Elon Musk

Judge again cans Musk's record-setting $56B Tesla package

'Even if a stockholder vote could have a ratifying effect, it could not do so here,' says Delaware Chancellor

Bootnotes03 Dec 2024 | 38

Musk seeks injunction to stop OpenAI morphing into for-profit company

Politics, electric cars, rockets, and social media not enough to keep some individuals busy

AI + ML02 Dec 2024 | 17

Musk agrees with fan that worries over orbital Starlink traffic a 'silly narrative'

Forget the 10x programmer. How about 10x satellites?

Networks25 Nov 2024 | 63

Neuralink brain chips head for the Great White North

Canadian volunteers wanted for mind-meld trials

AI + ML21 Nov 2024 | 14

Brazil hooks up with Chinese satellite broadband service that doesn't operate yet

After beefing with Elon Musk, comms minister wants to diversify product choice

Networks21 Nov 2024 | 10

Study suggests X turned right just in time for election season

Significant uptick in visibility for Musk, Republican account posts from July 13

Personal Tech20 Nov 2024 | 187

Musk, America PAC sued for allegedly rigging $1M election prize

This was pretty inevitable after its lawyers admitted in court that the giveaway wasn't random

Offbeat18 Nov 2024 | 70

Musk also wants to fight Microsoft in legal grudge match with OpenAI

House of GPT says suit is 'baseless and overreaching'

AI + ML15 Nov 2024 | 21

Tesla Cybertruck, a paragon of reliability, recalled again

And there's no OTA patching your way out of faulty drive inverter MOSFETs

Bootnotes14 Nov 2024 | 53

SpaceX Starship moved to launchpad for 6th flight test

Yes, the heat shield has been tweaked. But there's also a banana for scale

Science14 Nov 2024 | 16

Starlink finally files proper paperwork to operate in India

Government both excited and cautious about benefits of Muskband

Personal Tech14 Nov 2024 | 4

All bark, no bite? Musk's DOGE unlikely to have any real power

Comment 'Department of Government Efficiency' expected to do little more than suggest changes, Congress will still decide

Public Sector14 Nov 2024 | 194

Judge decides not to block Musk's $1M election giveaway

America PAC tells judge winners were preselected, raising a whole new set of legal questions

Legal05 Nov 2024 | 69

We know what Musk will probably dress up as this year: A victim

Updated Mr X ordered to show at Halloween hearing over election lottery as his lawyers file docs to dodge it

Offbeat31 Oct 2024 | 152

Musk, Bezos need just 90 minutes to match your lifetime carbon footprint, says Oxfam

Between jets, yachts and investments in destructive companies, billionaires are speed running the apocalypse

Off-Prem30 Oct 2024 | 87

Musk claims Cybertruck has become profitable at last

Third quarter results recharge Tesla's stock price

Personal Tech24 Oct 2024 | 46

Major publishers sue Perplexity AI for scraping without paying

We sell that to OpenAI – how dare you steal it and make stuff up

AI + ML22 Oct 2024 | 16

Musk's $1M election lottery raises serious legal concerns, says Pennsylvania governor

C'mon, do you really think ol' Elon’s handing out all that cash, day after day?

Personal Tech21 Oct 2024 | 129

Tesla FSD faces yet another probe after fatal low-visibility crash

Musk’s camera-only approach may not be a great idea after all?

Offbeat18 Oct 2024 | 124

X to allow third parties to train their AI models with social media users' data

Another raft of reasons to ponder your social media presence

Personal Tech18 Oct 2024 | 46

Server-maker Wiwynn expands $61M lawsuit against X

Finds two more reasons Musk should have known he was on the hook for datacenter kit

Legal18 Oct 2024 | 21

Elon Musk's disaster relief promises: Should we believe the hype?

Opinion When you look behind the headlines, you'll find unfulfilled commitments

Networks17 Oct 2024 | 95

Elon Musk's X isn't important enough to feel the full force of EU regulation

DMA gatekeeper status denied, meaning X can carry on without extra compliance chores

Public Sector17 Oct 2024 | 75

First time's the charm: SpaceX catches a descending Super Heavy Booster

Mechanical chopsticks on the launch tower grab a returning rocket and Starship splashes down on target

Science13 Oct 2024 | 186

Cards Against Humanity campaigns to encourage voting, expose personal data abuse

Up to $100 for planning to vote and a public smear – how is this not illegal?

Offbeat10 Oct 2024 | 125

Starlink was offered for free to those hit by Hurricane Helene. It is not entirely free

Updated And now SpaceX clarifies special promotion

Networks08 Oct 2024 | 152

Tesla trounces shareholders who alleged Autopilot was all share-pumping lies

It's easy being Elon

AI + ML02 Oct 2024 | 38

Brazilian court sprays Musk's X with more fines for returning after ban

A very expensive 2 days in September for the blocked social media platform

Personal Tech30 Sep 2024 | 20

Elon's latest X-periment: Blocked users can still stalk your public tweets

'High time this happened' says Musk

Personal Tech24 Sep 2024 | 36

Cards Against Humanity deals SpaceX a $15M lawsuit over Texas turf tangle

Land purchased to save it from Trump's border wall 'completely f*cked' by 'gravel, tractors, and space garbage'

Bootnotes23 Sep 2024 | 48

Musk dreams of launching five Starships to Mars in two years

Just like robotaxis, actual full self-driving, etc etc in just a few years

Science23 Sep 2024 | 90

SpaceX faces $663K FAA fine for Musk's alleged launch impatience

Some good news for Elon – 2,500 planes to be Starlink Wi-Fi ready as United joins the party

Public Sector17 Sep 2024 | 49

Elon Musk's assassination 'joke' bombs, internet calls for his deportation

'No one is trying' to kill Biden or Harris, mogul says after alleged second attempt on Trump's life

Offbeat16 Sep 2024 | 353

Australia’s government spent the week boxing Big Tech

With social media age limits, anti-scam laws, privacy tweaks, and misinformation rules Elon Musk labelled 'fascist'

Public Sector13 Sep 2024 | 41

FCC boss starts bringing up Musk's Starlink dominance, antitrust concerns

SpaceX broadband network now accounts for nearly two-thirds of all active satellites in orbit

Networks12 Sep 2024 | 52

SpaceX blasts being stuck in bureaucratic orbit as Starship approval slips

Toys launched from pram as Musk's rocketeers stamp feet over paperwork

Science11 Sep 2024 | 101

Trump taps Musk to lead 'government efficiency' task force

Surely this duty will be executed without bias toward NHTSA, FAA, DOJ, NLRB

Offbeat06 Sep 2024 | 146

Age discrimination layoff case against X granted class-action status

Judge clears path for 149 ex-Twitters over 50 to sue collectively

Legal05 Sep 2024 | 24

Elon Musk’s Starlink won't block Elon Musk’s X in Brazil, as required by court order

Appeal panel upholds ban as Musk Xeets up a rage-storm

Legal03 Sep 2024 | 156

Musk's X, Media Matters headed to trial

The platform 'has provided sufficient allegations to survive dismissal,' judge says

Legal30 Aug 2024 | 116

Elon Musk reins in Grok AI bot to stop election misinformation

Because who needs yet another lawsuit?

AI + ML28 Aug 2024 | 35

Judge acquits web dev accused of spreading fake news that led to UK riots

With a warning: Words have power

Legal27 Aug 2024 | 38

Elon Musk's X Corp faces $61M lawsuit over unpaid tech tabs

Taiwanese IT infrastructure provider claims platform ghosted it

On-Prem20 Aug 2024 | 39

Twitter must pay over half a million to unfairly dismissed Irish exec

Remember the 'go hardcore or go home' email? Turns out: not super compatible with Irish employment law

Personal Tech15 Aug 2024 | 153

Elon Musk claims live Trump interview on X derailed by DDoS

Once-great platform tanks another major political livestream, bigly

Off-Prem13 Aug 2024 | 281

Twitter's former chairman sues X over unpaid options

Seeks $23 million in damages over Musk's alleged reluctance to pay his bills

Personal Tech12 Aug 2024 | 31

Under-fire Elon Musk urged to get a grip on X and reality – or resign

Exclusive Chamber of Progress pens open letter pressing billionaire to behave better amid UK riots

Personal Tech07 Aug 2024 | 377

Twitter tells advertisers to go fsck themselves, now sues them for fscking the fsck off

Updated CEO claims 'illegal boycott' was attack on Musk's version of free speech

Personal Tech06 Aug 2024 | 206

Elon Musk is suing OpenAI again, claims CEO Sam Altman ‘betrayed’ him

These two are going through a really, really bad breakup

AI + ML05 Aug 2024 | 21

Michigan probes Musk-backed PAC website that weirdly tried and failed to help register people to vote

Updated It claimed to have one job and couldn't do it

Public Sector05 Aug 2024 | 46

Second patient receives the Neuralink implant

Almost half the electrodes are working... for now

Networks05 Aug 2024 | 18

Tesla asks customers to stop being wet blankets about chargers

Trick appears to speed powering up but could cause damage to cables

Offbeat29 Jul 2024 | 95

Here we go again. And again. Musk threatens to pull Twitter, SpaceX out of California

Comment Over here, look at me, Donald, I'm over here, don't you want to tweet again? Woke! Trans! Antifa! Immigration!

Science17 Jul 2024 | 121

Twitter grew an incredible '1.6%' since Musk's $44B takeover. Amazing. Wow

No doubt thanks to Vladi5555, KremLinda1776, RealAmericanPat22, etc etc

Personal Tech09 Jul 2024 | 50

Musk ropes Dell, Supermicro into xAI supercomputer project

Oh, Mike, what have you got yourself into now

HPC20 Jun 2024 | 11

X boss Elon Musk tries to make nice with world at ad biz conference

Where we're at in 2024: Billionaire says he didn't mean to tell everyone to 'go f%$k themselves'

Offbeat20 Jun 2024 | 47