"These employees said the company was more willing to protect a star executive than address the concerns of rank-and-file workers."

Rolls his eyes.

"This is a press release for attention, not a significant investment for either company"f

Came here to say that. Less than 1/10 of what you need to build a state-of-the-art fab.

If they invested in bringing an affordable light pickup to market.

There's a real need for something other than a bloated $50,000 vehicle.

Well, at least he didn't say "since Reagan"

This. I live up in the Sierra Nevada mountains and have had two winters where the power was out more than a week. I do have a whole house generator, but it's runtime has to be rationed to save propane.

Mini-split heat pump heat and cooling, AFAIK was not an American invention. It was widely adopted in Asia and lesser so in Europe. USA lagged behind but is catching up now. The ability to only heat/cool one or two zones with a quiet and efficient heat pump is far better than central air conditioning/heat.

I expect AI-perceived "loyalty" will bump you to the top of the boarding list.

I think you've confused your WWII-era European fascist nations.

Based on the audio analysis of sound captured on an Iphone thousands of feet away.

I'm sceptical.

One instruction set computer? Most computers have one instruction set. Article is paywalled so all we get is the almost useless synopsis.

Not that there isn't some use for a cheap 25Khz microprocessor that runs on picowatts. It would just be nice to see more specifics, especially production costs for the device being commercially available.

Everybody likes a little ass. Nobody likes a smart ass.

If you make an outrageous claim like that, you could at least put up a link.

Who are these asshats that bought the company and what other companies are they contaminating?

But after 40-50 years of listening to fusion energy promises, I'm pretty cynical.

"We were just following orders"