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Jay Peters

Jay Peters

Senior Reporter

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    Missed Tesla’s Cybercab event?

    Check out our video highlighting the most important parts.

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    Jay Peters
    The Optimus robots can talk, apparently.

    One called Elon the “Technoking.”

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    Jay Peters
    The Cybercab and the Robovan.

    Why didn’t Tesla call it the Cybervan?

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    Jay Peters
    Here’s an Optimus bartender.

    It’s wearing a cowboy hat, for some reason.

    A Tesla robot standing by some drinks.
    Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge
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    Jay Peters
    “Has it started yet?”

    That’s what my wife just asked me about this event, which was supposed to begin FIFTY ONE MINUTES AGO.

    (The answer is no, it hasn’t.)

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    Jay Peters
    “I will ask the team to look into it.”

    That’s Instagram chief Adam Mosseri’s response to Walt Mossberg’s frustration about recent Threads engagement. Mosseri acknowledged that Mossberg has a “handful” of posts with engagement that seems “remarkably low.”

    In a related update, my colleague Umar Shakir, who wrote yesterday about Instagram disabling his account for allegedly being underage (he’s not), had his account restored with no word from Meta.

    A screenshot of Threads posts from Walt Mossberg and Adam Mosseri.
    Screenshot by Jay Peters / The Verge
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    Jay Peters
    Apple will have more immersive videos to check out soon.

    If you’ve already watched Submerged on your Vision Pro, there will be additional Immersive Video content over the course of this year, and you can see the list of what’s coming on 9to5Mac.