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Umar Shakir

The world’s biggest battery maker says Elon Musk’s 4680 cell ‘is going to fail’

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Robin Zeng, the founder of the world’s largest EV battery company, says Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s big bet on 4680 cylindrical cell technology “is going to fail and never be successful.” Zeng, the chairman of China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), tells Reuters that when Musk visited China in April, “We had a very big debate, and I showed him. He was silent. He doesn’t know how to make a battery.”

Tesla’s “tabless” 4680 cells, which are used in...

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Decide What's The Ultimate Song From "Wicked"

Musical fans unite. ???????????

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Mashable

Bluesky goes down amid exodus from Elon Musk's X / Twitter

Bluesky appeared to crash on Thursday amid a surge in users as they apparently fled Elon Musk's X / Twitter.

A status page for the Twitter alternative said some systems were down as of about 5:15 p.m. ET. Down Detector saw a bit of a spike in reports at the same time.

It's not yet clear how widespread the issue is, but the app was not loading for me on both desktop and the app on my phone. When I went to the site or app all I got was a spinning circle, as if it were trying to load. Down...

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Vittoria Elliott

Donald Trump to Nominate Anti-Vaccine Activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Oversee US Public Health

Putting Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in charge of the Department of Heath and Human Services would fulfill Donald Trump’s promise to let him “go wild on health.”

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Doctors And Patients Are Sharing Incredible Instances When People's Self-Diagnosed Medical Conditions Turned Out To Be Correct

"He lived 15 more years because the paramedics believed him when he said he was going to die."

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Jay Peters

Pokémon TCG Pocket will let you trade cards starting early next year

The Pokemon Company

Pokémon Trading Card Game Pocket has been a big hit since its worldwide launch last month, and the team behind it has shared a brief roadmap of a couple updates to come — including the ability to trade cards with other people.

“We are aiming to add a feature that allows certain cards to be traded starting in January, 2025,” according to an update from the team on the official Pokémon forums. “We are planning to gradually expand the selection of cards that...

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Emma Roth

NASA’s AI Earth Copilot will take your questions about our planet

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NASA is teaming up with Microsoft to create an AI chatbot designed to make it easier to access and understand scientific data about the Earth. The tool, called Earth Copilot, will be able to answer questions about our planet by condensing NASA’s wide swath of geospatial information into easy-to-digest responses.

To create the tool, NASA is integrating AI into its data repository, allowing Earth Copilot to refer to this information when answering questions, such as...

Mashable

Stephen King is ditching X for Threads

A day after putting rumors of his X ban to bed, author Stephen King has announced his official exit from the app formerly known as Twitter.

"I'm leaving Twitter," he posted on Nov. 14. "Tried to stay, but the atmosphere has just become too toxic. Follow me on Threads, if you like."

Tweet may have been deleted

The move doesn't come as too much of a surprise if you've been paying attention to the App Store charts. In recent days, X competitors Bluesky and Threads have...

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"You Schmuck!": Stephen Colbert Just Slammed An Unexpected Target For Not Dealing With A Donald Trump Issue Sooner

The Late Show host turned his ire toward a key member of Joe Biden's administration.

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Jon Caramanica

What Donald Trump’s Podcast Interviews Conveyed to Young Men

In the months leading up to the election, Donald J. Trump sat for a slew of casual and unconventional conversations with podcasters and streamers. We watched them all.

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Theodore Schleifer and Mike Isaac

Techies Push Other Techies to Musk to Join Trump Administration

Tech leaders are recommending their own brethren to Mr. Musk and others, as they aim to leave a Silicon Valley imprint on Donald Trump’s new administration.

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Farnaz Fassihi

Elon Musk Met With Iran’s U.N. Ambassador, Iranian Officials Say

The tech billionaire, a top adviser to President-elect Donald J. Trump, was reported to have discussed ways to defuse tensions between Iran and the United States.

ESPN.com

Sources: Chiefs' Butker to IR with knee injury

The Chiefs are placing kicker Harrison Butker on injured reserve with a knee injury, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter on Thursday.

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David Fucillo

Fantasy waiver options to consider with Harrison Butker out for a month

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The Chiefs will be without kicker Harrison Butker for at least a month. We break down the fantasy football implications.

Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker suffered a left knee injury and is expected to miss upwards of a month, per Tom Pelissero. He could end up on injured reserve, but even if he does not, he will not be back until December at the earliest.

Butker entered Week 11 ranked 13th in total points. He hasn’t been his usual stellar...

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Louryn Strampe

Save Big During the All-Clad Factory Seconds Sale

All-Clad cookware is the best you can buy—and it has a price tag to match. This sale will stretch your dollars.

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Andrew Liszewski

Teenage Engineering’s new OP–XY makes me wish I had a bigger budget for music gear

The Teenage Engineering OP-XY feels like an upgraded version of the company’s six-year-old OP-Z. | Image: Teenage Engineering

Teenage Engineering’s new OP-XY is a portable synthesizer and sequencer that looks similar to the company’s OP–1 Field. But functionally it’s instead a more capable upgrade to the company’s six-year-old OP-Z, with a stronger focus on layering sounds with various effects and a steeper $2,299 price tag.

With an “anodized, all-black finish,” the...

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New Zealand parliament members cry out against bill threatening Maori communities

Members of New Zealand's parliament have rallied the international community in support of the island country's indigenous groups, as contentious legislation moves forward that could threaten Maori support systems.

In a now viral video taken during the legislative session, Te Pati Maori member Hana-Rawhiti Kareariki Maipi-Clarke — the country's youngest member of parliament — rises amid commencement of the first vote and begins a ringing haka, soon joined by other members of the Maori...

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Luke Broadwater

Lawmakers Demand Ethics Report on Gaetz, Trump’s Attorney General Pick

Republicans and Democrats alike insisted that the findings of the House Ethics Committee, which has been investigating the Florida Republican for years over sexual misconduct and other charges, be made public.

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