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Snapshots 7.22.26

Electrek
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Tesla says ‘Robotaxi’ is expanding — its own chart shows it’s not

Tesla told shareholders this week that its Robotaxi service is expanding. The company’s own chart proves it isn’t.

In its Q2 2026 update, Tesla leaned on a cumulative “paid Robotaxi miles” chart climbing past 2.4 million miles as its headline proof of momentum. But break that curve into quarters and the growth flatlines: Robotaxi added roughly 900,000 paid miles in Q2 2026, the same as it did in Q1.

Electrek
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Subaru is delaying the 3-row Getaway EV, following Toyota

Subaru confirmed that production of the Getaway EV is being delayed, following Toyota’s decision to delay its first three-row electric SUV.

Political Wire
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The Economy Is Increasingly Relying On the AI Boom

“There is an adage in the financial world: The stock market is not the economy,” the New York Times reports. “Except that, right now, maybe it is.” “Major stock indexes have set record after record in recent years, fueled by seemingly boundless appetite among investors for anything connected to artificial intelligence. The total value of […]

Political Wire
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Trump Says Fallen Soldiers Supported the Iran War

“President Trump on Wednesday witnessed the return of four young Army soldiers recently killed overseas, telling reporters beforehand that each had died supportive of the deadly war he was waging with Iran,” the New York Times reports. Said Trump: “All of them said very strongly, ‘We cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon.’ ‘They won’t […]

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Like Democratic spoilers before him, Fetterman will probably quit before switching parties

Like Democratic spoilers before him, Fetterman will probably quit before switching parties

Plus: What anti-Black racists fear about a Black Helen.

Ars Technica
Text • Kyle Orland

Microsoft brings original Xbox backward compatibility to Windows PCs

Microsoft brings original Xbox backward compatibility to Windows PCs

First four compatible titles can be run with an 11-year-old graphics card.

Nieman Lab
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“This price was set by an algorithm”: News subscribers are surprised by a new line in their renewal emails

Last December, one of our readers received a renewal email from The Wall Street Journal. Over the coming year, the email said, she would be charged $76.99 every four weeks for her print and digital subscription — $19.25 a week, or $923.88 annually. The renewal email included one sentence in all caps: “THIS PRICE WAS...

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Schiff: How did Epstein's victims feel about Blanche meeting with Ghislaine Maxwell?

Elizabeth Stein, Epstein survivor: It wasn't lost on us that Blanche spent two days and nine hours interviewing her, but for months we couldn't get in front of the DOJ. When we did, we only got an hour.

WIRED
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Top Red-Light Therapy Deals at Nordstrom’s Anniversary Sale (2026)

Save on WIRED-tested LED therapy devices from TheraFace, HigherDose, and more.

Techdirt
Text • Mike Masnick

Careful What You Sue For: Trump’s BBC Case Just Forced His Financial Records Into Discovery

We’ve written in the past that people online often get way too excited about theoretical pending “discovery” in frivolous lawsuits filed by bad actors. Because while there are certainly a few cases where (1) a frivolous case even reaches discovery and (2) some elements of that discovery are revealed to the public, in the vast […]

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With 2 Hires, Mamdani Blends Economic Development With Economic Justice (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Column | Here’s what an expert on accidental falls does every day to prevent them (wapo.st)

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Red Sox tie franchise-record 15-game win streak with victory over Orioles (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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Trump Live Updates: Trade Official Commits to Keeping Tariff Strategy (Gift Article) (nytimes.com)

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My Dad, the Pornographer (Published 2015) (nytimes.com)

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Rugby players’ brain injury lawsuit in jeopardy after lawyer quits (thetimes.com)

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The American People Need the Truth About the Iran War (theatlantic.com)

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I'm experimenting with reading `source:comments`. Should there be a feed that is a flat list of all replies in a thread? Right now it appears I would need to follow a thread through multiple comment RSS feeds, since each reply can have its own replies.

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Trump attacks Senator Jon Ossoff: Jon Ossoff is terrible