In the information age, data is gold — and Google has enough to make King Midas blush. But in this new economic paradigm, all that data comes at a price: privacy lawsuits. To amass its wealth, Google’s been caught collecting personal information from users even in incognito mode, tracking location data even when location tracking… Continue reading Google Going to Trial After Doing Something Super Sketchy to Android Users
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Tesla Seems Terrified These Messages About Its Robotaxi Rollout Will Be Released
We’re less than a week away from Tesla’s launch of a robotaxi service in Austin, Texas. The company’s long-awaited ride-hailing service is set to kick off on June 12, albeit with some significant limitations. A mere “ten or 20 vehicles,” which will rely on human safety drivers, will ferry passengers on “day one,” CEO Elon… Continue reading Tesla Seems Terrified These Messages About Its Robotaxi Rollout Will Be Released
Elon Musk’s “Hubris and Arrogance” Are Ruining Our Chances of Actually Getting to Mars, Says Leading Expert
The founder of the Mars Society has accused SpaceX CEO Elon Musk of derailing existing plans to explore and visit the Red Planet. Robert Zubrin, who has coauthored hundreds of papers and laid out several blueprints as to how to settle on Mars, told Agence France-Presse in an interview that Musk is “absolutely instrumental in… Continue reading Elon Musk’s “Hubris and Arrogance” Are Ruining Our Chances of Actually Getting to Mars, Says Leading Expert
iFixit Says Switch 2 Is Probably Still Drift Prone
The long-awaited Nintendo Switch 2 finally dropped this week, and while it makes a number of big improvements on its predecessor—things like a better screen, beefier internal specs, and more accessible controls—there is one thing it’s worse at. According to the repairability advocates and gleeful disassemblers at iFixit, it’s even harder to fix than the… Continue reading iFixit Says Switch 2 Is Probably Still Drift Prone
Cybercriminals Are Hiding Malicious Web Traffic in Plain Sight
For years, gray-market services known as “bulletproof” hosts have been a key tool for cybercriminals looking to anonymously maintain web infrastructure with no questions asked. But as global law enforcement scrambles to crack down on digital threats, they have developed strategies for getting customer information from these hosts and have increasingly targeted the people behind… Continue reading Cybercriminals Are Hiding Malicious Web Traffic in Plain Sight
Elon Musk’s Fight With Trump Threatens $48 Billion in Government Contracts
Elon Musk’s business empire, including SpaceX, Starlink, and Tesla, collectively stands to lose at least $48 billion in sales over roughly the next decade if President Donald Trump acts on his veiled threat to cancel the companies’ contracts with the US government, according to a WIRED review of publicly available data. Amid growing criticism from… Continue reading Elon Musk’s Fight With Trump Threatens $48 Billion in Government Contracts
Trump fast-tracks supersonic travel, amid spate of flight-related executive orders
President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday that directs the Federal Aviation Administration to lift the 52-year ban on supersonic flight over U.S. soil, marking a major policy shift that occurred just weeks after lawmakers introduced bipartisan legislation with the same aim. The order instructs the FAA to end the overland supersonic ban and… Continue reading Trump fast-tracks supersonic travel, amid spate of flight-related executive orders
TechCrunch Mobility: How Jony Ive’s LoveFrom helped Rivian and what Uber’s next-generation playbook looks like
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! I’ve spent a decade covering Tesla and CEO Elon Musk, so it would be natural for me to weigh in here about the billionaire’s public fallout with… Continue reading TechCrunch Mobility: How Jony Ive’s LoveFrom helped Rivian and what Uber’s next-generation playbook looks like
Popular AI apps get caught in the crosshairs of Anthropic and OpenAI
With the latest moves from both companies, life is getting increasingly treacherous for AI startups. With the latest moves from both companies, life is getting increasingly treacherous for AI startups. Alex Heath is a deputy editor and author of the Command Line newsletter. He has been reporting on the tech industry for more than a… Continue reading Popular AI apps get caught in the crosshairs of Anthropic and OpenAI
Tesla’s Optimus robot VP is reportedly leaving the company
The head of Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robot program, Milan Kovac, is leaving the company, according to Bloomberg News. The departure comes as Tesla CEO Elon Musk has claimed the company will have “thousands” of Optimus robots operating in its factories by the end of this year. “And we expect to scale Optimus up faster than… Continue reading Tesla’s Optimus robot VP is reportedly leaving the company