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Jay Peters

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    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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    “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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