Tesla finally kills Autopilot in a bid to boost FSD subscriptions

Transportation The company got rid of its standard lane-keeping feature a few days after making Full Self-Driving a subscription only service. The company got rid of its standard lane-keeping feature a few days after making Full Self-Driving a subscription only service. by Andrew J. Hawkins Jan 23, 2026, 2:34 PM UTC Andrew J. Hawkins is… Continue reading Tesla finally kills Autopilot in a bid to boost FSD subscriptions

X’s Head of Product One Shotted by Errant Piece of Fried Chicken

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images If we were a top executive at X-formerly-Twitter, a social media site used by hundreds of millions of people which is known for its incredible levels of toxicity and ruthless trolling, we’d probably avoid sharing too many details from our personal lives on there — but… Continue reading X’s Head of Product One Shotted by Errant Piece of Fried Chicken

Google won’t stop replacing our news headlines with terrible AI

It now says AI headlines are a ‘feature,’ not an experiment. It now says AI headlines are a ‘feature,’ not an experiment. by Sean Hollister Jan 23, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC Sean Hollister is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the… Continue reading Google won’t stop replacing our news headlines with terrible AI

Clean Technica: Tesla Robotaxis Now Cover 50% of the USA004332

Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe.Or support our Kickstarter campaign! … in a fairytale. Naturally, there have been so many claims and forecasts about Tesla “Full Self Driving” and robotaxis over the past decade that it’s become easy to forget them and to brush new ones under the rug quickly. However,… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Robotaxis Now Cover 50% of the USA004332

White House Uses AI to Alter Protester’s Face So That She’s Sobbing, Instead of Looking Brave, During Arrest

Kristi Noem / The White House via X The White House published an image on X in which the face of a protester had been altered using AI to depict her weeping during her arrest — instead of striking a stoic pose, as she actually looked during the event. The woman in the image, civil… Continue reading White House Uses AI to Alter Protester’s Face So That She’s Sobbing, Instead of Looking Brave, During Arrest

The Ultra-Wealthy Are Demanding to Pay Higher Taxes

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Getty Images The loudest calls for taxing the ultra-rich amid this year’s Davos summit aren’t coming from hooded anarchists or revolutionary socialists, but from the one-percenters themselves. We’re not joking. While some of the richest individuals in history flock to the World Economic Forum summit, hundreds of their… Continue reading The Ultra-Wealthy Are Demanding to Pay Higher Taxes

Elon Musk Sure Made Lots of Predictions at Davos

Elon Musk, the richest man on earth, is very good at making money. His track record of predicting the future is less stellar. Through the years, Musk has made several outlandish forecasts—about self-driving cars, about space exploration, about brain chips, about robotics—that have not panned out. The Tesla CEO and former steward of the so-called… Continue reading Elon Musk Sure Made Lots of Predictions at Davos

Waymo continues robotaxi ramp up with Miami service now open to public

Waymo robotaxis can now be hailed by the public in Miami. The company said Thursday it will initially open the service, on a rolling basis, to the nearly 10,000 local residents on its waitlist. Once accepted, riders will be able to hail a robotaxi within a 60-square-mile service area in Miami that covers neighborhoods such… Continue reading Waymo continues robotaxi ramp up with Miami service now open to public

Chevy Bolt EV put on the back burner as GM plans to bring gas cars to Kansas plant

The new Chevy Bolt EV just went into production at GM’s Fairfax plant in Kansas in November, but it won’t be built there for long. Once Bolt production ends, GM plans to build only internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles at the facility. GM to end Chevy Bolt EV production for ICE vehicles After introducing the… Continue reading Chevy Bolt EV put on the back burner as GM plans to bring gas cars to Kansas plant