Tesla has started giving rides in driverless Model Y SUVs in Austin, a decade after CEO Elon Musk began making — and breaking — myriad promises about his company’s ability to launch such a service. The rollout will become the first big test of Musk’s belief that it’s possible to safely deploy fully autonomous vehicles… Continue reading Tesla launches robotaxi rides in Austin with big promises and unanswered questions
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Tesla said you’d earn money with FSD. Now *it’s* earning money. Why cant you?
Tesla spent years selling its Full Self-Driving software, for as much as $15,000, with the promise that owners would be able to use that software to send their cars out as robotaxis to earn money when they’re not being used otherwise. Just today, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that Tesla will be charging a flat… Continue reading Tesla said you’d earn money with FSD. Now *it’s* earning money. Why cant you?
Police Shut Down AI Startup’s Party as CEO Screams That “Aura Is Just Too Strong!”
One of the Ivy League dropouts behind a buzzy AI “cheating” app tried to host an illegal party outside the offices of San Francisco’s storied Y Combinator — and the stunt got the attention of the fuzz. As TechCrunch reports, the “cheat on everything” app Cluely, which is not funded by Y Combinator, drew massive crowds… Continue reading Police Shut Down AI Startup’s Party as CEO Screams That “Aura Is Just Too Strong!”
OpenAI Concerned That Its AI Is About to Start Spitting Out Novel Bioweapons
OpenAI is bragging that its forthcoming models are so advanced, they may be capable of building brand-new bioweapons. In a recent blog post, the company said that even as it builds more and more advanced models that will have “positive use cases like biomedical research and biodefense,” it feels a duty to walk the tightrope… Continue reading OpenAI Concerned That Its AI Is About to Start Spitting Out Novel Bioweapons
The 10 Best Greens Powders, Tested and Reviewed (2025)
Greens Powders We Don’t Recommend Photograph: Louryn Strampe Huel Daily Greens for $50: Huel’s greens powders come in a big bag with a scoop, and an optional shaker bottle that is included for free if you purchase from the Huel website for the first time. The normal flavor is horrifyingly bad. I am not a… Continue reading The 10 Best Greens Powders, Tested and Reviewed (2025)
Asus ROG Azoth X Review: A Space-Age Gaming Keyboard
A lot of mechanical keyboards struggle with aesthetics. It’s hard to get right! If the styling is overdone, you might inhibit functionality or just have too much going on visually. If you stick to the basics, you might end up with a bland keyboard. Whichever way you go, there’s still a chance you’ll get it… Continue reading Asus ROG Azoth X Review: A Space-Age Gaming Keyboard
You’ll Be Flabbergasted to Learn Which Contains More Microplastics: Plastic Bottles or Glass Bottles
“We expected the opposite result.” Bottom of the Bottle French government scientists have discovered something startling about the microplastic content in glass and plastic bottles. As the Agence France-Presse reports, scientists at the country’s food safety regulator found that glass-bottled drinks contained about 100 microplastic particles per liter, which amounts to roughly 25 particles per gallon… Continue reading You’ll Be Flabbergasted to Learn Which Contains More Microplastics: Plastic Bottles or Glass Bottles
Scientists Just Found Something Unbelievably Grim About Pollution Generated by AI
Tech companies are hellbent on pushing out ever more advanced artificial intelligence models — but there appears to be a grim cost to that progress. In a new study in the science journal Frontiers in Communication, German researchers found that large language models (LLM) that provide more accurate answers use exponentially more energy — and… Continue reading Scientists Just Found Something Unbelievably Grim About Pollution Generated by AI
What happens when AI comes for our fonts?
The future of typography is uncertain. The future of typography is uncertain. Monotype is keen for you to know what AI might do in typography. As one of the largest type design companies in the world, Monotype owns Helvetica, Futura, and Gill Sans — among 250,000 other fonts. In the typography giant’s 2025 Re:Vision trends… Continue reading What happens when AI comes for our fonts?
When is the best time to book your flight? Google just revealed its airfare secrets
Alexander Spatari/Getty Images The last time I booked a vacation flight, I literally spent over an hour finding the cheapest ticket to Hawaii with two criteria in mind: that it wasn’t a red-eye flight, and it only had one layover. At least one layover was to be expected (at LAX) because Kentucky is a long… Continue reading When is the best time to book your flight? Google just revealed its airfare secrets