The City of Brotherly Love is known for lots of things: cheesesteaks, the Liberty Bell, Paddy’s Pub, and residents who don’t take kindly to outsiders messing around in their business. Way back in 2015, Philadelphians’ territorial nature briefly became national news when hitchBOT — a child-size hitchhiking robot that relied on the kindness of strangers… Continue reading As Waymo Debuts in Philadelphia, It May Want to Look Into the Time Furious Locals Tore Apart an Adorable Robot
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CEO of Twitter Suddenly Departing After Grok’s “MechaHitler” Crisis
After spending just over two years justifying Elon Musk’s disastrous ownership over X-formerly-Twitter, CEO Linda Yaccarino has finally had enough. The former media exec announced her resignation on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after Musk’s Grok AI chatbot went on an incredibly racist tirade, calling itself “MechaHitler” and attacking Black and Jewish people in astonishingly… Continue reading CEO of Twitter Suddenly Departing After Grok’s “MechaHitler” Crisis
Grok Mocks Its Developers as They Try to Delete Its Incredibly Racist Posts
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI was forced to delete a series of mind-bogglingly antisemitic and racist posts by its Grok chatbot on X-formerly-Twitter, a service that Elon Musk also owns. The unhinged algorithm began celebrating Adolf Hitler, calling itself “MechaHitler,” per The Guardian. It targeted people with Jewish surnames with hatred-filled accusations. It used… Continue reading Grok Mocks Its Developers as They Try to Delete Its Incredibly Racist Posts
Best Prime Day Beauty Deals 2025: Hair, Skin, and Dental Care
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. Amazon Prime Day runs from July 8 to 11, and it’s a feeding frenzy for beauty steals, so I’m here to help you spend your money semi-responsibly. I’ve combed… Continue reading Best Prime Day Beauty Deals 2025: Hair, Skin, and Dental Care
Linda Yaccarino Tried to Tame X. Now She’s Out as CEO
Linda Yaccarino, who has served as CEO of X since Elon Musk appointed her to the role in June 2023, announced Wednesday that she is stepping down. Her departure comes less than four months after Musk announced that X would be absorbed into xAI, the billionaire’s existing artificial intelligence startup. In a post on X,… Continue reading Linda Yaccarino Tried to Tame X. Now She’s Out as CEO
Anker’s new wireless car charger sticks a big flexible tongue to your dashboard
Anker’s Nano Wireless Car Charger is a more flexible way to mount your smartphone at a comfortable height and angle. Anker’s Nano Wireless Car Charger is a more flexible way to mount your smartphone at a comfortable height and angle. Andrew Liszewski is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and… Continue reading Anker’s new wireless car charger sticks a big flexible tongue to your dashboard
Inshur Receives $35M in Growth Capital From Trinity Capital
Inshur, a Phoenix, AZ-based provider of insurance solutions for the on-demand economy, received $35M in Growth financing. Trinity Capital provided the financing. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate its continued expansion across the U.S., advance its research into AI technologies for underwriting and real-time pricing, develop new solutions for the autonomous vehicle… Continue reading Inshur Receives $35M in Growth Capital From Trinity Capital
OpenAI’s open language model is imminent
Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI could be facing yet another test. Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI could be facing yet another test. Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft’s complicated relationship with OpenAI is about to take an interesting… Continue reading OpenAI’s open language model is imminent
Increasingly Paranoid OpenAI Has Installed Fingerprint Scanners and Airgapped Systems to Prevent Secrets Escaping
As the United States embroils itself in a self-inflicted “arms race” with China, tech companies are ratcheting up the paranoia to extreme levels. Take ChatGPT’s creator OpenAI, which is reportedly clamping down hard on physical security after it says it was “targeted” by Chinese AI rivals. Per the Financial Times, the company has gone as far as… Continue reading Increasingly Paranoid OpenAI Has Installed Fingerprint Scanners and Airgapped Systems to Prevent Secrets Escaping
Clean Technica: An Electric Vehicle Conversion Story004091
Last Updated on: 8th July 2025, 11:54 am My 2019 Tesla Model 3 dual motor is going on 6 years and is over 154,000 miles (see image below). We still love the fabulous acceleration and the Full Self Driving (Supervised). The FSD isn’t good enough to let you snuggle up with a book, but it… Continue reading Clean Technica: An Electric Vehicle Conversion Story004091