Month: October 2024

Elon Musk makes bold claims about Tesla robotaxi in Hollywood backlot

Tesla dusted off some decade-old ideas about mobility as the future of robotics.

Last night, after a wait of roughly an hour after the official start time, Elon Musk spoke to a crowd of Tesla fans and some journalists on a film studio backlot in California to give us an update on the company's much-talked-about pivot to robotics. In an act redolent with symbolism, Musk emerged from a facade built to resemble an actual building, then stepped into an aerodynamically styled two-seater that combined the shape of a Honda CR-Z coupe with the doors from a McLaren supercar. This is the Tesla Cybercab, proving early leaks right.

Musk claimed to have "50 fully autonomous cars here tonight," eliciting screams and cheers from the crowd of fans when he announced there were no pedals or steering wheel. The billionaire, who has spent the past couple of years funneling millions of dollars to far-right causes, told the attendees that he didn't want a dark future like his favorite film Blade Runner—"except maybe that cool duster," he said, referring to the jacket of his favorite character.

Over the course of his presentation, Musk made many promises, variations of ones he's made many times before. "Full self driving" will enter an unsupervised mode that will allow passengers to fall asleep and wake up at their destinations. For people who think the cars are too expensive, they'll be worth five or 10 times as much because owners only use them an average of 10 hours a week.

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Robotaxi: Und das ist alles?

Teslas Zukunft sind ein Sportwagen, der schlecht als Taxi taugt, und ein Kunstobjekt, das nicht als Bus taugt. Ein IMHO von Frank Wunderlich-Pfeiffer (Tesla, Elektroauto)

Teslas Zukunft sind ein Sportwagen, der schlecht als Taxi taugt, und ein Kunstobjekt, das nicht als Bus taugt. Ein IMHO von Frank Wunderlich-Pfeiffer (Tesla, Elektroauto)

Eleven things to know about in the Windows 11 2024 Update

A look at some of the changes and odds and ends in this year’s Windows release.

The Windows 11 2024 Update, also known as Windows 11 24H2, started rolling out last week. Your PC may have even installed it already!

The continuous feature development of Windows 11 (and Microsoft's phased update rollouts) can make it a bit hard to track exactly what features you can expect to be available on any given Windows PC, even if it seems like it's fully up to date.

This isn't a comprehensive record of all the changes in the 2024 Update, and it doesn't reiterate some basic but important things like Wi-Fi 7 or 80Gbps USB4 support. But we've put together a small list of new and interesting changes that you're guaranteed to see when your version number rolls over from 22H2 or 23H2 to 24H2. And while Microsoft's announcement post spent most of its time on Copilot and features unique to Copilot+ PCs, here, we'll only cover things that will be available on any PC you install Windows 11 on (whether it's officially supported or not).

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Automobil: Auch VW schwächelt bei Elektroautos

VW geht es wie BMW und Mercedes-Benz: Das Geschäft in China zieht die Verkaufszahlen runter. Außerdem schwächelt der Elektroauto-Absatz. (VW, Elektroauto)

VW geht es wie BMW und Mercedes-Benz: Das Geschäft in China zieht die Verkaufszahlen runter. Außerdem schwächelt der Elektroauto-Absatz. (VW, Elektroauto)