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Rani Molla

@ranimolla

Senior tech correspondent at @Sherwood_news. I write stuff and make charts. @voxdotcom @business @WSJ alumna. Signal: ranimolla.01

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Hung out in Elon Musk’s company town. Its playground is always broken. The school is accepting just a fraction of the students it was supposed to bc they didn’t build a big enough well. And you can buy any canned beverage imaginable but can’t recycle them sherwood.news/power/the-reve…
The revenge of the company town: Elon Musk, the new Baron of Bastrop

The revenge of the company town: Elon Musk, the new Baron of Bastrop

The billionaire is using the sheer force of his will and wealth to reshape an area in the Lone Star State — whether the locals like it or not....

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Not spaceships or starlinks?
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can’t believe the dems outlawed cybertrucks
Elon Musk (@elonmusk) profile pictureElon Musk
@elonmuskNov 6
Tesla will be winding down production of the Cybertruck at Gigafactory Texas around the middle of next year to make room for increased Cybercab production
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@RMac18Nov 3
There are numerous recent polls showing that Americans believe tech giants have too much power. Google: xitter.gq/DanaGoldstein/status/2…
Dana Goldstein (@DanaGoldstein) profile pictureDana Goldstein@DanaGoldsteinNov 3
Breaking: Google will turn off web search for schools that opt out of A.I. for kids. nytimes.com/2026/11/03/us/go…
Google Will Turn Off Search for Schools That Reject A.I. (Gift Article)

Google Will Turn Off Search for Schools That Reject A.I. (Gift Article)

Google is making it easier to restrict its A.I. tools for students. But schools that block A.I. entirely will lose student access to Google’s search engine.

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how on earth does Google expect this to go over with schools and parents? People will definitely say "OK fine, then we don't need search" rather than give in
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@MikeIsaacNov 3
google says if you dont want AI in the classroom you wont get search either earnest Q: highlighted quote seems carefully crafted to suggest there is a technical reason google could not turn off AI in search. is there *any* truth to that? nytimes.com/2026/11/03/us/go…
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Holy shit: ChatGPT consumer product lead Adam Fry says ChatGPT’s volume of search-like queries is now roughly one-fifth the volume of queries of Google. bigtechnology.com/p/openai-c… @Kantrowitz
OpenAI: ChatGPT Search Is About 20% of Google’s, 250 Million People Speak With ChatGPT, and Chat Is...

OpenAI: ChatGPT Search Is About 20% of Google’s, 250 Million People Speak With ChatGPT, and Chat Is...

ChatGPT consumer product lead Adam Fry on ChatGPT’s growth, the cost of personal agents, and plans to bring Chat and Work together.

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Google hasn’t figured out how to make AI pay like its search engine theverge.com/ai-artificial-i…
Google hasn’t figured out how to make AI pay like its search engine

Google hasn’t figured out how to make AI pay like its search engine

Google says AI is boosting searches, but that activity isn’t translating into faster growth for the business that pays for it.

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Which two giant books do you think the owner of this Cybercab backpack is toting around?
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Sawyer Merritt (@SawyerMerritt) profile pictureSawyer Merritt
@SawyerMerrittNov 2
Tesla has just released four new online shop items: • Tesla Cybercab Backpack: $85 • Cybercab Gradient Reflective Tee: $40 • Cybercab Wireframe Tee: $40 • Cybercab On the Road Cup paint to match: $35 More photos of the Cybercab backpack in the thread below. Shop: shop.tesla.com/category/life…
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Apple is back to talking about AI theverge.com/ai-artificial-i…
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Mashup idea: Juicero x Theranos
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Just because Tesla’s Optimus is in production doesn’t mean it’s actually ready theverge.com/tech/1016492/te…
Just because Tesla’s Optimus is in production doesn’t mean it’s actually ready

Just because Tesla’s Optimus is in production doesn’t mean it’s actually ready

Tesla is manufacturing humanoid robots while still working out how to make them useful, reliable, and durable enough for customers.

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My long-running theory is that a skin-care product’s popularity is directly proportional to how weird its ingredients are. This takes the cake: The latest K-beauty craze is made from dead Americans’ skin. businessinsider.com/korean-k…
The latest K-beauty craze is made from dead Americans' skin. Now it's aiming for the US.

The latest K-beauty craze is made from dead Americans' skin. Now it's aiming for the US.

A beauty treatment driving tens of millions of dollars in sales around the globe is now aiming for the US market. It's made from dead Americans' skin.

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"The Roadster could go into production in 2028, as Musk promised — or it could be another decade of missed deadlines and broken promises. Again, who cares? Car flew." theverge.com/transportation/…
The Tesla Roadster flew, drove upside down, and hit 60mph in under a second

The Tesla Roadster flew, drove upside down, and hit 60mph in under a second

The next-gen Roadster has been in development for nearly a decade. But perhaps it was worth the wait.

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Peter Kafka
@pkafkaOct 15
Really excellent reporting.
Max Chafkin (@chafkin) profile pictureMax Chafkin@chafkinOct 15
My fave part of this @AustinCarr story is the evidently complicated relationship Marc Andreessen has with being from Wisconsin (gift link) bloomberg.com/news/features/…
Why Is Tech Billionaire Marc Andreessen So Mad?

Why Is Tech Billionaire Marc Andreessen So Mad?

The prominent investor has said the Biden administration pushed him to the political right, but sources say his grievances don’t always match reality.

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Google Assistant keeps playing the remixed version of anything I request on Spotify, which is worse than not playing the song at all
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The AI boom runs on data centers. The people building them run on lunch, parking spots, and somewhere to sleep. My latest on the entrepreneurs following the data center construction boom — and turning workers’ everyday needs into big business. businessinsider.com/ai-data-…
The data center gold rush is creating unlikely winners

The data center gold rush is creating unlikely winners

Savvy operators are selling data center workers places to eat, sleep, park, and play to cash in on the AI gold rush.

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You can take my side part, but you’ll have to pry “lol” from my cold, dead hands linkedin.com/news/story/gen-…
Gen Z wants millennials to stop LOL-ing | LinkedIn

Gen Z wants millennials to stop LOL-ing | LinkedIn

According to trending social media posts, the shorthand reads as passive-aggressive to the youngest adults, particularly in the workplace.

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Freaky Friday: Siri can answer basic questions now but Google Assistant can’t play Ms. Rachel on Spotify.
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Charlie Warzel
@cwarzelSep 24
Jensen Huang on Ezra this week:
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Guys will be like “I’ve handed my entire calendar to an AI agent. Game changer. You have to try it. Also, when are we meeting? Where? With who?”
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Guys will be like “I’ve handed my entire calendar to an AI agent. Game changer. You have to try it. Also, when are we meeting? Where? With who?”
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I think about this every time I watch a tech exec demonstrating AI use cases: Maybe they're just not like me. I enjoy doing a lot of the stuff they think needs to be optimized. garbageday.email/p/am-i-too-…
Am I too boring to need an AI agent?

Am I too boring to need an AI agent?

Read to the end for a machine we must create

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