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Introducing the City of Starbase Police Department's Cybertrucks!
As we build Starbase's first municipal police department under Chief Glenn Bennett, these trucks will be part of our fleet serving the community. It's been exciting to watch the department come together piece by piece, from the first hires to the equipment that will help our officers serve residents, workers, and visitors.
The department is taking shape, and we look forward to sharing more along the way.
Tesla’s Board of Directors has sent a new letter to shareholders:
“Dear Tesla Shareholders,
We have always set ambitious goals at Tesla. Achieving them requires the right team and the right leadership at both the management and Board levels. At our Annual Meeting on December 3, 2026, our three Class I Directors - Elon Musk, Robyn Denholm and JB Straubel - are up for re election.
We have all the building blocks necessary to propel us into our next phase of transformational growth, but we must keep the leadership that has proven key to Tesla's success. We are asking you to vote FOR ALL proposals on this year's ballot - most importantly, the re-election of our three Class I Directors.
Thank you for your continued support of Tesla.
Sincerely,
The Tesla Board of Directors”
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Neuralink deserves more attention for all the amazing things the company is doing to significantly improve people's lives.
1. Voice activity detection
To remove the need for pressing a button to start and stop recording of speech intention, we created a system for automatically detecting when a user is and isn’t trying to speak.
This is a big step towards making communication for those with speech impairment completely hands-free.
SpaceX is accusing T-Mobile and other legacy carriers of deliberately trying to harm the company and undermine @Starlink Mobile's expansion by pushing outdated, restrictive satellite-to-phone rules that could prevent millions of people in underserved communities from accessing the service.
"SpaceX has worked extensively with other operators, including T-Mobile. Unfortunately, the misplaced desire to harm a competitor has led many incumbents to oppose modernized rules that would bring direct-to-cell service to underserved border communities. The Commission should recognize that AFTRCC is now purely a lobbying organization whose mission is to protect legacy companies and their comments should not be viewed as independent or objective," SpaceX said in a new filing to the FCC.
Full filing in thread below:
Sawyer Merritt retweeted
Last week, we hosted Accessibility Day with members of the disabled community – their feedback goes directly into all Robotaxi products, including Cybercab and future products!
Robotaxi = freedom of low cost, on-demand, safe transportation for the masses
Our purpose-built autonomous vehicles are desiged for everyone from day 1
Big news, the FCC voted today to advance new satellite-to-phone rules that could benefit @SpaceX's Starlink Mobile, despite lobbying efforts by AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile to restrict parts of this proposal.
FCC: "This marks a major step to unleash American innovation and investment in next-generation connectivity."
The FCC voted to advance a proposal that would:
• Open up an additional 482 MHz of spectrum for satellite-to-phone services, expanding eligible frequency bands from 5 to 13.
• Eliminate restrictive spectrum-leasing requirements
• Remove rigid geographic coverage restrictions
• Allow more flexible agreements between satellite operators and wireless carriers
• Modernize technical rules to allow more efficient spectrum use
• Reconsider exclusive-use rights for certain satellite spectrum bands
If finalized, these changes could make it easier for SpaceX to expand Starlink Mobile, access additional spectrum, and reduce regulatory barriers.
Here's what happens next:
• Late 2026: Public comment period opens, allowing SpaceX, AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and others to weigh in.
• Late 2026–Early 2027: Companies submit comments and responses arguing for or against specific rule changes.
• Early–Mid 2027: The FCC reviews the feedback, evaluates interference concerns, and considers revisions.
• Sometime in 2027: The FCC holds a final vote to officially adopt the new regulations.
Italy's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Infrastructure and Transport supports @Tesla's FSD (now named Tesla Assisted Driving in Europe) to be approved in the country (and EU).
Very positive and constructive conversation with @elonmusk today.
Italy is looking with great interest at the opportunities offered by assisted driving technologies, with a focus on innovation and road safety, and supports a swift EU approval of Tesla Assisted Driving.
Thanks for the exchange, Elon!
Tesla brought the next-gen Roadster to SpaceX's Hawthorne facility in LA today, which is right next to Tesla's own design studio where the Roadster was designed.
Ford's Q3 earnings just came out: The company's EV unit (called Model e) lost $1.1 billion in Q3, with an EBIT margin of -86.5%. EV revenue was $1.2 billion, -33% YoY.
Ford: "Volume and revenue down, driven by discontinuation of F-150 Lightning and right-sizing of Mustang Mach-E production to customer demand."
Overall company earnings:
• EPS: $0.49 adj vs. $0.40 exp
• Automotive rev: $46.1B vs. $46.2B exp
• EBIT: $2.66 billion
Ford expects to unveil its next-generation EV - which will be a smaller EV pickup truck - in early 2027. They're aiming for a $30k starting price and a launch late next year.
SpaceX has just officially introduced a Grok @Bot referral program.
If you refer someone, they get a 2-week free trial of Premium, and when they become a paid subscriber, you get a free usage reset. Each usage reset is valid for 6 months after it's added.
Who can take part:
• You (the referrer) must be on a paid Premium, Super, or Ultra plan on The 𝕏 Subscription.
• Based in the US
• At least 7 days since you checked out
Your friend:
• Must be new to Grok
• Located in any country except China
• Signs up with an eligible email address
• Enters a credit card at checkout
More info: docs.x.ai/x-subscription/ref…
General Motors says it will not adopt a vision-only approach to autonomous driving, saying that dropping radar is a "weird religious stance that ignores physics."
"If you scale back to vision-only, physics suggests you’ll be in trouble in certain situations. Radar is so cheap that dropping it doesn’t make sense—dropping it is a weird religious stance that ignores physics," GM Chief Product Officer Sterling Anderson said.
GM says it plans to launch an autonomous driving feature for the highway by 2028.
Full article: insideevs.com/news/813467/gm…
You can get a used Model 3 for less than a fully loaded 16" OLED MacBook Pro:
• 2020 Model 3 Standard Range with 95k miles, no accidents/damage & clean title: $14,190
• Fully loaded 16-inch MacBook Pro: $14,549
Apple has just unveiled its next-gen MacBook Pro, featuring an OLED touch display for the first time.
• 14" starts at $2,899, 16" starts at $3,399
• Fully loaded 16" costs $14,549
• M5 & M5 Max chips
• Glowing Apple logo is back
• 15% lighter
• PROLED XDR Display
• Tiny dynamic Island
• Brightness: Up to 2,000 nits peak HDR
• Sustained brightness: Up to 1,000 nits full-screen.
• Contrast ratio: 10,000,000:1.
• Refresh rate: Adaptive 10–120Hz ProMotion.
• Color accuracy: Supports P3 and Adobe RGB wide color gamuts.
• Anti-reflective coating: Standard, with optional nano-texture display.
M5 Pro: Up to 18-core CPU, 20-core GPU, and 64GB unified memory.
• Storage: Starting at 1TB (M5 Pro) or 2TB (M5 Max), configurable up to 16TB.
• Storage performance: Up to 2x faster SSD speeds.
• Battery life: Up to 24 hours.
• Camera: 12MP Center Stage with Desk View and advanced video stabilization.
• Speakers: Redesigned six-speaker audio system with 50% deeper bass.
• Microphones: Studio-quality three-microphone array.
• Connectivity: Three Thunderbolt 5 ports, HDMI, SDXC card slot, MagSafe 3, and headphone jack.
• Wireless: Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6.
• Design: Thinner display bezels, redesigned cooling system, and lighter chassis.
• Weight: 3.0 pounds (14-inch) and 4.0 pounds (16-inch).
• Colors: Space Black and Silver.
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