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Richard Lawler

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    The Mustang Mach-E was one thing, but using the Stealth name for an SUV is going too far.

    According to recent rumors, including this Motor Trend report, Dodge will replace the Durango with a new three-row “Stealth” SUV that could have electrified powertrain options.

    Remember when things were better? When Corvettes had the engine in the front, and the Stealth was a rebadged Mitsubishi coupe.

    The Stealth will likely join the Grand Cherokee L on the new WL platform. Or it could glom onto the new STLA Large platform, which was designed for electric vehicles but can still accommodate hybrids. Either way, expect some degree of electrification. The new Hurricane 3.0-liter twin-turbo I-6 will make up for the loss of an available Hemi V-8 and bring things full circle: The original Stealth R/T packed a 3.0-liter twin-turbo six-cylinder.

    2025 Dodge Stealth: What to Know About the 3-Row Durango Replacement

    [MotorTrend]

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    Richard Lawler
    An update for how things are going with Twitter.

    Elon Musk has said that Twitter is reaching all time highs in “device user seconds usage,” and that almost all the advertisers who left have “either come back or they said they will come back.”

    This week he started paying out big bucks to a “select” group of posters, promoting the idea that subscribing to Twitter Blue can help them make money on Twitter by splitting ad revenue.

    Also Elon Musk:

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    Tesla’s Texas plant has built (at least) one Cybertruck.

    The Cybertruck debuted in 2019 and was originally scheduled to launch in 2021. But after some delays, it looks on track with Elon’s schedule for limited production this summer, a delivery event in Q3, and mass production in 2024.

    Tesla tweeted out this picture saying “First Cybertruck built at Giga Texas! 🤠,” And while we can’t see details like a rounder front end, nothing can hide that huge windshield wiper.

    And yes, Tesla is still accepting preorders for the low-poly pickup if you put $100 down.

    Tesla Cybertruck pickup shown surrounded by factory workers.
    Tesla Cybertruck
    Image: @Tesla (Twitter’s)
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    Richard Lawler
    A real-time reaction to the actors’ strike.

    Two out of the big three Hollywood labor unions are on strike, citing streaming and AI as major issues, and actors are starting to picket offices for companies like Warner Bros., Netflix, and Amazon. This screengrab from CNBC captures the initial reaction of Wall Street.

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    Richard Lawler
    Microsoft’s dark mode for Paint in Windows 11 is getting closer to a full release.

    Similar to the Windows 11 emoji update that’s now in testing, Microsoft originally promised this update to the Paint app a couple of years ago. After rolling it out to more limited test groups in June, Microsoft just announced that dark mode for Paint in Windows 11 is now rolling out to Windows Insiders in the beta channel.

    Microsoft Paint finally gets a dark mode for Windows 11

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    Ford’s next BlueCruise driver assist update is rolling out to Mustang Mach-Es this summer.

    Ford advanced driver assist technologies exec Sammy Omari said the new BlueCruise 1.3 software focuses on extending the time drivers operate in hands-free mode without disengaging compared to the 1.2 update.

    During our internal testing across a variety of roads in the U.S., BlueCruise 1.3 stayed engaged in hands-free mode for an average of 3X longer compared to BlueCruise 1.2. We saw an even larger performance improvement from BlueCruise 1.0 to BlueCruise 1.3 with an average of 5X longer engagement in hands-free mode.

    Omari also told TechCrunch that F-150 Lightning owners should have it by the end of the year.

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    JWST celebrates its first year of science with another incredible image and a new head of science.

    We’ve been following the story of NASA’s next-gen James Webb Space Telescope for years, but now it’s been in operation for an entire year.

    You can watch Loren Grush talk through those first images, check out the first Earth-sized exoplanet it discovered, or check out our breakdown of major highlights from its first year.

    Also, Space.com notes NASA recently announced Jane Rigby is the JWST’s new senior project scientist. Named the 2022 LGBTQ+ Scientist of the Year by Out to Innovate, Rigby was one of three commissioning scientists for JWST and replaces John Mather, who had been in the role since 1995.

    An active star-forming region. Red dual opposing jets coming from young stars fill the darker top half of the image, while a glowing pale-yellow, cave-like structure is bottom center, tilted toward two o’clock, with a bright star at its center. The dust of the cave structure becomes wispy toward eight o’clock, trailing off and allowing stars and distant galaxies to show through. Above the arched top of the dust cave three groupings of stars with diffraction spikes are arranged.
    The subject is the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the closest star-forming region to Earth.
    Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Klaus Pontoppidan (STScI)
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    Richard Lawler
    Mastodon’s flagship server is down due to maintenance.

    “The original server operated by the Mastodon gGmbH non-profit,” mastodon.social is unreachable at the moment, but not because of DNS problems (for once) or Instagram Threads.

    It’s actually undergoing maintenance that’s only supposed to cause twenty minutes or so of downtime.

    Update: And right on schedule, it’s back up!

    Database upgrade – Maintenance details - mastodon.social Status

    [status.mastodon.social]

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    Richard Lawler
    The Elon Musk private jet tracker was on Threads, but not anymore.

    Jack Sweeney made his @ElonMusksJet account one of the first 70 million or so on Threads and spoke to Insider about it yesterday. Last fall Musk claimed he was providing “basically assassination coordinates” and banned his Twitter account until it added a 24-hour delay.

    However, sometime recently, the account was suspended on both Instagram (where it had been active for months) and Threads. We’ve contacted Meta to find out more details.

    The account remains active on Facebook, BlueSky, Mastodon, Telegram, Nostr, and TruthSocial.

    Correction: The account is from Jack Sweeney, not Jack Smith.

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    NBA 2K24 is the first one that includes crossplay.

    When NBA 2K24 arrives this fall, it will allow PS5 and Xbox Series console gamers to play against each other, a first for the series (unfortunately, other systems, like earlier generation consoles and the Switch, are still stuck within their silos).

    Polygon has more details, like which covers feature Kobe Bryant and a GameStop-only physical copy WNBA Edition with Sabrina Ionescu on the cover. Finally, the $149.99 25th anniversary Edition will again include 12 months of access to NBA League Pass streaming.

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