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Manslaughter Charges Filed Following Fatal Tesla FSD Crash
Manslaughter Charges Filed Following Fatal Tesla FSD Crash
A fatal crash involving Tesla's driver-assistance technology has resulted in manslaughter charges against a Texas man after his vehicle slammed into a home near Houston, killing a 76-year-old woman inside, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Prosecutors say 44-year-old Michael David Butler told first responders he had been using Tesla's Full Self-Driving (Supervised) feature while making a DoorDash delivery on June 19. Butler claimed he changed the music on the touchscreen before losing consciousness. Authorities said he was the only person in the...
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Aug 5, 2026 / Tyler Durden
US Telecoms Slide On Starlink Mobile Threat; Bernstein Sees It As A "Jab, But No Knockout Yet"
US Telecoms Slide On Starlink Mobile Threat; Bernstein Sees It As A "Jab, But No Knockout Yet"
U.S. telecom stocks fell in premarket trading after SpaceX, during its first earnings call as a publicly traded company on Tuesday evening, outlined its vision for Starlink to challenge Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T.
This was the market reaction to discussions surrounding @Starlink Mobile during the SpaceX Earnings Call.
The big three telecom giants fell. The same thing happened when SpaceX acquired spectrum last year. https://t.co/4FfvFQdOTB pic.twitter.com/tAG7ywTxY7
— Nic Cruz Patane (@niccruzpatane) August 4, 2026
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Jun 19, 2026 / Tyler Durden
AI Doomsday Warnings Distract From More Imminent AI Concerns
AI Doomsday Warnings Distract From More Imminent AI Concerns
Authored by Daniel Nuccio via The Brownstone Institute,
AI is everywhere. It’s getting incorporated into everything. That’s simply progress, we’re told. And therefore we need to embrace it, lest we look like a Luddite and let China win (whatever that means).
Yet, simultaneously, a lot of people also are afraid because of AI. Very afraid. And sometimes, we’re told that we should be afraid too.
However, in public discourse surrounding AI, there often can be a lack of detail regarding what specifically we’re...
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Sep 13, 2026 / Tyler Durden
Trump's Grid Battery Ban Leaves Developers Guessing
Trump's Grid Battery Ban Leaves Developers Guessing
Authored by Haley Zaremba via OilPrice.com,
The United States is trying to build up its energy storage capacities at a rapid scale. At the same time, it is trying to wean itself off of Chinese battery tech. In many ways, these two goals are in direct opposition to each other.
China dominates global supply chains for clean energy tech in general, but especially when it comes to lithium-ion batteries, which power everything from your phone to your car. Approximately 80 percent of all battery cells...
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