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Tesla China CEO Says Shanghai Gigafactory Is "Golden Key" To Optimus Robot Production Tesla's China president was quoted by local media on Tuesday as saying the Shanghai Gigafactory could eventually play a major role in mass-producing humanoid robots. The comment comes after Tesla said earlier this year that it would pivot away from producing Model S and X vehicles at its California factory and convert the vehicle production lines to Optimus robot production. The Shanghai Morning Post quoted Allan Wang Hao, a senior executive at Tesla China, who said the...

Iran Strikes Should End In Regime Change, Senate Majority Leader Says, Ahead Of War Powers Vote Senate Majority Leader John Thune has made the maximalist hawkish US case on Iran, saying that any authorized strikes should result in nothing less than regime change in Tehran. "In my view, if you’re going to do something there, you better well make it about getting new leadership and regime change," the leading Republican Senator said Thursday. "If you’re going to take some sort of action, I think you want to achieve a result that actually...

Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax And Wife Found Dead In Apparent Murder-Suicide Justin Fairfax, the former lieutenant governor of Virginia, and his wife, Cerina Fairfax, a dentist, were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide at their home shortly after midnight on Thursday, according to Fairfax County police. Justin Fairfax in 2019. He served as Virginia’s lieutenant governor from 2018 to 2022.Credit...Parker Michels-Boyce for The New York Times Fairfax, 47, shot and killed his wife before turning the gun on himself, Police Chief Kevin Davis said. The couple’s teenage children were home...