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A $17 Hotdog and a Humanoid Robot Serving Popcorn: WIRED’s Day at the Tesla Diner

wired.com Jason Parham 2026-01-04 15:00:54

Renuka Veerasingam believes Elon Musk is humanity’s last hope. “I want to go to Mars, and he is going to take us,” she says. “Space is the final frontier. It’s in our DNA to find the final frontier—to keep going until we get to the edge.” Though Veerasingam is 140 million miles from Mars, she is currently on the edge of Santa Monica Boulevard and North Orange Drive, in the heart of Hollywood, for the opening of the new Tesla Diner, modeled in the likeness of the same kind of retro-futuristic sp

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Tesla reports sales miss as auto revenue drops for second straight quarter

cnbc.com Lora Kolodny 2026-01-04 20:50:59

Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, attends the Viva Technology conference at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris on June 16, 2023. Tesla's slump this year is partly due to a backlash against the company in the U.S. and Europe, after CEO Elon Musk spent heavily to help reelect President Donald Trump , endorsed Germany's extreme anti-immigrant AfD party, and then led the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency. At DOGE, Musk helped to slash the federal workforce

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Here’s the Front-Runner to Play Elon Musk in Luca Guadagnino’s AI Movie

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2026-01-05 00:45:18

It seems like you haven’t really made it in Silicon Valley until a major movie actor plays you on film. Jesse Eisenberg portrayed Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Network, and Michael Fassbender played Steve Jobs in the 2015 film Steve Jobs. Even Bill Gates was played by Anthony Michael Hall in the 1999 TV film Pirates of Silicon Valley. And now Elon Musk is reportedly next in line to get the Hollywood treatment. Deadline reported today that Ike Barinholtz, the star of The Studio,

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Things Are Looking Really, Really Bad for Tesla

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-05 08:23:12

Elon Musk's carmaker Tesla is widely expected to disappoint with its Q2 earnings report later today. Demand for the company's EVs has dried up significantly over the past 18 months, driven in large part by its exceptionally divisive CEO's efforts to alienate buyers at the exact moment that the company is facing a flood of high-quality international competition. Deliveries fell a record 13.5 percent this quarter compared to a year earlier — and the accompanying earnings report, which is set to

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Tesla set to report second-quarter earnings after the bell

cnbc.com Lora Kolodny 2026-01-05 15:00:09

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of SpaceX and Tesla, attends the Viva Technology conference at the Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, June 16, 2023. Tesla will report second-quarter results after the close of regular trading on Wednesday. Here's what Wall Street expects, according to an average of estimates compiled by LSEG: Earnings per share : 43 cents : 43 cents Revenue: $22.74 billion Revenue in the period is expected to drop 11% from a year earlier, marking a second str

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As Tesla’s Sales Dwindle, a Critical Revenue Source Is Running Dry

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2026-01-06 05:10:27

Despite the occasional stock market rally, Tesla is clearly struggling. The EV company, once the crown jewel of its industry, has seen steep declines over the past year, as its CEO, Elon Musk, continues to draw criticism over his political activities. Sales for the company are down all over the world, despite its recent introduction to new markets, like India. Now, as Tesla struggles to keep its head above water, another significant revenue stream is about to run dry, thanks largely to Musk’s fo

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Tesla Isn’t a Car Company Anymore

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2026-01-07 05:15:12

Tesla may be in trouble. Investors and fans will get a clearer picture this Wednesday, July 23, when Elon Musk’s carmaker publishes its second-quarter earnings. There is no doubt that the core business is facing significant headwinds. The electric vehicle pioneer is expected to post a 13 percent drop in revenue and a 25 percent plunge in earnings per share. But if you only listen to Musk on the earnings call, you might not even hear the word “car.” Instead, expect a full-court press on robotaxi

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Leaked Documents Show xAI Employees Were Alarmed by Something They Were Asked to Do at Elon Musk's AI Startup

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-07 08:22:26

Earlier this year, more than 200 staffers at Elon Musk's AI startup xAI were asked to have their faces recorded while speaking to their coworkers. According to internal documents and Slack messages obtained by Business Insider, some employees were taken aback after being asked to take part in a project called "Skippy," the goal of which was to train the company's Hitler-loving AI chatbot, Grok, on their facial expressions. It remains unclear whether project Skippy was in any way related to xAI

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Elon Now Facing the Possibility That SpaceX Will Never Get Starship Working

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-07 23:13:23

SpaceX is nine full-scale test launches into developing its enormous, nearly 400-feet-tall Starship, the most powerful rocket ever built. Over the last two and a half years, we've seen over half a dozen spectacular explosions. Two launches earlier this year sent massive streaks of debris hurtling over the Turks and Caicos Islands, prompting airspace closures. Its most recent test in May ended in an uncontrolled splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico after helplessly spinning on its axis and suffering

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After Fight With Musk, Trump Reportedly Ordered Review of Government SpaceX Contracts

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-08 14:15:31

Now that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and president Donald Trump are no longer seeing eye to eye, it sounds like the White House is working to undercut the richest man in the world's revenue from Washington. As the Wall Street Journal reports, Trump aides initiated a review of SpaceX contracts with the federal government to identify potential waste — pointed scrutiny not unlike the so-called Department of Government Efficiency helmed by Musk himself prior to his ousting from the Trump administration.

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How to Check If That ‘Deleted’ Tweet Is Real

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2026-01-08 20:20:58

It happens almost every day. A screenshot of a social media post from a prominent figure like Elon Musk or Donald Trump goes viral because it demonstrates just how stupid these men really are. But sometimes it sounds too good to be true. You go to check X or Truth Social yourself and it’s not there. But maybe it was deleted. What do you do? Well, we’ve got some tips that might be helpful for uncovering the truth. Right off the bat, it’s important to note that there’s not always a foolproof way

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Tesla Diner: Photos show opening of Musk's futuristic California drive-in

cnbc.com Krysta Escobar 2026-01-09 00:49:42

People dine inside during the opening of the Tesla Diner and Drive-In restaurant and Supercharger on Santa Monica Blvd in the Hollywood neighborhood Los Angeles, California on July 21, 2025. Elon Musk's flagship Tesla Diner opened Monday in Hollywood, California, and the CEO is already eyeing expansion "If our retro-futuristic diner turns out well, which I think it will, @Tesla will establish these in major cities around the world, as well as Supercharger sites on long distance routes," Musk w

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Elon Musk-Founded Brain Implant Startup Says It’s a ‘Disadvantaged’ Business Despite Being Worth $9 Billion

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2026-01-10 05:45:58

Elon Musk, the rightwing culture warrior waging a “civilization-saving” battle against the “woke mind virus,” apparently isn’t above taking advantage of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs when it serves his business purposes. Neuralink, the $9 billion brain implant startup that Musk founded, recently characterized itself as a “small disadvantaged business” in a federal filing with the Small Business Administration. The SBA website notes that Neuralink attested in its filings that i

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Tesla’s long-delayed retro diner and charging location is finally opening

theverge.com Jay Peters 2026-01-10 05:15:31

is a news editor covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Tesla’s long-in-the-works 1950s-inspired diner and drive-in Supercharger station in Los Angeles is expected to officially open today – and the company may build more of them down the line. The Tesla Diner lets people grab comfort food like burgers and fries (served in boxes shaped like Cybertrucks) and milkshakes while charging their vehicles. The Diner has giant screens so p

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Elon Musk Humiliated by Top Scientific Organization

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-11 23:45:10

While leading the so-called Department of Government Efficiency, billionaire Elon Musk oversaw massive spending cuts that have rattled the scientific community to its core. He stood unblinkingly by the side of president Donald Trump, a climate change denier who has been carrying out a ruthlessly anti-science agenda after championing environmentalism for years. And while the unlikely pair no longer see eye to eye following a chaotic falling out, the damage has already been done. Musk has been e

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If You Thought Your Life Was a Mess, Spare a Thought for Boeing's Massively Failed Starliner Spacecraft

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-12 16:28:43

Even after pouring $2 billion into its much-maligned Starliner spacecraft, NASA and Boeing remain committed to getting back off the ground. As Ars Technica reports, the head of NASA's commercial crew program, Steve Stich, revealed last week that Boeing and its propulsion supplier, Aerojet Rocketdyne, are making considerable changes to the astronaut shuttle following a disastrous first crewed mission to the International Space Station last year. The spacecraft experienced several "in-flight ano

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Cybertruck Sales Are Dead in the Water

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-13 18:27:34

Just when you thought things couldn't get any worse for Tesla's Cybertruck, sales for the controversial pickup truck are circling the drain after dropping off a cliff. In numbers, the Elon Musk-owned automaker sold just 4,306 Cybertrucks in the second quarter of 2025, according to the latest data from Cox Automotive's Kelley Blue Book — a stunning 50.8 percent nosedive from the same period last year. It's also a big dip from the quarter before, when Tesla eked out a barely more respectable 6,4

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Elon Musk's Neuralink filed as 'disadvantaged business' before being valued at $9 billion

cnbc.com Lora Kolodny 2026-01-14 20:07:50

Elon Musk's health tech company Neuralink labeled itself a "small disadvantaged business" in a federal filing with the U.S. Small Business Administration, shortly before a financing round valued the company at $9 billion. Neuralink is developing a brain-computer interface (BCI) system, with an initial aim to help people with severe paralysis regain some independence. BCI technology broadly can translate a person's brain signals into commands that allow them to manipulate external technologies j

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If You Thought Your Life Was a Mess, Spare a Thought for Boeing's Starliner

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-15 04:28:43

Even after pouring $2 billion into its much-maligned Starliner spacecraft, NASA and Boeing remain committed to getting back off the ground. As Ars Technica reports, the head of NASA's commercial crew program, Steve Stich, revealed last week that Boeing and its propulsion supplier, Aerojet Rocketdyne, are making considerable changes to the astronaut shuttle following a disastrous first crewed mission to the International Space Station last year. The spacecraft experienced several "in-flight ano

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Anti-Exploitation Group Horrified by Elon Musk's AI-Powered Waifu

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-15 14:04:39

One of the weirder bits of news on the AI front this week has been Elon Musk's rollout of sexually-charged animated chatbots. Officially called "companions" — or by the slangier "waifus," a Japanese term for a fictional romantic partner — the virtual characters rolled out to X-formerly-Twitter just days after Grok experienced a catastrophic meltdown, blasting users with racist comments and calling itself "MechaHitler." Users on X-formerly-Twitter can now pay a $300 monthly subscription to acce

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Musk Accuses Trump of Covering Up Epstein Scandal

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-16 09:12:37

It's no wonder multi-hyphenate billionaire Elon Musk sees the Jeffrey Epstein crisis as an enormous opportunity to score political points. The situation has driven a massive wedge between president Donald Trump and his MAGA base. A furious Trump has repeatedly attempted to pour cold water on conspiracy theories surrounding the late sex criminal billionaire's mysterious death and the existence of a purported "client list" — efforts that only enraged his supporters even further. In a Twitter spr

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Elon Musk Wants to Turn AI Into a Cosmic Religion

gizmodo.com Luc Olinga 2026-01-16 10:18:17

It is one of his more abstract philosophical riffs. Elon Musk has once again linked the fate of humanity to the trajectory of artificial intelligence. And this time, he says the key to AI safety might be babies and rockets. The CEO of Tesla’s latest pronouncement cuts through the typical discussions of AI efficiency and profit models, positing a far grander ambition for advanced intelligence. The CEO of Tesla and founder of SpaceX and xAI asserted that “AI is a de facto neurotransmitter tonnage

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Elon Musk gets more time to respond to SEC suit over Twitter disclosure

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2026-01-16 15:13:49

Elon Musk listens as US President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a House Republicans Conference meeting at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on November 13, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Securities and Exchange Commission has agreed to give Elon Musk more time to respond to its lawsuit over his alleged failure to properly disclose purchases of Twitter stock before bidding to buy the company. In a motion filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Washington, the SEC said it had reached a joint ag

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Top Execs Fleeing Tesla as Dark Clouds Grow

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-17 22:41:14

Another top executive has quit Tesla as the automaker continues a dicey and high-stakes spiral. The Wall Street Journal reports that Troy Jones, Tesla's vice president of sales, service and delivery in North America — its largest market — suddenly packed his bags after 15 years at the company. It's unclear at this point if the decision was his; at Tesla, heads can roll depending on the whims of CEO Elon Musk. Jones' exit comes during a particularly tumultuous time for the EV brand, which is su

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Elon Unveils New Grok AI ‘Companion’ That Looks Uncomfortably Familiar

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2026-01-18 04:40:11

On Wednesday, Elon Musk discussed a new male AI “companion” that his company xAI is developing, which will run on the company’s unhinged chatbot software Grok. And while it’s not yet clear when this new robot buddy will be released, it sounds an awful lot like Musk is trying to make a romanticized version of himself. Musk first tweeted an image of the anime-inspired bot on Tuesday, asking followers on X what it should be named. The billionaire has already released two AI companions that use Gro

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Elon Musk teases AI anime boyfriend based on Edward Cullen

theverge.com Victoria Song 2026-01-18 10:09:24

is a senior reporter focusing on wearables, health tech, and more with 13 years of experience. Before coming to The Verge, she worked for Gizmodo and PC Magazine. Days after introducing an AI ‘waifu’ companion for Grok, Elon Musk is now officially teasing a male version for the ladies. So far we can tell it is broody and dark-haired, and according to Musk, “his personality is inspired by Edward Cullen from Twilight and Christian Grey from 50 Shades.” This is a decidedly different tack than the

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Elon Musk Said Grok 4 Was the "Smartest AI in the World," But Its Leaderboard Scores Just Came Out and They Tell a Different Story

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-20 14:17:27

Elon Musk has been boasting about what he says are the incredible capabilities of xAI's new Grok 4 AI chatbot. "Grok 4 is smarter than almost all graduate students in all disciplines, simultaneously," Musk bragged, adding that Grok 4 was "the smartest AI in the world." Is it really? Intelligence was a hard thing to measure even before back before AI hit the scene, but certain tests can provide something of a clue. One prominent platform for doing so is the UC Berkeley-developed LMArena leader

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US Government announces $200M Grok contract a week after 'MechaHitler'

news.ycombinator.com Lauren Feiner 2026-01-21 00:29:16

A week after Elon Musk’s Grok dubbed itself “MechaHitler” and spewed antisemitic stereotypes, the US government has announced a new contract granting the chatbot’s creator, xAI, up to $200 million to modernize the Defense Department. xAI is one of several leading AI companies to receive the award, alongside Anthropic, Google, and OpenAI. But the timing of the announcement is striking given Grok’s recent high-profile spiral, which drew congressional ire and public pushback. The use of technology

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We Are Having a Very Hard Time Believing the "Shape" of Tesla's New Robotaxi Geofence Is a Coincidence

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-21 02:18:30

Tesla has expanded the area where its Robotaxis can operate in Austin, and it's difficult — nay, impossible — to ignore its resemblance to something unmistakably vulgar. As folks immediately pointed out online, the crudely-shaped geofence is, essentially, a bathroom graffiti-level dick drawing — and given his puerile sense of humor, there's a non-zero chance that Tesla CEO Elon Musk made it that way on purpose. Indeed, after someone posted a video showing the phallic geofence on X, the shitpos

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Bank Warns That Robotaxi Companies May Have Overlooked Severe Obstacles to Actually Making Money

futurism.com Unknown 2026-01-21 09:16:21

Bank Warns That Robotaxi Companies May Have Overlooked Severe Obstacles to Actually Making Money They're not convinced. Cost Benefit As Elon Musk's Tesla triples down on an autonomous ridehailing service, analysts are ringing the alarm bells, warning that even if the technology were swiftly perfected, it could take many years for robotaxis to become profitable. As Business Insider reports, analysts at HSBC warn that the market for driverless taxis — if there even is one — is being "widely ov

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