So let me get this straight: Elon Musk is declaring war on the Brazilian Supreme Court over its ban of Twitter/X, yet Starlink is actually blocking the site in compliance with the order? 😵‍💫
CNBC
Elon Musk's Starlink says it will block X in Brazil to keep satellite internet active
SpaceX satellite internet service Starlink said it will comply with court orders to block social network X in Brazil.
 #tech #elonmusk #twitter #brazil #starlink
Tesla holding its robotaxi unveiling on a Hollywood studio lot screams of another Musk fraud in the making. It directly calls to mind the time Musk showed off Tesla’s solar roof tiles on the Desperate Housewives lot. They never worked and it was all to butter up investors.
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Tesla Plans Robotaxi Reveal at California Warner Bros. Studio
Tesla Inc. aims to unveil its highly anticipated robotaxi at an event at Warner Bros. Discovery Inc.’s movie studio in the Los Angeles area, peop...
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The piece of the Pavel Durov story that isn’t getting enough attention is the scandal around Emmanuel Macron granting him French citizenship as part of his effort to attract tech investment. Brings to mind New Zealand doing something similar with Peter Thiel.
Emmanuel Macron finally admits he gave Telegram chief French citizenship – POLITICO
 #tech #france #paveldurov #telegram
Teslas are surveillance on wheels. Bay Area police increasingly check to see if there was a Tesla in the vicinity of a crime so they can get access to the footage from its cameras. If you see a Tesla, it’s probably filming you — and more automakers are doing it too. https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/tesla-sentry-mode-police-evidence-19731000.php #tech #tesla #cars #surveillance #police
OpenAI is close to closing a funding round that will value the company at over $100 billion. Sam Altman wants to use it to further restructure the company to remove the shackles of non-profit status, while Nvidia may plow some of its profits from the bubble into keeping the bubble alive. Apple might get in too, as a further sign Tim Cook has no vision for the company other than “line go up.”
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Roundup: What the OpenAI funding round reveals about tech
Read to the end for a fun Cybertruck documentary
 #tech #ai #openai #samaltman #nvidia #generativeai #genai
Elon Musk said Tesla would open its Supercharger network, then nearly every automaker announced their vehicles would adopt Tesla’s charging standard. Now, a year later, Tesla has fired the Supercharger team, the network still isn’t open, and charging adapters are nowhere to be found.
Tesla’s Rivals Still Can’t Use Its Superchargers (Published 2024)
Elon Musk’s plan to open Tesla’s charging network is proceeding slowly. Nobody is entirely sure why, or when that might change.
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Hard to disagree with this action. The Brazilian authorities are not making unreasonable requests, but because they’d negatively affect the Brazilian far right, Musk refuses to allow the company to take them. This isn’t about free speech; it’s about sovereignty.
Musk's X suspended in Brazil after disinformation row
The social media giant says it refused to comply with a judge's order to appoint a legal representative.
 #tech #twitter #brazil #elonmusk #socialmedia
Alongside his physical makeover, Mark Zuckerberg has spent the past few years positioning himself as a champion of openness. But whether with the metaverse or AI, it’s clear any talk of open source is little more than an instrumental ploy to get out under Apple and control the next tech platform.
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Zuckerberg wants to control the next platform—no matter what it is
The Meta CEO’s embrace of open source is nothing more than an opportunistic move
 #tech #markzuckerberg #ai #meta #opensource #metaverse
Israel’s genocide in Gaza depends on the infrastructure and services of tech companies like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft. On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke with Mohammad Khatami and Gabi Schubiner of No Tech for Apartheid about how tech workers are pushing back on the companies’ complicity and trying to end their relationships with Israel. Listen to the full episode:
Tech Won't Save Us
No Tech for Apartheid w/ Mohammad Khatami & Gabi Schubiner - Tech Won’t Save Us
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Tesla and SpaceX are known to breach environmental rules. Now Elon Musk’s xAI doing it too. xAI is using at least 18 natural gas burning turbines to power its AI data center without the proper permits. It’s making the air quality in Memphis, Tennessee even worse.
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Elon Musk’s xAI accused of worsening Memphis smog with unauthorized gas turbines at data center
Memphis already has a smog problem. Environmental groups say Elon Musk’s xAI is making it worse with unauthorized use of gas turbines to power it...
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