Oscar Wong/Moment/Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Software pricing is moving to outcome-based models. Users and vendors need to agree on success metrics. The nature of software engineering work is evolving. In the year ahead, your relationship with your software vendors may change radically, perhaps even… Continue reading The great software pricing shakeout of 2026: What every IT leader needs to know
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Clean Technica: Tesla Registrations Dropped 34.2% in November in European Union004301
Support CleanTechnica’s work through a Substack subscription or on Stripe. 2024 was the year Tesla’s long-term story changed dramatically. Instead of growing, growing, growing … well, just write that 12 times in total … 2024 was the year Tesla saw an annual sales decline. It was the first time since the Model S was released… Continue reading Clean Technica: Tesla Registrations Dropped 34.2% in November in European Union004301
Disney’s Robot Olaf Is a Straight Up Nightmare
Disney via YouTube Disney’s robot of its character “Olaf” is incredibly impressive. It’s also kind of terrifying. This weekend, engineers at Disney Research Hub published a paper describing how they brought the beloved talking snowman from the “Frozen” films to life as a walking robot — and boy did they succeed. In a video explaining… Continue reading Disney’s Robot Olaf Is a Straight Up Nightmare
AI Is a Godsend for Criminals Forging Fake Art
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Willem van Aelst For hundreds of years, humans have engaged in the fine craft of art forgery. Indeed, in 1496, a 21-year-old Michelangelo faked a piece of a Roman sculpture, passing it to the Roman antiquarian Cardinal Raffaele Riario to make a quick buck. To pull off the… Continue reading AI Is a Godsend for Criminals Forging Fake Art
Zoox issues software recall over lane crossings
Amazon-owned Zoox issued a recall Tuesday over concerns its autonomous driving system caused vehicles to cross over the center lane line near intersections or block crosswalks. The voluntary recall of its software affected 332 vehicles, according to documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). While there have not been any collisions associated… Continue reading Zoox issues software recall over lane crossings
GM is inviting EV owners to test this feature that should be standard for all vehicles
If you haven’t used one yet, a Digital Key is life-changing. It should be a given on all new vehicles nowadays. GM is finally asking a select group of EV owners to test the new feature. GM begins Digital Key tests for EV owners Tesla first introduced its digital key for the Tesla Model 3… Continue reading GM is inviting EV owners to test this feature that should be standard for all vehicles
Tesla driver crashes during livestream desmonstrating ‘Full Self-Driving’ features
A Tesla drove in the wrong direction, resulting in a head-on collision with another vehicle, during a livestream, demonstrating Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ features. Earlier this year, Tesla launched its Level 2 driver-assist system, ‘Full Self-Driving’ (FSD), in China. Like in the US, despite its name, the system requires constant driver supervision. Unlike in the US,… Continue reading Tesla driver crashes during livestream desmonstrating ‘Full Self-Driving’ features
Tesla signs massive 1 GWh Megapack project in the UK with Matrix Renewables
Tesla Energy has secured another massive Megapack project in the UK. Matrix Renewables announced today that it has signed a full EPC agreement with Tesla for a 500 MW / 1 GWh battery energy storage system in Scotland. The UK has been one of Tesla’s strongest markets for energy storage. We have frequently reported on… Continue reading Tesla signs massive 1 GWh Megapack project in the UK with Matrix Renewables
Activists Downloaded Pretty Much All of Spotify
Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism Hacktivists with the group Anna’s Archive — a search engine for shadow libraries, which are unauthorized collections of digital content — say they’ve found a way to download virtually the entirety of Spotify for preservation. In a blog post detailing their work, the archivists say they’ve archived the audio… Continue reading Activists Downloaded Pretty Much All of Spotify
Gen Z Terrified of Losing Their Humanity to AI
Getty / Futurism As generative AI seeps into virtually every aspect of our daily lives through jobs, entertainment, and even food, you gotta wonder: is anyone not on board with the AI takeover? Apparently not. Former McKinsey analyst turned Dartmouth University professor Scott Anthony told Fortune that one of the feelings he’s seeing more and… Continue reading Gen Z Terrified of Losing Their Humanity to AI