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March 29, 2025

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‘Love the car, not the CEO’: how Europe’s Tesla owners feel about their cars – and Elon Musk | Tesla

Tesla showrooms across the world are expected to face anti-Elon Musk protests on Saturday, as Musk’s senior role in the Trump administration has contributed to a European consumer backlash by some Tesla owners and prospective buyers. It follows a 44% drop in Tesla sales in Europe on average last month, according to the research platform Jato Dynamics. Tesla’s European market share fell to 9.6% last month, the lowest it has registered in February for five years. However, in the UK the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders reported an almost 21% rise in the number of new Tesla cars registered

March 29, 2025

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Amazon MGM Studios boss Jen Salke to step down. Read the memo

Jen Salke, the head of Amazon MGM Studios is stepping down from her role, the company confirmed. Mike Hopkins, Amazon’s head of Prime Video and MGM Studios, made the announcement in a Thursday memo to employees. Salke is exiting Amazon to move into film production, and her previous position will not be replaced, Hopkins said. “We’ve decided to flatten our leadership structure a bit and not fill the head of studios role,” Hopkins wrote. “In line with Amazon’s recent work to streamline reporting lines and accelerate decision making, we felt this was the best direction for our studio, which will

March 29, 2025

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$3,700 RTX 5090 GPUs have found new homes after sitting on US retailer’s shelves

March 30 marks the two-month anniversary of the RTX 50-series GPU launch, yet Nvidia still has not managed to mitigate its apparent supply-chain concerns that have hampered inventory and street prices since day one. A Reddit user shared an image from Micro Center Dallas, where we can see the elusive RTX 5090, one of the best graphics cards, in stock. The catch is that you’ll need to pay close to $4,000 to get your hands on one, assuming they haven’t sold out yet. Spoiler: The comment section suggests they have, and we’ve verified the status on Micro Center’s website. It

March 29, 2025

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India’s e-commerce market grew 10%-12% YoY to ~$60B in GMV in 2024, versus historical rates of over 20%, with 270M+ people shopping online, second only to China (Bain)

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March 29, 2025

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DOGE To Rewrite SSA Codebase In ‘Months’

Longtime Slashdot reader frank_adrian314159 writes: According to an article in Wired, Elon Musk has appointed a team of technologists from DOGE to “rewrite the code that runs the SSA in months.” This codebase has over 60 million lines of COBOL and handles record keeping for all American workers and payments for all Social Security recipients. Given that the code has to track the byzantine regulations dealing with Social Security, it’s no wonder that the codebase is this large. What is in question though is whether a small team can rewrite this code “in months.” After all, what could possibly go

March 29, 2025

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NASA to put Starliner’s thrusters through an extensive workout before next launch

More than half a year after an empty Starliner spacecraft safely landed in a New Mexico desert, NASA and Boeing still have not decided whether the vehicle’s next flight will carry any astronauts. In an update this week, the US space agency said it is still working through the process to certify Starliner for human missions. Whether it carries cargo or humans, Starliner’s next flight will not occur until late this year or, more likely, sometime in 2026. Two things stand out in the new information provided by NASA. First, there remains a lot of work left to do this

March 29, 2025

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Star Wars Celebration’s Visions Figure Looks Even Cooler Than We Expected

I can’t think of another time we’ve covered a collectible twice. Here on io9, we cover all manner of merch—toys, art, clothing, etc.—but once we cover it, it’s done. However, when it comes to the exclusive figure Hasbro is bringing to Star Wars Celebration Japan in April, our initial coverage wasn’t enough to showcase just how awesome this figure is, and so here we are. To recap, Hasbro will have an exclusive Black Series set of the Ronin and R5-D56 from Star Wars: Visions on sale at the convention. They’re super cool figures, all black and white just like the

March 29, 2025

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Amazon Spring Sale 2025: Best Samsung Q60D TV deal

LOWEST-EVER PRICE: As of March 29, the 55-inch Samsung Q60D TV is on sale for $479.99 in the Amazon Spring Sale. This deal saves you 38% on list price. We can’t think of a better way to spend your weekend that perusing the best deals from the Amazon Big Spring Sale. OK, there are plenty of better ways to spend your free time. You could be watching paint dry, which honestly at this point sounds a little more interesting than scrolling through thousands of deals. Let someone else do the work whilst you enjoy yourself. Save the hassle and check

March 29, 2025

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Nikola founder Trevor Milton receives a full pardon from President Trump

Trevor Milton, the founder of electric truck company Nikola, has received a full and unconditional pardon from President Donald Trump. A jury found Milton guilty of one count of securities fraud and two counts of wire fraud in October 2022. In 2023, he was sentenced to four years in prison. Milton announced the pardon in a press release and the White House confirmed it to CNBC. It came two weeks after prosecutors asked a judge to order Milton to pay $680 million in restitution to Nikola shareholders as well as $15.2 million to a wire fraud victim. However, due to