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Someone took "drive it like you stole it" a little too literally.. @cybertruck
👀👀 FSD Supervised attach rate grew to over 75% of new vehicle deliveries in NA.
This boads well for FSD rollout internationally, as long as local capability matches what's on offer in the US and approval paths are clear.
In theory, data is the key unlock to prove safety.
Q3 Shareholder Update → ir.tesla.com
Highlights
– FSD Supervised attach rate grew to over 75% of new vehicle deliveries in NA
– Unveiled the next-gen Roadster
– Record deliveries in Canada, Australia, Japan & Taiwan
– Tesla Semi now in volume production. Top variant can go up to 500 miles at a full 82,000 lbs while achieving efficiency of 1.7 kWh/mile – about a third of the energy a comparable diesel truck burns for the same load
– Ended the quarter with the largest backlog for our passenger vehicles in 4 years!
FSD Supervised
– 4 new approvals since Q2 (Croatia, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Slovakia)
– FSD is now live in nine EU countries & used by over 100,000 customers logging more than 160 million kilometers since initial approval
Robotaxi
– Deployed Cybercab into our Austin fleet
– Hit nearly 2 million cumulative unsupervised miles, 8x growth in the quarter
– Austin service now runs 6 am to midnight, with wait times continuing to come down as we add cars & improve the orchestration algorithms
– Added Grok to Cybercab with Grok Bot & Connectors, letting you interface with your inbox, calendar, files, chats and tasks, all by voice.
Transport, office & living room in one
Robotics
– Started production of @Tesla_Optimus on our high-volume lines in Fremont.
These are the first production-quality bots we've built, proving that the current manufacturing process for Optimus is suitable for a commercial product
SI Compute
– On track for 400 MW of training compute by year end, feeding both vehicle & humanoid autonomy
– Austin Fab construction continues, equipment commissioning planned for 2027
Battery
– Battery supply is still the limiter on how fast we ramp vehicles globally, so we're expanding on every front: pack capacity in Berlin, cathode and lithium refining in Texas, LFP cells in Nevada
– Shipped the first Megapacks built entirely with our own LFP cells
– Increasing 4680 output to support ramp of Cybercab, Semi & Model Y
Energy
– Megafactory Texas is up & running, with Megapack 3 production started
– Highest-ever order rate & backlog for energy storage
Grid constraints & power availability are making Megapack the answer for SI infrastructure demand: it excels at supplying large data center loads, smooths out demand spikes, helps new projects meet grid connection rules & makes the grid itself more stable
All with less local fossil fuel generation
Supporting Infrastructure
– Added 2,100+ net new Supercharger stalls, up 14% year over year
Australia's regulatiors, pay attention (and move fast) to align regulation across states and territories, let's make our roads safer and more accessible.
We are launching the Tesla Robotaxi safety report today.
Till date, Robotaxi has driven a total of 3.3 million miles autonomously, and has had zero injuries nor airbag deployments. If the same number of miles were to be manually driven, we should expect roughly 9 injuries to the occupants or other pedestrians and 4 airbag deployments on average.
We will continue to transparently share our progress with the public using this page.
tesla.com/robotaxi/safety
RIP Google Assistant, you dumb mother trucker. Gemini is smarter, faster, stronger, better.
Gemini is coming to Google Maps navigation on CarPlay, bringing you a helpful, conversational assistant right to your in-car display. Try asking things like:
🚗 “What park is famous for gorgeous views overlooking the city?”
🌤️ “I want to go at a time when it’s not too busy and the weather will stay nice. Is now a good time?”
🧭 “Start navigating me there but make sure to avoid toll roads.”
Rolling out now everywhere Gemini is available — just tap the Gemini icon in Google Maps on your car’s display to try it on your next drive.
"one of the security firms that had reported the issues mistakenly published a video. It showed their proof of concept"..
Ok who was it ?
We have posted more information about today's security releases, including the sequence of events that led to the discovery, how the PHP security team is improving their processes, and what we need from you to continue this critical work. #php #security thephp.foundation/blog/2026/…
CloudFlare announces they added default WAF rules to protect against the PHP vulnerabilities.
Cloudflare has deployed default web application firewall (WAF) protections for newly disclosed PHP vulnerabilities before public disclosure. The rules use request and response signals to stop exploit attempts and prevent exposed data from reaching attackers. cfl.re/488w8dc
Patch.The.Planet.
🤖 Made with AI
OpenAI models helped researchers—operating as part of our Patch the Planet initiative—discover critical security flaws in PHP, an open-source programming language used to run an estimated 70% of websites.
Over the past two months, we led a coalition of maintainers, researchers, and security providers to prepare fixes and protections ahead of disclosure. This duration was necessary because the fix was quite intricate and required a major change to the PHP engine. Every site using PHP can now safely upgrade their version to stay secure, in addition to applying mitigations from various security vendors.
Due to the severity of these flaws and PHP’s widespread use, we consider this bug to be one of the most impactful vulnerabilities in recent memory. It also marks a new phase, where AI can find security bugs with internet-scale impact.
This is an example of the Defender’s Window in action: to our knowledge, frontier AI was able to find this vulnerability ahead of attackers, giving defenders time to prepare.
openai.com/index/coordinated…
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
Wiz Research wasn't the first one to discover the exploit. An independent researcher first discovered it: x.com/calif_io/statu…
Get after it.
The PHP project has released fixes for 2 critical vulnerabilities affecting servers that host PHP applications. Site owners and technical teams should confirm their hosting provider’s update plan and update PHP immediately. Versions before PHP 8.2 no longer receive security updates. These issues are not specific to WordPress, and no WordPress update is required. wp.me/pZhYe-5Gb
Seeting a new benchmark for release notes.. we now have IRL videos with overlays and chapters. Hey @bot can you help with this.
What's new in Grok Bot
00:00 New chat cards
00:31 Speed
00:53 Draft edits
01:08 Email aliases
01:33 X DMs
01:55 Tag @bot
02:31 Connectors
02:48 Voice calls
03:27 Notifications
03:56 Invites and Android Assistant
04:19 Access lists, unread, routines, sign-in
This team ships!
What's new in Grok Bot - Oct 18, 2026
What's new in Grok Bot - Oct 18, 2026
SpaceX Earnings Call starts now.
Q3 2026 Financial and Operational Results xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1PKqrNbLZ…
SpaceX moving after a positive earnings quarter.
SpaceX has just released its Q3 earnings results.
Highlights:
• Revenue: $14.58B (+161% YoY; vs. $12.7B est)
• Adjusted EBITDA: $8.81B (+306% YoY)
• Net income (GAAP): $4.40B (vs. $1.05B loss YoY)
• Capex: $19.59B (+185% YoY)
• Starlink subs: 13.6M (+89% YoY)
• Cash & marketable securities: $90B
Revenue by segment:
• Space: $1.77B (+6% YoY)
• Connectivity: $5.25B (+69% YoY)
• SI (formerly AI): $7.56B (+830% YoY)
• 1.7 GW of compute installed

































