Rani Molla
@rani.bsky.social
Senior correspondent @sherwood.news. Tech and charts. https://sherwood.news/author/rani-molla/
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Rani Molla
@rani.bsky.social
· Dec 9
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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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...
America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle www.404media.co/americas-pol...
America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle
The 'psyops' revealed by X are entirely the fault of the perverse incentives created by social media monetization programs.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:53 AM
America’s Polarization Has Become the World's Side Hustle www.404media.co/americas-pol...
Want to take a Tesla Robotaxi in Austin or San Francisco? You might have to wait. sherwood.news/tech/tesla-r...
Tesla Robotaxi demand outpacing supply in Austin and San Francisco
The service finally became available to the public this week....
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November 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Want to take a Tesla Robotaxi in Austin or San Francisco? You might have to wait. sherwood.news/tech/tesla-r...
Grok's chatbot on X says Elon Musk is superior at almost anything, including drinking urine; Musk says Grok was “manipulated by adversarial prompting” www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Grok’s Elon Musk worship is getting weird
Elon Musk is as smart as da Vinci, fitter than LeBron James, and really good at drinking piss.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Grok's chatbot on X says Elon Musk is superior at almost anything, including drinking urine; Musk says Grok was “manipulated by adversarial prompting” www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Who’s got the wheel in the robotaxi race? I have a massive data visualization comparing Tesla’s Robotaxi and Google’s Waymo. sherwood.news/tech/its-tes...
It’s Tesla vs. Google in the fight for self-driving supremacy. Trillions are at stake.
Two of the biggest companies on the planet are finally slamming the accelerator as they try to capture a potentially humongous market. But will...
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November 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Who’s got the wheel in the robotaxi race? I have a massive data visualization comparing Tesla’s Robotaxi and Google’s Waymo. sherwood.news/tech/its-tes...
Google opened at an all-time high sherwood.news/tech/google-...
Google opened at an all-time high
Positive reception of Gemini 3 combined with stellar Nvidia earnings that have helped investors shake off fears of an AI bubble have pushed the...
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November 20, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Google opened at an all-time high sherwood.news/tech/google-...
This tracks: Cornell researchers: xAI's Grokipedia cites neo-Nazi website Stormfront 42 times, Infowars 34 times, and white nationalist website VDare 107 times www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
Elon Musk’s Grokipedia cites Stormfront — a neo-Nazi forum — dozens of times, study finds
An analysis by researchers at Cornell University is the first comprehensive look at Grokipedia since Musk launched his project last month.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This tracks: Cornell researchers: xAI's Grokipedia cites neo-Nazi website Stormfront 42 times, Infowars 34 times, and white nationalist website VDare 107 times www.nbcnews.com/tech/elon-mu...
Waymo’s map is filling up sherwood.news/tech/waymo-t...
November 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Waymo’s map is filling up sherwood.news/tech/waymo-t...
Much like the regular Cybertruck, this cost 5X a typical vehicle shop.tesla.com/product/cybe...
November 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Much like the regular Cybertruck, this cost 5X a typical vehicle shop.tesla.com/product/cybe...
Alt headline: Judge finds Meta no longer socially relevant
November 18, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Alt headline: Judge finds Meta no longer socially relevant
When’s Meta gonna start judging itself on its AI-driven impact? www.businessinsider.com/meta-ai-empl...
Meta is about to start grading workers on their AI skills
Meta employee performance will be assessed by AI-driven impact starting in 2026, as the company prioritizes AI adoption across its workforce.
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November 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
When’s Meta gonna start judging itself on its AI-driven impact? www.businessinsider.com/meta-ai-empl...
The most popular iPhone Pro color is orange. Why do you think thats is? sherwood.news/tech/orange-...
Orange Apple iPhones are the new black
The latest iPhone Pro doesn’t come in black, the preferred iPhone color, so people are picking... Cosmic Orange....
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November 12, 2025 at 6:22 PM
The most popular iPhone Pro color is orange. Why do you think thats is? sherwood.news/tech/orange-...
Just absolutely beautiful and illuminating visuals from @jonkeegan.com sherwood.news/tech/big-tec...
Big Tech’s most important infrastructure is at the bottom of the sea
While data centers on land are getting all the attention, Big Tech’s vast network of undersea fiber-optic cables carry 99% of all international...
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November 7, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Just absolutely beautiful and illuminating visuals from @jonkeegan.com sherwood.news/tech/big-tec...
“The path from pledging to pay the boss far more money than the company has made in profits to date in order to keep him interested, to just putting money into his interests, is a short one.” @liamdenning.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Tesla’s SPAC-tacular Vote Is All-In on Musk
Tesla Inc.’s shareholders have taken an important step toward resolving one of the great mysteries of our time: What is Tesla? It is touted as, variously, an electric vehicle maker, a battery powerhou...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:24 PM
“The path from pledging to pay the boss far more money than the company has made in profits to date in order to keep him interested, to just putting money into his interests, is a short one.” @liamdenning.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Hey Google, what’s the wrong way to not be disappointed by tech diversity reports? www.wired.com/story/google...
Google, Microsoft, and Meta Have Stopped Publishing Workforce Diversity Data
Other big tech companies including Amazon, Apple, and Nvidia have continued their annual disclosures this year even as the Trump administration cracks down on DEI.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Hey Google, what’s the wrong way to not be disappointed by tech diversity reports? www.wired.com/story/google...
Get ready to text and drive while the Optimus robot cures poverty: The wildest stuff Elon Musk said at Tesla’s shareholder meeting
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The wildest stuff Elon Musk said at Tesla’s shareholder meeting
Get ready to text and drive while the Optimus robot cures poverty....
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November 7, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Get ready to text and drive while the Optimus robot cures poverty: The wildest stuff Elon Musk said at Tesla’s shareholder meeting
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OpenAI’s upcoming device walks talks and quacks like a smartphone but isn’t a smartphone sherwood.news/tech/openaai... by @rani.bsky.social
OpenAI says its AI device will be “multimodal” but doesn’t give many more details
Here’s what we know about the Jony Ive and OpenAI device so far....
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November 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
OpenAI’s upcoming device walks talks and quacks like a smartphone but isn’t a smartphone sherwood.news/tech/openaai... by @rani.bsky.social
Tesla’s Master Plan 4 still lacks specifics ahead of $1T Musk pay vote. Smart observation by @seanokane.bsky.social
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November 4, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Tesla’s Master Plan 4 still lacks specifics ahead of $1T Musk pay vote. Smart observation by @seanokane.bsky.social
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when i am king companies will report earnings at the exact same time every quarter
November 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
when i am king companies will report earnings at the exact same time every quarter
Do we think this Musk endorsement helps or hurts Cuomo/Mamdani?
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Do we think this Musk endorsement helps or hurts Cuomo/Mamdani?
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powerusers on it daily
seamless matching
encrypted messaging
connects you to people nearby
no cultural footprint whatsoever
this user quote
listen all i’m saying is that if i accidentally created an incredibly successful drug marketplace its footprint would probably look like this right
seamless matching
encrypted messaging
connects you to people nearby
no cultural footprint whatsoever
this user quote
listen all i’m saying is that if i accidentally created an incredibly successful drug marketplace its footprint would probably look like this right
November 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
powerusers on it daily
seamless matching
encrypted messaging
connects you to people nearby
no cultural footprint whatsoever
this user quote
listen all i’m saying is that if i accidentally created an incredibly successful drug marketplace its footprint would probably look like this right
seamless matching
encrypted messaging
connects you to people nearby
no cultural footprint whatsoever
this user quote
listen all i’m saying is that if i accidentally created an incredibly successful drug marketplace its footprint would probably look like this right
No way this is true. Please contact me if you actually use Facebook dating and are a human. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/t...
Facebook Dating Is a Surprise Hit for the Social Network
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November 3, 2025 at 8:16 PM
No way this is true. Please contact me if you actually use Facebook dating and are a human. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/t...
Meta still wants to have its iPhone moment sherwood.news/tech/meta-st...
Meta still wants to have its iPhone moment
More than a decade after Meta’s phone flop, it’s still trying to get in on hardware....
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November 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Meta still wants to have its iPhone moment sherwood.news/tech/meta-st...
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The company’s capex spending totaled $35.1 billion, blowing past analysts’ forecasts of $31.9 billion and topping second-quarter spending of $32.18 billion.
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Amazon soars as Q3 earnings, sales beat Wall Street expectations
Amazon released earnings on Thursday....
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October 30, 2025 at 8:53 PM
The company’s capex spending totaled $35.1 billion, blowing past analysts’ forecasts of $31.9 billion and topping second-quarter spending of $32.18 billion.
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Hard to overstate how different Apple earnings call music is from Tesla’s. Lots more women, lot less lasers.
October 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Hard to overstate how different Apple earnings call music is from Tesla’s. Lots more women, lot less lasers.