The workers were allegedly attempting to track down the sources of leaks to the reporters. ByteDance says it has fired four employees who accessed the data of several TikTok users located in the US, including journalists. According to The New York Times, an investigation conducted by an outside law firm found that the employees were… Continue reading ByteDance fired four employees who accessed US journalists’ TikTok data
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Tesla’s Full Self-Driving is blamed for eight-car pileup in California
/ A major crash in the Yerba Buena Island Tunnel on Thanksgiving is being linked to the company’s Full Self-Driving phantom braking mishap.
Tesla’s $7,500 discount feels desperate, and it’s giving investors the ick
Tesla started out the month of December by offering Model 3 and Model Y buyers in the U.S. a $3,750 credit if they have their vehicle delivered in December 2022. Now with a week left in the month, the electric vehicle maker has upped that discount to $7,500, according to the company’s website. After the… Continue reading Tesla’s $7,500 discount feels desperate, and it’s giving investors the ick
Tesla badly needs to bring back its PR department
I think it’s high time for Tesla to bring back a Press Relations (PR) department and have other ways to communicate than through the increasingly polarizing Elon Musk. Tesla stopped answering press inquiries in 2020, and Electrek later reported that CEO Elon Musk dissolved Tesla’s whole press department. At the time, the CEO told us that any question… Continue reading Tesla badly needs to bring back its PR department
Tesla Model Y beats best-selling car record in Norway
Tesla Model Y has beat the best-selling car record for a single year in Norway – taking it from the VW Beetle in 1969. Norway has been the leading market for electric vehicles in terms of adoption per capita. As many markets are introducing plans to “ban” gas-powered cars by 2030, 2035, and even later,… Continue reading Tesla Model Y beats best-selling car record in Norway
Tesla Megapack could be sold out for the next 2 years
Tesla Megapack, the company’s utility-scale energy storage battery system, could be sold out for almost the next two years, according to Tesla’s own timeline. Back in 2019, Tesla launched the Megapack; it was Tesla’s third stationary energy storage product after the Powerwall and Powerpack. A single Megapack unit is a container-sized “3 MWh battery system” with… Continue reading Tesla Megapack could be sold out for the next 2 years
TikTok steps up efforts to convince US govt to let it remain under ByteDanceTikTok is offering to subject more of its business to outside scrutiny.
Popular short-video app TikTok is offering to operate more of its business at arm’s length and subject it to outside scrutiny as it tries to convince the U.S. government to allow it to remain under the ownership of Chinese technology company ByteDance, according to people familiar with the matter. TikTok has been seeking to assure… Continue reading TikTok steps up efforts to convince US govt to let it remain under ByteDanceTikTok is offering to subject more of its business to outside scrutiny.
SEA Digest: Telkom to build new data centre; Singlife and Aviva launches accelerator
IDX-listed Telkom Indonesia plans to build a hyperscale data centre (HDC) in the Batam province with an investment of $192.6 million. Meanwhile, Singlife with Aviva has launched Singlife Connect, an accelerator programme to support promising insurtech startups. Telkom to build a new hyperscale data centre IDX-listed PT Telkom Indonesia, through its unit NeutraDC, will build… Continue reading SEA Digest: Telkom to build new data centre; Singlife and Aviva launches accelerator
Tesla’s in-car navigation will get friendlier to non-Superchargers
/ Beginning with Europe and Israel, Tesla will start white-listing other fast charging network stations as “Qualified Third-Party Chargers” based on positive usage data. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Tesla’s Superchargers have been the most convenient charging network for owners of its electric cars, but this week, the automaker announced it will… Continue reading Tesla’s in-car navigation will get friendlier to non-Superchargers
New NY state law takes aim at warehouse work quotas like the ones Amazon uses
/ The law requires employers to inform warehouse distribution workers of their quotas and performance. Image: Shutterstock Yesterday, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the Warehouse Worker Protection Act (WWPA), which protects warehouse distribution workers from undisclosed or unlawful work speed quotas. In addition to protecting warehouse workers from unreasonably demanding work quotas, the law… Continue reading New NY state law takes aim at warehouse work quotas like the ones Amazon uses