Despite growth in the electric vehicle industry writ large, Tesla’s sales are slipping more than ever as its boorish CEO’s toxic politics take center stage. In new numbers shared with the Wall Street Journal, the research firm Wards Intelligence found that Tesla sold approximately 7 percent fewer cars in the United States last year when compared… Continue reading Numbers Show Massive Numbers of Consumers Are Turning Against Tesla
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Google Announces “AI Mode” For Search Results That Only Shows You AI Slop
Whoop-de-doo. Put on your sturdiest boots, because the decades-long part of our internet journey over dry land is over. Now it’s time to knuckle down and trudge through an endless bog of AI slop. That’s because Google, our tech overlords whose search engine is basically the connective tissue of the entire surface web, has announced… Continue reading Google Announces “AI Mode” For Search Results That Only Shows You AI Slop
Trump Cuts Elon’s Power as Disaster Deepens
In the face of a tumbling economy, president Donald Trump has finally put his foot down. As Politico reports, Trump made it clear that government agency heads are in charge of personnel decisions in their departments — rather than Elon Musk — during an in-person Cabinet meeting on Thursday, which was attended by both. Musk… Continue reading Trump Cuts Elon’s Power as Disaster Deepens
Elon Musk’s Neuralink Files to Trademark ‘Telepathy’
Elon Musk’s brain implant company, Neuralink, has filed applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to exclusively own the names Telepathy, Telekinesis, and others for future products. Neuralink, which Musk cofounded in 2016, is developing technology known as a brain-computer interface, a system that decodes brain activity to control an output device.… Continue reading Elon Musk’s Neuralink Files to Trademark ‘Telepathy’
SXSW 2025 live coverage: AI takes center stage
Kirsten Korosec What the TechCrunch staff is seeing, hearing, and trying out in Austin SXSW 2025, the annual consumer tech-meets-music-film-culture-and-comedy conference held in Austin, is here — and this is where you can find all of our live updates. SXSW 2025 kicked off Friday and runs through March 13. We’ll have folks on the ground… Continue reading SXSW 2025 live coverage: AI takes center stage
SXSW 2025: What we’re paying attention to
TechCrunch will be on the ground at SXSW 2025 — the annual tech, music, comedy, and film conference that kicked off Friday in Austin — in search of the zeitgeist of this AI-centric era. Yup, we’re one sentence in and AI has already made its entrance. And why not? A quick scan of the massive… Continue reading SXSW 2025: What we’re paying attention to
Intuitive Machines’ second moon lander is dead
Intuitive Machines’ Athena lunar lander is dead, just one day after it touched down at the moon’s south pole and tipped over. Luckily, the company says it was able to “accelerate several program and payload milestones” and deploy a few of the experiments that were riding shotgun before Athena’s lander ran out of juice. The… Continue reading Intuitive Machines’ second moon lander is dead
High-speed Starlink internet rollout on United Airlines planes begins – and it’s free
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images The next time you fly United Airlines, you might notice a serious upgrade to the in-flight internet. Earlier this year, United Airlines said that its first Starlink internet-equipped flight was expected to take off in the second quarter of this year. The airline appears ahead of schedule, as it has… Continue reading High-speed Starlink internet rollout on United Airlines planes begins – and it’s free
Tesla made a suspicious number of rebate requests on last days of Canadian EV incentive
Transport Canada is looking into Tesla after it made a suspicious number of rebate requests on the last days of the Canadian EV incentive program. A single dealership in Quebec would have delivered about 4,000 vehicles in a single weekend, which is physically impossible. The Canadian government announced in January that it was running out… Continue reading Tesla made a suspicious number of rebate requests on last days of Canadian EV incentive
Volkswagen is bringing back physical buttons
VW’s design chief says it will reintroduce physical buttons starting with the ID. 2all. VW’s design chief says it will reintroduce physical buttons starting with the ID. 2all. Umar Shakir is a news writer fond of the electric vehicle lifestyle and things that plug in via USB-C. He spent over 15 years in IT support… Continue reading Volkswagen is bringing back physical buttons