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The faulty app for the X2 insulin pump manufactured by Tandem Diabetes Care was causing the the device to unexpectedly shut down.
Prosthetics and Devices

Hundreds of Diabetics Injured When App Controlling Insulin Pump Malfunctions

Horrifying.

By Frank Landymore

Masked protesters broke down a fence and tried to breach a Tesla factory building in Germany in order to stop expansion plans.
Tesla

Protesters Break Fence, Swarm Tesla Gigafactory

"Companies like Tesla are there to save the car industry, they’re not there to save the climate."

By Sharon Adarlo

Tesla's head of product launches Rich Otto announced this week that he has left the EV maker after seven years.
Tesla

Tesla Exec Quits, Trashes Company

"It's hard to see the long-game."

By Victor Tangermann

After firing the 500-person EV charging team, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has reversed course, saying he's still committed to expanding the network.
Elon Musk

After Firing Entire Supercharger Team, Elon Musk Reverses Course and Says He’ll Be Spending $500 Million on Growing the Charging Network

Good luck with that.

By Victor Tangermann

Google employees have been pretty down as of late amid massive layoffs — but according to the company's C-suite, the beatings won't continue.
Future Society

Google Execs Say Employees Will Be Rewarded for Huge Profits With Fewer Layoffs

Lots of techspeak with very few answers here.

By Noor Al-Sibai

Tesla-obsessed vigilantes reportedly attempted to smuggle two Tesla Cybertrucks into Russia — but got caught well before they could get there.
Advanced Transport

Smugglers Busted Trying to Sneak Cybertrucks Into Russia

No Cybertruck for you, comrade.

By Victor Tangermann

The email Tesla sent to an unnamed recently worker to lay them off, posted by the The Verge, has an unmistakably icy vibe to it.
Tesla

Tesla’s Layoff Emails Seem Unnecessarily Mean

Before the lay offs, workers would sleep in the factory parking lot.

By Sharon Adarlo

According to its official career page, Tesla has just three job listings in the United States, as layoffs continue.
Tesla

Amid Crisis, Tesla Has Removed Almost Every Single US Job Listing

There could be a hiring freeze on the horizon.

By Frank Landymore

A new iPad ad shows a hydraulic press crushing beloved creative objects — and, perhaps, our dreams along with them.
Future Society

Apple’s New Ad Showing Machines Crushing Human Creativity Is a Bit on the Nose

"I'm ashamed to buy Apple products."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Ex-intelligence officer Rabih Alenezi told the BBC that Saudi forces were given green light to use lethal force to clear land for The Line.
Future Society

Whistleblower Says Saudi Arabia Told Operatives It’s Okay to Kill Villagers to Build 105-Mile Skyscraper

At least one protester has reportedly been shot and killed by Saudi forces.

By Victor Tangermann

A NASA contractor is urging the agency to suspend the upcoming Boeing Starliner launch over major safety concerns.
Boeing

NASA Contractor Warns That Boeing Launch Must Be Stopped “Before Something Catastrophic Happens”

"NASA needs to re-double safety checks and re-examine safety protocols to make sure the Starliner is safe before something catastrophic happens to the astronauts and to the people on the ground."

By Noor Al-Sibai

Users are protesting the OpenAI partnership by attempting to edit or delete their own posts, only to get banned by Stack Overflow.
OpenAI

Stack Overflow Bans Users for Protesting Against It Selling Their Answers to OpenAI as Training Data

"Why does OpenAI get to profit from our work?"

By Frank Landymore

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is now saying he could out-debate the presidential frontrunners even if he ate five more brain worms.
Brain

RFK Junior Threatens to Eat “Five More Brain Worms”

"I feel confident of the result even with a six-worm handicap."

By Noor Al-Sibai

As the Wall Street Journal reports, not everything has been going according to plan with Neuralink's first human subject.
Prosthetics and Devices

Neuralink Admits That Implant’s Threads Have Retracted From First Patient’s Brain, Possibly Due to Air in Skull

The plot thickens.

By Victor Tangermann

During an important Pfizer medical trial a young boy suffered a fatal sudden cardiac arrest after receiving experimental gene therapy.
Gene Editing

Young Patient Dies After Receiving Pfizer Gene Therapy

"We grieve this loss."

By Sharon Adarlo

Microsoft has trained a massive new generative AI model — which is entirely disconnected from the internet.
Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft Deploys Powerful New AI Completely Disconnected From the Internet

It's designed to be used by US spy agencies.

By Victor Tangermann

OpenAI, the maker of DALL-E and ChatGPT, is leaving the door open for its AI models to be used to produce NSFW content.
OpenAI

OpenAI Exploring How to Make AI-Generated Porn

"We're exploring whether we can responsibly provide the ability to generate NSFW content..."

By Jon Christian

A new video of an intense emergency landing in Istanbul shows a Boeing cargo plane failing to deploy some of its landing gears.
Future Society

Boeing Plane Fails to Deploy Nose Landing Gear, Skids to a Halt on Runway

Seriously, when is this gonna stop?

By Noor Al-Sibai

The NHTSA has found Tesla didn't adequately address the issue of driver attention when it comes to self-driving tech.
Tesla

Government Says Tesla Autopilot Crashes Have Continued After Patch That Was Supposed to Fix Them

Regulators have "several concerns" with Tesla's fix.

By Victor Tangermann

Panera Bread's Charged Lemonade drink, the highly caffeinated drink linked to at least two deaths, is being discontinued.
Developments

Panera Taking Caffeinated Lemonade Off Menu After Several Deaths

The drink that kills people is going away.

By Sharon Adarlo