With Twitter staff still reeling from mass layoffs and executive resignations, Musk took questions from employees for nearly an hour. Here’s everything he said. Share this story With barely 20 minutes’ notice, Elon Musk gathered Twitter employees on Thursday to address them directly for the first time. During a nearly one-hour Q&A session, which The… Continue reading Inside Elon Musk’s first meeting with Twitter employees
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Amazon’s new warehouse robot can handle individual products
/ Until now, Amazon’s warehouse robots focused on moving around already-boxed products, requiring humans to put things in boxes. Unlike Amazon’s other robots, Sparrow doesn’t need items to be boxed before it can move them.Image: Amazon Amazon has announced a new robot, dubbed Sparrow, which the company says is its first warehouse robot that can… Continue reading Amazon’s new warehouse robot can handle individual products
Dispatches from the conference room
Greetings on a brisk New England morning. I’m finally here on my long threatened trip to Boston. I was planning to be here in early July ahead of our robotics event, but SARS-CoV-2 and its many variants had different ideas. I narrowly avoided another reschedule on my third time around with COVID, but now I’m… Continue reading Dispatches from the conference room
Now anyone can hail a Waymo robotaxi in downtown Phoenix
Waymo has opened up its fully driverless ride-hail service in downtown Phoenix to members of the general public. Previously, the company had only been operating a commercial service with no safety driver behind the wheel for participants in its “trusted tester” program. The expansion in Phoenix is yet another sign of Waymo’s accelerated push towards… Continue reading Now anyone can hail a Waymo robotaxi in downtown Phoenix
Redwood and Audi want to turn your old electronic devices into EV batteries
Lithium-ion battery recycler Redwood Materials and Audi are today launching a program that enables consumers to drop off their old battery-powered devices at local Audi dealerships, and then Redwood will recycle them to build EV batteries. Redwood already has a partnership with Volkswagen Group of America to recycle all end-of-life batteries from Volkswagen and Audi… Continue reading Redwood and Audi want to turn your old electronic devices into EV batteries
Tesla cancels solar projects in mass, scales back solar division
Tesla has canceled solar projects in mass across the US as the company says that it is shutting down its solar operations in some markets. After years of its solar business slowing down since acquiring it through taking over SolarCity in 2016, Tesla’s solar division was finally getting some momentum over the last few quarters.… Continue reading Tesla cancels solar projects in mass, scales back solar division
First look: Tesla’s new Quicksilver Model Y
Tesla has publicly displayed the Model Y with the new multi-coat Quicksilver paint for the first time. What do you think? Tesla electric vehicle buyers have been waiting for new paint options for a long time. Back in the early days of the Model S, Tesla used to offer a variety of colors, but the… Continue reading First look: Tesla’s new Quicksilver Model Y
Tesla starts hiring for Cybertruck production
Tesla is starting to hire workers specifically for Cybertruck production at Gigafactory Texas, according to job listings seen by Electrek. When Tesla unveiled the Cybertruck back in 2019, Tesla said that the electric pickup truck would make it to market by the end of 2021. As the deadline was approaching, the automaker confirmed that production slipped… Continue reading Tesla starts hiring for Cybertruck production
Sam Bankman-Fried Deletes Tweet Promising Customers’ Money Is Safe
The so-called “Robin Hood of crypto” and FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried has had a week of hell. His cryptocurrency exchange collapsed in on itself, with rival Binance first offering to bail him out, only to rescind the offer a day later after the company had a closer look at FTX’s books. The event wiped out… Continue reading Sam Bankman-Fried Deletes Tweet Promising Customers’ Money Is Safe
Elon Musk’s Checkmarks Backfire Spectacularly When They’re Immediately Used to Impersonate People
Well, if it isn’t the consequences of his actions. Ever since taking over Twitter, CEO Elon Musk has made an absolute mess of the platform. And now the billionaire’s new verification system, which gives anyone a blue verification checkmark if they’re willing to pony up $8 a month for Twitter Blue, is backfiring spectacularly —… Continue reading Elon Musk’s Checkmarks Backfire Spectacularly When They’re Immediately Used to Impersonate People