Here s what s going on in tech.
Tesla Master Plan 2 watch: Tesla changes its website address from teslamotors.com to tesla.com — perhaps a hint of Elon Musk s upcoming master plan. He said on Twitter today that he will try to finish the plan tonight.
Will be working at Tesla on Autopilot & Model 3 today, then aiming to pull an all-nighter and complete the master product plan
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 19, 2016
Tech and politics:
- YouTube was live-streaming the Republican National Convention and the comments got ugly fast, causing them to be disabled, at least for a while.
- Pew survey: Donald Trump s social media posts get more attention than Hillary Clinton s (or Bernie Sanders — the survey was taken in May).
Google transparency report: Government requests for user data hit a high in second half of 2015.
More venture capital numbers confirm that startup deal activity is down.
Nintendo s market cap has doubled since the launch of Pokémon Go, surpassing Sony s market value.
U.S. joins case over Facebook data transfers from Europe. (The case sparked the invalidation of the Safe Harbor data-transfer agreement; here s our past coverage.)
Photo: Tesla Motors delivers the Model S to its first buyers in China on April 23, 2014. Tesla CEO Elon Musk has promised to unveil a new master plan for his company. (AFP/Getty Images)
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