Elon Musk’s promises for Tesla in 2024, from robotaxis to Optimus bots

Elon Musk had an eventful 2024, what with his hard push into right-wing politics and leveraging his X social media platform and considerable influence to help Donald Trump win the presidential election. Putting politics aside for a moment, it’s worth focusing on another Musk pastime: making promises for Tesla. The Tesla CEO’s promises — and […]
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A Waymo robotaxi and a Serve delivery robot collided in Los Angeles

On December 27, a Waymo robotaxi and a Serve Robotics sidewalk delivery robot collided at a Los Angeles intersection, according to a video that’s circulating on social media. The footage shows a Serve bot crossing a street in West Hollywood at night and trying to get onto the sidewalk. It reached the curb, backed up […]
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Tech services firm WWT acquires Canadian IT provider Softchoice in all-cash deal

One last mega-deal closed out an eventful 2024. On Tuesday, World Wide Technology (WWT), a tech services company based in St. Louis, announced it has agreed to acquire Canadian IT provider Softchoice in a deal that values the latter at C$1.8 billion (~$1.25 billion). The deal, which is all-cash, was unanimously approved by Softchoice’s board, […]
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Bitcoin was the best investment of 2024, but not without its usual volatility

Bitcoin was far and away the best performing asset class in 2024 thanks to new ETFs and hopes for a crypto-friendly White House.

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How to Control a Word Table’s Horizontal Alignment

When inserting a table in a Word document, you can stick with the default alignment or change it in several ways.

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US telco Lumen says its network is now clear of China’s Salt Typhoon hackers

Lumen says there is ‘no evidence’ that customer data was accessed during the intrusion
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After ups and downs, food delivery startup Epicery closes shop

French food delivery startup Epicery will cease operations Tuesday, after one last holiday season hurrah for its clients and the local food businesses that were using the platform during its nine years in business in exchange for a 25% commission. In a message announcing the decision to customers earlier this month, Epicery’s team said that […]
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Silicon Valley’s turn of fortune: Intel has worst year ever, while Broadcom enjoys record gain

Intel lost over 60% of its value in 2024, the biggest drop in its 53 years as a public company. Broadcom’s stock price more than doubled.

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Crypto fugitive Do Kwon extradited to US over $40bn crash

US authorities allege he was responsible for the collapse of two coins, prompting a massive crypto sell-off.

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New Year’s cybersecurity resolutions that every startup should keep

These simple cybersecurity resolutions can help keep your startup protected from most malicious hackers.
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