The SpaceX, Tesla, and Twitter CEO speaking live on Twitter Spaces Sunday night:
“If we get far enough away from the launchpad before something goes wrong then I think I would consider that to be a success. Just don’t blow up the launchpad... The chances of us triggering an abort and having to postpone the launch are high.”
Electrek has the scoop on a sleeker, squared-off third-gen Powerwall home battery pack with higher performance and easier installation. No official date given, just that it’s “about to launch.”
It was one year ago today that news broke of Elon Musk offering to buy Twitter outright. Looking back, two prophecies have proven true with time. Outgoing CEO Parag Agrawal telling staff, “there will be distractions ahead,” and our own Editor-in-Chief Nilay Patel warning Musk of the overpriced world of hurt he just purchased.
Anyway, happy anniversary, Chief Twit.
Eben Upton, CEO of Raspberry Pi, on Sony’s minority investment and AITRIOS deal that extends the companies’ existing relationship:
“This transaction will allow us to expand our partnership, bringing Sony Semiconductor Solutions’ line of AI products to the Raspberry Pi ecosystem, and helping our users to build exciting new machine-learning applications at the edge.”
According to the Twitter CEO:
1. Twitter is down to 1,500 employees (from over 7,500)
2. Shutting down a data center in December “was quite catastrophic.”
3. Musk’s dog is now Twitter CEO, thus honoring Musk’s commitment to abide by a poll to step down.
4. Twitter is nearly breaking even financially with satisfactory growth.
5. Little rocket man is angry.
Just when you thought that rumors of a higher-end 27-inch Apple Studio Display had been killed off, analyst Ming-Chi Kuo resurrects them. The noted supply-chain sleuth says it’ll arrive with Mini LED technology and “thinner panel thickness, a narrower bezel, and extended product lifespan” in “2024 or early 2025.”
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Watch the supremely nimble turtle-man in the embed below, then again as an animated Bowser in the official music video for The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
Although not as dramatic as previous cuts from 2023, the Model 3 base price is down from $42,990 to $41,990, while select Model Y, S, and X models also saw modest price reductions. Electrek has all the before-and-after pricing if you want to compare.
The world’s favorite social media app — except in India where it’s banned, and China where it’s called Douyin and is very different — was penalized for allowing an estimated 1 million UK kids on the app despite the age limit (13) and using their personal data without parental consent.
Yeah, but did you see that new beauty filter? So fun!
