It’s a question that has been asked before: Is Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk the real-life version of “Iron Man?” If this tweet from Musk himself is anything to go by, the answer might be “yes.” On Wednesday, CNN reported on Musk meeting with Defense Secretary Ash Carter at the Pentagon. Referring to the…
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Facebook unlocks tilt-viewing of your panoramas with “360 Photos”
No more frustrating zoom-in/zoom-out. Facebook finally made a modern way to view panoramas and VR photos with your phone. Its new feature “360 Photos” rolls out tomorrow on iOS, Android, web, and Gear VR, and it will democratize creation of 360 and VR content. You can see Mark Zuckerberg’s example here from the top of…
Tesla just started selling two cheaper Model S sedans
On Thursday morning, Tesla Motors announced that new, lower-cost versions of itsModel S sedan would be available to purchase immediately. The Model S 60 will cost $66,000 while the all-wheel drive Model S 60D will cost $71,000. According to Tesla, the Model S 60 will have a range of greater than 200 miles, can reach a top…
What was Elon Musk doing at the Pentagon?
Washington (CNN) – Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, met with Secretary of Defense Ash Carter Wednesday as the Pentagon looks to raise its technology game. The focus of the closed-door get together was “innovation,” according to a Defense Department spokesman, although Musk is also looking to win more government business for SpaceX,…
App Store guidelines reveal ‘macOS’ rebranding
Apple’s latest App Store guidelines again hint at the impending rebranding of OS X to “macOS.” The change is expected to become official at WWDC next week, but Apple has already updated its FAQ to remove all traces of the name. The potential rebranding of OS X has been in the rumor mill for many months,…
HTC is selling a ‘business edition’ of the Vive VR headset
HTC is announcing a business-focused version of its Vive virtual reality headset. The Vive Business Edition will offer the same hardware as the consumer version, but come with a dedicated support line and the option to buy the systems in bulk. In return, customers will be spending quite a bit more: the system will sell…
Should Elon Musk Get a Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences?
Someone started a single petition on Change.org asking the Swedish Nobel Committee to award Elon Musk the Nobel Prize in Economic Science. Now they are nearing 4000 signatures at the time of this writing. Here is the reasoning for Elon Musk’s floor nomination for Nobel Prize. The message on Change.org reads. We, the signed, would…
Twitter will slide into your DMs when London’s Tube stops working
Twitter has teamed up Transport for London (the organization that looks after the city’s tubes and buses) to create a new alert systems for disruptions on the London Underground. TfL has long provided travel alerts via Twitter accounts for different tube lines, but now, users that follow these accounts will get DMs when there are…
Magic Leap headset design revealed? Not so fast, company says
Yesterday, a design patent from Magic Leap hit the internet and sparked rumors that this could be the company’s highly-anticipated augmented reality headset. But the secretive startup was quick to deny those claims noting that its final product won’t look anything like these science fiction-inspired sketches. Magic Leap’s PR chief said that this design is…
One Tweet From Elon Musk Made $580 Million Disappear
Tweets are mysterious things. They’re sometimes witty, usually banal, and often garbage. But if you’re Elon Musk, your tweets can have a very real impact on how companies are valued. For instance, one tweet from Musk last night wiped out $580 million from Samsung SDI’s market capitalization. No joke. Rumors had been swirling that Samsung…
These are Elon Musk’s favorite video games
It should come as no surprise to anyone that one of the biggest names in the tech world is also a pretty big video game nerd. Aside from the fact that he just tweeted his love for “Overwatch,” a new and ridiculously addictive multiplayer shooter, Elon Musk previously expressed his love for other video games,…
