Tesla shares jump as profits rise on lower expenses
Tesla shares surged Wednesday after the electric car maker reported a jump in profits, as increased auto sales and lower expenses offset the drag from a drop in vehicle prices. The company, led by Elon Musk, reported third-quarter profits of $2.2 billion, up 17 percent from the year-ago period on an eight-percent increase in revenues […]
Elon Musk to unveil ‘Cybercab’ at Tesla robotaxi event
Tesla boss Elon Musk is to unveil a prototype of the firm’s long-awaited robotaxi, the Cybercab, at the Warner Bros Studios in Burbank, California on Thursday. Self-driving cars have long fascinated Mr Musk and he has made a series of bold predictions about them – including that they will save lives or earn their owners […]
Elon Musk refuses to answer if his ‘ignorance and ego’ cost Ukrainian lives
Billionaire Elon Musk has refused to answer questions about claims he foiled a Ukrainian attack on Russian warships. The businessman behind SpaceX and X, formerly known as Twitter, has been accused of enabling Vladimir Putin by withholding the use of his satellite network. Ukrainian military forces planned to use the Starlink satellites for a drone […]
Mark Zuckerberg says ‘time to move on’ from Elon Musk cage fight
Mark Zuckerberg has accused Elon Musk of not being serious about the pair having a cage fight – and says it is time to “move on” from the saga. The Facebook co-founder said his tech billionaire counterpart did not appear to want to go through with the highly-anticipated clash after failing to even agree on […]
Giant flashing X sign removed from Twitter’s San Francisco HQ after complaints
A large flashing X sign has been removed from the top of Twitter’s headquarters – just days after being installed. The sign was put up at the firm’s San Francisco base on Friday and cast a powerful strobe light over nearby buildings at night. Building inspectors had been investigating and said 24 people complained about […]
Elon Musk reveals why he’s rebranding Twitter to X – as police disrupt company’s sign removal
Elon Musk has said the Twitter name “does not make sense” as he rebrands the platform into an “everything app” called X. The world’s richest man has not been shy of putting his own stamp on the site he bought for $44bn last October and has now embarked on the most dramatic change in its […]
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis enters presidential race with a glitch-filled Twitter chat with Elon Musk
Ron DeSantis has launched his 2024 presidential campaign with a Twitter announcement plagued by technical glitches. He filed a declaration of candidacy with the US federal electoral commission on Wednesday and then announced his move in an online chat with Twitter chief executive Elon Musk. But the audio stream crashed repeatedly, making it almost impossible […]
Elon Musk’s brain chip company Neuralink says it has won FDA approval for human trials
Elon Musk’s brain chip firm Neuralink has said it has been given the go-ahead to start carrying out studies on humans. Neuralink said in a tweet on Thursday it had won the approval of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) “to launch our first-in-human clinical study!” It represents “an important first step that will […]
Twitter blue tick cull – The Pope, JK Rowling and Ant and Dec among hundreds of thousands losing their verification
Twitter has finally started removing “legacy” blue ticks from verified accounts, with some of the world’s best-known figures losing the verification sign. The Pope, author JK Rowling, football star Cristiano Ronaldo, US rapper Jay-Z, and TV stars Ant and Dec have lost their blue ticks on the social networking site, along with the Conservative and […]
Elon Musk threatens to sue Microsoft claiming it used Twitter data without permission
Elon Musk has threatened to sue Microsoft for allegedly using Twitter data without permission. The billionaire’s warning, via a tweet, came after the tech giant revealed it would drop his social media site from its corporate advertising platform. Microsoft’s service uses AI to help ad buyers manage their social media accounts in one place. Musk […]
