Monthly Archives: November 2022

Elon Musk says he fired engineer who corrected him on Twitter

Pro tip: if you care about keeping your job, you probably shouldn’t tweet about how your boss’s “simps” are pro “dickriders.” | Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images Twitter has seen thousands of layoffs, departures, and resignations since Elon Musk took over, but one of the latest staffing changes appears to have…

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur’s theme song has no business being this good

Devil Dinosaur hanging out while Moon Girl gets ready to jump into action. | Disney Marvel’s recent superhero shows have never exactly been known for their music, but Disney’s upcoming Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur animated series might be the one to change that. Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur from co-creators Laurence Fishburne and…

Tesla on trial: Autopilot and Elon Musk’s $56 billion pay package under scrutiny in separate cases

Laura Normand / The Verge As if he doesn’t have enough going on, Elon Musk will find himself in court later this week defending his $56 billion pay package from allegations by Tesla shareholders that it was rigged with easy performance targets. And that’s not all! On Tuesday in Los Angeles, a Tesla Model S…

Google agrees to pay $392 million to settle location tracking lawsuit

Illustration: The Verge Google has agreed to pay a $391.5 million settlement to 40 states over allegations that the company tracked users’ locations without their knowledge (via The New York Times). As part of the settlement, Google’s required to alert users when location tracking’s enabled, as well as provide information on how to turn off…

Hungry for AI? New supercomputer contains 16 dinner-plate-size chips

Enlarge / The Cerebras Andromeda, a 13.5 million core AI supercomputer. (credit: Cerebras) On Monday, Cerebras Systems unveiled its 13.5 million core Andromeda AI supercomputer for deep learning, reports Reuters. According Cerebras, Andromeda delivers over one 1 exaflop (1 quintillion operations per second) of AI computational power at 16-bit half precision. The Andromeda is itself…