Elon Musk's companies have seen a mix of gains and setbacks since the Trump administration took office. Some government investigations into his businesses have slowed down or stopped. This has given Musk's firms, especially SpaceX, a chance to get billions in new government contracts. On the global stage, Musk is making deals and getting approvals to operate in other...
Tesla's stock has taken a significant hit over the past couple of months, dropping by over 40% of its value. This decline has coincided with Elon Musk's time in Washington, D. C. The company has faced global protests and campaigns against Musk and his involvement in the Trump administration. Unfortunately, this has also led to criminal acts of vandalism and arson tar...
Nvidia's CEO, Jensen Huang, took the stage at the GTC 2025 conference to share some big news and a bit of history. He talked about a moment that changed everything for Nvidia. It all started with AlexNet. This isn't a person, but a special type of AI model. It was created by Alex Krizhevsky, Ilya Sutskever, and Geoffrey Hinton. These three computer scientists ma...
Imagine trying to drive a car in a blizzard. Now imagine a robot doing it. That's what Volkswagen's Moia division is attempting with their autonomous ID Buzz vehicles in Oslo, Norway. Why Norway? Because if these robotaxis can handle icy roads and snow, they can handle anything. Autonomous vehicles, or AVs, have faced a lot of challenges. The initial excitement arou...
Imagine hailing an Uber and stepping into a car with no driver behind the wheel. That's exactly what's happening in Austin, Texas. Waymo, a company under Alphabet, Google's parent company, has started offering driverless rides through Uber's app. This isn't just any ordinary service; it's a big deal because Austin is right next to Tesla's headquarters. Tesla is a big...
Imagine driving down a busy street, and suddenly, your car has to make a quick decision. This is the kind of challenge that autonomous vehicles face every day. One big problem is missing data. Cars can't always see what's happening around them, and that makes it hard to predict where they should go. But what if there was a new way to fill in those blanks and make dri...
Tesla's Autopilot system, launched in 2015, promised a semi-autonomous driving experience using existing vehicle hardware. However, on March 23, 2018, a tragic incident occurred when a Tesla vehicle, under Autopilot control, crashed into a divider at high speed, resulting in the driver's death. This event sparked a heated debate about the ethics of Tesla's approach t...
Imagine waking up one morning to find out that your company is cutting nearly half of its staff. That's exactly what happened to employees at Cruise, an autonomous vehicle company. Cruise announced massive layoffs, sending shockwaves through the company. The cuts are not just numbers; they include top executives like the CEO, Marc Whitten. The company's president and...
Elon Musk's Tesla has been making promises for years, but many are still waiting. In 2024, the billionaire CEO talked about a $25, 000 electric vehicle, self-driving robotaxis, and humanoid robots called Optimus. He said these would help grow the company and make driving safer and cheaper. But Musk's promises haven't always become reality. Many of his deadlines have ...
In the heart of Los Angeles, a curious collision occurred on December 27. A self-driving robotaxi from Waymo and a sidewalk delivery bot from Serve Robotics unexpectedly met at an intersection in West Hollywood. A video posted online shows the Serve bot trying to cross the street and make its way onto the sidewalk. As it maneuvers, a Waymo robotaxi makes a right turn...