Hiding in plane sight: How do you get migratory birds and wildlife off Alaska’s second-largest airport runways in Anchorage? Deploy a headless robot the size of a Labrador. They’re going to make the robot look like a coyote or fox by changing up its side panels.
$200K for a Cybertruck
Despite Tesla threatening price gougers with a $50,000 fine. Buying Elon’s $80,000 tank/truck meant agreeing to a contract that boiled down to, “I won’t resell this.” One dope had his delivery canceled when Tesla spotted him trying to sell it before it even arrived.
Drunk dial: Here’s a funny story about the first guy to get Neuralink’s brain implant. Quadriplegic Noland Arbaugh’s friend was at a party when he heard about Neuralink’s FDA approval. He called Noland half-drunk to help him apply. Six months later, Noland’s playing chess with his mind and pulling all-nighters with video games.
Kia is recalling 430,000 Tellurides: The recall covers all 2020 through 2023 models and some 2024 vehicles. There’s a huge problem with the driveshaft that could let the SUVs spontaneously roll away. If that happens, you’ll have no-Kia.
4.5M times faster than broadband
That’s the new record for internet speed. Scientists from Aston University hit 301 terabits per second. That’s fast enough to download every single movie on IMDb in one minute. I can’t even pick what to watch in five minutes.
AT&T’s massive breach: They finally confirmed a data breach affecting 73 million current and former customers … after pointing fingers and denying it happened. AT&T has reset 7.6 million passcodes and will reach out if your account was breached. Reset your passcode now for good measure.
3 top risk factors for dementia
They are diabetes, air pollution and alcohol consumption. Scientists looked at 40,000 brain scans and found those have double the risk of other factors.
This is how I roll: American Airlines is the first airline to roll out self-driving wheelchairs, starting with airports in Los Angeles and Miami. No more airport employees carting you to your flight. Just sit down, punch in your gate on the screen, and you’re off, luggage and all. It’s even got cameras and obstacle sensors, and it dings to tell people to get out of the way.
🙏 Chromebook owners, rejoice: Google is splitting its Chrome browser from ChromeOS. This fixes the “auto-update expiration” date issue that arises when Chromebooks age out of their security patches. I’ll let you know when this update officially drops. Nice.