I drove a $400,000 Rolls-Royce and a $140,000 Mercedes and found what the extra $260,000 gets you

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The Mercedes-Benz S-Class and Rolls-Royce Ghost.
I tested the Mercedes-Benz S-Class (top) and Rolls-Royce Ghost.

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  • Is a $400,000 Rolls-Royce really that much better than a $140,000 Mercedes?
  • I drove both luxury cars to find out. 
  • The Mercedes S-Class sedan is nice — but the Rolls-Royce Ghost is even more comfortable and luxurious. 

Before I drove one, I couldn't quite fathom why somebody would spend close to a half-million dollars

Rivian CEO says he wouldn't buy the Cybertruck — but has owned multiple Teslas and thinks Elon Musk is the 'dominant player' in his company's next act

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RJ Scaringe

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  • Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe spoke with GQ magazine about Tesla, the UAW, and more.
  • Scaringe talked about the next phase of Rivian and his competition.
  • He said he wouldn't own a Cybertruck, but that Tesla will be the one to beat with his next platform.

Despite owning multiple Teslas, Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe said he wouldn't buy the Cybertruck. But Scaringe knows Tesla is the

OpenAI's 'unreasonable claims' exhaust AI-ethics researchers

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Ali Alkhatib, an independent AI-ethics researcher

Ali Alkhatib

  • Ali Alkhatib, an AI-ethics researcher, says large AI systems should not work for everything.
  • Companies make grand claims about what their models can do, but this can cause significant harm.
  • The nonconsensual power dynamics in which big AI is produced risk degrading the internet.

AI ethicists are exhausted. The meteoric rise of companies

Apple has a stunning stranglehold over Gen Z — and it'll pay off for decades to come

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Of the teenagers who have smartphones, nearly 90% have iPhones, a new survey from Piper Sandler says. That's a huge hold on the market — and it's likely to pay dividends for Apple for years.

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  • Apple products are super-popular among US teenagers, a new Piper Sandler survey says.
  • Researchers found many teens have the iPhone and the Apple Watch — and also use Apple Pay.
  • Still