Tesla is changing the messaging on its cars by pulling a long-standing promise of a "Full Self-Driving" option from the order page on the company’s website, per The Verge. CEO Elon Musk tweeted the wording was causing too much confusion.
Why it matters: Cars that advertise as self-driving have misled consumers to believe that the cars are fully autonomous. Tesla cars that have a semi-autonomous driver assistance system have crashed and caused fatalities, which raises the question if enough drivers know how to operate them.
Sea level rise due primarily to global warming threatens to submerge dozens of the most culturally significant sites in the Mediterranean.
In Italy alone, at least 13 UNESCO World Heritage Sites are at risk, according to a study published this week in Nature Communications.
Why it matters: UNESCO designates cultural World Heritage Sites for places that represent cultural traditions or civilizations that have since disappeared. The Mediterranean region was home to several ancient civilizations, many of which flourished by the sea.
