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November 09, 2026

 

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Musk says Tesla will refund some Cybertruck deposits, defends decision to end production

Musk says Tesla will refund some Cybertruck deposits, defends decision to end production: Elon Musk defended the company's decision to stop making the Cybertruck, which will go out of production in around 8 months. Read More

Automattic debuts a platform to deploy vibe coding apps amid a changing internet: Automattic aims to compete with likes of Lovable with Spacefast Read More

Meet Drops, the new music app bringing back the fun of sharing songs with friends: The new music discovery app lets users scroll through 10-to-30-second snippets of songs, comment, and share with friends. Read More

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Meta expands Instagram's AI age-guessing tech globally

Meta expands Instagram's AI age-guessing tech globally: Meta says it will use its AI technology to look for clues about people it suspects to be teenagers — even if they use an adult birthday. Read More

Is Jensen Huang’s job on the line? Yale’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld estimates it’s “about a 50-50”: Nvidia’s board is investigating Jensen Huang over his relationship with a suspected Chinese spy, and Yale’s Jeffrey Sonnenfeld thinks it’s roughly a coin flip whether Huang stays on as CEO. Read More

Waymo robotaxis kept illegally passing school buses after software fix, feds say: The update to Waymo's self-driving system was rolled out nearly a year ago. Read More

Tesla expands robotaxi service to San Antonio: This will be the fourth Texas city in which Tesla will launch robotaxis. Read More

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