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Rani Molla
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Senior correspondent @sherwood.news. Tech and charts. https://sherwood.news/author/rani-molla/
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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · Dec 9
I hung out in Elon Musk’s company town. Its playground is always broken. The school is accepting just a fraction of the students it was supposed to because they didn’t build a big enough well. And you can buy any canned beverage imaginable but can’t recycle them. sherwood.news/power/the-re...
The revenge of the company town: Elon Musk, the new Baron of Bastrop
The billionaire is using the sheer force of his will and wealth to reshape an area in the Lone Star State — whether the locals like it or not....
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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 2d
1Password should be called 1Password 1Billion Times
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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 2d
The future of Tesla is really hard to build and increasingly expensive sherwood.news/tech/the-fut...
The future of Tesla is really hard to build and increasingly expensive
The utopian future Elon Musk describes is awe-inspiring. But as Tesla tries to make it happen, struggles are emerging and costs are climbing...
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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 3d
Musk says Tesla will have no safety drivers in “parts of Austin” this year
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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 3d
Just 12% of Teslas pay for FSD
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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 3d
You can now look at xAI’s “MACROHARD” logo from space thanks to @jonkeegan.com sherwood.news/tech/elon-mu...
Elon Musk’s Colossus 2 data center is MACROHARD
Satellite photos of the roof of xAI’s new Colossus 2 data center shout a message to the world that it aims to take on Microsoft....
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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 9d
RIP half of Sora’s content techcrunch.com/2025/10/16/o...
OpenAI pauses Sora video generations of Martin Luther King Jr. | TechCrunch
OpenAI is pausing AI video generations of Martin Luther King at the request of the late civil rights activists' estate.
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Damon Beres @damonberes.com · 9d
We tried the new Live Translation feature that Apple has heavily marketed. It turns out to be optimized for Spanish as spoken in Spain (pop. 49 million) as opposed to Latin America or the Caribbean (663 million), which makes it kind of a disaster to use in the U.S. And that's just one problem. Alas.
Lost in AirPod Translation
Apple promises to put an AI interpreter in everyone’s ears. It couldn’t even help me order tamales.
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WIRED @wired.com · 9d
Then there's Russ Taylor. "It's just a vehicle. So it's ironic that it would even become a political statement."

(Editor's note: Taylor was plead guilty to conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding in the January 6 attack. He was later pardoned by Trump.)
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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 10d
Sometimes I feel like I’m from a different planet sherwood.news/business/pop...
Pop-Tarts, Doritos, and Uncrustables have joined the protein craze taking over America's snack aisle
Food giants are catching up with the latest diet obsession....
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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 12d
Tell me the job market is terrible without telling me the job market is terrible: Facebook brings back job listings about.fb.com/news/2025/10...
Introducing Local Jobs on Facebook
Starting today, we’re bringing jobs on Facebook back, making it easier for people in the US to find and inquire about local jobs.
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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 12d
Good time for Google to try and fix search... www.theverge.com/tech/798901/...
Google will let you hide sponsored results in search — after you’ve seen them
At least you can collapse them now.
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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 12d
Anyway, if a streaming company would like to keep me on retainer for future naming consults, DM me for my venmo
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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 12d
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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 12d
Exactly!
1) Either add or take away “+”
2) Charge a gazillion dollars
3) Repeat
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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 12d
1) Either add or take away “+”
2) Charge a gazillion dollars
3) Repeat
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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 12d
I think I’m in the wrong industry
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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 12d
Apple is doing an HBO: It’s renaming Apple TV+ just Apple TV www.macrumors.com/2025/10/13/a...
Apple TV+ Being Rebranded as Apple TV
Buried in its announcement about "F1: The Movie" making its streaming debut on December 12, Apple has also announced that Apple TV+ is being...
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Lora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 18d
livestreamed fact checking. good use of real-time fire data and camera feeds.
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 18d
NEW: ICE purchased custom-made vans from a company called TechOps Specialty Vehicles (TOSV) that are equipped with fake cellphone towers designed to spy on phones.

TOSV president said the company integrates the cell-site simulators into their vans, but does not manufacture the surveillance tool.
ICE bought vehicles equipped with fake cell towers to spy on phones  | TechCrunch
The federal contract shows ICE spent $825,000 on vans equipped with “cell-site simulators” which allow the real-world location tracking of nearby phones and their owners.
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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 18d
You get less for more!
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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 18d
In case you were wondering, the new Model Y cost more than the old Model Y would have with the federal tax credit sherwood.news/tech/tesla-u...
Tesla unveils cheaper Model Y and Model 3
The company announced a $39,990 Model Y today....
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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 19d
Cameos are Bitmoji for millennials. I’m now a cringe boomer.
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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 19d
Doing my part to destroy the environment and all we hold dear sora.chatgpt.com/p/s_68e3e9b8...
ranimolla on Sora
@ranimolla driving a tiny Cybertruck and saying “the car is terrible and the portions are too small”
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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 19d
oh good. DOGE took more jobs than AI www.axios.com/2025/10/03/j...
AI isn't really moving the job market compared to bigger economic factors
New data shows today's weak labor market is driven more by economic and policy factors than AI.
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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 20d
Many people talk with their hands. This is not how they do it. x.com/Tesla/status...
Tesla on X: "Tesla’s Annual Meeting is coming up on November 6 & we need your vote! Voting is quick and easy – you can vote online, by mail, by QR code or by phone @Tesla_Optimus can show you how https://t.co/OM5UwtkJWx" / X
Tesla’s Annual Meeting is coming up on November 6 & we need your vote! Voting is quick and easy – you can vote online, by mail, by QR code or by phone @Tesla_Optimus can show you how https://t.co/OM5UwtkJWx
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