Dayvid Figler

Jan 14, 2025 | omahadailyrecord.com | Daniel Rothberg |Dayvid Figler

Reporting HighlightsThe Vegas Loop: Elon Musk’s Boring Company is constructing a planned 68-mile tunnel system beneath Las Vegas where drivers will ferry passengers around the urban core in Teslas. Less Regulation: Despite its size, the project, because it’s privately funded, has not gone through the vetting typical of public transit systems, including lengthy governmental studies.

Jan 13, 2025 | popsci.com | Daniel Rothberg |Dayvid Figler

The project is also realizing Musk’s notion of how government officials should deal with entrepreneurs: avoid lengthy reviews before building and instead impose fines later if anything goes awry.

Jan 11, 2025 | gizmodo.com | Daniel Rothberg |Dayvid Figler

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Elon Musk’s Boring Company spent years pitching cities on a novel solution to traffic, an underground transportation system to whisk passengers through tunnels in electric vehicles. Proposals in Illinois and California fizzled after officials and the public began scrutinizing details of the plans and seeking environmental reviews.

Jan 11, 2025 | flipboard.com | Daniel Rothberg |Dayvid Figler

10 hours agoApple has different sales strategies for its regular iPhones and the Pro handsets: the regular models will stay in the range for several years, but if you want the Pro, you need to buy it in the 12 months after it’s released, and then it’s gone. However, in a surprisingly early move, Apple just …

Jan 9, 2025 | citywatchla.com | Daniel Rothberg |Dayvid Figler

ENVIRONMENT -  This story was originally published by ProPublica.   Elon Musk’s Boring Company spent years pitching cities on a novel solution to traffic, an underground transportation system to whisk passengers through tunnels in electric vehicles. Proposals in Illinois and California fizzled after officials and the public began scrutinizing details of the plans and seeking environmental reviews.