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☆ Some Cybertruck owners report getting red warning screen alerts within days of taking delivery
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Some Cybertruck owners are reporting issues they say occurred shortly after delivery. AdvertisementSome Cybertruck owners are taking to the internet to report issues with their new Tesla pickup truck. Multiple owners have reported the same issueAt least five others who identified themselves as Cybertruck owners online have posted that they had seen the same warning screen. One Cybertruck owner on a Cybertruck owners forum said they'd seen the warning message, but had less success resetting the vehicle. It's not the only issue Cybertruck owners are flagging online — owners have also pointed out issues with the ADAS system and charging.

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☆ I owned the Fisker Ocean. It was a nightmare.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Earlier this year, YouTuber Marques Brownlee said the Fisker Ocean was the "worst car I've ever reviewed." I thought the Fisker Ocean was a great option, based on the price and a nice marketing message around the sustainability of the vehicle. I reported the issue to Fisker right away and I struggled to get them to come out and service it. FiskerAt first, Fisker sent out a roadside assistance guy to jump the car and the car wouldn't jump. Regarding the owner's seat-sensor issue, the Fisker spokesperson said the seat sensor was a "routine fix for some early vehicles."

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☆ Apple exec reminds us that the original iPhone was way smaller than you remember
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Joz said people thought the iPhone was huge back then, but now the iPhone 15 has a massive display. Advertisement"Go back and look at the original iPhone," Joz said in the interview. "And now you look at this you know, massive beautiful display and edge to edge, it's just pretty damn sweet, Brian," Joz said, referring to his iPhone 15 (the marketing exec naturally took the opportunity to say the iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Max were his top three iPhones). In comparison to the original iPhone, the iPhone 15 Pro Max is nearly double its size, with a 6.69-inch screen frame. Later that same year, a factory-sealed 4GB original iPhone fetched $190,372.80 at auction — more than 317 times the original price tag.

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☆ The Tesla Cybertruck can be difficult to maneuver, auto expert says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementAuto expert Sandy Munro took a Tesla Cybertruck on a mini road trip and had one main complaint — the truck can be difficult to maneuver at times. Instead, Tesla has a rearview camera that displays on the truck's massive infotainment system. The auto expert is far from the first to express frustration with backing up in the Cybertruck. "A camera feed constantly runs on the center screen, but I still checked the rearview mirror out of habit every few minutes." "You have to be cognizant all the time that this is a big truck," Munro said of the Cybertruck.

Persons: Sandy Munro, —, Tesla, Munro, I've, Pharrell Williams, Clint Simone, Edmunds, MotorTrend, Scott Evans, Marques Brownlee Organizations: Service, Ford Locations: CybertruckATX, Grand Rapids , Michigan

☆ Look closely: Tesla's video celebrating a Mustang EV using its Supercharger hides a potential pain point for other drivers
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

15,000+ Tesla superchargers available for non-Teslas with an adapter starting todayOn the downside: Did you catch it? Many automakers have switched to Tesla's charging technology over the past year. Tesla's charging network is one of its biggest advantages over EV rivals — from faster and more accessible charging stations to more amenities. Non-Tesla EV owners can charge at updated Superchargers that have a Magic Dock adapter. On Thursday, Tesla opened V3 chargers to Ford owners who can use a NACS adapter supplied by Ford, according to Tesla's website.

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☆ Tech YouTuber says Tesla's refreshed Model 3 is more luxurious: 'It kind of feels like a mini Model S'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

YouTuber Marques Brownlee gave Tesla's updated Model 3 a glowing review. Brownlee called the EV a "mini Model S" and said it was more luxurious than the original Model 3. The refreshed Model 3, also called the Model 3 Highland, hit the US last month. AdvertisementTech YouTuber Marques Brownlee tested out Tesla's updated Model 3 and gave a glowing review. Tesla first announced the refreshed Model 3 — unofficially called the Model 3 Highland — in 2023.

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☆ Top tech YouTuber breaks down the Tesla Cybertruck's 'ridiculous' windshield wiper and tricky door handles
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Brownlee also said he appreciated the high level of visibility in the truck, which has a massive windshield. "It feels way more nimble in parking lots and it feels like it shrinks the wheelbase, the whole dimensions of the truck," Brownlee said. The Cybertruck doesn't have any door handles — a feature that some new Cybertruck owners appeared to struggle with during the delivery event. Brownlee expressed some concerns about the lack of door handles on the Cybertruck.

Persons: YouTuber Marques Brownlee, he's, Tesla, —, Brownlee, I'm, Marques Brownlee, Elon Musk Organizations: Service, YouTube Locations: California

☆ Disappointed Tesla fans took aim at the Cybertruck over its 'cringe' launch, with one even saying their 'dream got crushed' by its unexpected price hike
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Cybertruck will start at $60,990, tens of thousands more than what Tesla promised in 2019. It was the opposite, horrible launch event, disappointing range, almost abusive pricing considering what was promised," wrote one Tesla fan on Reddit . "For me, this potential purchase was always always about two things, setting aside the design: range & price. The company is offering a "range extender" which it says will bring the Cybertruck closer to its promised range. Prominent tech YouTuber Marques Brownlee also criticized the discrepancy between what Tesla promised in 2019 and what it is offering now.

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☆ Top tech YouTuber says Tesla's Cybertruck is 'straight up not delivering' on Elon Musk's promises
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Marques Brownlee said Tesla is "straight up not delivering" on its promised specs. Tesla delivered around a dozen Cybertrucks on Thursday. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. "Tesla Cybertruck is notably the first time that Tesla is straight up not delivering on some of the key specs they promised," Brownlee wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter. The top tier version of the Cybertruck can also go from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 2.6 seconds.

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☆ Blue texting bubbles are coming to this Android phone — but there's a catch
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The Nothing Phone 2 will soon give Android users the option to communicate with Apple's iMessage. It works by asking you to log into your iCloud account through a Mac mini server farm, drawing security concerns. If messaging services are dividing phone users, then we want to break those barriers down. AdvertisementWhile a simple switch from green to blue bubbles might sound trivial, there really is an existing communication barrier for some Android users, especially when most of the people they talk to have iPhones. Business Insider previously spoke to Android users in their 20s who said they had received criticism and mean comments about their phone choice.

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☆ Now this is helpful: The iPhone 15's new charger can do a 'handshake' with other iPhone 15s and help charge whichever smartphone is low on battery
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The iPhone 15 features a USB-C port instead of the Lightning port which has been standard for more than decade. YouTuber Marques Brownlee says the new port lets the iPhone 15 transfer battery power to older iPhones. iPhone 15 devices can also communicate with each other to figure out which has a lower battery level, he said. AdvertisementAdvertisementInsider also tested this feature by plugging in the iPhone 15 Pro to an iPhone 13 Pro and noticed that the iPhone 15 Pro acted as a power bank and automatically started charging the iPhone 13. When Insider connected the iPhone 15 Pro to the iPhone 15, the two devices performed a handshake to recognize that the iPhone 15 had a much higher battery charge, and the iPhone 15 then started charging the iPhone 15 Pro.

Persons: YouTuber Marques Brownlee, Marques Brownlee, Brownlee Organizations: Service, Apple, European Union, EU Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ Popular tech YouTuber finds the iPhone beats out Android in a head-to-head comparison, but says it's impossible to declare an 'objective winner'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Prominent tech reviewer and YouTuber MKBHD weighed in on the age-old Apple vs. Android debate. This video comes after Instagram head Adam Mosseri reignited the debate by declaring Android better. To figure out your own personal winner, Brownlee suggested viewers give each of the 7 categories a rating from 1 to 5 based on how much they care about it. Then, based on the earlier head-to-head, viewers should add up the scores they gave all of the iPhone-won categories and the scores they gave to the Android-won categories. AdvertisementAdvertisementFollowing this weighted system, Brownlee found his personal winner was Android, which he said he uses as his main device while also using an iPhone.

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☆ Tesla's Supercharger Cables Are Too Short for Some Other Electric Cars
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-18 | by ( Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Tesla began to open some of its exclusive Supercharging stations to other electric vehicles earlier this year. But the cords are designed for Teslas, meaning that owners of some other cars need to use two spaces to plug in. There's just one kink that Elon Musk hasn't ironed out: The charging cables, which were designed for Teslas, aren't long enough to comfortably accommodate some other cars. That poses a problem when other electric cars, which may have their charging ports elsewhere, try to charge up. Tesla owners sometimes experience long lines at charging stations, particularly during popular travel times.

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☆ 'Android's now better than iOS': Instagram boss weighs in on the age-old iPhone vs. Android debate
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Instagram head Adam Mosseri said Android is "now better" than Apple's iOS. Which is better: iPhone or Android? "Android's now better than iOS," Mosseri posted on Threads in response to tech YouTuber Marques Brownlee, aka MKBHD, who had asked for people's best tech "hot takes." Both Android and iOS have been wildly successful since the introduction of the first iPhone and Android phones in 2007 and 2008, respectively. As of the first quarter of 2023, Apple held an estimated 52% US smartphone market share, with Samsung the runner-up with a 27% share.

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☆ People who were whisked away in golf carts to try out Apple's $3,500 headset are calling it 'magic' that is 'still searching for a purpose'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Following the announcement of Apple's Vision Pro headset at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, some attendees were whisked away in golf carts to a location on the company's campus to try out the new headset. Many noted the device's display screens were impressive (each have a more-than 4K resolution) and its hand-eye scrolling and tapping functions were responsive and worked mostly smoothly. YouTuber Brownlee said the most impressive thing about the headset was the device's internal eye-tracking technology, calling the experience "telepathic." The Verge's Patel was impressed by the device's display, which he said was "easily the highest-resolution VR display I have ever seen," and its "video passthrough" technology — the device's display adjusting to show a person who is talking to you in-person or your surroundings. "The most perfect headset demo reel of all time is still just a headset demo reel — whether Apple's famed developer community can generate a killer app for the Vision Pro is still up in the air," The Verge's Patel wrote.

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☆ Video Shows Google's 'Magic Window' for Meetings in Action
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Sindhu Sundar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

YouTuber Marques Brownlee filmed what it's like to use Google's 3D video chat device. Google unveiled the tech, dubbed "Project Starline," back in 2021 with pictures showing the "magic window" for meetings. Brownlee's video actually shows what it's like to use Google's latest prototype for the technology. The video by Brownlee actually shows what it's like to use the technology — Google has previously shown images and animations. "The magic of this is twofold — it's the display and the computing happening," he said in the video.

☆ Google Bard is already behind in the AI wars with OpenAI and Microsoft
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-23 | by ( Hasan Chowdhury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Google Bard, the search firm's answer to ChatGPT, has underwhelmed early testers. Users in the US and UK trying out the AI chatbot find it pales in comparison to OpenAI's tech. The makers of the Twofer Goofer word puzzle found ChatGPT was much better at solving the brainteasers than Google's Bard. It's possible that the company does have a super impressive AI tool up its sleeve. Insider's Hugh Langley reported earlier in March that Google employees are testing a more intelligent version of Bard, nicknamed "Big Bard."

☆ There's one big problem with Tesla's plan to open its exclusive Supercharger network: The cords aren't long enough for other EVs
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-08 | by ( Tim Levin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Tesla opened up some of its exclusive Supercharging stations to rival electric vehicles. But the cords are designed for Teslas, meaning that owners of some other cars need to use two spaces. Early this month, Tesla opened a handful of its roughly 1,700 US charging stations to non-Tesla vehicles. (Tesla designed its own charging connector, while the rest of the industry uses a different standard.) Tesla owners sometimes experience long lines at charging stations, particularly during popular travel times.

☆ A YouTuber charged a non-Tesla EV at a Supercharger and it 'descended into chaos'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Marques Brownlee took his Rivian R1T to a Supercharger that had just been opened to non-Teslas. He said non-Tesla EVs sometimes took up multiple parking spots due to their charging port locations. The YouTuber said the charging station makes his Rivian a better car, but cuts into Tesla's advantage. Youtuber Marques Brownlee took his Rivian R1T to a Tesla Supercharger in rural New York last week and he said on Twitter that the visit "descended into chaos" when other non-Tesla drivers showed up as well. The billionaire agreed to begin opening up some of the electric-car maker's Superchargers to non-Tesla owners earlier this year.

☆ A couple took an electric car on a 1,500 mile road trip. They had to stop 12 times and forgo heat due to their range anxiety.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-14 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

An Axios reporter took a Kia EV6 on a 1,500 mile road trip. She and her husband stopped to charge the car 12 times over the course of the trip from Michigan to Florida. Axios reporter Joann Muller said her husband took the electric car on a 1,500 mile road trip — she joined him part-way through — to see if the US is truly ready for mass EV adoption. While EV range continues to improve, charging infrastructure still poses a major hurdle for electric-vehicle adoption. Earlier this year, the Biden Administration rolled out a $5 billion funding plan to improve EV charging infrastructure.

☆ 12 AI tools that could transform the creator economy and influencer marketing, according to industry experts
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

AI tools could be helpful for content creators to streamline processes like copywriting and editing. Insider asked 16 creator-economy experts to highlight the most promising AI tools for creators. Ollie Forsyth, global community manager at VC fund Antler, put together a landscape of generative AI startups with his team. "Simply put, generative AI tools provide creators a magic wand to create enchanting content." Here are 12 AI startups that creator-economy experts recommended, listed in alphabetical order:

☆ 12 AI startups that could change how creators make content, according to industry experts
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

☆ Tesla owners who just want a normal steering wheel on their Model S and Model X get their wish
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-07 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Tesla's Model S/X owners will have the option to replace the yoke steering wheel with a round one. The move comes after Tesla car owners complained about the learning curve of the box wheel. Starting in March, Tesla owners can replace their current steering wheels for $700. Unlike a conventional wheel, the yoke wheel is rectangular with a tiny button for honking. The stalk — the part in conventional cars that controls core functions such as turn signals, headlights, and windshield wipers — was replaced with buttons on the steering yoke.

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