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Never fails. Yet another person who got a Tesla after me, tells me, "I don’t think I will ever drive any other car besides a Tesla!"
I mean, how could you? It's like horse and buggy.
Five days from Apple's Surprise and Shine event, and the camera call just got sharper: the mechanical variable aperture is Pro Max only. The smaller iPhone 18 Pro does not get it.
John Ternus’s first iPhone keynote as CEO (Sept 9, 10am PT). Pro / Pro Max preorders expected
Just got my X Money card. Looks and feels great.
Unfortunately one of their biggest selling points, the 6% APR perk, just hit a wall in New York. NYDFS told X it cannot pay interest on stored-value balances there — NY customer APY drops to 0.00% on Oct 1.
Consolation is a $300
NASA picked Blue Origin for the Mars Telecommunications Network: up to ~$700M firm-fixed, Blue Ring-based orbiter due to NASA by end of 2028, ops at Mars by ~2030.
High-bandwidth relay + nav for surface and orbital craft (sample return and later human missions). Dave Limp:
Elon Musk told the G20 Innovation Ministerial: well over a billion humanoid robots in 10 years, each ~5× a human’s output — more productive than all humans combined. AI alone, he said, could lift global GDP ~20–30%.
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Claude can now use your Mac in the background.
Hand Cowork or Claude Code a desktop job and it clicks, types, and opens apps while you keep working. It asks before taking the screen, waits if you are typing, and tries connectors or Chrome first. Pro and Max on Claude Desktop.
X's Original Content Rewards Program replaces the old revenue share, and the bar is specific: 500,000 Home Timeline impressions from verified users in the last 90 days, Premium, and 500 followers.
Applications for existing members open September 8.
Payouts key off original
