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Elon Musk, donning a gold ‘Make America Great Again’ hat, at the Pennsylvania campaign event. Photo: Reuters

Stumping for Trump, Musk warns of ‘Mad Max’ fate for America under Harris

Elon Musk holds his first solo event in support of Donald Trump in the key swing state of Pennsylvania.

Director mocks Tesla’s Musk over sci-fi movie looks of Robovan, Optimus

Who’s in the US$100 billion club? Net worths, ranked – from Musk to Zuckerberg

Tesla car fire kills 4 in France

Accident happened outside the French city of Niort, causing the deaths of the driver and three passengers.

The Tesla logo. On Saturday, four people were killed in France when a Tesla electric car caught fire for reasons not yet determined. Photo: Reuters

By firmly backing Trump, Musk signals ambition to become ‘king of the world’

The billionaire has deepened his allegiance to the Republican as he eyes a key role in a potential second Trump administration.

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UK police reduce X presence amid extremist content worries

Many users, including police, are said to have left the platform ‘in response to the volume of hate speech, disinformation, and Elon Musk’s use of it’.

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OpenAI accuses Elon Musk of harassment over his ‘altruism versus greed’ lawsuit

The lawsuit has not dampened investors’ interest in OpenAI, which recently raised US$6.6 billion at a US$157 billion valuation.

OpenAI claims Elon Musk’s lawsuit is part of an “increasingly blusterous campaign to harass” the Microsoft-backed start-up. Photo: Shutterstock

Supreme Court will not hear appeal from Musk’s X over warrant in Trump case

X says order that blocked it from telling Trump about election-interference case against former president violated First Amendment rights.

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Elon Musk’s X pays US$5.2 million in Brazil fines to wrong bank account

The payment was made to settle a dispute with a Brazilian judge who banned the platform in August.

X requests it be reinstated in Brazil after complying with judge’s orders: source

X complied with orders to block certain accounts from platform and pay fines imposed for not complying with court orders, lawyers said.

The X account of Elon Musk in seen blocked on a mobile screen in an illustration after Brazil’s telecommunications regulator suspended access to Musk’s X social network in the country. Photo: Reuters

Chechen warlord says Elon Musk ‘remotely disabled’ gun-mounted Cybertruck

Kadyrov said the billionaire ‘gives expensive gifts from the bottom of his heart and then remotely switches them off’.

Ramzan Kadyrov stands atop a gun-mounted Tesla Cybertruck in Grozny, Chechnya. Photo: Telegram/rkadyrov_95 via AFP

US study finds China’s tech innovation ‘much stronger’ than understood

Performing best in nuclear power, EVs and batteries, mainland companies will ‘likely equal or surpass Western firms within a decade or so’.

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After Trump assassination attempt, Musk asks why Harris, Biden not targeted?

Musk’s controversial tweet, since deleted, drew criticism for its insensitivity and potential to incite violence.

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Historic SpaceX private astronaut mission splashes down off Florida

The team had managed to hit a peak altitude of 1400km, the furthest humans have travelled from Earth since the Apollo missions to the Moon.

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Tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman reacts upon his return to Earth from space on Sunday. Photo: SpaceX via AP

Elon Musk calls Australia ‘fascists’, attacks laws targeting misinformation

The proposed legislation to combat digital misinformation is the latest fight between Australia’s government and global tech giants.

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US billionaire Elon Musk. Photo: Reuters

Musk takes jab at Taylor Swift for Harris endorsement, riling China’s Swifties

The tech billionaire and Trump supporter told ‘childless cat lady’ Swift, ‘I will give you a child and guard your cats with my life’.

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Musk, owner of X, on track to become world’s first trillionaire by 2027: report

A trillion is a 1 with 12 zeros after it, represented as 1,000,000,000,000.

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Elon Musk plans to send uncrewed Starships to Mars in 2 years

The billionaire said the mission will be unmanned to test the reliability of landing intact on the red planet.

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SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship lifts off from a launch site in Texas in June. Photo: AP

Opinion | Tech firms must play by the rules to keep the internet open

As nation-states act to curb the excesses of big tech firms, an approach based more on compromise could preserve innovation and growth.

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Musk’s Starlink to block X in Brazil, reversing defiance of judge’s order

The satellite internet service Starlink, under Elon Musk’s SpaceX, plans to comply with the order after the court froze the company’s assets.

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Nasa explains away strange noise heard by astronaut in Boeing’s Starliner

‘A pulsing sound from a speaker in Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft heard by Nasa astronaut Butch Wilmore … has stopped,’ the space agency said.

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Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft docked to the International Space Station’s Harmony module forward port. Photo: Nasa / TNS

Letters | Why Iran is persisting with its strategic patience on Israel

Readers discuss the Iran-Israel conflict, and the Trump-Musk rapprochement

People walk past a billboard showing a portrait of newly appointed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar next to Palestine Square in the Tehran on August 12. Photo: AFP

Musk’s SpaceX tightens grip on Nasa by bringing Boeing crew home from ISS

Nasa’s reliance on SpaceX grows as Boeing’s Starliner faces setbacks, highlighting the firm’s dominance in US space missions and satellite launches, while sparking concerns over Musk’s sway on US foreign policy.

Elon Musk praises Singapore’s Lee Hsien Loong for ‘wisdom’ on woke culture

The Tesla CEO shared a clip of Lee saying the wokeness movement leads to ‘extreme attitudes and social norms’.

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Tesla reaps benefits as EU cuts planned tariffs on Chinese-made EVs

Elon Musk’s firm will face the lowest rate of 9 per cent, but more Chinese companies will have to pay much higher rates.

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EVs made by the Chinese car giant BYD face rates of 17 per cent. Photo: AP

Former Huawei ‘Genius Youth’ recruit launches humanoid robots to rival Tesla’s

‘We’re now at the forefront of the industry,’ Agibot founder Peng Zhihui declared after launching his firm’s new-generation family of humanoid robots.

Artist’s impression of Agibot’s biped humanoid robots in action. Photo: Agibot

Elon Musk closes X office in Brazil after legal dispute with judge

X, formerly Twitter, closes its Brazil office due to a legal dispute with Judge De Moraes over censorship.

Chechen warlord shows off Cybertruck with machine gun, invites Musk to Russia

Putin ally Kadyrov says he ‘literally fell in love’ with the Tesla vehicle and will donate it to Russian forces invading Ukraine.

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Elon Musk
Latest news on billionaire Elon Musk, owner of X (formerly Twitter) and the founder of SpaceX, Tesla and The Boring Company.
Born
28 Jun 1971
Industry
Business, Technology
Job Title
Businessman
last updated:
7 October, 2024
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