Those who grew up watching the original "Transformers" cartoons on TV in the '80s knew Optimus Prime as an alien machine that could turn into a red-and-blue Class 8 flat-nose truck able to pull an ...

Tesla stock has risen 134% over the past three years, as investors look to what's next beyond selling cars to consumers. Investors are optimistic about Tesla’s push into AI-powered services, including ...

After Tesla Inc. reported sales of its EVs had fallen for a second consecutive year, CEO Elon Musk last week announced plans to discontinue production of the Model S and X at a California plant to ...

Elon Musk admitted on Tesla’s Q4 2025 earnings call today that the company doesn’t have any Optimus robots doing useful work in its factories right now. This is a striking admission, given that Musk ...

Elon Musk says that Tesla is planning to make its Optimus robots available for sale by the end of 2027. The Tesla CEO says that Optimus will be able to perform any task in a reliable and safe manner.

TL;DR: At CES 2026, Sandisk introduced the Sandisk Optimus SSD line, rebranding former WD Blue and WD_BLACK drives. The Optimus GX targets gamers with high-performance PCIe Gen5 SSDs, while the ...

In late 2023, storage company Western Digital announced plans to split itself into two companies. One, which would still be called Western Digital, would focus on spinning hard drives, which are no ...

The Optimus family will be segmented into three lines: elite-performing Optimus GX Pro SSDs, gaming-oriented Optimus GX drives, and Optimus SSDs. Since 2004, I have worked on PCMag’s hardware team, ...

When Tesla demonstrated its humanoid robot Optimus at its autopilot technology showcase in Miami in early December 2025, it was a sensation, but not for the reasons the company hoped. Recorded at the ...

A Tesla Inc. Optimus robot displayed at the company's Experience and Service Center in Gurugram, India, on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. Tesla this month has appointed Sharad Agarwal as the automaker's ...

Tesla’s Optimus humanoid robots still need plenty of help from a human teleoperator who’s hidden from view. During a flashy event on a Hollywood movie studio lot in October 2024, for instance, an army ...

Watch Tesla's Optimus robot fall over while removing a phantom headset. Credit: CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images A bizarre video of one of Tesla's Optimus robots appearing to malfunction and ...