Tesla Robotaxi launched just a few days ago to a limited number of riders in Austin, Texas, but its biggest challenge seems to be how the automaker will figure out one thing: the Sun. Among the company’s unique strategies, its emphasis on using cameras for self-driving is perhaps the most interesting. No other company has … Read more
Politicians in Memphis continue to debate about the pollution concerns arising from the xAI Colossus supercomputer. The NAACP and the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) have already expressed interest in filing a lawsuit against xAI over concerns related to air pollution stemming from its gas-powered turbines. Environmental groups have now raised concerns about water pollutants. … Read more
Tesla’s Omead Afshar, who is widely known as CEO Elon Musk’s right-hand man, has reportedly left the company. Several outlets are reporting that Afshar either left voluntarily or was potentially terminated on Thursday. His LinkedIn profile has not been updated to reflect this, and still states he presently works at Tesla in the “Office of … Read more
SpaceX launched the Falcon 9 rocket kickstarting Axiom Space’s Ax-4 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Axiom’s Ax-4 mission is led by a historic international crew and lifted off from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A at 2:31 a.m. ET on June 25, 2025. The Ax-4 crew is set to dock with the ISS … Read more
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has teased new progress on the company’s humanoid robot, Optimus. In a brief post on X, Musk shared that he had an “excellent review” with the Tesla Optimus team. He also confirmed that Optimus V3 is already using Grok voice assistant in a later reply. Musk’s recent posts suggest that the … Read more
The City of Memphis has released initial air quality test results from three sites across the city, including one near Elon Musk’s xAI data center in South Memphis. According to city officials, the results showed no dangerous levels of pollutants. “At every site and for every pollutant tested, levels were either too low to detect … Read more
After years of leaks, speculation, and mystery, Elon Musk has finally unveiled what may become the most disruptive vehicle of the decade — the 2026 Tesla Starlink Model 2, launching at an unprecedented price of under $10,579. With full autonomy, Starlink satellite connectivity, and a price that undercuts even a used Chevy Bolt EV, the … Read more
SpaceX has once again taken the aerospace world by storm, unveiling a revolutionary new design for its Superheavy booster grid fins. This change, seemingly simple—cutting the number of grid fins from four to three and placing them asymmetrically—has sparked an intense debate among space enthusiasts, engineers, and even NASA insiders. Some are applauding the innovation, … Read more
Tesla has been removed from the Charlotte, North Carolina, City Council’s list of pre-approved electric vehicles that the city can purchase. It’s not because of Elon Musk, Democratic council member LaWana Mayfield said, who urged her colleagues to remove Tesla. Instead, she claims it is because of “safety issues.” She said (via WFAE): “So it is … Read more
Nearly 60 hours into the launch of the Tesla Robotaxi platform, it appears we have our first true intervention that required the in-car safety monitor to intervene. We’ve seen and heard about a handful of minor issues with the Robotaxi fleet thus far, one of which included a risky, but very human-like behavior of navigating … Read more