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Tesla Cybertruck crash on Full Self-Driving v13 goes viral

Tesla Cybertruck crash on Full Self-Driving v13 goes viral

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Picture by Jonathan Challinger A Tesla owner reported that he crashed his Cybertruck into a pole after hitting a curb while using Full Self-Driving, Tesla’s advanced driving assist system that Elon Musk claims will be unsupervised this year. The post is going viral. Jonathan Challinger, a Florida-based software developer working for Kraus Hamdani Aerospace, reported in a viral post on X that he crashed his Cybertruck into a pole. He reported that he was driving using Tesla’s Full Self-Driving system, a suite of advanced driver assist (ADAS) features that require driver supervision at all times. However, Tesla claims that it will soon work without driver supervision—hence the name. Challinger said that he was driving with FSD v13.2.4 on the right lane, which was ending and merging into the left lane, but the car failed to merge and hit the curb. He said that he failed to react in time and take control of the Cybertruck: It failed to merge out of a lane that was ending (there was no one on my left) and made …

America’s Deadliest Airliner Crash in 23 Years Happens a Week After Trump Guts Airline Safety Groups

America’s Deadliest Airliner Crash in 23 Years Happens a Week After Trump Guts Airline Safety Groups

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Just over a week after firing the heads of the Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard, eliminating all members of a key aviation security advisory group, and freezing all hiring at the Federal Aviation Administration including key air traffic controllers, the United States has experienced its deadliest aviation disaster in nearly 24 years. Officials fear that all 60 passengers and four crew members on board an American Airlines flight have died after the jet collided with an Army helicopter on a training exercise while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, DC early Wednesday evening. While the timing of the Trump administration’s gutting of aviation safety prior to the crash is impossible to ignore, it’s still unclear what exactly led to the mid-air collision. We know that it was a clear night above the Potomac River, and both aircraft were flying in standard patterns, as the Associated Press reports. Yet obviously something went tragically wrong, and officials believe the crash was preventable. In the immediate wake of the disaster, Trump posted a chilling update …

The Great Crypto Crash – The Atlantic

The Great Crypto Crash – The Atlantic

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“The countdown clock on the next catastrophic crash has already started,” Dennis Kelleher, the president of the nonprofit Better Markets, told me. In the past few weeks, I have heard that sentiment or similar from economists, traders, Hill staffers, and government officials. The incoming Trump administration has promised to pass crypto-friendly regulations, and is likely to loosen strictures on Wall Street institutions as well. This will bring an unheralded era of American prosperity, it argues, maintaining the country’s position as the head of the global capital markets and the heart of the global investment ecosystem. “My vision is for an America that dominates the future,” Donald Trump told a bitcoin conference in July. “I’m laying out my plan to ensure that the United States will be the crypto capital of the planet and the bitcoin superpower of the world.” Annie Lowrey: The three pillars of the bro-economy Financial experts expect something different. First, a boom. A big boom, maybe, with the price of bitcoin, ether, and other cryptocurrencies climbing; financial firms raking in profits; and …

Argentine midfielder Garro charged with manslaughter after fatal crash

Argentine midfielder Garro charged with manslaughter after fatal crash

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BUENOS AIRES : Argentine midfielder Rodrigo Garro was charged on Sunday with involuntary manslaughter following a crash that killed a motorcyclist in his hometown of General Pico in Argentina’s La Pampa province. The 30-year-old victim, Nicolas Chiaraviglio, died at the scene after his motorcycle was struck by a pickup truck early on Saturday morning. Garro’s lawyer, David Divan, said his client was “deeply shocked” and willing to cooperate with the investigation. After leaving the courthouse in General Pico, the lawyer emphasized Garro’s immediate efforts to assist the victim, and said he will not be detained while awaiting trial. Garro, who plays for Brazil’s Corinthians, plans to return to Brazil, Divan said. Corinthians expressed solidarity with Chiaraviglio’s family in a statement released on Saturday and committed to cooperating with the ongoing investigation. (Report by Maximilian Heath. Writing by Angelica Medina. Editing by Jan Harvey) Source link

2 dead and several injured in Southern California plane crash : NPR

2 dead and several injured in Southern California plane crash : NPR

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Firefighters tend to people after a plane crashed through the roof of a building near Fullerton airport on Jan. 2, 2025, in Fullerton, Calif. Jeff Gritchen/AP/The Orange County Register hide caption toggle caption Jeff Gritchen/AP/The Orange County Register FULLERTON, Calif. — Two people died and 19 were injured Thursday when a small plane crashed through the roof of a sprawling furniture manufacturing building in Southern California where at least 200 people were working, police said. The people who died were believed to have been on the plane, while those injured were inside the building. The deceased victims will be identified after officials have contacted the next of kin, the Fullerton Police Department said in a statement. Eleven people were taken to hospitals, while eight were treated and released at the scene, police said. The plane crashed less than two minutes after taking off from the Fullerton Municipal Airport in Orange County, located 6 miles from Disneyland, according to the flight-tracking website FlightAware. Security camera footage from Rucci Forged, a wheel manufacturer across the street, shows …

Three Recent High School Grads Dead in Grisly Cybertruck Crash

Three Recent High School Grads Dead in Grisly Cybertruck Crash

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This is absolutely tragic. Up in Smoke In Northern California, a group of recent high school graduates have died in a Cybertruck inferno. As San Francisco’s KTVU reports, four young people who graduated high school last year in the town of Piedmont had been inside the Tesla vehicle when it slammed into a barrier and caught fire in the middle of the night. Another driver reportedly pulled off the road to help after the Cybertruck crashed, and managed to pull one person out of the fiery wreckage. That lucky grad survived and was taken to a nearby hospital, while the other three — none of whom have been identified by name — died at the scene. According to local police, the Cybertruck fire was so hot and burned so fast that water wasn’t able to douse it out. “The heat was just too intense,” Piedmont police chief Jeremy Bowers told KTVU. Getting Warmer Though the report didn’t speculate as to why the fire burned so hot, the lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles like Cybertrucks caused consternation among …

Top Gun: Maverick flight instructor dies in small plane crash during air show in New Mexico | US News

Top Gun: Maverick flight instructor dies in small plane crash during air show in New Mexico | US News

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The​​​​​ flight instructor who trained actors in the 2022 Top Gun: Maverick movie has died in a small plane crash during an air show in New Mexico. Charles Thomas “Chuck” Coleman was the only person on board the two-seat Extra Flugzeugbau EA300 monoplane when it went down around 2:30pm local time on Sunday. Mr Coleman was performing aerobatics when the plane crashed during the Las Cruces Air and Space Expo at Las Cruces International Airport, city officials said. The air show was called off after the crash, which happened about half a mile west of the airport. Mr Coleman’s website said he was based out of California and was an engineer, aerobatic and test pilot with more than 10,000 hours of flight time. He performed at hundreds of air shows and had provided more than 3,000 rides in aerobatic aircraft, according to his website. As the instructor for actors in Top Gun, which stars Tom Cruise, he flew more than 100 flights to prepare the cast for flight in US Navy F-18 Hornets. Image: Chuck …

Jeep, Ram owner is looking for a new CEO as US sales crash

Jeep, Ram owner is looking for a new CEO as US sales crash

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Stellantis, the parent company of Jeep, Ram, Dodge, and several others is searching for a new CEO to replace Carlos Tavares. The company is considering a leadership change after Taveres’ contract expires in 2026. The move comes as Stellantis looks to revamp brand sales in the US, its biggest profit market, as it falls behind rivals. Stellantis Chairman John Elkann confirmed to Bloomberg News on Monday that the company is indeed searching for a new CEO. The company added that the decision is a regular part of its succession planning. Sources familiar with the matter said the chairman is unhappy with performance in North America, where sales have slipped. Stellantis’ US sales crashed 21% in Q2 after falling 10% in the first three months of 2024. Ram (-26%) and Dodge (-16%) sales are both down by double-digits this year, while Jeep (-9%) and Chrysler (-9%) are also down significantly compared to last year. Total US brand sales are down 16% through the first half of 2024. Several Stellantis brands, including Jeep, Ram, and Dodge, are …

Tragedy as man, 33, dies in hospital after horror M6 crash

Tragedy as man, 33, dies in hospital after horror M6 crash

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A man has tragically died in hospital following a horror crash on the M6 that left him with severe head injuries. Emergency services raced to the southbound carriageway between junctions 33 and 32 at Billsborough at around 2pm on Monday (July 22). Lancashire Constabulary said that a Seat Altea car had left the carriageway and ‘rolled several times’. A stretch of the M6 was fully closed off as police, firefighters and paramedics responded to the incident. The driver, who is from Carlisle, was taken to hospital with severe head injuries, LancsLive reports. READ MORE: Teenager fighting for life following crash In an update issued this morning (July 24), police said the man sadly died yesterday (Tuesday). A file will be prepared and passed to HM Coroner in due course. A woman in her 20s and two children who were passengers in the car, were taken to hospital for treatment and have since been discharged. Another passenger, a woman in her 60s, remains in hospital. Detective Sergeant Helen Parkinson of Lancashire Police’s Serious Collision Investigation Unit, …

Man arrested over A61 crash that killed six – as police appeal for witnesses who saw Porsche | UK News

Man arrested over A61 crash that killed six – as police appeal for witnesses who saw Porsche | UK News

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A man has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving over a crash that killed six people, including two children. The crash between a Ford Focus carrying a family and a motorbike with a husband and wife riding it happened on the A61 between Wakefield and Barnsley just before 4pm on Sunday. Police have appealed for anyone who saw a grey coloured Porsche 911 in the area around the time of the collision to come forward. Shane Roller, 33, his 30-year-old partner Shannen Morgan and their daughters Rubie and Lillie Morgan-Roller, aged nine and four, were killed in the crash. A GoFundMe page set up for their surviving daughter, who is understood not to have been with them at the time, reached more than £340,000 by Wednesday afternoon. The page, set up by family friend Paul Hepple, said the 11-year-old had “lost her whole world in an instant” and that he had been looking after her since the tragedy. But Mr Hepple said she is going to be staying with her “amazing, …