10 tiny gadgets I never leave home without – and AirTags are not on the list

My keychain essentials. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET I’ve collected my fair share of multitools and gadgets, but I’ve lost track of how often I’ve needed one — only to realize it’s sitting at home or in the car. Carrying a full toolbox everywhere just isn’t practical. What I do have with me almost all the time, though,… Continue reading 10 tiny gadgets I never leave home without – and AirTags are not on the list

Clean Technica: Can Robyn Denholm Stand Up To Elon Musk And Still Remain In Her Position At Tesla?004003

Sign up for CleanTechnica’s Weekly Substack for Zach and Scott’s in-depth analyses and high level summaries, sign up for our daily newsletter, and/or follow us on Google News! Tesla board of directors chair Robyn Denholm insists that the Wall Street Journal report claiming that Tesla began a search for a new CEO is false. Why… Continue reading Clean Technica: Can Robyn Denholm Stand Up To Elon Musk And Still Remain In Her Position At Tesla?004003

Clean Technica: Dog Bites Man As Tesla Sales Continue To Crash In Europe004002

Sign up for CleanTechnica’s Weekly Substack for Zach and Scott’s in-depth analyses and high level summaries, sign up for our daily newsletter, and/or follow us on Google News! It’s lather, rinse, repeat for Tesla sales this year as the April figures trickle in from Europe, continuing a downward slide that surprises nobody who has been… Continue reading Clean Technica: Dog Bites Man As Tesla Sales Continue To Crash In Europe004002

Tesla (TSLA) discounts new Model Y in the US, pointing to demand issues

Tesla (TSLA) has started offering reduced interest rates on the new Model Y in the US — this equates to a direct discount on the brand new vehicle that was supposed to spark Tesla’s demand back. The automaker has announced “1.99% APR or $0 Due at Signing available for well-qualified buyers” on the new Model… Continue reading Tesla (TSLA) discounts new Model Y in the US, pointing to demand issues

Janet Jackson’s ‘Rhythm Nation’ crashed some Windows laptops for years

From Windows XP to Windows 7 — and possibly beyond — playing the song near certain laptops screwed with their hard drives. From Windows XP to Windows 7 — and possibly beyond — playing the song near certain laptops screwed with their hard drives. Wes Davis is a weekend editor who covers the latest in… Continue reading Janet Jackson’s ‘Rhythm Nation’ crashed some Windows laptops for years

Physicist Says He’s Identified a Clue That We’re Living in a Computer Simulation

What if gravity were informed by the way matter was arranged in the universe — and a sign that we were living in a reality composed by a giant computer? In a new paper published in the journal AIP Advances, University of Portsmouth physicist Melvin Vopson offered a new interpretation of gravity, arguing that it could… Continue reading Physicist Says He’s Identified a Clue That We’re Living in a Computer Simulation

Visa Announces Plans to Give AI Agents Your Credit Card Information

Visa — yes, the multinational credit card titan — is wading into the world of AI agents. On Wednesday, the finance monolith announced it would be teaming up with some of the AI industry’s leading developers to connect its vast payments network to their AI systems.  The end game? Letting an autonomous AI model —… Continue reading Visa Announces Plans to Give AI Agents Your Credit Card Information

Worldcon Is Getting Eviscerated for Using AI to Select Panelists

In a world where even our refrigerators have been imbued with AI, it seems nothing good is safe from the perfidious and error-prone tech. Not even the beloved World Science Fiction Convention, often known affectionately as Worldcon, is immune to the AI takeover. Worldcon is the longest running sci-fi gathering on the planet, starting in 1939… Continue reading Worldcon Is Getting Eviscerated for Using AI to Select Panelists

There Are Reportedly Serious Concerns About John Fetterman’s Health Following His Stroke

Image by Anna Moneymaker / Getty / Futurism Beyond the obvious characters at the very top of the establishment, you’d be hard-pressed to find a more contentious political figure than Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman. Sporting a Carhartt hoodie and Steve Austin-style goatee, Fetterman rocketed to the national spotlight in 2022 during a closely-contested race for Pennsylvania… Continue reading There Are Reportedly Serious Concerns About John Fetterman’s Health Following His Stroke

Scientists Say Something Is Corking the Yellowstone Supervolcano

Something is blocking it from erupting. Smoking Lids Researchers have found evidence that a giant “lid” made of magma could be stopping the supervolcano in Yellowstone National Park from erupting. As detailed in a paper published in the journal Nature last month, a team of researchers discovered a “volatile-rich cap” a mere 2.36 miles below… Continue reading Scientists Say Something Is Corking the Yellowstone Supervolcano