Warzone 2’s DMZ mode is a story-driven fight for survival

At long last, Activision has revealed more information about Warzone 2’s mysterious DMZ Mode: the highly-anticipated new game type releasing on November 16. DMZ mode turns Warzone from its battle royale free-for-all, where 100 players duke it out to be the lone survivors, into a more directed, objective-based game. You’ll fight human players, and AI,…

Lucid’s fight to sell cars in Texas could give it a leg up in the ultracompetitive electric-vehicle market

The Lucid Air electric sedan from Lucid Motors. Lucid Motors Electric-vehicle startups are selling their flagship products using direct-to-consumer models. That has long rubbed states and legacy dealer associations the wrong way. The resulting legal battles could slow crucial deliveries for EV startups. Lucid Motors is the latest electric-vehicle startup to embark on a direct-sales…

Look past the Musk mayhem, and you’ll see the beginnings of his master plan for Twitter taking shape

Elon Musk. Muhammed Selim Korkutata/Getty Images Elon Musk’s plans to turn Twitter into a super-app appear to be taking shape. The billionaire discussed plans for longer videos and a payment system on Wednesday. One expert said Musk is likely operating off a “master plan” and his chaotic tweets are a distraction. Even as Elon Musk…

Amazon unveiled a new warehouse robot that can identify and pick 65% of the items it sells. ‘This will take my job,’ one warehouse worker said.

Amazon’s new robot arm, Sparrow. Amazon Amazon showed off a new picking robot on Thursday, a major advancement on its current robotics capability. Amazon envisions Sparrow one day taking over many of the roles in its fulfillment process currently performed by humans, according to a patent. Some Amazon workers expressed concern about the introduction of…

This startup just hired a former DoorDash exec to bring robotic restaurant delivery to the masses

Sidewalk food-delivery robots by Serve Robotics are fully autonomous. Serve Robotics Serve Robotics, formerly part of Postmates, has been testing autonomous-delivery robots since 2018.  The Uber-backed startup recently hired the former DoorDash exec Prahar Shah as its revenue chief.  Shah is taking a page from his DoorDash playbook to expand Serve’s sidewalk robots across the…

The CEO of massage startup Squeeze is borrowing Drybar’s playbook to build a self-sufficient franchise model. Here’s what it looks like.

Brittany Driscoll. Courtesy of Brittany Driscoll Brittany Driscoll is Drybar’s former VP of marketing and the current CEO of Squeeze massage studios. Squeeze borrowed some ideas from Drybar’s playbook, including extremely selective partner selection. Squeeze also mirrors Drybar’s standardized pricing model and whimsical branding. When Alli Webb opened the first Drybar location in Brentwood, California,…

New image from one of Earth’s largest telescopes shows a ‘star factory’ nebula in stunning detail

The Cone Nebula is part of a star-forming region of space, NGC 2264, about 2500 light-years away. ESO A new picture shows a nebula 2,500 light-years away in spectacular detail.  The Cone Nebula was snapped by the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope.  This is one of the largest telescopes in the world. A newly-released…

I built a name and career on Twitter. I’m worried Elon Musk will destroy opportunities for creatives like me.

Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter and the scale of his changes have left some users fearing for the platform’s future. NurPhoto/Getty Images Scott Bryan used Twitter to build a career as a journalist writing and commentating about TV. It offered a route into the trade after a dyslexia diagnosis left him thinking it was impossible….

Matt Gaetz mocked GOP leadership over the midterms, dubbing Mitch McConnell, Kevin McCarthy, and Ronna McDaniel a ‘McFailure’

A file photo of Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz. Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images Matt Gaetz blasted several top GOP leaders as vote counts for the midterms draw to a close. “McCarthy. McConnell. McDaniel. McFailure,” Gaetz tweeted on Thursday evening. The tweet comes after a slew of disappointing results for GOP candidates. Florida Rep. Matt…