Boston Globe tech reporter, lifelong Celtics fan, suburban dad complete with convertible and golden retriever. Current areas of interest include EVs, AI, climate tech, gadgets, cycling, and sci-fi. On Signal ampressman.76https://bsky.app/profile/ampressman.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ampressman.bsky.social/post/3mrswzi2qos2iFun and eye opening to get a test drive on the $25K Slate EV pickup truck. And now my wife wants one. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/29/business/slate-auto-ev-pickup-test-drive/?p1=HP_Feed_ContentQuery29 Jul 2026 22:12 +0000at://did:plc:wl4wputlanwrflai7cbhc4sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrswzi2qos2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ampressman.bsky.social/post/3mrnksl3adk27The next time someone wants to debate you about the actual cost of building utility scale solar or wind generation versus fossil fuels, please refer them to this annual and definitive report: Lazard’s Levelized Cost of Energy+ https://www.lazard.com/research-insights/levelized-cost-of-energyplus-lcoeplus/27 Jul 2026 18:50 +0000at://did:plc:wl4wputlanwrflai7cbhc4sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrnksl3adk27https://bsky.app/profile/ampressman.bsky.social/post/3mqmfd3hyis23Elon Musk's xAI has installed far more gas turbines without federal permits at its Colossus 2 data center project in Tennessee than it has publicly acknowledged, and the pollution is hitting predominantly Black neighborhoods the hardest, a Reuters analysis found. https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/pollution-musks-unpermitted-xai-power-project-hits-hardest-black-communities-2026-07-14/14 Jul 2026 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:wl4wputlanwrflai7cbhc4sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqmfd3hyis23https://bsky.app/profile/ampressman.bsky.social/post/3mpykwzw5f22iFascinating. The free market does not optimize for human happiness. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Jul 2026 17:01 +0000at://did:plc:wl4wputlanwrflai7cbhc4sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpykwzw5f22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ampressman.bsky.social/post/3mpyb5acpw22uA draft Treasury Department report warns risks posed by the artificial intelligence market, likening key aspects to the dotcom bubble that upended the US economy when it burst in the early 2000s... a significant departure from the Trump administration’s public tone. https://www.notus.org/economy/treasury-internal-report-warning-dangers-ai-bubble06 Jul 2026 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:wl4wputlanwrflai7cbhc4sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpyb5acpw22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ampressman.bsky.social/post/3mpqz54gdmc2iSome seriously smart kids with different ideas about AI Gen Z isn’t happy about AI. Even when mom helped invent it. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/03/business/teens-ai-apps-el-kaliouby-kids/03 Jul 2026 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:wl4wputlanwrflai7cbhc4sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpqz54gdmc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ampressman.bsky.social/post/3mp765xptbk2xSuch a big loss and a reminder that life short. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jun 2026 14:36 +0000at://did:plc:wl4wputlanwrflai7cbhc4sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp765xptbk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ampressman.bsky.social/post/3monjakaht22qVox sold @theverge.com to Penske Media, which owns titles like The Hollywood Reporter, Rolling Stone, Billboard, WWD, and Variety. That sounds like a good outcome... https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/eater-verge-sbnation-sold-penske-media-1236624828/19 Jun 2026 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:wl4wputlanwrflai7cbhc4sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3monjakaht22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ampressman.bsky.social/post/3mo4co45tus2uThe truthiness is out there... [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Jun 2026 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:wl4wputlanwrflai7cbhc4sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo4co45tus2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/ampressman.bsky.social/post/3mnxgqhyxfk2vTesla’s Robotaxi Falls Short With Long Waits and Stalled Rides The carmaker has just 59 vehicles in its fleet and is limited to three Texas cities, nowhere close to Elon Musk’s big promises. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-06-10/tesla-robotaxi-fleet-totals-just-59-vehicles-despite-musk-promises https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-06-10/tesla-robotaxi-fleet-totals-just-59-vehicles-despite-musk-promises?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc4MTA5NjI3OCwiZXhwIjoxNzgxNzAxMDc4LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUR0VWNVdLR0NUUDMwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJCRUQ0NkJGQjAwNEI0MUI4ODI0RUQ5OUVGRTEzRjVDNiJ9.UpKXDm2FvHVRGIupA87sNXSjQw3cJzWZXZer9cSnPk4&leadSource=uverify%20wall10 Jun 2026 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:wl4wputlanwrflai7cbhc4sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnxgqhyxfk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ampressman.bsky.social/post/3mnwpm27px22mClaude Fable 5 kicked me out when I asked about a sick tree in my yard, I guess for being a question about biology...but Opus 4.8 gave a pretty good, if depressing, answer.10 Jun 2026 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:wl4wputlanwrflai7cbhc4sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnwpm27px22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ampressman.bsky.social/post/3mnsxlqltc22zApple updated Watch OS 27 eligibility. Phew. https://bsky.app/profile/vicmsong.bsky.social/post/3mnsugatib22u [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jun 2026 00:41 +0000at://did:plc:wl4wputlanwrflai7cbhc4sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnsxlqltc22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ampressman.bsky.social/post/3mnsfmewkek2pThis should've been the lede to WSJ story on AI stockpicker superstar Leopold Aschenbrenner: In each market mania, new celebrity stock pickers get anointed, from Ryan Jacob and his Internet Fund during the dot-com era to Cathie Wood and her ARK Innovation ETF during the pandemic rally of 2020.08 Jun 2026 19:19 +0000at://did:plc:wl4wputlanwrflai7cbhc4sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnsfmewkek2phttps://bsky.app/profile/ampressman.bsky.social/post/3mnczxrcjvs2zTo paraphrase K2SO, it's low, very low: Elon Musk Laid Out 602 Goals. We Counted How Many He Hit. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/06/02/technology/elon-musk-promises-spacex-ipo.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/06/02/technology/elon-musk-promises-spacex-ipo.html?unlocked_article_code=1.nFA.5JbI.oCJGHUfbQ87h02 Jun 2026 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:wl4wputlanwrflai7cbhc4sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnczxrcjvs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ampressman.bsky.social/post/3mnatkrylbk2nEnjoyed getting back on the radio to talk Boston tech, and Whoop specifically, with Jeff Bussgang and host Edgar Herwick on @wgbh.org's Curiosity Desk show today. https://www.youtube.com/live/qapDRuYTH9w?si=XHts9LCmdMDP3Cd5&t=863801 Jun 2026 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:wl4wputlanwrflai7cbhc4sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnatkrylbk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/ampressman.bsky.social/post/3mmthrjxehk22Greetings Professor Falken. Shall we play a game? Kinda chilling anecdote, if you think about it, from @stevenlevy.bsky.social’s great feature on AI agents and the birth of OpenClaw. https://www.wired.com/story/how-ai-agents-plunged-tech-world-into-chaos/27 May 2026 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:wl4wputlanwrflai7cbhc4sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmthrjxehk22https://bsky.app/profile/ampressman.bsky.social/post/3mmeg5r25bs2wWorried about @theverge.com now: Murdoch made off with the crown jewels of the Vox Media empire…The remaining titles… do not throw off cash and are rooted quite firmly to the open web, which itself is cratering due to the disruption posed by artificial intelligence. https://www.adweek.com/media/vox-media-murdoch-penske-popsugar-she-media/21 May 2026 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:wl4wputlanwrflai7cbhc4sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmeg5r25bs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ampressman.bsky.social/post/3mmcu4utavk2xSpaceX IPO filing shows the company makes a ton of profit and cash flow from its Starlink internet service. Operating profit of $4.4 billion and adjusted cash flow of $7.2 billion last year. Meanwhile, space loses money on an operating basis (lots of spending for new rockets), and AI? Oh boy…20 May 2026 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:wl4wputlanwrflai7cbhc4sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmcu4utavk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ampressman.bsky.social/post/3mlombwd2xs2lBuy, buy, buy — is there enough demand for a 2-sided market? A new futures market for semiconductors will let traders hedge their artificial intelligence investments with bets on the increasingly expensive price of computing power. https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/12/new-futures-market-for-semiconductors-comes-as-ai-drives-costs-skyward.html12 May 2026 20:18 +0000at://did:plc:wl4wputlanwrflai7cbhc4sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlombwd2xs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ampressman.bsky.social/post/3mlbd4rpxcs2mWhat about the folded paper over top lip from "You must pay the rent..." bit? #Zoom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lKeGU_weY8 Kids say they can beat age checks by drawing on a fake mustache https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/05/04/kids-can-bypass-some-age-checks-with-a-drawn-on-mustache/522460107 May 2026 13:29 +0000at://did:plc:wl4wputlanwrflai7cbhc4sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbd4rpxcs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ampressman.bsky.social/post/3ml4bhpatsk2vValuable tallying of the history and all the ways you've lost privacy in your own car: The Car That Watches You Back The automobile spent a century as a machine you owned. Somewhere between the touchscreen and the cellular modem, that changed. https://nobodyaskedforthis.lol/posts/connected-car/05 May 2026 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:wl4wputlanwrflai7cbhc4sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4bhpatsk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ampressman.bsky.social/post/3mkqaqftucs2yLittle nugget via Goldman Sachs research: there have been no IPOs YTD in the Information Technology sector despite the sector representing 25% of IPOs since 1995.30 Apr 2026 18:31 +0000at://did:plc:wl4wputlanwrflai7cbhc4sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqaqftucs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ampressman.bsky.social/post/3mkq4kn6wo22pThe weird science of training, restricting and testing AI chatbots: The goblins were funny at first, but the increasing number of employee reports became concerning. https://openai.com/index/where-the-goblins-came-from/30 Apr 2026 17:16 +0000at://did:plc:wl4wputlanwrflai7cbhc4sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkq4kn6wo22phttps://bsky.app/profile/ampressman.bsky.social/post/3mkncp4hc2226Musk asked to explain who former OpenAI board member Shivon Zilis was. “Shivon was the, um, my chief of staff and, uh, you know,” Musk said. One person — presumably familiar with the fact that Zilis is the mother of a few of Musk’s kids — burst out in loud laughter. But the jury looked puzzled. https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/920191/elon-musk-sam-altman-trial-day-one29 Apr 2026 14:28 +0000at://did:plc:wl4wputlanwrflai7cbhc4sl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkncp4hc2226