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News Image Richard Mille's New McLaren Watch Has a ‘Jump Start’ Button

The $373,000 RM65-01 McLaren W1 timepiece has the most complicated automatic movement the brand has ever produced.

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Unilever confirms the sale of its Russian activities to Arnest Group

Consumer goods company Unilever has sold its Russian activities to the chemical group Arnest, who had also taken over the beer manufacturing company Heineken’s

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DNA finally connects Dutch woman missing since 1990 with skull found in Belgium in 1991

The police had a breakthrough in the case around 18-year-old

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Human trafficking in Groningen is a bigger problem than city authorities realize: study

There are more victims of human trafficking in the city of Groningen than the authorities know about, according to a study by the Center for Child Trafficking and Human Trafficking (CKM)

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Gov't implementing agencies not "spared" from budget cuts after all

In the coalition agreement, the PVV, VVD, NSC, and BBB agreed to “spare” government implementation agencies, like benefits agency UWV and student financing agency DUO, from budget cuts.

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Elon Musk unveils the Robovan: the biggest surprise from Tesla’s We, Robot event

Elon Musk unveiled a prototype of Tesla’s Robovan on Thursday night during the company’s We, Robot event in Los Angeles. The Robovan will be an electric, autonomous vehicle roughly the size of a bus, designed for transporting people around high density areas. It will carry up to 20 people at a time and also transport […]

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News Image Elon Musk Hilariously Claims Tesla Cybercab Will Be Available in 2 to 3 Years

Much like flying cars, Musk's robotaxi seems to always be two years away.

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Tesla reveals 20 Cybercabs at We, Robot event, says you’ll be able to buy one for less than $30,000

Tesla has finally revealed its Cybercab, and it looks like a smaller, sleeker, two-seater Cybertruck. And while many were expecting there to be at least one prototype of a robotaxi with no steering wheel or pedals, Tesla CEO Elon Musk delighted his fans with a lineup of 20 vehicles. The flashy “We, Robot” event took […]

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News Image Tesla's Cybercab Is Here

At a media event this evening, Tesla CEO Elon Musk showed off the company's new Cybercab and shared some details about Tesla's plan to launch its own robotaxi service.

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News Image Tesla’s Optimus bot makes a scene at the robotaxi event

A bunch of Tesla’s humanoid Optimus robots walked out alongside the reveal of Tesla’s new Robovan vehicle at tonight’s Cybercab event. The robot is also seen in a video doing daily human tasks like bringing in a package from the porch and watering your plants. “The Optimus will walk amongst you,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk says. “You’ll be able to walk right up to them, and they will serve drinks.” Musk explains it can basically “do anything” and mentions examples like walking your dog, babysitting your kids, and mowing your lawn. He said it will cost $20,000 to $30,000 “long term.” “I think this will be the biggest product ever of any kind,” Musk says. After the presentation, livestream footage showed people interacting with Optimus robots at...

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News Image Tesla’s Robovan is the surprise of the night

Tesla CEO Elon Musk surprised attendees of the “We, Robot” event by presenting a new, unexpected vehicle: a passenger van. Of course, it was far from a conventional van. The Tesla Robovan (Musk pronounces it ruh-BO-vehn) looked like something out of an Art Deco fever dream, with a sleek train engine-like shape and no visible wheels. Musk said that the vehicle could carry up to 20 people or be used to transport goods. “The Robovan is what’s gonna solve for high density,” he said. “So if you want to take a sports team somewhere, or you’re looking to really get the cost of travel down to, I don’t know, 5-10, cents a mile, then you can use the robovan.” The Robovan is intended for the company’s Tesla Network, an autonomous ridehailing...

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News Image Tesla Cybercab announced: Elon Musk’s robotaxi is finally here

Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled a new electric vehicle dedicated to self-driving, a possible milestone after years of false promises and blown deadlines. The robotaxi is a purpose-built autonomous vehicle, lacking a steering wheel or pedals, meaning it will need approval from regulators before going into production. The design was futuristic, with doors that open upward like butterfly wings and a small cabin with only enough space for two passengers. There was no steering wheel or pedals, nor was there a plug — Musk said the vehicle charges inductively to regain power wirelessly. Musk said that autonomous cars are expected to be 10–20 times...

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News Image Scientists Discover a Mysterious 'Sixth Sense' Hidden in Geckos

And they might not be the only ones to have it.

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Tesla Robotaxi event: How to watch the reveal live

Tesla loves to put on a show, and Thursday’s Robotaxi reveal might just be the flashiest of them all.  The electric vehicle maker is slated to unveil its much-hyped Robotaxi vehicle at Warner Bros. Discovery’s movie studio in Burbank, California. For those attending, doors will open at 5 p.m. PT, with remarks beginning at 7 […]

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Babbel co-founder Markus Witte will once again run the company, replacing CEO Arne Schepker

Arne Schepker, the CEO of the popular Berlin-based language learning platform Babbel, is stepping down, and the company’s co-founder and former CEO Markus Witte is stepping back in to lead the company “into a new phase while searching for Arne’s successor with patience,” the company said. This new phase, unsurprisingly, will involve AI. Witte will not […]

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Babbel co-founder Markus Witte will once again run the company, replacing CEO Arne Schepker

Arne Schepker, the CEO of the popular Berlin-based language learning platform Babbel, is stepping down, and the company’s co-founder and former CEO Markus Witte is stepping back in to lead the company “into a new phase while searching for Arne’s successor with patience,” the company said. This new phase, unsurprisingly, will involve AI. Witte will not […]

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News Image This Asteroid May Help Reveal a Fifth Fundamental Force in The Universe

But does the fifth force of nature really exist?

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News Image Tesla’s Cybercab robotaxi event: the biggest news and announcements

Tesla revealed the ‘Cybercab’ robotaxi and a new ‘Robovan.’

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