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Elon Musk admits that millions of Tesla vehicles won’t get unsupervised FSD

For customers that have bought FSD, what we’re offering is essentially a discounted trade-in for cars that have AI4 hardware. We’ll also be offering the ability to upgrade the car to replace the computer. And you also need to replace the cameras, unfortunately, to go to Hardware 4. To do this efficiently, we’re going to […]

Tesla just increased its capex to $25B. Here’s where the money is going.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk kicked off the company’s first-quarter earnings call with a monetary heads-up — or depending on the mindset of the investor, a warning. Tesla’s capital expenditures will skyrocket to $25 billion in 2026, far outpacing its previous annual spend as it races to stay ahead of the competition and transitions to an […]

RBI draft norms recast PPI rules, tighten limits and interoperability | Finance News

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed a revamp of regulations governing prepaid payment instruments (PPIs) as the central bank looks to tighten risk controls, promote interoperability and reframe classification for such instruments.  The banking regulator has sought the industry’s comments on the draft master directions on PPIs by May 22 this […]

Introducing ChatGPT Images 2.0

ChatGPT Images 2.0 introduces a state-of-the-art image generation model with improved text rendering, multilingual support, and advanced visual reasoning. Source link

Making ChatGPT better for clinicians

OpenAI makes ChatGPT for Clinicians free for verified U.S. physicians, nurse practitioners, and pharmacists, supporting clinical care, documentation, and research. Source link

Benchmarks retreat amid sharp IT selloff as oil surge hits sentiment | Markets News

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A steep selloff in information technology stocks and a spike in crude oil prices ended the benchmark equity indices’ three-day rally on Wednesday, as escalating tensions in West Asia weighed on investor sentiment.  The Sensex fell 757 points, or 0.95 per cent, to close at 78,516, while the Nifty 50 declined 199 points, […]

NASA’s Artemis II moon mission shows space-to-Earth laser comms can scale

An Observable Space telescope at work.

Earlier this month, NASA’s Artemis II mission sent four astronauts to orbit the moon and used new laser communications systems to beam dramatic images back to Earth. One of the receivers, though, wasn’t hosted by the U.S. space agency. A low-cost terminal built by the companies Observable Space and Quantum Opus, and operated by the […]

Tesla Q1 revenue rises, driven by EV sales and FSD subscriptions

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Tesla saw an uptick in revenue and profit year-over-year, figures buoyed by an increase in automotive revenue and other services, including subscriptions to its Full Self-Driving advanced driver assistance system, which reached 1.28 million. Tesla shares rose 4% in after-hours trading following the release of its first-quarter earnings report, driven by its free cash flow, […]

Ham Radio Brings Teletext Back to Life

Once upon a time in Europe, television remote controls had a magic teletext button. Years before the internet stole into homes, pressing that button brought up teletext digital information services with hundreds of constantly updated pages. Living in Ireland in the 1980s and ’90s, my family accessed the national teletext service—Aertel—multiple times a day for […]