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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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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.

www.theverge.com

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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

Exactly!
1) Either add or take away “+”
2) Charge a gazillion dollars
3) Repeat

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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 1d

1) Either add or take away “+”
2) Charge a gazillion dollars
3) Repeat

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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 1d

I think I’m in the wrong industry

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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 7d

livestreamed fact checking. good use of real-time fire data and camera feeds.

Jon Hance @jhance.bsky.social · 7d

Ok, this is just funny.

isportlandburning.com

Is Portland Burning?

No. See real-time Portland cameras, PulsePoint incidents, and sourced fact checks.

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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 7d

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 · 7d

You get less for more!

Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 7d

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 · 7d

Cameos are Bitmoji for millennials. I’m now a cringe boomer.

Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 8d

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 · 8d

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.

www.axios.com

Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 8d

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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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 9d

They’re making a phone that doesn’t call www.ft.com/content/58b0...

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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 10d

Showed my husband Sora. His take: “Profound waste of time and resources”

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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 11d

They talked to me 🤣

Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 11d

Tesla so weird

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Paul Rietschka @prietschka.bsky.social · 12d

Lol.

I’ll repeat, for the eleventy millionth time: there is no reason consumers need access to video generation on demand. None.

In fact, there’s every reason access to such a technology should be throttled.

Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 12d

That was fast! Sora is now No. 1 on the App Store sherwood.news/tech/openais...

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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 12d

That was fast! Sora is now No. 1 on the App Store sherwood.news/tech/openais...

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nilay patel @reckless.bsky.social · 12d

Big tech CEOs have spent more than a decade puffing their chests and saying that they are more like heads of state running global companies with bigger revenues than many countries

… but now they’re all folding to actual government pressure faster than any tinpot dictator has ever folded

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Rani Molla @rani.bsky.social · 12d

Get a spine, Sora

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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 12d

Just to be clear, we wrote that paragraph long before the App Store removed ICEBlock. www.theverge.com/policy/79051...

So antifa could be a kid in a black mask tossing a brick at a CCTV camera at an ICE facility. Antifa could be the grandma on the sidewalk holding a sign reading “DONALD TRUMP IS A FASCIST.” Antifa is ACAB. Antifa is Fuck ICE. Antifa is No Kings. Antifa might be a reading group, a teach-in, an Instagram solicitation for mutual aid. Antifa could be the ICEBlock app, and the App Store could be providing material support for terrorism.

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