Category: News
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Tesla Model S Long Range Hit With $5,000 Price Hike
The Tesla Model S has just been hit with a $5,000 price hike in yet another instance of the automaker routinely altering its prices. Tesla’s website was recently updated to show that the Model S Long Range now starts at $91,190 (including a $1,200 delivery fee) having been previously priced at $86,190. Read Also: Pikes…
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SpaceX’s Starlink Mobile Satellites Are Designed To Not Freeze Or Melt
An FCC application has revealed new information about SpaceX‘s mobile satellite dishes for its Starlink internet service, citing that the new hardware will be able to withstand “harsh environments.” For people in rural areas, Starlink is one of the best new internet options on the market. It uses a system of low-orbit satellites to beam down internet service where…
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New batch of Tesla Model Y bodies spotted at Giga Berlin complex
Tesla Model Y bodies were spotted at Giga Berlin over the weekend, hinting at the beginning of pre-production operations at the plant. Tesla Giga Berlin drone operator @Gf4Tesla spotted nine Model Y bodies at the plant’s site. He also spotted two unopened boxes that might have contained more Tesla Model Y bodies. According to the Tesla…
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Bitcoin to $250,000, plus secrets from a market wizard
Hello and welcome to Insider Investing. I'm Joe Ciolli, and I'm here to guide you through the current market and investing landscape. Here's what's on the docket: We spoke to Joseph Edwards, a former professional esports coach turned crypto researcher who called bitcoin's meteoric rise to $60,000 last year. He broke down his prediction that…
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EGEB: The first house in Scotland is being heated by recycled vegetable oil
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Heating homes with hydrotreated vegetable oil is now under way in pilots in the UK. New software from the DOE and NREL will greatly speed up residential solar permitting across the US. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for…
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After this CEO raised his company’s minimum wage to $70,000, he said the number of babies born to staff each year grew 10-fold and revenue soared
Dan Price, CEO of Gravity Payments. Dan Price Gravity Payment's CEO Dan Price introduced a minimum wage of $70,000 in 2015. In the years afterwards, revenue rose, and staff had more babies and bought more homes, he said. Amid the pandemic, revenues dropped 50% but Price said the company was able to recover. See more…
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How Close Is Musk & Neuralink To Releasing A Brain-Machine Interface?
Elon Musk’s Neuralink recently received $205 million in funding and is using the money to accelerate the launch of its first product, the N1 Link which connects humans and machines. Musk’s company has spent the past couple of years developing what it assures is the only high channel count brain-machine interface equipped with numerous sensors. The device…
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WhatsApp won’t use Apple’s child abuse image scanner, citing vague privacy fears
Just because Apple has a plan — and a forthcoming security feature — designed to combat the spread of child sex abuse images, that doesn’t mean everyone’s getting on board. WhatsApp boss Will Cathcart joined the chorus of Apple critics on Friday, stating in no uncertain terms that the Facebook-owned messaging app won’t be adopting…
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New Alfa SUV Spotted, U.S. Targets Greater Electrification, And Honda NSX To End Production: Your Weekly Brief
Good morning and welcome to our weekly digest of automotive news from around the globe, starting with… Tesla Owner Charged $14,100 After Someone Accidentally Clicked And Bought FSD Before Getting A Refund Buying something online by mistake is increasingly hard to do. You can set up two-factor authorization, or generally have to put in some…
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Tesla’s fine print officially pushes Cybertruck production back to 2022
A look at the fine print on the Tesla website confirms that its futuristic Cybertruck will need more time before delivery. The electric light-duty truck prototype was unveiled in Nov. 2019 and was supposed to go into production by the end of 2021. As recently as the end of July, the Cybertruck order page on…