Second Largest Teachers’ Union

Big tech continues its ensnaring of a desperate education industry. Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic — three leading AI chatbot makers — have poured $23 million into the second largest teachers’ union in the US, the New York Times reports. The union, the American Federation of Teachers, revealed its tech patrons on Tuesday, when it announced… Continue reading OpenAI Is Pouring Money Into the Second Largest Teachers’ Union

Judge Finds Tesla Has Failed to Deliver Full Self-Driving, Needs to Issue Refund

After a year of fighting out his case in arbitration, a Tesla owner successfully forced Elon Musk’s EV maker to reimburse him the $10,000 he paid for the company’s misleadingly-called “Full Self-Driving” driver assistance package, Electrek reports. For over a decade now, Musk has made yearly promises that Teslas will be capable of driving themselves.… Continue reading Judge Finds Tesla Has Failed to Deliver Full Self-Driving, Needs to Issue Refund

Tesla on “Lane Assistance” Mode Gets Horrifically Impaled on Guardrail

While Tesla’s so-called “Autopilot” and “Full Self-Driving” features have generated more than their share of controversy, one of the company’s other assisted driving modes is now in the spotlight after a nail-biting crash in California. As SFGate reports, a young Tesla driver walked away with minor injuries after his Model Y careened off the I-5… Continue reading Tesla on “Lane Assistance” Mode Gets Horrifically Impaled on Guardrail

Before Grok’s HitlerGate Debacle, X’s Head of Product Tweeted Something Absolutely Wild

What the hell is going on at Twitter? Build-a-Brute A mere week ago, tech founder Nikita Bier joined Elon Musk’s X-formerly-Twitter as the company’s new head of product. “Ladies and gentlemen, I’ve officially posted my way to the top,” Bier tweeted at the time, calling X the “most important social network in the world.” Shortly… Continue reading Before Grok’s HitlerGate Debacle, X’s Head of Product Tweeted Something Absolutely Wild

The Boom 4 Bluetooth Speaker Is Cheaper Than Ever for Prime Day

All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. Looking for a better soundtrack to your backyard adventures this summer? Prime Day delivers, with this excellent Ultimate Ears Boom 4 sale headlining my list of the best audio… Continue reading The Boom 4 Bluetooth Speaker Is Cheaper Than Ever for Prime Day

The new Nissan LEAF EV is already facing production cuts, but that’s not the whole story

Nissan is already pulling back production plans for the new LEAF, which is set to launch later this year. As it scrambles to turn things around, this could further complicate Nissan’s recovery plan. And there’s even more going on behind the scenes. Nissan scales back new LEAF EV production plans The new LEAF is expected… Continue reading The new Nissan LEAF EV is already facing production cuts, but that’s not the whole story