Weekend Tech Roundup January 06, 2024
Google Just Disabled Cookies for 30 Million Chrome Users. Here’s How to Tell If You’re One of Them. But me love cookies!Photo: VIAVAL TOURS / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock) Mr. Tweet Fumbles…
SpaceX Says Federal Agency Is Unconstitutional After Labor Complaint Against Musk
SpaceX is clearly not open to criticism. After receiving a complaint from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for allegedly firing employees who dared to criticize Elon Musk’s behavior, SpaceX…
Tesla Reduces Estimated Range, Issues Recall in China Over Autopilot Concerns
Photo: ODD ANDERSEN/AFP (Getty Images) Teslas have always sounded a little too good to be true, and Elon Musk is in the dog house again for his latest expression of…
Tesla Reverses on Bold Claims of Range and Full Self-Driving
Photo: ODD ANDERSEN/AFP (Getty Images) Teslas have always sounded a little too good to be true, and Elon Musk is in the dog house again for his latest expression of…
In Response to Labor Misconduct Complaint, SpaceX Claims Federal Agency Is Unconstitutional
SpaceX is clearly not open to criticism. After receiving a complaint from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for allegedly firing employees who dared to criticize Elon Musk’s behavior, SpaceX…
Feds Claim SpaceX Illegally Fired Employees Over Criticism of Elon Musk
Elon Musk’s private space venture is facing yet another unlawful labor practice accusation, this time for allegedly firing employees who were critical of the controversial SpaceX CEO. Tesla Investors Not…
Elon Musk’s X Is Worth 71% Less Than He Bought It For, Says Fidelity
Photo: Antonio Masiello (Getty Images) A mutual fund that helped Elon Musk buy X now says the platform is worth 71.5% less than the $44 billion it was purchased for…
Twitter Was 2023’s Best Movie Theater
Whatever else you can say about X, previously known as Twitter, it’s never really boring. The 17-year-old social media site that we’ve stuck around with always has something going on;…
How Many of These Stupid-Hard Puzzles Can You Solve?
Alicia and Bruno are each given a different natural number in secret (1 is the smallest natural number, 2 is the second smallest, and so on). They are then tasked…
The Dumbest AI Moments of 2023
Photo: Andrey_Popov (Shutterstock) By now you’ve probably heard that ChatGPT has a penchant for making up lies and stating them as fact, or what experts refer to as an AI…