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parismarx, 8 days ago to tech

Tesla has long depended on hype to survive, but as Elon Musk does mass layoffs and bets the company on bad self-driving tech, is its time running out?

On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to @niedermeyer to discuss why Tesla is failing as a car company.

https://techwontsave.us/episode/219_tesla_is_choosing_hype_over_substance_w_edward_niedermeyer

#tech #tesla #elonmusk #cars #transport #ev

parismarx, 10 days ago to tech

Every few months, I take a look at the critical tech books coming soon to give Disconnect subscribers a look at books they might want to check out. Sign up and check out the list!

https://disconnect.blog/a-critical-tech-reading-list-for-mid-2024/

#tech #books #reading

parismarx, 10 days ago to tech

On May 23, I’ll be speaking with Information editor-in-chief Rune Lykkeberg in Copenhagen for a conversation on “The lies of the tech companies.” Make sure to join us!

https://butik.information.dk/collections/arrangementer/products/techselskabernes-logne

#tech #denmark

parismarx, 12 days ago to tech

This week in the Disconnect Roundup I’m reflecting on how bias affects tech coverage as I find my own positive views toward Sony affecting how I see the Paramount acquisition talks. Plus, the usual recommended reads, labor updates, and other tech news!

https://disconnect.blog/roundup-how-bias-can-creep-into-tech-coverage/

#tech #sony #paramount #tv #film #media

parismarx, 13 days ago to random

JK Rowling is so deeply transphobic that even Elon Musk is telling her to lighten up a bit 🫠

parismarx, 13 days ago to tech

“The Cybertruck is not road-legal in China, although that hasn’t stopped Tesla from displaying the rust-prone electric pickup in some of its Chinese showrooms. Likewise, Tesla has just announced plans for a European Cybertruck tour. But, just like in China, the EV pickup cannot be sold in the EU.”

https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-cant-solve-teslas-china-crisis-with-his-desperate-asia-visit/

#tech #tesla #cybertruck #ev #elonmusk

parismarx, 13 days ago to tech

Swedish Tesla technicians “described increasing pressure to fix more cars in less time, which they said forced them to take shortcuts, skip breaks and stay late. They’d seen colleagues get fired for reasons that they said seemed arbitrary. Two said they’d spoken up about these issues and were deprived of raises as a result.”

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-04-29/tesla-strike-in-sweden-previews-elon-musk-playbook-for-us-unions

#tech #tesla #elonmusk #sweden #labor

parismarx, 15 days ago to random

🇩🇰 Are you in Copenhagen? I’ll be speaking at ENIGMA on May 22 about the AI hype and why we shouldn’t buy into the fantasies coming from the tech industry. Don’t miss it!

https://shop.enigma.dk/dk/paris-marx

parismarx, 15 days ago to tech

SHEIN has quickly become a juggernaut in the world of fast fashion, but it’s also worsened its environmental and labor issues.

On #TechWontSaveUs, I spoke to Nicole Lipman to discuss how SHEIN became so big and how its issues should be addressed.

https://techwontsave.us/episode/219_how_shein_took_over_fast_fashion_w_nicole_lipman

#tech #china #shein #fashion

parismarx, 15 days ago to tech

The United States wants the world to choose: either they accept the dominance of Silicon Valley or fall into the hands of scary Chinese tech. But that choice makes no sense.

If we want better tech, it must be rejected in favor of another model that breaks up the monopolies and gives countries more power to shape their own technological futures.

https://disconnect.blog/embrace-the-splinternet/

#tech #politics

parismarx, 15 days ago to tech

I don’t often share the fanblogs, but this is a good look behind the scenes: Elon Musk has been absent from Tesla for the past year, but now he’s reasserting himself by doing mass layoffs with little regard for the effects on the business. It’s a mess.

https://electrek.co/2024/05/01/elon-musk-throwing-weight-tesla-wrecking-ball/

#tech #elonmusk #tesla #ev #cars

parismarx, 16 days ago to random

the united states showing the world it will eagerly erode its own democracy to defend its genocidal colonial outpost in the middle east, regardless of whether democrats or republicans are in power

parismarx, 17 days ago to tesla

This is truly one of the more baffling decisions I’ve seen in a long time. Tesla is a leader in charging infrastructure, to the degree that virtually every other carmaker is even adopting its standard.

Then Elon Musk laid off the entire Supercharger team.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/30/24145621/tesla-layoff-supercharger-ev-charging-nacs-elon-musk

#tesla #elonmusk #tech #cars #evs

parismarx, 17 days ago to tech

It’s April 2024 and journalists are still publishing stories about conversations they had with chatbots 🫠

https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/chatgpt-ai-boyfriend-spicy-8ac6a6e9

#tech #ai #chatbot #chatgpt

parismarx, 17 days ago to tech

In 2021, Elon Musk said the government should end all EV subsidies. Yet new data shows Tesla received more money from Biden’s grants to expand EV charging networks than anyone else — $17 million, or 13% of all EV charging awards.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/02/27/tesla-biden-electric-car-charging-00143431

#tech #tesla #elonmusk #evs

parismarx, 17 days ago to tech

Elon Musk is betting Tesla’s future on using self-driving fantasies to boost the share price instead of building a real car business. He just gutted the teams working on the Supercharger network (right as other companies are adopting it!) and new vehicles.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/04/tesla-to-lay-off-everyone-working-on-superchargers-new-vehicles/

#tech #tesla #elonmusk #evs #cars

parismarx, 17 days ago to ai

Interesting to see Microsoft referring to data centers as “AI infrastructure,” further abstracting what they are and the resource demands that come with them.

https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/microsoft-to-invest-1-7-billion-in-ai-infrastructure-in-indonesia-5398e04f

#ai #tech #microsoft #datacenter

parismarx, 18 days ago to random

Kara Swisher literally helped build up these billionaires to the point where they can threaten us with fascism, and now she’s trying to pretend that she’s the one providing a big warning to the world. It boils my blood.

parismarx, 18 days ago to tech

“There is something very, very wrong with us, that our society affords so much power to people like this.”

Rick Perlstein met Marc Andreessen in 2017. He said he was glad OxyContin was ripping through rural communities, which he despised.

https://prospect.org/power/2024-04-24-my-dinner-with-andreessen/

#tech #a16z #vc #politics

parismarx, 19 days ago to tech

Balaji Srinivasan is calling for a “tech Zionism” that would see “Grays” loyal to the tech industry take over San Francisco by allying with the police to give themselves privileges as they oppress the “Blues” (liberals).

Essential read by @gilduran: https://newrepublic.com/article/180487/balaji-srinivasan-network-state-plutocrat

#tech #politics #democracy

parismarx, 21 days ago to tech

Apple’s Vision Pro is a bad product with an even worse vision for the future of computation.

New sales numbers prove it’s a failure, but more than that it shows the idea of tech’s inevitability is a myth. We have the collective power to stop tech that doesn’t serve us.

https://disconnect.blog/the-vision-pro-is-a-big-flop/

#tech #apple #visionpro #vr #ai