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Tesla Cybertruck Lead Engineer Wes Morrill has provided a quick first look into the all-electric pickup truck’s upcoming off-road armor. The off-road armor for the Cybertruck is expected to be released soon. Tesla Cybertruck at King of the Hammers: Posts from the Tesla Lead Engineer hinted that the electric vehicle maker brought the Cybertruck to this year’s King of the Hammers event.In a post on X, Morrill mentioned that the vehicle’s upcoming off-road armor was on display at Johnson Valley.The area was also where the Tesla team spent time testing and developing the prototypes of the Cybertruck’s accessories.“Cybertruck off-road armor…
The Boring Company’s (TBC) Prufrock-3 is taking form at Tesla Gigafactory Texas. Drone operator Jeff Roberts shared photos of TBC’s Prufrock-3 with another section at Tesla’s factory in Texas. The boring machine seems prepared to launch underground. The Boring Company has already dug out a pit for Prufrock-3 to start digging. TBC’s Prufrock is designed to porpoise or to launch directly from the surface and re-emerge at the other end of the tunnel. According to the tunneling company, by porpoising, Prufrock can start digging a tunnel within 48 hours of arrival on site. Porpoising also eliminated the need to excavate large pits…
Este artículo también está disponible en español. In the realm of cryptocurrencies, a perplexing forecast has surfaced whereby an aspirational price objective of $10,000 for XRP is generating waves on trading platforms and social media. With the current price at $2.38, both experienced traders and newbies should find this prognosis very striking. Related Reading Do The Figures Add Up? Let’s get right to the point: this forecast by crypto expert Gen A runs over a basic mathematical obstacle. XRP’s market capitalization would explode to an amazing $1 quadrillion at $10,000 per coin. This is nine times more than the entire…
China’s economic planning agency is taking steps to scale back subsidies for solar projects, following a boom in installations, according to Reuters. China broke records for new solar installations in 2024 with installed capacity up 45% from the previous year and has almost 887GW of installed solar power, according to data from the International Renewable Energy Agency. The surge in installations meant China hit its 2030 target six years ahead of schedule, Reuters reported. China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said China’s clean energy capacity of all kinds had reached more than 40% of the economy’s total energy…
Voters are voicing their support for the Trump administration’s efforts to clean up wasteful government spending, despite some Democrats protesting the actions. President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk sent shock waves nationwide after announcing the Department of Government Efficiency would push to freeze USAID and suggesting the Department of Education could soon be shut down. Earlier this week, several prominent Democrats, including Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., protested DOGE’s actions outside the Treasury Department. On Friday, 30 House Democrats, including Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., attempted to enter the Department of Education building in Washington, D.C., to meet with acting Education…
Meta announced a new transparency tool for its social media platforms on Monday. The company will now start showing labels indicating that an ad has used artificial intelligence (AI) tools to edit images or videos. This new AI label will be shown on all Meta platforms that display ads, including Facebook, Instagram, and Threads. These labels will either be shown in the three-dot menu next to the post or underneath the brand name — depending on how extreme the AI usage is.In a newsroom post, the social media giant detailed the new transparency tool. The company said that it began…
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Elon Musk’s tunneling firm The Boring Company has announced an upcoming open house event to hire employees for its operations in Las Vegas, Nevada, where it is currently building out its first underground transit loop. The Boring Company is holding an open house event in Las Vegas on Friday, February 21, in efforts to hire software and operations engineers, supply chain specialists and project developers, as detailed in a post on X over the weekend. The company says it’s looking for “exceptional” talent, which will be a part of the team’s plans to rapidly scale the Vegas Loop, the Musk-led…
HELSINKI — A Pakistan-developed rover will fly on China’s Chang’e-8 moon lander mission in 2028, following an agreement between respective agencies.The China National Space Administration (CNSA) and Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (Suparco) signed a Memorandum of Understanding Feb. 5 allowing Pakistan’s first rover to fly on Chang’e-8. An agreement in principle had been announced late last year and was formally finalized during Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari’s visit to China last week.The rover will have a mass of around 35 kilograms and carry science payloads for studying lunar soil composition, radiation levels, plasma properties and testing new technologies…
The Boring Company (TBC) will switch its state of incorporation to Nevada by March 2023. The tunnel boring company is the second Elon Musk-led company to announce a switch in its state of incorporation this past week. Like most Elon Musk-led companies, including Tesla, the Boring Company was previously incorporated in Delaware. Over the weekend, Neuralink switched its state of incorporation from Delaware to Nevada. The Boring Company’s switch to a Nevada incorporation seems strategic. The tunneling company’s biggest project to date is in Las Vegas. TBC is building an extensive loop across Sin City called the Vegas Loop. The Boring Company…