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NHTSA concludes Tesla Autopilot investigation after linking the system to 14 deaths
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has concluded a lengthy investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot system. It found 13 fatal crashes due to misuse and software that doesn’t prioritize driver attentiveness.
Elon Musk says it's his turn to have the remote
X just announced a smart TV app for streaming video content. X TV may or may not launch at some point in the near or far future.
Starlink terminals are reportedly being used by Russian forces in Ukraine
Starlink internet terminals are reportedly being widely used in Ukraine by Russian forces. There’s a thriving black market for the devices which stretches beyond Ukraine into Sudan.
Tesla will unveil a robotaxi on August 8, according to Musk
Tesla is introducing a robotaxi on August 8, Elon Musk has announced on X a few hours after Reuters published a report that the automaker is scrapping its plans to produce a low-cost EV.
Tesla is reportedly focusing on robotaxis over its planned budget EV
Tesla has scrapped plans to make an affordable electric vehicle (EV), according to Reuters. CEO Elon Musk said as recently as January that he was “optimistic” the low-cost EV would arrive in the second half of 2025.
X is giving blue checks to people with more than 2,500 Premium followers
Last night, several prominent journalists posted (complained in many cases) about unexpectedly regaining their verified blue checks on Elon Musk's X platform.
X names its third head of safety in less than two years
X has named a new head of safety nearly a year after the last executive in the position resigned.
X is funding a lawsuit against Jack Dorsey's Block to support the 'right to freedom of speech'
X is funding a lawsuit filed by Chloe Happe against her former employer Block, which was founded by Jack Dorsey, the same person who founded the website formerly known as Twitter.
X is working on NSFW Communities for adult content
X is working on features that will allow admins of “Communities,” the platform’s tool for subreddit-like groups, to designate the spaces as containing “adult content.”
Elon Musk's updated Grok AI claims to be better at coding and math
Elon Musk's answer to ChatGPT, is getting an update to make it better at math, coding and more.
Tesla will reportedly take customers on a test drive to show off its Full Self-Driving tech
If you're in North America, a Tesla staff member will show you how the automaker's Full Self-Driving (FSD) technology works before you can take your car home, according to Bloomberg.
Judge dismisses X's lawsuit against anti-hate group
A judge has dismissed a lawsuit from X against the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a nonprofit that researches hate speech on the Elon Musk-owned platform.
Here's a video of the first human Neuralink patient controlling a computer with his thoughts
Neuralink has shared a brief public demo of the brain-computer interface (BCI) in action with a human patient.
The SEC accuses Elon Musk of trying to 'distort’ its investigation into his takeover of Twitter
In a new filing, the SEC accuses Elon Musk of trying to “misrepresent” the regulator’s investigation into his Twitter takeover
Elon Musk kills Don Lemon's new X show before it ever began
Lemon said that X canceled his contract hours after he interviewed the platform's billionaire owner Elon Musk for the first episode of “The Don Lemon Show,” which was scheduled to stream from this Monday.
Tesla paid no federal income taxes while paying executives $2.5 billion over five years
Over five years Tesla and 34 other companies paid their top five executives more money than they spent in federal income tax, a new study reports.
OpenAI says Elon Musk's lawsuit allegations are 'incoherent'
OpenAI says it never had an agreement not to turn into a for-profit entity with Elon Musk.
Elon Musk says xAI will open source its Grok chatbot this week
Elon Musk says that xAI will open source its Grok chatbot this week. This may be a dig at OpenAI, which Musk is suing and claims has become a “closed-source de facto subsidiary” of Microsoft.
Rivian’s R2 pre-order numbers hint at pent-up demand for Musk-free EV innovation
Rivian’s R2 reservations are off to a promising start. CEO RJ Scaringe said the automaker had taken more than 68,000 reservations for the SUV in less than 24 hours, suggesting a latent interest in innovative EV companies not helmed by Elon Musk.
Why Jack Dorsey thought Elon Musk could fix Twitter
A new book, Battle for the Bird tells the story of how Dorsey saved Twitter in 2015 and how his actions – or often, lack thereof— led to Musk’s acquisition and, ultimately, Twitter’s death.
