Tag: Elon Musk
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“The price of freedom of speech isn’t cheap, is it?” “I think it’s like $44 billion, something like that.” That’s Elon yesterday at the All-In Summit. In a live appearance, Elon and the besties dug into the future of robotics, how Elon wants to transform government, and more. A Robot…
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“One of the first times y’all gave me complete control over this, I actually stayed up until, geez I don’t know, like 6 A.M. playing Civilization 6.” That’s Noland Arbaugh, the first human to get a brain implant from Neuralink. The implant allows him to control his computer with his…
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“Can I have something to eat?” “Sure thing.” The man’s friend hands him an apple. His friend is not human — it is a robot. This is the latest demo from Figure. Figure is developing an android, with the goal to produce one for every human on the planet. This…
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“A maniacal sense of urgency is our operating principle.” Elon Musk Elon Musk is not your typical CEO. He doesn’t have a corner office. There’s no executive dining room. In fact, shortly after taking over Twitter, Elon slept on a couch in the company library. A typical meal: cereal out…
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“As the situation got more desperate in the fall of 2008, Musk pleaded for money from friends and family to meet Tesla’s payroll.” Elon Musk, by Walter Isaacson In 2008, Tesla was in the depths of production hell. And with the world on the verge of another Great Depression, a…
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“We have reason to believe Elon is retarded.” That was Elon Musk’s elementary school principal. Young Elon stared out the window and ignored his teachers, leading them to assume he could not learn. Perhaps Elon found their lessons irrelevant. Or maybe he was tormented by what was going on at…
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“There’s no line of code that says ‘slow down for speed bumps.’ So it’s doing this based entirely on video training.” Elon Musk A New Kind of AI On Friday, Elon Musk demoed FSD 12, Tesla’s latest self driving software. Watching the demo is at turns nervewracking and exhilarating. Tesla’s…
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PayPal processes over $1 trillion in payments every year. But its product began as an afterthought. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! The PayPal founders’ originally wanted to beam money between PalmPilots. After all, everyone they knew had a PalmPilot! E-mailing money would be a backup in case you left…
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Iran’s government has shut down the internet in many parts of the country amid mass protests. But Elon Musk is offering Iranians a lifeline. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Musk hopes to provide internet to Iranians cut off from the web. He is seeking an exemption from Iran sanctions…
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Only about half the world has internet access. Even rural America lags behind in broadband penetration. But what if everyone on earth had incredibly fast internet for $1 a month? A fascinating company called Akash Systems just might pull that off. It is delivering internet 100 times more cheaply than…
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+ Broadband, Elon Musk, Internet, Inventions, Materials Science, Satellites, Space, SpaceX, Startup, Tech+
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