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Tesla is reportedly behind on its pledge to build 5,000 Optimus bots this year

Tesla is well behind the pace needed to meet its earlier stated goal of producing at least 5,000 Optimus humanoid robots this year, The Information reports. Nearly eight months into 2025, and the number of bots Tesla has produced is only in the hundreds, according to two sources. That means Tesla will either need to

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DJI drones: Where to buy the DJI Mini 4K drone

TL;DR: The DJI Mini 4K drone is available to purchase for $299 on Amazon. We totally get that DJI is one of the biggest names in drones. DJI has a strong reputation for creating incredible aerial shots and their product range is super popular with TikTokers, YouTubers, and filmmakers. That being said, we were a

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Anime Girl VTubers Are Selling Out Concerts, but Are They ‘Real’? Depends on Who You Ask

I’m at a sold-out concert in Hollywood, and I’m the only one in the 1,200-plus-capacity venue who doesn’t know any of the songs. One of the acts has just finished, and everyone around me begins chanting and waving their light sticks. We don’t have to wait long: Kou Mariya, one of the headliners, appears. Not

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Itch.io is the latest marketplace to crack down on adult games

Indie video game marketplace Itch.io announced this week that it has “deindexed” adult and not-safe-for-work games, removing them from its browse and search pages. The move, the company said, was in response to a campaign by Collective Shout (an advocacy group that has previously criticized video games, rap music, and lingerie commercials) targeting both Itch.io

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Every MCU movie villain ranked, from “Iron Man” to “The Fantastic Four: First Steps”

It’s funny to look back on the MCU and realize these tales of epic heroism began with a spoiled nepo baby taking down his wicked-hearted business partner. But the Marvel Cinematic Universe has come a long, long way from Obadiah Stane and his iron-mongering ways. Over 37 movies and counting, the baddies have gotten badder

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Gear News of the Week: Amazon Buys Bee, VSCO Has a New App, and CMF Debuts a Smartwatch

That’s not all that’s new. The company is also adding a feature called Remix, which lets you convert existing photos into art styles, like anime, comics, and 3D animations (remember Prisma?). It’ll be rolling out over the next few weeks. All of these effects and features might feel a little much, especially considering all the

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‘Wizard of Oz’ blown up by AI for giant Sphere screen

The massive Las Vegas venue known as Sphere will be screening its first classic movie, “The Wizard of Oz,” starting on August 28. And as detailed in a segment on CBS Sunday Morning, this isn’t just a matter of taking the existing movie and projecting it on Sphere’s 160,000 square foot, wraparound LED screen. Instead,

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DOGE has an AI tool to help decide which federal regulations to ‘delete’

Just because Tesla and X CEO Elon Musk has taken a step back from the spotlight doesn’t mean DOGE — the so-called “Department of Government Efficiency” — has stopped pushing its controversial tech agenda inside the federal government. According to a report from The Washington Post, DOGE is now deploying an AI tool to help

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A ‘Grand Unified Theory’ of Math Just Got a Little Bit Closer

“We mostly believe that all the conjectures are true, but it’s so exciting to see it actually realized,” said Ana Caraiani, a mathematician at Imperial College London. “And in a case that you really thought was going to be out of reach.” It’s just the beginning of a hunt that will take years—mathematicians ultimately want

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DOGE has built an AI tool to slash federal regulations

The Department of Government Efficiency hopes to use a new AI tool to eliminate half of the federal government’s regulatory mandates, according to The Washington Post. Citing a PowerPoint presentation dated July 1, The Post reports that the DOGE AI Deregulation Decision Tool is supposed to analyze around 200,000 federal regulations and identify the ones

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