To diehard MAGA, Musk is the useful idiot. Trump did a token favor for Musk, knowing none of his base will ever buy an EV, and in exchange Musk keeps carrying Trump's water.
It's more boring than this, I think. The AI fomo is real, so they cram that in rather clumsy and ultimately pointless. But there were so many missed opportunities on Apple and Samsung flagships this year and it boils down to the capitalistic urge to save money and charge customers the same, and having no real competition. OPPO, one plus, vivo all have better devices, but importing them and getting them to work on US carriers is basically not possible. Not to mention the incentives the carriers throw at you to keep you locked in to that manufacturer.
Espresso pods are usually aluminum, and recyclable. Amazon and other cheap brands do make plastic ones now that the patent ran out, but the better brands are not plastic.
Not a bad idea, really. The only way to save Tesla owners at this point is to sell Tesla to whoever is dumb enough to buy it. What ICE automaker has no EV presence and money to burn?
Cool, more moon litter. Will it end up like the path to the summit of Everest, we have to place signs telling the billionaires to please clean up after themselves?
Most of the skepticism was rooted in the shorter testing period of the initial mRNA vaccines. We have the data now to prove they're safe, but that initial fast-tracking spooked people.
What was the last big awful thing that wiped out entire populations?