Elon Musk Buys X (formerly Twitter): Just Use Bluesky, Threads, or Mastodon Instead

[Iceman]

Not sure if real but otherwise looks like more roasting of Elon by Grok.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Tesla has no policy to prevent abusers from using its technology to stalk their victims.

[Link: An abused wife took on Tesla over tracking tech. She lost. | https://www.reuters.com/technology/an-abused-wife-took-tesla-over-tracking-tech-she-lost-2023-12-19/ | Reuters] A woman in San Francisco sued Tesla to block her abusive husband from using the company’s smartphone app to track...

www.theverge.com

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Users Flock to Threads as X Suffers Largest Outage Since Musk Takeover

A major outage at X contributed to the platform's user bleed to Zuckerberg’s Threads.

gizmodo.com

Exclusive: Tesla faces inquiry by Norway's safety regulator over suspension failures​

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-faces-inquiry-by-norways-safety-regulator-over-suspension-failures-2023-12-21/

Meanwhile Melon is posting his false racist conspiracies again.

 

[Lily Adler]

Users Flock to Threads as X Suffers Largest Outage Since Musk Takeover

A major outage at X contributed to the platform's user bleed to Zuckerberg’s Threads.

gizmodo.com

Exclusive: Tesla faces inquiry by Norway's safety regulator over suspension failures​

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-faces-inquiry-by-norways-safety-regulator-over-suspension-failures-2023-12-21/

Meanwhile Melon is posting his false racist conspiracies again.

Surprised he hadn't gone antisemite on Zuckerberg.

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

 

[Teelie]

Calling people a pedophile is totally his (and Republican's) thing. He doesn't like it when the tables are turned on him.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

High-speed transportation firm Hyperloop One to shut down - Bloomberg News​

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/high-speed-transportation-firm-hyperloop-one-shut-down-bloomberg-news-2023-12-21/

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

X, formerly Twitter, fails to pay $600k fine: regulators
Operators of X, formerly known as Twitter, are being sued after allegedly failing to answer questions about the handling of child exploitation material.

https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/social/x-formerly-twitter-fails-to-pay-600k-fine-regulators/news-story/e1c26dd513a7a8c37e4797af3e72b2a2

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Tesla is recalling 120,000 vehicles in the US over a door safety issue

Tesla has issued a second recall in the US in as many weeks. The company has issued an over-the-air update to resolve a issue that could increase the risk of injury during a crash.

www.engadget.com

 

[Iceman]

Grok is amazing

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Tech Billionaires Need to Stop Trying to Make the Science Fiction They Grew Up on Real

Today’s Silicon Valley billionaires grew up reading classic American science fiction. Now they’re trying to make it come true, embodying a dangerous political outlook

www.scientificamerican.com

 

[DJ Kornphlake]

Tech Billionaires Need to Stop Trying to Make the Science Fiction They Grew Up on Real

Today’s Silicon Valley billionaires grew up reading classic American science fiction. Now they’re trying to make it come true, embodying a dangerous political outlook

www.scientificamerican.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Judge rules that Twitter violated contract when it withheld millions of dollars in bonuses

Current and former Twitter employees said they never received bonuses they were promised during Elon Musk's buyout of the social media platform.

www.courthousenews.com

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Tesla owner locked out of his car until he pays $26,000 for a new battery

The Tesla would not open until it had a new battery installed, which could cost as much as $26,000

www.unilad.com

 

[Teelie]

You no longer even own your vehicle with this bull****.

 

[Lily Adler]

You no longer even own your vehicle with this bull****.

The American Dream!

 

[Sithborg]

You no longer even own your vehicle with this bull****.

Yeah farmers have been dealing with this bull**** for a lot longer. I suspect Elon is also against right to repair.

 

[Teelie]

I know, John Deere has been doing that for years using DMCA bull**** to lock down farmers to their approved repair shops.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Teelie]

A lot wrong with that. For one, it assumes that weight loss is purely a mindset and nothing else like your genes, gut bacteria, metabolic rate, employment, food or a dozen other things.

 

[Iceman]

Tesla owner locked out of his car until he pays $26,000 for a new battery

The Tesla would not open until it had a new battery installed, which could cost as much as $26,000

www.unilad.com

Crazy. How can anyone read a story like that and then go on and buy a Tesla?

 

[Teelie]

I'm glad I didn't go for one when I bought my new car a few years ago. Besides the price, there were increasingly more stories on the shoddy production issues coming out.

 

[Lily Adler]

Crazy. How can anyone read a story like that and then go on and buy a Tesla?

Until other auto manufacturers step up their game, it's the only major option.

 

[Iceman]

Until other auto manufacturers step up their game, it's the only major option.

For an EV right, but if you’re seeing people getting locked out of their vehicles unless they can cough up $26k cash that they don’t have, that’s likely to put a bunch of potential EV customers off and push them to get a regular vehicle.

 

[MagnarTheGreat]

Inside Elon Musk's year of 'hate' and 'cruelty' at Twitter and how it morphed into X

Elon Musk took over Twitter a little over a year ago and began morphing the company into what's today known as X.

www.businessinsider.com

"The cruelty is the point," as one employee put it, be it toward workers or users. Everything he's done so far at the company, the person added, is about "fear and punishment." "He hates everything about it – that's obvious."