Daily Tech News 5 December 2022

• So with Elon Musk spending all his time trolling people on Twitter, his other companies are floundering, with Tesla, uh, launching its promised electric semi and blowing away all the competition. (EV Universe)
  
  There are other electric semis on the market, but the Tesla has the largest battery, the longest range, the fastest recharge time (not even close), and the highest efficiency.
  
  It takes 30 minutes to recharge to 70% capacity, and has a fully charged range of a little over 500 miles.
  
  The article analyses the test trip to dig up details like the effectiveness of the Tesla's regenerative braking and its unloaded weight.
  
  Tesla has around 1000 orders for the Semi already.
  
  
  
• Meanwhile Starlink, which already operates more satellites than everyone else in the world put together has FCC approval to triple its deployments. (Engadget / MSN)
  
  The company will be launching 7500 Gen 2 satellites. These will enable broader adoption of direct-to-orbit mobile communications.
  

• Why do many developers consider Scrum to be an evil scam? (Medium)
  
  Because it is.

  Some have called it a project management fad.

  Also true.

  People have even accused me of being a snake oil salesman, willingly pushing a scam to earn money.

  More of a Jim Jones vibe, really.
  
  
  
• If you want to covertly surveil your grad students it might be best not to start with scientists and engineers. (Vice)
  
  They fairly quickly took the monitoring devices apart, analysed the code, and found the inevitable security flaws.

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