🇺🇸 ELON: TESLA OWNERS WILL BE ABLE TO ADD THEIR CARS TO THE FLEET LIKE AIRBNB "We'll have a model which is kind of like some combination of Uber and Airbnb. So if you're a Tesla owner, right, you'll be able to add or subtract your car to the fleet. Just like in Airbnb, you could rent out your spare bedroom or rent out your house when you're not using it." Source: CNBC

🇷🇺RUSSIA’S BIRTH RATE JUST FELL TO A 200-YEAR LOW—AND NOW IT’S A STATE SECRET Russia is running out of people. Births dropped so sharply this year that officials stopped publishing monthly numbers. A top demographer says March 2025 may have had the fewest births since the 1700s. Population projections? Down from 146 million today to 132 million by 2045. Worst-case: just 83 million by 2100. The government’s response includes banning “childfree ideology,” tightening abortion access, offering cash to pregnant women, and even proposing to release prisoners so they can have children. Also: they might censor TV shows like Harry Potter and Sex and the City for promoting the wrong message. Source: Newsweek

STARLINK: JAPAN COAST GUARD GETS WIRED UP Starlink flipped the switch for the Japan Coast Guard—high-speed internet on the high seas! All 12 large patrol ships are now online, keeping crews connected 24/7—a savvy move to lure young talent. •⁠ ⁠NETWORK JOLT — Starlink powers up 12 JCG ships with zippy internet. •⁠ ⁠CREW PERK — Smartphones online even off-duty, banishing sea stress. •⁠ ⁠FUTURE ROLL — 85 more ships will join the Starlink party by 2032. Starlink’s internet beams will keep JCG crews sharp and connected on every mission! Source: Nippon․com

🇺🇸 TESLA DOMINATES MARCH EV SALES Tesla registered over 51,000 EVs in March—more than 6x its nearest competitor. Despite just a 1.1% monthly gain, it dwarfed Chevrolet (8,478) and Ford (7,361), the No. 2 and No. 3 brands. Chevrolet soared 274%, while Ford dipped -13%. Hyundai, BMW, and Rivian followed in the mid-5K range. Among the breakout gainers: GMC (+185%), Subaru (+163%), Porsche (+137%), and Fiat (+208%). Polestar and Lucid posted strong gains too. Meanwhile, legacy brands like Jaguar, Maserati, and Ram trailed with fewer than 50 registrations each. Source: @TeslaNewswire

STARLINK EYES GPS 2.0—SPACEX WANTS TO RUN THE MAP   SpaceX just fired its shot—it’s gunning to replace GPS!   In a pitch to the FCC, SpaceX revealed its satellite swarm is ready to deliver global PNT (Positioning, Navigation, Timing)—faster, safer, and independent of the Pentagon.   Here’s what’s in orbit:   •⁠ ⁠GPS-Free Power – Starlink’s low-orbit fleet runs solo, no military signal needed. •⁠ ⁠Global Lock-On – Resilient, secure tracking anywhere on Earth. •⁠ ⁠Direct-to-Phone Ready – Built to power services like T-Mobile’s space-texting plan.   The old GPS playbook? Starlink just set it on fire!   Source: @Teslarati

STARLINK’S AFRICA TAKEOVER IS ON 21 countries down—half the continent lit up! From Nigeria to Congo, Elon’s satellites are beaming WiFi into the wild. No cables. No excuses. Just blazing fast internet from space. Africa’s digital future? It’s already orbiting! Source: @BassonBrain

🚨 THE WORLD IS RUNNING OUT OF PEOPLE—AND IT'S WORSE THAN YOU THINK Forget robots taking your job—soon there won’t be enough humans left to do them anyway. Birth rates are crashing in rich countries like the US, Japan, and South Korea. In 40 years, the global population will start shrinking, not growing. That’s bad news for jobs, the economy, and anyone hoping to retire before age 90. By 2100, the world could lose up to 2 billion people, with countries like Italy and China watching their workforces vanish. Fewer babies means fewer workers, and fewer workers means less money, slower growth, and a whole lot of panic. The “Great People Shortage” has already started. From pilots to preschool teachers, companies can’t find enough staff. And when old people outnumber workers? Good luck keeping the lights on. Source: Business Insider

GROK GREW EYES—IT'S JUDGING EVERYTHING YOU POINT AT Grok’s gone full vision mode on iOS! Aim your camera, ask a question and boom—it spills the beans: • Point, Shoot, Decode – From mystery objects to expired labels, Grok dishes out the details like it’s seen it all – because it has. • Menus, Docs, Dog Toys – If your camera can see it, Grok’s got an opinion. • No More Guessing Games – Don’t know what you’re looking at? Grok does—and it’s not shy. The xAI now has eyes – with attitude! Source: @testingcatalog, Latestly

🇺🇸 FEDERAL NON-DEFENSE OBLIGATIONS DROP 20.5% UNDER DOGE ORDER Non-defense federal obligations for 2025 are down 20.5% from last year—and the cash outlay curve is about to follow. The driver: Persistent government-wide contract reviews targeting wasteful spending under the DOGE Cost Efficiency Executive Order. Trump’s directive to streamline the federal sprawl is hitting real numbers now, not just headlines. With obligations shrinking before payouts, it’s a sign that cutting through bureaucracy might finally be cheaper than fueling it. Accountability isn’t just a buzzword—it’s starting to dent the federal checkbook. Source: @DOGE

🇿🇦 EFF LEADER: "WE AREN'T KILLING WHITE PEOPLE... YET" Leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), Julius Malema: "We've not called for the killing of white people, at least for now. I can't guarantee the future." Source: @iamyesyouareno

🇺🇸🇸🇦ELON: WE’RE HEADED TO A RADICALLY DIFFERENT WORLD WITH HUMANOID ROBOTS Here is Elon’s interview at the Saudi–U.S. Investment Forum earlier today. 0:42 Humanoid robots 2:40 Elon’s recommendation: The Culture by Iain M. Banks 3:59 Announcements: Robotaxi and Starlink in Saudi Arabia 4:56 The potential of tunnels 5:59 xAI’s goal: To understand the universe Source: Saudi–U.S. Investment Forum, May 13, 2025

PRUFROCK: ELON’S TUNNELING MACHINE IS COMING FOR GARY THE SNAIL The Boring Company’s newest invention, Prufrock, is a tunneling robot that “porpoises” — meaning it launches straight from the surface, digs underground, then resurfaces without needing giant pits. It can start tunneling within 48 hours of arriving, and it’s fast — over 1 mile per week. That’s 6 times faster than the last model, though still slower than a snail. But not for long. Prufrock’s next goal? Beat 1/10th of human walking speed, or 7 miles per day. To get there, it mines continuously, installs tunnel walls on the go, and uses rubber wheels instead of old-school rails. It’s all-electric, cleaner than diesel machines, and the dirt it digs up? It might become bricks or park paths. Source: @boringcompany

EARTH’S OXYGEN HAS AN EXPIRATION DATE—1 BILLION YEARS FROM NOW A new supercomputer simulation says Earth will lose its oxygen supply in about 1 billion years, long before the Sun actually dies. The Sun will keep getting hotter. That heat will evaporate oceans, destroy the carbon cycle, and kill photosynthesis—the process that gives us oxygen. When plants die off, oxygen levels will crash. The atmosphere will fill with methane, like it did before complex life evolved. Out of 400,000 simulations, nearly all showed the same outcome: a mass extinction-level drop in oxygen. The study cuts the previous estimate—2 billion years of breathable air—in half. No air, no humans, no animals. Only microbes that don’t need oxygen would survive. Source: NDTV / Nature Geoscience

🇺🇸 WHY IS NEW YORK BLOCKING X MONEY? ELON BUILDS—THEY STALL New York lawmakers are pushing back hard on X Money, claiming privacy concerns and citing “reckless conduct.” But the issue isn’t the tech—it’s Elon. Two Manhattan Democrats urged regulators to deny his license, warning of too much influence if X becomes part of the country’s financial backbone. Meanwhile, X Money already has approval in 42 states and a Visa partnership. X is ready. It’s New York that isn’t sadly…@GovKathyHochul Source: Teslarati

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 NEXT STOP SCOTLAND — STARLINK HITCHES A RIDE THROUGH THE HIGHLANDS Starlink is now riding shotgun on Scotland’s most remote rail lines. ScotRail has equipped six Class 158 trains with satellite-powered internet, kicking off a six-month trial from Inverness to Thurso, Wick, and Aberdeen. This isn’t just Wi-Fi—it’s orbital-grade connectivity backed by the Scottish government and Clarus Networks. Real-time GPS, live CCTV, Wi-Fi calling, and onboard streaming now go where cell towers won’t. If it works, Starlink’s signal could soon stretch across every rural route in the country. Source: Teslarati @Starlink

FULL SELF-DRIVING ISN’T JUST A TECH MILESTONE — IT’S A CIVILIZATIONAL LEAP For over a century, humans have designed cities, commutes, and entire economies around one assumption: someone has to be behind the wheel. Full Self-Driving breaks that. Not incrementally — fundamentally. We’re approaching a world where cars drive themselves better than most people can. A world where traffic deaths — 1.3 million lives lost annually — become a solvable problem. Where blind, elderly, or disabled individuals move freely. But the real shift is mental. And when cars no longer need drivers, everything else follows — logistics, insurance, city planning, even home values. This isn’t just a product — it’s a prelude. Source: @SunPowerFusion, @Tesla

SOLAR JUST PULLED OFF THE FASTEST ENERGY TAKEOVER IN HISTORY In 5 years, solar power doubled its global output—blasting past 2,000 TWh. That’s enough juice to run 200 million U.S. homes for a year. No fossil, no fuel, no problem. Solar’s explosive ascent isn’t just an energy story—it’s a shift in global power dynamics. Nations rich in sun, not oil, are quietly gaining leverage. The geopolitical premium on fossil reserves? Fading. The new currency is terawatts-per-acre and control over photovoltaic supply chains. The sun isn’t just rising — it’s taking over. Source: Katusa Research / Our World in Data Media Solarbank, MET Group, @KanekoaTheGreat

ELON: WE HAVE TO BUILD A SELF-SUSTAINING CITY ON MARS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE “The important thing is that we build a self-sustaining city on Mars as quickly as possible. The key threshold is when that city can continue to grow and prosper even when the supply ships from Earth stop coming. It might not be World War III, but that civilization dies with a whimper rather than a bang, and simply loses the ability to send ships to Mars. So, you obviously need Mars to become self-sustaining and be able to grow by itself before the resupply ships from Earth stop coming. That is the critical civilizational threshold, beyond which the probable lifespan of civilization is much greater. I think it can be done in 20 years. We're going to need on the order of a million people, maybe a million tons of cargo.” Source: Verdict Podcast with Ted Cruz, March 2025, @elonmusk

SOUNDCLOUD JUST FED YOUR SONGS TO THE BOTS Congrats, your mixtape might now be training a robot—because SoundCloud changed its rules without making a big deal about it. Unless you're signed to a major label, the platform can now use your uploads to power its AI, with no clear opt-out in the settings. They swear it’s just for stuff like better playlists and stopping scammers—not making robot rappers. Still, artists aren’t loving the idea that their tracks are now AI snacks. Source: TechCrunch

STARLINK’S MOST SAVAGE TEST YET: DIABLO HARDCORE Elon just played Diablo Hardcore to test Starlink. One blink of lag = instant, permanent death. No pause. No mercy. No do-overs. And it worked. https://t.co/KU1RFbvKZv