Elon Musk
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Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla and Space X and owner of X who’s gone all-in on Republican Donald Trump’s candidacy for the White House, has already committed at least $70 million to help the former president. Now he’s pledging to give away $1 million a day to voters for signing his political action committee’s petition backing…
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The Secret Service has opened “enforcement proceedings” into Elon Musk’s assassination post — a joke, he said — earlier this week about President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Musk, the Tesla CEO and owner of X, responded Sunday to a tweet about the thwarted assassination attempt on Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump…
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Elon Musk is on track to become the world’s first trillionaire by 2027, according to a new global wealth report. Musk, 53, is currently the richest person in the world, with a net worth of $251bn (£191bn), according to Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index. However, according to Informa Connect Academy’s findings, his wealth has been growing at…
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Brazil’s ban of X amid a fight with Elon Musk over disinformation on his prized social-media site offers a cautionary message for other democracies trying to balance freedom of expression with the integrity of information ahead of elections. There’s no easy solution, including in Brazil, where the judiciary has broad powers to demand the removal…
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Elon Musk has denied claims he gifted a Tesla cybertruck to the Russian general and Chechen warlord Ramzan Kadyrov. The billionaire responded to Ukrainian official Anton Gerashchenko, who posted apparent footage on X of the warlord receiving the vehicle. According to Mr Gerashchenko, the warlord said he would send the vehicle, on which he appears…
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Elon Musk’s X is fighting back against what his firm says in an illegal cartel of ad agencies seeking to close down key media outlets. Linda Yaccarino, the CEO of X, said in a letter to advertisers Tuesday the company has filed a lawsuit against GARM (Global Alliance for Responsible Media) and its members after…
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A Tesla shareholder filed a lawsuit on Thursday (May 30) accusing CEO Elon Musk of insider trading when he sold over US$7.5 billion of shares of the electric car maker in late 2022, saying the billionaire entrepreneur sold the shares before potentially disappointing production and delivery numbers were made public. Shareholder Michael Perry, in the…
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Elon Musk has announced further changes to social media platform X that will see certain accounts get premium features for free. The tech billionaire, writing on the platform formerly known as Twitter, said all accounts with more than 2,500 verified subscriber followers would be able to access features that usually cost $8 (£6.30) a month.…
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Elon Musk has been ordered to testify for a third time in the probe into his takeover of Twitter, now known as X. US magistrate judge Laurel Beeler issued an order on Saturday night after Musk failed to appear before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the arranged date. The judge said Musk “did not appear”…
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Elon Musk has announced the launch of Starlink Direct-to-Phone satellites. Musk shared a video on X on Wednesday and wrote, “First launch of Starlink Direct-to-Phone satellites.” Musk also reshared the ‘SpaceX’ post and wrote, “This will allow for mobile phone connectivity anywhere on Earth. Note, this only supports 7 MB per beam and the beams…
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On its website this week, Tesla said that based on new guidance under the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act, its Model 3 Rear-Wheel Drive and Long-Range vehicles will lose up to US$7,500 federal tax credit from December 31. Earlier this month, the U.S. Treasury issued guidelines on new battery sourcing restrictions aimed at weaning the U.S.…
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Humankind is most likely the only species “in this part of the galaxy” with a consciousness, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk told an audience in Italy on Saturday, comparing our species to “a tiny candle in a vast darkness.” Speaking at an event organized by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Musk explained his desire to settle…
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Rocket sirens have been heard in central Israel – minutes after Joe Biden departed. The US president had a whirlwind visit where he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and said he believed Israel’s version of events surrounding the hospital blast in Gaza. Sirens have been heard in the central towns of Hod Hasharon,…
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Billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday played the popular video game Diablo IV on X to test the streaming capabilities of the social media platform he acquired last year. Musk streamed himself Monday playing Blizzard’s role-playing game and wrote: “Tested the X video game streamer system last night. It works! Will try to complete a Tier…
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Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla Inc., says a temporary limit has been made to the number of posts users can read daily on Twitter. The move seeks to tackle issues around “data and systems manipulation”, Musk, the chief technology officer (CTO) and chairman of the firm, said in a tweet on Saturday. He said verified users…
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