Stories by Alex Diaz

[caption id="attachment_74026" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] The closing frame of the video American Airlines posted on X to announce Starlink across its mainline fleet. Credit: American Airlines/X[/caption] American Airlines will install SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet on every jet in its mainline fleet, more than 1,000 Airbus and Boeing narrowbodies and widebodies, with work starting in early 2027,...

[caption id="attachment_74023" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Elon Musk and President Donald Trump beside a Tesla Cybertruck outside the White House, in a photo the White House shared Thursday. Credit: The White House/X[/caption] Trump presented the medal to Musk at the White House "Science: A New Golden Age" summit on Thursday, Oct. 8, the White House said this...

[caption id="attachment_74020" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] KLM released this image with its announcement of free Starlink Wi-Fi on intercontinental flights. Credit: KLM[/caption] KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has picked SpaceX's Starlink to deliver free high-speed Wi-Fi on its intercontinental flights starting in mid-2027, the Amsterdam-based carrier announced on its 107th anniversary, and Elon Musk welcomed the deal on...

[caption id="attachment_74015" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] The first drawing in Tesla's patent application shows tactile sensors on a robot hand's thumb (102A), palm (102B) and index finger (102C). Credit: Tesla patent US20260310299A1 via SETI Park/X[/caption] Tesla has applied for a U.S. patent on soft touch sensors that wrap around a robot hand's thumb, palm and fingers, in...

[caption id="attachment_74012" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Lemonade's HW3 graphic, posted as Teslas with Hardware 3 became eligible for its FSD insurance discount. Credit: Lemonade/Shai Wininger via X[/caption] Lemonade is now cutting insurance costs for Tesla Hardware 3 owners, taking 30% off every mile driven on FSD (Supervised) v14 Lite in Arizona, Colorado and Tennessee, co-founder Shai Wininger...

[caption id="attachment_74010" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Democratic Party lawmaker Jang Jong-tae questions Tesla Korea during the National Assembly Land, Infrastructure and Transport Committee audit on Oct. 8. Credit: Tsla Chan/X (via National Assembly / MBC broadcast)[/caption] Tesla Korea CEO Seo Young-deuk told South Korea's National Assembly on Thursday that only about 45,000 of the country's roughly 230,000...

[caption id="attachment_70567" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Starship venting on the pad at Starbase during propellant loading, the kind of fuel demand SpaceX says trucks can't keep up with. Credit: SpaceX.[/caption] Florida regulators have approved the tariff for Coastal Connect Services, a SpaceX subsidiary that plans to build a 32.4-mile natural gas pipeline in Brevard County to feed...

[caption id="attachment_73994" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Image: Grok Bot/X[/caption] Grok Bot can now search, read and monitor X on its own, the official @bot account announced on Wednesday, October 7, giving SpaceXAI's desktop assistant direct access to posts on the platform without users having to connect anything first. The announcement itself was one line, "Grok Bot can...

[caption id="attachment_73981" align="alignnone" width="1024"] A SpaceX Cargo Dragon departs the space station in June. Credit: NASA[/caption] NASA and SpaceX are targeting 6:33 a.m. EDT (3:33 a.m. PT) on Tuesday, October 13, for CRS-35, SpaceX's 35th cargo resupply mission to the International Space Station. A Falcon 9 will launch the Cargo Dragon from Space Launch Complex...

At long last, Ship 40 has made its much-anticipated return home to Starbase, Texas. The scorched Starship upper stage arrived on Wednesday, October 7, riding on the deck of the heavy-lift vessel Forte, 75 days after it splashed down in the Indian Ocean. https://twitter.com/JerryPikePhoto/status/2107861209563165181 Ship 40 flew on Starship Flight 13 on July 24 and...

Tesla has started rolling out software update 2026.33.5 in the United States, and this one build carries two versions of Full Self-Driving (Supervised): FSD v14.3 Lite for older HW3 cars and FSD v14.3.11 for HW4 vehicles. The Lite build first showed up on Tuesday evening, when the Whole Mars FSD Database spotted FSD 14.3 Lite...

Royal Air Maroc said on October 7, 2026, that it has selected Starlink to bring next-generation inflight Wi-Fi to its passengers, making the Casablanca-based carrier the first African airline to offer SpaceX’s high-speed, low-latency connectivity onboard, starting in 2027. https://twitter.com/Starlink/status/2107843172034609491 Starlink amplified the same announcement, saying passengers and crew onboard Royal Air Maroc will soon...

Tes la Europe said on October 7, 2026, that the Model Y was the best-selling passenger vehicle in all five Nordic markets in September — Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden — with more than one in four new cars registered in Norway a Model Y. https://twitter.com/teslaeurope/status/2107823867058352292 The regional account put the sweep in one...

Tesla Europe on Wednesday said "FSD Supervised is ready" for winter, sharing a 4-minute video of the driver-assistance system navigating snow-covered curves in Europe, followed by footage of testing in Switzerland. The first post, published just after 4 am Wednesday, shows a Tesla driving through heavy snow with the in-car visualization reading "Full Self-Driving (Supervised)...

SpaceX has secured FCC approval to deploy and operate 15,000 next-generation satellites for Starlink Mobile, giving the company a regulatory path to turn its direct-to-cell service into a full competitor to AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon. The FCC granted SpaceX's application in part this week in order DA 26-1078, adopted and released October 6, 2026, after...