Tesla Autopilot linked to hundreds of collisions, has ‘critical safety gap’: NHTSA

A Tesla Model X burns after crashing on U.S. Highway 101 in Mountain View, California, U.S. on March 23, 2018.  S. Engleman | Via Reuters Federal authorities say a “critical safety gap” in Tesla‘s Autopilot system contributed to at least 467 collisions, 13 resulting in fatalities and “many others” resulting in serious injuries. The findings … Read more

The Mercedes-Benz E-Class’ Stellar Sound System Convinced Me To Upgrade My Home Audio

I’m not much of an audiophile. Don’t get me wrong, I’m constantly listening to music and love going to live shows, and I’m always excited by a fancy sound system in a car. But in my personal life, I’m fine to just stick with my Apple headphones and my big TV’s built-in speakers for movies … Read more

Apple CarPlay Is Anticompetitive, Say Feds In Antitrust Lawsuit

When Apple first introduced CarPlay, it was a revelation. Instead of dealing with the hassle of inputting a destination using the manufacturer’s clunky infotainment software, you could simply type it into your phone and have the directions appear on the center screen. It was easy to use and understand, and most importantly, it just worked. … Read more

Short sellers pull down U.S. companies to pay for coke

Palantir CEO Alex Karp skewered short sellers — investors who bet on the decline in a company’s stock price — in an interview with CNBC on Wednesday. “I love burning the short sellers,” Karp told CNBC’s Sara Eisen on “Money Movers.” “Almost nothing makes a human happier than taking the lines of cocaine away from … Read more

Stripe reveals it passed $1 trillion in total payment volume in 2023

Fintech giant Stripe revealed in its annual letter published on Wednesday that it surpassed $1 trillion in total payment volume in 2023, up 25% from 2022. The milestone, which comes 15 years after the company was founded, offers a glimpse into the financials of one of the world’s largest private companies and how fast it’s … Read more

Apple announces new MacBook Airs with its latest M3 chip

15-inch and 13-inch MacBook Air with M3 Apple Apple on Monday announced new versions of its 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air laptops with its latest M3 chip. The M3 chip first launched in October, when Apple launched versions of the chip for its iMac desktop computer and more powerful versions of the processor for its … Read more

Adobe launches AI assistant that can search and summarize PDFs

David Wadhwani, senior vice president of digital media for Adobe, speaks during the launch of Adobe Creative Cloud and CS6 in San Francisco, April 23, 2012. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Adobe on Tuesday launched an artificial intelligence assistant in its Reader and Acrobat applications that can produce summaries of and answer … Read more

Mark Zuckerberg comments on Apple’s Vision Pro

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg demonstrates an Oculus Rift virtual reality (VR) headset and Oculus Touch controllers during the Oculus Connect 3 event in San Jose, California, U.S., on Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared his opinion of Apple‘s new mixed reality headset, the Vision … Read more

Apple’s Vision Pro headset launches in U.S.

The first customer walks out of the Apple Store with his purchase of the Vision Pro headset in New York on February 2, 2024.  Angela Weiss | Afp | Getty Images Apple‘s Vision Pro headset officially launches in the U.S. on Friday. Customers who pre-ordered the headset will begin to receive it or pick it … Read more

The future of computing and entertainment

Apple Vision Pro Todd Haselton | CNBC It’s night. I’m at a lake near Oregon’s Mount Hood, sitting on the beach. Jazz music is playing as I write. I’m not in the real world. Well, I sort of am.  I’m wearing Apple’s new Vision Pro headset, which looks like a fancy pair of glowing ski … Read more