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On this special episode of Uncanny Valley, we unpack Elon Musk's desire for a government shutdown that could become permanent. Plus: An update on measles misinformation in the US.
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Tesla recently lost nearly 50% of its $1.5 trillion market. JPMorgan analysts don't know another car company that lost so much value so quickly. Read more âș
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Tesla sales dropped 71% year over year in Australia in February, joining a number of recent countries with slumping Tesla sales. Read more âș
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DOGE has been hit with nearly two dozen lawsuits since the start of President Donald Trump's second term. Read more âș
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Here's hoping Elon Musk won't have to personally fix President Trump's new EV anytime soon. Read more âș
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Celebrities like Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi, and Rosie O'Donnell are among the stars who have left America and moved elsewhere due to politics. Read more âș
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Customer foot traffic and market share have shifted away from Target and toward Costco as the retailers diverge in their defense of DEI, survey shows. Read more âș
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Elon Musk has faced "great difficulty" running his companies while trying to remake the US government. Some observers worry he's taken on too much. Read more âș
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Ayo Edebiri criticized Elon Musk for triggering trolls to attack her on social media over a rumor she was cast in a "Pirates of the Caribbean" movie. Read more âș
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"It's kind of cheaply built on the inside, but I love the performance," the Arizona Senator told reporters this week about his Tesla. Read more âș
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For the first time, a majority of respondents in a CNN poll disapproved of President Donald Trump's handling of the economy. Read more âș
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The music streaming platform received criticism for keeping the show for as long as it did. Read more âș
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Infinix is set to unveil the Note 50x on March 27 in India, which will be sold through Flipkart. The brand gave us a glimpse of its design last week without detailing its specs sheet; however, thanks to a reliable source, we now know what chipset the Infinix Note 50x will have at the helm. We've learned that the Infinix Note 50x will be powered by MediaTek's Dimensity 7300 Ultimate.... Read more âș
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Former Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said that the market may be "overreacting a bit" to policies rolled out by the new Trump administration. Read more âș
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Warren Buffett is being hailed on social media for dumping stocks and building a record $334 billion cash pile before the stock market tumbled. Read more âș
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Researchers at Harvard University led the study, and it included nearly 58,000 adults in Japan who were followed for up to a year using a database of medical records from routine checkups. Researchers found that when people switched from being nondrinkers to drinkers during the study, they saw a drop in their "bad" cholesterol -- aka low-density lipoprotein cholesterol or LDL.... Read more âș
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The next phase of Elon Muskâs plan to entangle his companies with the workings of the federal government is well underway. That entails not only President Donald Trumpâs photo op with a Tesla in front of the White House but also, surprisingly, the future of your internet connection. More specifically, Musk is making moves that [âŠ] Read more âș
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Quantum stocks spiked after D-Wave said its quantum machines can outperform classical tech, helping the industry rebound after recent skepticism. Read more âș
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The president wants to protect his campaign underwriter's car business. Read more âș
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Elon Musk said a âmassive cyberattackâ disrupted X on Monday and pointed to âIP addresses originating in the Ukraine areaâ as the source of the attack. Security experts say that's not how it works. Read more âș
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A shadowy group of unelected figures reshaping the federal government to their own benefit from the inside? Sounds familiar! Read more âș
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New internet restrictions at the embattled SSA have cut off access to WIRED, along with other âgeneral newsâ websites like The Washington Post and The New York Times. Read more âș
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Sources tell WIRED that Elon Musk has wanted a government shutdown in part because it would potentially make it easier to eliminate the jobs of hundreds of thousands of federal workers. Read more âș
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The architects of projects like PrĂłspera are drafting legislation to create US cities that would be free from federal regulations. Read more âș
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As Tesla faces a global sales slump, and with shares down for the seventh consecutive week, could Elon Musk's antics really be to blame? Read more âș
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Documents obtained by WIRED show the US Department of Defense is considering cutting up to 75 percent of workers who stop the spread of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons. Read more âș
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Three states have now passed legislation making it illegal to manufacture, sell, or distribute cultivated meat. Read more âș
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In its apparent quest to cut government spending and improve efficiency, DOGE has fired entire tech teams devoted to those very things. Read more âș
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Elon Musk's DOGE team is automating tasks as it continues its purge of the federal workforce. Read more âș
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