Americans Are Driving Less, But Buying More Cars
When the world shut down in early 2020, the whole idea of “driving a car” ground to a halt for a lot of people. All those hours that would’ve been …
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The Gathering Formally Bans the Use of Generative AI in ‘Final’ Products
An error in judgement earlier this year—when a D&D artist confirmed they had used generative AI programs to finish several pieces of art included in the sourcebook Glory of the …
Tesla Gigafactory Hourly Workers Get Raises, Still Underpaid
Good morning! It’s Tuesday, December 19, 2023, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are …
NASA Won’t Share Details Of $5M SpaceX Drug Investigation
NASA spent three months looking into drug use at SpaceX, but the federal space agency is keeping quiet on what it found. According to Bob: Public Transit Is a Car …
Sports Illustrated Duped Readers With Fake AI-Created Writers
The parent company that owns the storied and once-lauded magazine Sports Illustrated has been shoveling more AI slop into its readers’ eyeballs. Instead of telling its audience the garbled, nonsensical …
Fisker’s Money Guy Couldn’t Last Two Weeks
Good morning! It’s Tuesday, November 21, 2023, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are …
Meta Officially Accepts Blood Money to Promote the Big Lie
Meta made a quiet policy update last year allowing advertisers on Facebook and Instagram to say the 2020 election was rigged. The company has made one thing clear: you can’t …
We’re Going To Have To Cut Down A Lot Of Big Trees To Upgrade The Electric Grid For EVs
Over 120 million wood power poles stand in the United States, literally propping up our aerial wire power grid. Every single day some of these poles age out and need …
There’s A Faster Way To Board A Plane, But Airlines Won’t Use It
When he’s not studying the behavior of planets thousands of lightyears away, the existence of dark matter, or its gravitational pull, astrophysicist Jason Steffen spends his hours studying human nature …
Toyota’s Chairman Is Having His ‘I Told You So Moment’ About EVs
2024 Toyota Prius PrimeImage: Toyota Akio Toyoda, chairman of the world’s largest automaker, Toyota, took a stubborn stance on EVs. While other automakers have been pouring billions into developing EVs, …