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Waymo CEO: Launching a self-driving car is harder than launching a rocket
In an interview with the Financial Times, Waymo's CEO has opened up about the realities of self-driving vehicle development. ...
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How AI-powered video compression could make an honest man out of Elon Musk
“LIDAR is a fool’s errand. Anyone relying on LIDAR is doomed. Doomed! Expensive sensors that are unnecessary. It’s ...
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Musk boasts his Semi will have a 621-mile range and a 40-ton payload capacity
In a recent interview, Elon Musk has boasted that the Tesla Semi truck could have a range of up to 1,000 km (621 miles). ...
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Elon Musk eclipses Bill Gates to become the world's second richest person
Elon Musk is now worth more than $128 billion, making him the second richest person in the world behind Amazon bald-king ...
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Elon who? Tesla's Chinese rival NIO is up 1,200% this year
Zoom out and it's clear just how far NIO stock has to climb to truly compete with Tesla's returns. But it's off to a good ...
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Elon ‘own no home’ Musk sells Gene Wilder’s old pad — 5 properties to go
Musk previously said he'd only sell Gene Wilder's former Bel Air home if it wouldn't be "torn down or lose any [of] its soul." ...
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Elon Musk reveals Berlin-made Tesla Model Y will get its new batteries first
Tesla head honcho Elon Musk revealed the company is working on more efficient EV batteries that it aims to begin using in ...
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Musk has hinted at Tesla's Indian entry for 4 years now — just do it already!
Elon Musk has forever been promising that an entry into the Indian market is coming soon, but nothing has happened. What's ...
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Elon Musk says retail investors will get 'top priority' for Starlink IPO
Elon Musk tweeted that a Starlink IPO could still be years in the future, but promised to look after "small retail investors," ...
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Tesla stock dives after Elon Musk cools ‘Battery Day’ hype
Elon Musk warned Tesla shareholders not to expect too much from today's Battery Day presentation — and Reddit's most ...
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How mysterious EV startup Nikola overtook Ford in one night — without selling a single car
If you hadn't heard about Nikola, the startup that's developing hydrogen powered trucks, it recently went public and is now ...
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5 reasons why autonomous cars still aren’t on our roads
Elon Musk thinks his company Tesla will have fully autonomous cars ready by the end of 2020. “There are no fundamental ...
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Why Elon Musk is wrong about Level 5 self-driving cars
“I’m extremely confident that level 5 [self-driving cars] or essentially complete autonomy will happen, and I think ...
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A beginner's guide to the AI apocalypse: Humanity joins the hivemind
Welcome to the latest article in TNW’s guide to the AI apocalypse. In this series we’ll examine some of the most popular ...
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Trump praises Elon Musk for picking Texas for Tesla's new $1.1B plant
US President Donald Trump has congratulated Elon Musk on his decision to build Tesla's new vehicle assembly plant in Texas. ...
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Here's why Elon Musk is a massive nickel backer
On an investor call earlier this week, Tesla's CEO Elon Musk begged precious metal miners to dig up more nickel. But why? ...
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Can AI convincingly answer existential questions?
A new study has explored whether AI can provide more attractive answers to existential questions than history's most influential ...
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Watch Tesla’s meteoric rise — set to techno-remixed Elon Musk tweets
As an ode to the surprise dance hit 'Don't Doubt ur Vibe,' watch Tesla moon while listening to a techno remix of Elon Musk's ...
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Tesla short sellers lost $1.33B on Thursday's stock pump — Musk only got richer
If you're Elon Musk, you're likely already working on a sick new club track to celebrate — but those who've bet against ...
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The key differences between Tesla's driving aids: Autopilot and Full Self-Driving
In this edition of Shift Basics, we take a look at what Tesla's Autopilot and Full Self-Driving are, how they're different, ...
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Why gender-swap photo filters are still problematic
Welcome to TNW Pride 2020! All throughout June we’ll highlight articles that focus on representation for LGBTQPIA+ people ...
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Elon Musk worth $2 billion more as Tesla stock hits $1,000 for the first time
Make no mistake: when Tesla's number goes up, big things start happening for its enigmatic billionaire founder Elon Musk. ...
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The costly collateral damage from Elon Musk’s Starlink satellite fleet
A colossal chess game of immense consequences is being fought in outer space, right now. On March 18 and April 22 2020, ...
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Elon Musk is 55% richer in 2020 — but Jeff Bezos is still tech's billionaire daddy
The wealth of the American billionaire class is up $565 billion since the COVID-19 shutdowns began, but nobody has made more ...
