Tesla’s Cybertruck, a pickup truck that looks like a high school science assignment, has managed to find rich customers who want to be different. We are talking about a vehicle designed not for aesthetic concerns, but for the owner’s need to be noticed. (Hello to Kim Kardashian, who goes for coffee in her Cybertruck)
But we have another expectation for vehicles in 2024: That it works. Tesla first halted orders and deliveries due to a problem with the accelerator pedal and then recalled all Cybertrucks.
As a result, Tesla shares continue to lose altitude. Recalling 3,878 vehicles for Cybertruck, which set a sales target of 250,000 but only found 4,000 customers, was not nice. There are 4 people left on the internet who don’t joke about both Cybertruck and those who bought it. Even Deloreans, made famous by the movie Back to the Future, sold more than Cybertruck.
Great news, quietly announced!
There are different categories of being a good driver. Driving in traffic, driving on a long road or parking. In the past, these abilities included ‘knowing the road/address’. Not anymore. Why is that? Because maps and navigation apps are in our lives. Before these apps, which quietly added great value to our lives, ‘getting lost’ was a part of our lives. A never-ending getting lost due to individuals who accept saying ‘I don’t know’ even though they absolutely don’t know the address we ask for.
In this way, map apps have become the rarest part of smartphones. We have all the time we lost in the past. (And what did we do with that time? We watched TV series season after season)
Now for the good news: code discovered in the beta version of Google Maps shows that the app can detect a user’s location via a satellite connection. This could be a real lifesaver if you’re in a spot where you can’t access cellular data.
Another victim of Instagram!
Hawaii’s ‘Stairway to Heaven’ may have survived World War II. But that doesn’t mean the famous structure can cope with Instagram tourists.
Climbing the stairs that give access to the radio antenna at the summit has been banned by law since 1987. However, the view from the top is mesmerizing and, more importantly, looks great on Instagram stories, which resulted in the ban not being ‘stuck’.
This situation posed a danger to those climbing the stairs and negatively affected the quality of life of the locals. So the mayor decided to dismantle the stairs. The process will take 6 months, cost 2.5 million dollars, and the local community will suffer greatly during the operation. But apparently none of this is as big a problem as dealing with influencers.
Watch that ad!
YouTube has replaced television for many. It has made viewing habits extraordinarily individualized and democratic. People who use it to watch a program on TV, learn how to play an instrument, stay in the football loop by watching the live stream of the end of a match, listen to a lecture on a lesson they don’t understand at school, watch a gamer playing a game, wonder about the lives of treasure seekers, watch US police chase footage like a movie, accompany the life of a truck driver or a veterinarian are the result of YouTube meaning something different for everyone.
YouTube has a reasonable expectation in return: No ad blockers. According to the latest decision, those who use third-party ad blockers may experience “buffering issues” or playback errors. For those who don’t want to watch ads, my humble suggestion would be to buy a Premium family package.
