Lucas Ropek
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Elon Almost Did a Good Thing
Last week, it almost seemed like Elon Musk was going to do a good thing. The eccentric, loud-mouthed billionaire announced he would be suing OpenAI, the influential tech company he co-founded back in 2015. The reason? Musk said that OpenAI had betrayed its original mandate of “helping humanity.” The company, which notably began as an…
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Billionaire Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Is Buying Up Hawaii
While normal, middle-class Americans struggle to buy starter homes or even just afford rent, American billionaires are busy buying up huge tracts of land all over the world for nebulous reasons. Case in point: Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, who is estimated to be worth over $US10 billion, is said to be buying up huge chunks…
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Elon Musk’s Battle with Swedish Unions Is Now Impacting Tesla’s Charging Stations
For the past several months, Tesla has been locked in a battle of wills with the labor unions of Sweden. The company’s refusal to ratify a collective bargaining agreement with a small number of workers associated with the Swedish union IF Metall has led to boycotts by other regional unions, turning what should have been…
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Turn Your Flipper Zero Into a Controller with New Video Game Module
The creators behind the popular Flipper Zero multi-tool device have teamed up with computing renegade Raspberry Pi to create a video game integration that will turn your Flipper into a low-key game controller. On Tuesday, Flipper Devices announced the release of its new Video Game Module, an integration that is powered by a Raspberry Pi…