Elon Musk shares first look at Tesla Model 3 white seats at factory

Elon Musk recently shared an image of Tesla’s Model 3 seats in volume, showcasing rows upon rows and floors upon floors filled with the compact electric car’s seats. Musk’s Twitter upload, which included a fun Rick & Morty reference due to the seats looking almost like an alien army, also features a rare look into the […]

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Amazon employees demand stoppage of facial recognition contract with law enforcement

Amazon workers have penned a letter to Jeff Bezos calling on the CEO to immediately cancel the access of law enforcement agencies to its Rekognition facial recognition system. The employees’ letter comes on the heels of several Amazon shareholders who have also asked the e-commerce giant to stop selling Rekognition to the police. As could […]

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Tesla to end Home Depot partnership as it closes 12 solar facilities: report

Tesla is closing around a dozen of its solar facilities across nine states in the United States. The closures of the solar sites are reportedly part of the company’s ongoing restructuring, which is set to lay off 9% of Tesla’s workforce. According to Reuters, the information comes from three internal company documents and statements from […]

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SpaceX wins US Air Force contract for Falcon Heavy launch

In an unexpected bode of confidence in the nascent vehicle, SpaceX has competed for and won a $130 million US Air Force launch contract for the massive Falcon Heavy rocket. While not planned to occur until September 2020 at the earliest, the most critical aspect of this development is the fact that the USAF has […]

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Tesla will introduce setting to lower Autopilot alerts for Model S, Model X

In a recent update on Twitter, Elon Musk stated that Tesla would introduce a feature that would allow Model S and Model X drivers to lower the Autopilot alerts displayed in the electric cars’ instrument cluster. Musk’s update came as a response to complaints from several Tesla owners on Twitter about the placement of the […]

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Tesla Semi spotted by fans ahead of Golden Gate Bridge crossing

Tesla recently shared a short video clip of the silver Semi stealthily gliding over the Golden Gate Bridge while hauling a trailer on the way to Santa Rosa, CA. The video clip of the silver Semi, with trailer in tow, was shared on Twitter, where it caused quite a conversation among Tesla’s followers on the platform. […]

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Tesla opens job posting for Intrusion Detection Security Engineer amid reports of sabotage

On the heels of a recently-filed lawsuit against a former process technician over allegations of data theft, hacking, and misreporting to the media, Tesla has posted a job opening for an Intrusion Detection Security Engineer. The new job posting, which could be viewed in full here, was initially shared by journalist Bozi Tatarevic on Twitter. […]

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Former Tesla employee fires back at lawsuit, claims he’s a whistleblower

Martin Tripp, a former process technician for Tesla, is fighting back after receiving a lawsuit from the Elon Musk-led company. Speaking to the media, Tripp alleged that he only shared data with outside parties because he was trying to warn investors and the public about questionable activities of the company. In a statement to CNN […]

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SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spaceship marches towards launch with vacuum chamber test

SpaceX has published the latest photo of its next-generation Crew Dragon spacecraft, showing the crewed vehicle preparing to be put through its paces inside a NASA thermal vacuum chamber located in Cleveland, Ohio. If the tests are completed without issue, the Dragon’s next destination will be Cape Canaveral, Florida, where it will prepare for an […]

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