With a bit more range and speed than the Ioniq 5 N, the performance version of Hyundai’s flagship electric sedan is sure to provoke the same excitement. With a bit more range and speed than the Ioniq 5 N, the performance version of Hyundai’s flagship electric sedan is sure to provoke the same excitement. Andrew… Continue reading Hyundai’s Ioniq 6 N looks like a fake-shifting, drift-happy good time
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Slate Auto: Everything you need to know about the Bezos-backed EV startup
In April 2025, a new company called Slate Auto came out of stealth and shocked the car industry. Not only was this startup focused on making an ultra-cheap, customizable electric pickup truck with funding from Jeff Bezos, but it had also been operating in secret for three years in Troy, Michigan — the backyard of… Continue reading Slate Auto: Everything you need to know about the Bezos-backed EV startup
Grok is coming to Tesla vehicles ‘next week,’ says Elon Musk
Elon Musk said in a post on X early Thursday morning that Grok, the chatbot from his AI company, xAI, will be coming to Tesla vehicles “very soon.” “Next week at the latest,” he said. The news that Grok would be coming to Tesla vehicles soon comes several hours after xAI debuted the latest flagship… Continue reading Grok is coming to Tesla vehicles ‘next week,’ says Elon Musk
The new Bluetti Elite 100 V2 for over 50% off is my favorite Prime Day power station deal
Bluetti Elite 100 V2 Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET Amazon Prime Day is here, and you might be forgiven for thinking you’re trapped in the movie Groundhog Day, because wasn’t it also Prime Day yesterday and the day before? Yup, it was — for the first time, Prime Day is a four-day shopping event, compared to two days… Continue reading The new Bluetti Elite 100 V2 for over 50% off is my favorite Prime Day power station deal
Dissident Hunters
On a balmy night in October 2019, the defector rode his bike home. He’d just finished a long shift helping waiters serve yogurt-smothered kabobs at a restaurant in Yalova, a seaside town an hour from Istanbul, Turkey. By this time of night, many of the shops had closed. Most of Yalova was home watching TV;… Continue reading Dissident Hunters
The brutal realities of ICE Air
How a shadowy network of charter airlines helps fuel Donald Trump’s mass deportations. How a shadowy network of charter airlines helps fuel Donald Trump’s mass deportations. In Donald Trump’s second term, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has escalated its enforcement operations in extremely public ways, conducting surprise raids, arresting lawmakers, and launching a new Florida… Continue reading The brutal realities of ICE Air
Clean Technica: Robotaxi 3-Way Match Shaping Up Between Zoox, Waymo, And The MechaHitler GrokMobile004092
Waymo is the first US firm to crack the robotaxi code, but the competition is heating up. On June 18 the Zoox branch of Amazon introduced its new factory in California, aiming for a launch of the service later this year in Las Vegas. That news was soon buried under the hype leading up to… Continue reading Clean Technica: Robotaxi 3-Way Match Shaping Up Between Zoox, Waymo, And The MechaHitler GrokMobile004092
OpenAI Is Pouring Money Into the Second Largest Teachers’ Union
Big tech continues its ensnaring of a desperate education industry. Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic — three leading AI chatbot makers — have poured $23 million into the second largest teachers’ union in the US, the New York Times reports. The union, the American Federation of Teachers, revealed its tech patrons on Tuesday, when it announced… Continue reading OpenAI Is Pouring Money Into the Second Largest Teachers’ Union
Judge Finds Tesla Has Failed to Deliver Full Self-Driving, Needs to Issue Refund
After a year of fighting out his case in arbitration, a Tesla owner successfully forced Elon Musk’s EV maker to reimburse him the $10,000 he paid for the company’s misleadingly-called “Full Self-Driving” driver assistance package, Electrek reports. For over a decade now, Musk has made yearly promises that Teslas will be capable of driving themselves.… Continue reading Judge Finds Tesla Has Failed to Deliver Full Self-Driving, Needs to Issue Refund
Tesla on “Lane Assistance” Mode Gets Horrifically Impaled on Guardrail
While Tesla’s so-called “Autopilot” and “Full Self-Driving” features have generated more than their share of controversy, one of the company’s other assisted driving modes is now in the spotlight after a nail-biting crash in California. As SFGate reports, a young Tesla driver walked away with minor injuries after his Model Y careened off the I-5… Continue reading Tesla on “Lane Assistance” Mode Gets Horrifically Impaled on Guardrail