The $25k Slate auto promises the luxury of disappointment with 205 miles of range, which is just enough to drive to the next charging station and contemplate your life choices. At least it's honest about being bare-bones — refreshing in an industry that calls cup holders 'premium amenities.'
Ars Technica
A24 takes Google DeepMind's $75 million and indie film purists clutch their organic fair-trade pearls, apparently forgetting that even auteur darlings need money to turn artistic vision into actual movies. The real plot twist would be if AI actually improves Hollywood's decision-making.
Wired AI
Europe's record heat wave is so intense that power plants are literally taking sick days, creating the perfect storm of maximum cooling demand and minimum generation capacity. France just hit its hottest temperature since 1947, proving that climate records are the only thing consistently overperforming these days.
MIT Tech Review