Elon Musk predicts that his company xAI could achieve artificial general intelligence (AGI) within the next couple of years, and maybe as soon as 2026, according to a new report from Business Insider. If it feels like you’ve heard that one before, it’s probably because you have. Musk predicted the same thing in 2024, claiming […]
Trump’s Chief of Staff Reportedly Spouted Off About Elon Musk and Drugs to Vanity Fair
Susie Wiles, President Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff, made a number of surprisingly candid remarks to a Vanity Fair reporter over the past year, according to two new articles published Tuesday. The articles cover everything from the Jan. 6 pardons to the Epstein files. But it’s her take on Elon Musk that may […]
Tesla Is Testing Robotaxis Without Safety Drivers — or Riders
Elon Musk confirmed this weekend that Tesla is testing its robotaxis in Austin without safety drivers on board, and his fanboys are losing their minds over it. There’s just one small problem: these tests also don’t have any passengers in the car. The frenzy kicked off Sunday morning when an X user posted a video […]
Tesla’s Cheap Model Y and Model 3 Aren’t Slowing Down Its Sliding Sales: Report
New electric vehicle sales have been slowing in the U.S. in recent months. Following the end of the federal tax credit and some new models on hold or canceled altogether, most automakers are expected to report serious slumps in EV sales in the last months of 2025. Tesla has mostly managed to avoid that in […]
xAI Answers the Question, ‘What if Product Placement was Significantly Worse?’
Product placement has existed for almost as long as moving pictures themselves, with the origins of the practice dating all the way back to the 1890s. It’s worked well enough for over 100 years, and has linked brands to some of the most memorable moments in film history, like Reese’s Pieces showing up in E.T. […]
Tesla’s Holiday Update Lets You Put Grok in Charge of Mapping Out Directions
Tesla drivers will soon be able to turn to Grok for directions; whether that’s a wrong turn remains to be seen. The EV maker announced its 2025 Holiday update today on Elon Musk’s X, highlighting several new features coming soon to Tesla vehicles. The most immediately eye-catching update is a new “Grok with Navigation Commands” […]
Elon Musk Slapped With $140 Million Fine Over Deceptive Blue Checks on X
Elon Musk’s attempt to turn blue checks into a revenue stream for X has hit a major hurdle. The European Commission, the EU’s executive branch responsible for enforcing the bloc’s laws, just hit X with a fine of 120 million euros (about $140 million) for breaking transparency obligations under its Digital Services Act. Specifically, the […]
Beeple Brings Tech Billionaires as Pooping Robot Dogs to Miami
In a puppy pen in the Art Basel Miami Beach, you can watch Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos make a mess—as if we don’t get enough of that in the real world. The latest work of the artist Beeple, best known for selling a piece of NFT artwork to some poor schmuck for […]
Who Is This Mysterious ‘South African Tech Billionaire’ in Olivia Nuzzi’s New Book?
Journalist Olivia Nuzzi’s new book, American Canto, was released Tuesday and has been widely panned, even by Nuzzi’s fans in the mainstream press. But if you’re tempted to buy the book just to search for the juiciest gossip about national figures, we’ve got some bad news. That’s going to be tough to accomplish in an […]
White House Hopes to Save Elon From Testifying in DOGE Lawsuit
The Trump administration is attempting to shield its former DOGE czar, Elon Musk, from having to testify in a legal case involving his work for the “government efficiency” initiative. DOGE has been sued many times over the past year for its efforts to carve up the government, but one of the most longstanding litigation efforts […]