Interview with Tesla Legend @Kristennetten
We caught up in Flachau, Austria at Tesla Takeover and discussed everything Tesla, the evolution of the community, and more.
@theXtakeover@TeslaClubAT
BREAKING: Starlink officially launches at the U.S. Embassy’s American Corner in Papua New Guinea. 🇺🇸
• The American Corner in Port Moresby now offers free high-speed Starlink internet for students, researchers, and the public.
• It enables the Embassy to livestream educational events, reaching audiences across Papua New Guinea, not just those attending in person.
• The launch featured the first-ever live Zoom broadcast from the American Corner, with renowned PNG scholar Dr. Paige West delivering the keynote lecture.
• The U.S. announced a US$30 million investment in satellite connectivity across Papua New Guinea to connect hundreds of remote schools, health facilities, and government offices.
• The initiative is part of the Freedom 250 program celebrating 250 years of American independence while expanding digital access and educational opportunities in Papua New Guinea.
BREAKING: Tesla Model Y was America’s best-selling EV in the first half of 2026 🇺🇸
🥇 #1: Tesla Model Y
🥈 #2: Tesla Model 3
Tesla claimed the top two best-selling EV spots in the U.S, per Autoevolution.
BREAKING: Grok now has a dedicated Usage tab where you can track your limits in real time. You can now see limits for Chat, API, Build, and Imagine.
Go to Settings → Usage to access it.
Update to the latest version from the App Store.
BREAKING: Starlink is now powering Mobile Network Recovery in Venezuela 🇻🇪
• Powering Digitel mobile base stations.
• First Starlink-powered radiobase activated.
• Deployed in La Guaira for emergency response.
• Helps restore mobile connectivity when fiber links fail.
Tim Cook, who told The Wall Street Journal that the jump in costs was unlike anything he had seen “in any area in over 40 years.”
Biggest price jump in anything I’ve ever seen too. https://t.co/aypJGgssnN
@robustus Code itself will go away in favor of just making the binary directly.
The next step after that is direct, real-time pixel generation by the neural net.
Life cannot just be about one sad thing after another.
There must also be things that make us super excited and inspired about the future. This is one of things. Bigtime.
xAI was reorganized a few days ago to improve speed of execution. As a company grows, especially as quickly as xAI, the structure must evolve just like any living organism.
This unfortunately required parting ways with some people. We wish them well in future endeavors.
We are hiring aggressively. Join xAI if the idea of mass drivers on the Moon appeals to you.
If you add up all the government funding Tesla and SpaceX have ever received, it is only about 1% of the combined value of the companies.
In contrast, if you do that with US and European major aerospace companies, the government money they have received *exceeds* 100% of their value!
@AdamLowisz@JackPosobiec From their perspective in San Francisco, they can’t see that they’re drinking the Kool-Aid, because it is the very water they swim in