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In early July, Meta introduced Threads, a text-posting social-media application that was clearly designed to steal market share from Twitter, which continues to struggle under the leadership of Elon Musk. Adam Mosseri, the executive in charge of Threads, recently explained that the goal of the service is “to create a public square for communities on…
Here’s an argument you hear a lot: the gigantic cash burn rates at the likes of Tesla and Uber are nothing new, because today’s established tech greats also churned through tons of cash in their early years. In fact, we keep hearing from champions of these glamor stocks on business TV shows and pundits’ blogs…
Earlier this week, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and the tech journalist Kara Swisher conducted a full 90-minute interview entirely on Twitter. The interview was meant to be an old-school “Twitter chat,” and users were instructed to follow along using the hashtag #KaraJack. It was a disaster. Attempting to follow a public conversation happening on Twitter is…
Elon Musk was accused by the Securities and Exchange Commission of misleading investors when he tweeted that he had funding lined up to take Tesla Inc. private. The SEC’s allegation, contained in a lawsuit filed fewer than two months after the Tesla CEO’s tweet, sent the company’s shares down more than 11 percent in after-hours trading. It sought…
Elon Musk speaks at a news conference in Chicago on July 14. (Kiichiro Sato/AP) The latest development in the heated feud between Elon Musk and British diver Vernon Unsworth may be surprising to many: It was an apology from Musk. Late Tuesday night, the Silicon Valley billionaire took to Twitter, writing the apology many have…
Photo: Charles Sykes (AP) Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk accused one of the British divers involved in the rescue of 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach from the flooded Tham Luang cave complex of being a pedophile on Saturday in retaliation for questioning Musk’s contributions to the rescue effort. Yeah. CNN reported that…
Elon Musk offers his resources and expertise to the Thai government.Image: Joshua Lott/Getty Images By Rachel Kraus2018-07-06 14:44:27 UTC What is that saying about life and art again? Elon Musk has sent engineers from his SpaceX and Boring Company teams to assist with the rescue efforts of the boys’ soccer team stuck in a cave…
On Wednesday, a fan account tweeted out Elon Musk’s home and factory addresses, along with a picture of the K-pop girl group Loona, leaving many to ask: What? Why? Well, the answer is complicated. Elon Musk works at 45500 Fremont Boulevard, Fremont, CA 94538 🌙 and lives in 10911 Chalon Rd Los Angeles, CA 90077…
Photo: AP Late Wednesday, after Tesla filed a lawsuit against former Gigafactory technician Marty Tripp, the ex-technician shared emails with the Washington Post that highlighted a heated back-and-forth between him and CEO Elon Musk. At first, it seemed like Musk fired off a quick jab before the suit was filed, calling Tripp a “horrible person.”…
Photo: AP On Monday, reports emerged in Page Six, the tabloid New York Post’s gossip page, that Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is dating none other than musician Grimes. At first, I didn’t know what to make of this, because—confession: I had absolutely no idea who Grimes is. But reader, after roughly 20 minutes…