My Tesla FSD diary: 5 months of curiosity, amazement, shock, and embarrassment

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Alistair Barr, author of Business Insider's Tech Memo newsletter, stands beside his red Tesla Model 3 Performance
Alistair Barr, author of Business Insider's Tech Memo newsletter, stands beside his Tesla Model 3 Performance.

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  • Regularly using Tesla's Full Self-Driving software revealed highs and lows.
  • The software is an advanced driver-assistance system, not fully autonomous technology.
  • Tesla plans a robotaxi service in Austin with fully autonomous software in June.

When I picked up my

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Parents: Check out these new parental controls for Nintendo Switch 2

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Two small children wearing Nintendo merch play a new Switch 2 game in front of large monitors.

As Nintendo gears up to launch the new Switch 2, the gaming giant is also revamping its parental controls.

Parents will be getting more control of in-game communications, necessitated by the console's brand new GameChat, an upcoming social feature for Switch 2 users that allows players to communicate directly using voice or video chat and share their screens as they play. For accounts under the

Trump gifts a large key to Elon Musk in Oval Office goodbye, says work of DOGE 'geniuses' will continue

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President Donald Trump gifts Elon Musk a key during a White House event on May 30, 2025.
President Donald Trump gifts Elon Musk a key during a White House event on May 30, 2025.

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  • Trump lavished praise on Musk at an event marking the official end of the Tesla CEO's time as a special government employee.
  • Musk has been the face of Trump's effort to reduce government spending.
  • Trump gifted Musk a key and said DOGE's work would continue.

It was a praise-filled display

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Inside Amazon's radical redo of the 'Everything Store'

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Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during an Amazon Devices launch event in New York City.
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy speaks during an Amazon Devices launch event in New York City.

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Hello, and welcome to your weekly dose of Big Tech news and insights. I'm your host, Alistair Barr. My dog Maisie came through her surgery. That cost thousands of dollars. How

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Millennium has hired two heavy-hitter PMs for its credit-trading business

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Israel "Izzy" Englander runs the Wall Street's largest hedge fund by headcount. He's added several marquee credit traders to his stable in recent months.

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  • Millennium has hired two marquee credit portfolio managers.
  • It has hired Laurion partner Jonathan Grau and Brevan Howard PM Christopher Reich, sources said.
  • Credit strategies have been highly sought after in
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Disney has a new weapon in the streaming wars

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Disney+ Perks gives customers another reason to stay subscribed, as do hit shows like "Bluey."

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  • Disney has found creative ways to support its flagship streamer.
  • The company is thinking outside the box with its new Disney+ Perks program.
  • An employee who worked on the program said the goal is to prevent cancellations.

Disney has a new idea to keep customers from canceling Disney+: perks.

In

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I spent 4 nights at The Blue Mansion. Staying in the famous museum was incredible, but I wouldn't do it again.

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Cheong Fatt Tze, The Blue Mansion in Malaysia with cobalt-blue exterior, covered porch, trees out front
My husband and I stayed at The Blue Mansion, a famous museum and hotel in Malaysia.

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  • The Blue Mansion is a museum and hotel in Malaysia. In many ways, staying there is a VIP experience.
  • I really enjoyed my meals. Plus, being able to sleep inside somewhere so historic felt incredible.
  • However, the old hotel had drawbacks and I didn't like pushing through crowds to get in and out.

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