Tesla finally made a profit without the help of emission credits
Tesla sold enough cars and energy products to turn a profit even without counting the sale of emissions credits to other automakers — a milestone for the company. This was the eighth profitable quarter in a row for Tesla, but the first where it can truly say it’s a profitable automaker. Tesla shared Monday that it logged a $1.1 billion profit More...
This YouTube channel is using AI to 8K-ify classic game intros and cutscenes
Twenty years ago, when photorealistic games were still just a faraway dream, companies like Square sent our imaginations soaring before we played, with big-budget intros and cutscenes. Long before Overwatch More...
The Pentagon says DJI drones still pose a threat, disavowing its own earlier report
After months of government bans on DJI drones, with lawmakers questioning whether the company was sending information to the Chinese government, the Pentagon has admitted that the drones being used might actually More...
New trailers: Dune, Star Trek: Prodigy, The Last Duel, Blade Runner: Black Lotus, and more
Happy Saturday! Posting the trailers roundup a day early this weekend since I’ll be on vacation starting Sunday (and shout out to the reader who said he preferred when we did the roundup on Saturdays, you More...
Robinhood’s IPO roadshow answered questions I wasn’t asking
“What’s your favorite planet?” is a real question that Robinhood execs really picked to answer during the Q&A section of its retail investor roadshow. “Definitely Pluto,” says long-haired CEO Vlad More...
Best iPad deals July 2021
Deals on Apple’s iPad are more common than you might think. Whether you’re after the affordable iPad, the high-end iPad Pro, or something in between like the iPad Air or iPad Mini, there’s usually some More...
NASA’s Europa Clipper will fly on SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy
NASA’s Europa Clipper will start its journey to Jupiter’s icy moon aboard a Falcon Heavy rocket built by SpaceX. NASA will pay SpaceX $178 million to launch the vehicle in October 2024. The Europa Clipper More...
GM’s Super Cruise getting fully automatic, hands-free lane changes and more for 2022
General Motors’ Super Cruise, one of the best advanced driver assist systems on the market, is getting a big upgrade for 2022 and will be available on way more vehicles — including, for the first time, the More...
Snapchat is growing faster than it has in years
Just a couple of years ago, there were concerns that Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, wouldn’t survive as a standalone company. Its stock price bottomed out around $5 after a disastrous redesign that More...
California sues Activision Blizzard over a culture of ‘constant sexual harassment’
California’s Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) says that renowned game publishing studio Blizzard Entertainment, and its owner Activision Blizzard, have created a culture of “constant sexual More...