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President Donald Trump has tasked SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk with scrutinizing wasteful spending at the Department of Education and the Pentagon through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Musk is leading.DOGE is tasked with eliminating government spending and waste and streamlining operations and is expected to influence White House policy on budget matters.”I’ve instructed him to go check out Education, to check out the Pentagon … and, sadly, you’ll find some things that are pretty bad. But I don’t think, proportionally, you’re going to see anything like we just saw,” Trump told reporters Friday about his plans for…
DeepSeek source code reportedly contains evidence that links the popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot with a Chinese telecommunication provider that was banned in the US. According to a report, a cybersecurity firm has uncovered code that could be used to send data entered on DeepSeek’s web client to China Mobile. The code reportedly relates to the account creation and login process on the Chinese AI chatbot platform. While it could not be confirmed that DeepSeek is indeed sending data, the researchers were also not able to rule out the possibility.DeepSeek Code Links Chatbot to China MobileThe Associated Press (AP) reported…
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Tesla has revealed some new features on the new Model Y “Juniper” through an interview conducted at one of the company’s Northern California showrooms. Nathan Di Giusto, Tesla Vehicle Engineering Head for the 3/Y platform, and Emmanuel Lamacchia, the Model Y’s Program Manager, sat down with owners club Tesla Owners Silicon Valley to breakdown some of the new features and design changes that the company decided to make on the new Model Y. Tesla implemented design and efficiency changes on the Model Y to make it even better than it was previously. The past iteration was the best-selling vehicle of…
A Tesla analyst believes the company is discounting the Cybertruck because consumers are thirsting for a smaller, more affordable all-electric pickup from the company. The note, which came from Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry, comes just a day after Tesla listed several Cybertrucks on its Inventory website, which has drawn mixed reactions from investors and fans. Some believe the move was a sign Tesla was having trouble moving Cybertruck as demand levels seem to be in question. It was the best-selling EV pickup in the United States for 2024 and the fifth-best-selling EV overall for the year. Chowdhry believes…
WASHINGTON — The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) awarded a contract Feb. 7 to Spire Global, partnered with OroraTech, to develop a constellation of cubesats to monitor wildfires.CSA and other Canadian government officials announced that Spire’s Canadian subsidiary, Spire Global Canada, won a contract worth $72 million Canadian ($50.4 million) to develop 10 satellites for the WildFireSat constellation for launch in 2029.The spacecraft will operate in dusk-dawn sun-synchronous orbits at an altitude of 475 kilometers. Equipped with sensors provided by OroraTech, a German company that operates its own fleet of wildfire-detection satellites, the spacecraft will track wildfires. The satellites, the CSA…
Your support helps us to tell the storyFrom reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.The…
San Francisco: A patient with a degenerative disease was able to command Amazon’s Alexa digital assistant with his mind, the company behind the technological innovation announced Monday, letting him stream shows and control devices with only his thoughts.An implant in a blood vessel on the surface of the 64-year-old man’s brain let him mentally “tap” icons on an Amazon Fire tablet, brain-computer interface company Synchron said. The patient, who is living with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), was able to make video calls, play music, stream shows, control smart home devices such as lights, shop online, and read books by using his…
Administrators at Texas A&M University are considering a potential Boring Company loop to help with foot traffic on campus, coming as the latest community to mull over the Elon Musk-led tunneling solution. The Boring Company’s proposal for the “Aggie Loop” is being considered by administrators at Texas A&M, as reported by the campus newspaper The Battalion last week. Like the company’s other loops, it would feature underground tunnels leading to multiple stations spread across the Texas A&M campus, which would be built strategically at high-traffic locations and bus stops. “The Boring Company proposal provides a mobility solution that improves campus-wide…
Meet Samuel Edyme, Nickname – HIM-buktu. A web3 content writer, journalist, and aspiring trader, Edyme is as versatile as they come. With a knack for words and a nose for trends, he has penned pieces for numerous industry player, including AMBCrypto, Blockchain.News, and Blockchain Reporter, among others. Edyme’s foray into the crypto universe is nothing short of cinematic. His journey began not with a triumphant investment, but with a scam. Yes, a Ponzi scheme that used crypto as payment roped him in. Rather than retreating, he emerged wiser and more determined, channeling his experience into over three years of insightful…