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Tesla rolls out an emergency drive-away feature after Supercharger shooting
Tesla's new feature will let you drive away with the Supercharger still connected in case of emergencies.
If a data center is camouflaged in the woods, will anyone hate it?
San Antonio City Councilmember Ric Galvan remembers when data centers first arrived in his city in the 2000s, looking like relatively unassuming office buildings. But that's changed in recent years,...
Star Wars: Galactic Racer is my childhood podracing dream come true
Yes, Sebulba is in the game. The podracing scene in The Phantom Menace is one of my favorite movie sequences ever. It's just so dang cool: The futuristic racers tear over treacherous Tatooine...
AI hallucinations are making entitled customers even worse
Madison, a server in New York City, greets every table by asking about each diner's allergies. Lately, there have been some close calls. "Sometimes people will tell me they have a shellfish allergy,...
Amazon writes scary blog warning communities not to block data centers
Amazon is calling for people to support AI data center projects, or risk irreparable harm to the US economy and national security. In a more than 3,000 word blog posted today, Amazon web services...
More kids are using AI for companionship — and it’s making them lonely
There’s a lot to be anxious about as AI agents and bots get more integrated into every aspect of our lives. Meta, which recently agreed to pay over $17 billion to settle a lawsuit related to harming...
More kids are using AI for companionship — and it’s making them lonely
There’s a lot to be anxious about as AI agents and bots get more integrated into every aspect of our lives. Meta, which recently agreed to pay over $17 billion to settle a lawsuit related to harming...
FDA approves artificial heart valve for kids that grows as they do
The FDA has approved a new artificial heart valve that eliminates the need for multiple surgeries in children with certain congenital heart defects.
A guide for raising boys to be resilient men
In 1995, gender studies researcher Judy Chu found herself chauffeuring around her 13-year-old brother and his friend. The boys’ curiosity got the better of them, and they asked what she was...
The insidious, fascinating, and utterly infuriating reason that women’s health care is worse than men’s