Personal update: I've joined Anthropic. I think the next few years at the frontier of LLMs will be especially formative. I am very excited to join the team here and get back to R&D. I remain deeply passionate about education and plan to resume my work on it in time.
🇺🇸 TESLA OFFERS $60-A-DAY CAR RENTALS IN MICHIGAN: NO DEALERS, NO MIDDLEMEN
Tesla is officially launching its rental program in Michigan...yes, in the home turf of the old-school auto industry.
They just set up Tesla Rental LLC, planning to run their own fleet without asking permission from traditional rental companies or dealerships.
Model 3 and Model Y for $60 a day. Cybertruck for $75. Model S and X for $90. All with unlimited miles, free charging, and autopilot included.
No dealer middlemen, no upsells, no noise. Just rent it, drive it, return it, or even buy one and get $250 off while you’re at it.
The rentals are short, 7 days max, and can’t leave the state. But that’s all Tesla needs to prove their cars speak louder than ads.
This is a power move to get more people behind the wheel, crush the competition, and remind legacy carmakers who actually runs this space.
Detroit is still playing catch-up, whileTesla’s already letting random people test-drive the future for $60.
Source: Not a Tesla App, @Tesla, @elonmusk
BREAKING: Tesla has announced its annual 2025 Holiday Update.
Here's what's new:
• Grok with Navigation Commands (Beta): Grok can now add & edit navigation destinations, becoming your personal guide
• Tesla Photobooth: Turn your car into a photobooth! Take selfies from inside your Tesla & give yourself a makeover with fun filters, stickers, and emojis.
• Dog Mode Live Activity: When Dog Mode is active, you’ll see a Live Activity on your iPhone featuring periodic snapshots of your vehicle’s cabin along with live updates on temperature, battery & climate conditions
• Dashcam Viewer Update: Dashcam clips now include additional details such as speed, steering wheel angle & self-driving state.
• Santa Mode: Santa Mode now adds festive snowmen, trees, a lock chime & snow effects for a 3D visual
• Light Show Update: New Light Show - Jingle Rush. Play instantly or schedule it up to 10 minutes in advance, either on a single vehicle or synced with friends. You can also control interior lighting, add display color effects & create longer custom shows
• Custom Wraps and License Plates
Personalize your Tesla avatar with window tints, custom wraps & license plates. Use one of many preloaded designs or create and upload your own using a USB flash drive to make your vehicle unique.
• Navigation Improvements: Reorder your navigation favorites & set Home or Work by dropping a pin anywhere on the map
You can also view suggested destinations based on your recent trips and habits while parked
• Supercharger Site Map: You can now see a 3D view of select Tesla Superchargers by tapping "View Site Map".
• Automatic HOV Lanes Routing: Navigation now includes an option to use high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) carpool lanes. Your route will automatically select the carpool lane when eligible, based on time, location, passenger count & road restriction.
• Phone Left Behind Chime: Your vehicle will chime a few seconds after the doors close if a phone key is inside the cabin or a phone is left on the wireless charger and no occupants are detected. Phone key detection requires UWB-supported devices.
• Charge Limit per Location: You can now save a charge limit for your current location while parked & it will be applied automatically next time you charge there
• @SpaceX ISS Docking Simulator: Become an astronaut and prove your skills by docking with the International Space Station. Control & guide the rocket in this 3D docking simulator game using a set of controls based on actual interfaces used by NASA astronauts.
Other improvements
• Enable or disable wireless phone charging pads in Controls > Charging (S3XY) or Controls > Outlets & Mods (Cybertruck)
• Add Spotify tracks to your queue right from the search screen & scroll through large Spotify playlists, albums, podcasts, audiobooks & your library seamlessly, without paging
• Take the vibes up another level with rainbow colors during Rave Cave. Accent lights color will change along with the beats of your music. App Launcher > Toybox > Light Sync
• Lock Sound now includes Light Cycle from Tron Mode.
Feature availability subject to vehicle hardware & region.
A 17-year-old just built a mind-controlled prosthetic arm for $300.
Yes, $300.
For something that usually costs $450,000.
Let that hit you.
A teenager, working from home, used AI, cheap materials, and 23,000 lines of code to build a device that reads brain signals without surgery, without implants, and without a $450K price tag.
This is not a feel-good story.
It’s a warning shot.
How can a high school student build something 1,500× cheaper than the industry standard?
What does that say about innovation?
About pricing?
About who gets access to life-changing technology?
Of course, medical prosthetics are expensive for real reasons:
materials, testing, regulation, customization.
But let’s be honest — not all of that justifies a half-million-dollar price.
This story exposes a simple truth:
The future of accessibility won’t come from the system.
It will come from the outsiders who dare to challenge it.
If a 17-year-old can match top-tier prosthetics for a fraction of the cost…
why aren’t these solutions available to the millions who need them?
What do you think — breakthrough moment or the start of a bigger revolution?
#AI #Innovation #Healthcare #Accessibility #FutureOfTech
NEWS: The largest @Tesla Supercharger in the world is now fully open in Lost Hills, California.
• 164 total charging stalls
• 12 pull-through stalls for ppl towing
• 11 MW of ground mount solar & canopies, on 30 acres of land
• 10 Tesla Megapacks with 39 MWh of storage