Elon Musk Denies Report on Plans for Multi-Billion Dollar Funding From Saudi, UAE for SpaceX

Elon Musk Denies Report on Plans for Multi-Billion Dollar Funding From Saudi, UAE for SpaceX

Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of SpaceX, on Friday denied a media report from earlier this week that said investors from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates were planning to invest in a multi-billion dollar funding round in the company. A unit of Saudi Arabia’s investment fund and an…

Tesla Said to Be Working With Chinese, Korean Partners to Address Tesla 4680 Battery Concerns: All Details

Tesla Said to Be Working With Chinese, Korean Partners to Address Tesla 4680 Battery Concerns: All Details

It’s crunch time at Tesla where Elon Musk is looking to crack the code for making better, cheaper batteries. The electric-vehicle maker is recruiting Chinese and Korean materials suppliers to help lower the cost and boost the energy of its newest battery cells, even as the company struggles with battery-related performance…

Elon Musk apologizes after mocking Haraldur Thorleifsson
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Elon Musk apologizes after mocking Haraldur Thorleifsson

Elon Musk is sorry. The billionaire mogul apologized for mocking a fired Twitter employee who suffers from muscular dystrophy and uses a wheelchair. Musk had accused Haraldur Thorleifsson of using his disability as an “excuse” to do “no actual work” after the Iceland-based software engineer complained that he had not…

Twitter Asked for Details on Elon Musk’s Internal Communications, Business Decisions in US FTC Probe

Twitter Asked for Details on Elon Musk’s Internal Communications, Business Decisions in US FTC Probe

The US Federal Trade Commission asked Twitter to turn over some internal communications related to owner Elon Musk and other detailed information about business decisions as part of an investigation into the social media company, according to a report put out by two House of Representatives committees. The FTC has…

Residents of Musk’s Texas space city rip billionaire for destroying quiet beach town
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Residents of Musk’s Texas space city rip billionaire for destroying quiet beach town

Residents of Elon Musk’s “space city” in southeastern Texas blasted the SpaceX CEO’s treatment of them as he transformed their quiet beach town into his grand Starbase vision, a report said. Boca Chica was a small, seaside village at the mouth of the Rio Grande on the Mexican border with…

Twitter to Begin Charging Users to Protect Their Accounts via SMS Messages From March

Twitter to Begin Charging Users to Protect Their Accounts via SMS Messages From March

Twitter said on Friday it will allow only paid subscribers to use text messages as a two-factor authentication (2FA) method to secure their accounts. After March 20, “only Twitter Blue subscribers will be able to use text messages as their two-factor authentication method,” the company tweeted. To be clear, two-factor…

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Faces $175,000 Fine for Failing to Submit Starlink Safety Data

Elon Musk’s SpaceX Faces $175,000 Fine for Failing to Submit Starlink Safety Data

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Friday proposed a $175,000 (nearly Rs. 1.45 crore) civil penalty against SpaceX for failing to submit some safety data to the agency prior to an August 2022 launch of Starlink satellites. The FAA said SpaceX was required to submit the information, known as launch…