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Elon Musk demands charges against Anthony Fauci after NIH comes clean on funding 'gain-of-function' research
May 17, 2024 | 1:46pmElon Musk demanded the arrest of Dr. Anthony Fauci after the National Institutes of Health came clean to Congress about the research in Wuhan, China prior to the outbreak of...
The worldwide drive to clamp down on free speech is doomed to backfire
May 16, 2024 | 7:04pmThe House of Representatives voted to make the anti-Israel slogan "From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free" illegal at colleges.
Neuralink suffered brain-chip issues for years before problem with human implant: report
May 15, 2024 | 1:16pmThe company knew from animal testing it had conducted ahead of its US approval last year that the wires might retract, and Neuralink deemed the risk low enough for a redesign not...
Tesla settles ex-worker's lawsuit alleging she was fired after being sexually harassed 100 times
May 13, 2024 | 2:31pmTyonna Turner worked at Tesla's flagship Fremont, Calif., assembly plant, where the company is accused in a number of lawsuits of failing to address rampant harassment of black and female...
Elon Musk's xAI could be valued at more than $20B after heavy demand in first funding round: sources
May 10, 2024 | 4:26pmMusk is asking xAI investors to wire money in Thursday and Friday to close xAI's first round of funding, a source who is investing in the round said.
How Elon Musk's Neuralink brain chip allows paralyzed people to control devices with their mind
May 10, 2024 | 2:13pmNeuralink wrote a blog item on its web site indicating that the brain implant worn by Noland Arbaugh experienced a problem and began to malfunction.
Environmental protesters attempt to storm Tesla plant in Germany, clash with police
May 10, 2024 | 12:01pmSome 800 people took part in the protest, according to the organizing group Disrupt Tesla, which claims the expansion would damage the environment.
Why Jack Dorsey quit Bluesky board: It was 'literally repeating all the mistakes' Twitter made
May 10, 2024 | 10:20amThe 47-year-old tech mogul had envisioned that Twitter could be an open-source software that wasn't controlled by any single person or entity.
Laid-off Tesla employee had been sleeping in his car, showering at factory to avoid 90-minute commute
May 10, 2024 | 12:59amDuring a period last year, Murillo was basically living out of his car in the factory's parking lot during the week to avoid his one-and-a-half-hour commute to and from work...
Tesla has slashed 3,400 job postings across North America --down to just 3
May 9, 2024 | 1:25pmTesla on Wednesday yanked thousands of open positions in North America from its official careers page, bringing the total number of open roles at the electric vehicle giant down to...
Elon Musk’s Neuralink chip suffers unexpected setback in first in-human brain implant
May 9, 2024 | 8:33amNeuralink's brain-computer interface, known as a BCI, was implanted into 29-year-old patient Noland Arbaugh's brain back in January.
YouTuber uses finger to test Cybertruck trunk sensor -- and it doesn't go well
May 8, 2024 | 12:13pmTesla's troubled Cybertruck flunked a safety test on its front-facing trunk -- slamming shut on the finger of one driver who tested the vehicle's hatch sensor. Jeremy Judkins, a YouTube...
Tesla Autopilot probe focusing on securities, wire fraud after Musk hyped self-driving tech
May 8, 2024 | 11:46amProsecutors are far from deciding how to proceed, one of the sources said, in part because they are sifting through voluminous documents Tesla provided in response to subpoenas.
Tesla reportedly laying off staff in software, service teams just 1 month after mass firings
May 6, 2024 | 12:35pmElon Musk's Tesla has been under pressure from dropping sales and an intensifying price war among automakers.
Jack Dorsey leaves board of fledgling social network Bluesky, calls Elon Musk's X 'freedom technology'
May 6, 2024 | 8:52amJack Dorsey resigned from the board of his social networking startup, Bluesky -- even as he gave an impromptu endorsement Elon Musk's X, calling it "freedom technology". Dorsey revealed his...
Elon Musk asks J.K. Rowling to move on from posting trans hot takes on X -- but 'heartily agrees' with author
May 5, 2024 | 12:06pm"While I heartily agree with your points regarding sex/gender, may I suggest also posting interesting and positive content on other matters?" the billionaire, 52, wrote on X on Saturday in...
Tesla yanks summer internship offers to students amid massive job cutting
May 2, 2024 | 2:31pmOne of the students said Tesla informed her via a phone call that she no longer had a summer internship, a development she linked to cost-reduction efforts Tesla recently started.
Elon Musk's move to disband Tesla EV charging team blindsides car industry: 'Sharp kick in the pants'
April 30, 2024 | 6:53pmMusk's decision, as reported by The Information, to dismiss the head of the business, Rebecca Tinucci, and most or all of the staff that operated and maintained the system left officials...
Ex-Elon Musk loyalist who slept on X office floor hired by Mark Zuckerberg
April 30, 2024 | 11:17amEsther Crawford praised her new boss, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, for his "vision and intensity."
Elon Musk teases X TV in latest bid to make social media platform 'the everything app'
April 29, 2024 | 3:21pmA 12-second clip Musk shared to X showcased the forthcoming network's logo for the first time as it flashed across a stack of old televisions.