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Elizabeth Lopatto
Elizabeth Lopatto
An in-depth profile of Luke Farritor, 23-year-old IT Renfield.

“Luke’s résumé didn’t pass muster,” says one former government official, but obviously that doesn’t matter to DOGE. Farritor is “designated a GS-15, the highest salary rank for civilians, earning $167,603,” Bloomberg reports. He’s chauffeured around in a black SUV. And he’s betting that even if DOGE is a failure, he’s written his ticket for life: “To gamble like that shows you understand the theater of Silicon Valley.”

DOGE-Pilled

[bloomberg.com]

Richard Lawler
Richard Lawler
Elon Musk says Samsung’s mystery $16.5 billion AI chip deal is for Tesla.

A regulatory filing surfaced Monday morning in Korea showing the underperforming electronics giant won an order to build chips for an unnamed large global tech company in a contract that runs through 2033.

Then, a few hours later, Elon Musk tweeted the arrangement was for Tesla’s “next-generation AI6 chip,” built at Samsung’s plant in Texas, confirming an earlier report by Bloomberg.

Update: Added info from Elon Musk’s tweet.

Tweet by Elon Musk reading “Samsung’s giant new Texas fab will be dedicated to making Tesla’s next-generation AI6 chip. The strategic importance of this is hard to overstate. Samsung currently makes AI4. TSMC will make AI5, which just finished design, initially in Taiwan and then Arizona.”
Image: Elon Musk (X)
Mia Sato
Mia Sato
Media Matters is still fighting.

The left-leaning nonprofit watchdog has been a frequent target of Elon Musk and other Republicans for its reporting on the right wing media ecosystem. Its legal battles have left the group with mounting bills, concerns for staff safety, and hesitant donors, The New York Times reports.

“Unlike some major media entities that have recently caved to pressure, we understand that this battle is larger than us,” Angelo Carusone, the president of Media Matters, said in a statement. “That’s why we continue to carry out our mission and fight in court.”

How can Tesla make a cheaper Model Y?How can Tesla make a cheaper Model Y?
Andrew J. Hawkins
Everything Eater editors ate at the Tesla Diner in Los AngelesEverything Eater editors ate at the Tesla Diner in Los Angeles

Eater editors taste through half the menu at the new Tesla Diner in Los Angeles

Jay Peters
Jay Peters
Jack Dorsey says the process of purchasing Twitter was a ‘disaster’ for Elon Musk.

And for Twitter, too, he says in a new podcast with Rabble (aka Evan Henshaw-Plath), who hired Dorsey at Odeo. The specific part starts a little after 28 minutes.

Dorsey has also invested $10 million in a group Rabble is a part of called “and Other Stuff,“ according to TechCrunch. The group is working on “a common vision for the development of Nostr infrastructure and products.”

I spent 24 hours flirting with Elon Musk’s AI girlfriend

Now I’m going to bleach my soul and get myself to a nunnery.

Victoria Song
Andrew J. Hawkins
Andrew J. Hawkins
Tesla’s head of sales is outie.

The Wall Street Journal reports that Troy Jones, director of Tesla’s North American sales, is leaving after 15 years at the company. This comes after Tesla reported a steep drop in sales for the second quarter. Other execs have similarly been fleeing. Elon Musk fired Omead Afshar, who formerly led operations in North America and Europe. And the company’s director of human resources for North America, Jenna Ferrua, departed in June, according to the Journal. The C-suite is getting thin.