A pair of Starlink satellites shoots across the sky in March of 2020. The satellites are seen as steaks because of the exposure.Photo: Alan Dyer (PA) SpaceX chief Elon Musk said he was activating his company’s Starlink internet service in Iran, which cut off web access to its more than 80 million citizens this week, … Read more
Washington CNN Business — Twitter’s lawyers are set to question Elon Musk in a deposition that could last up to three day starting Sept. 26 as part of ongoing litigation over their $44 billion acquisition deal, according to a court filing Tuesday. The company’s lawyers will also depose Musk lieutenant Jared Birchall and lawyer Alex … Read more
New York CNN Business — Twitter co-founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey will be questioned on Tuesday morning by lawyers for the company and Elon Musk as part of the court fight over their $44 billion acquisition deal, according to a notice of a deposition filed Monday. Dorsey — who stepped down as CEO of … Read more
Twitter’s stockholders have made their voices heard. They’ve officially voted in favor of the company’s $44 billion acquisition deal with Elon Musk. The vote result was announced in a very brief shareholder meeting on Tuesday, which lasted less than 10 minutes and concluded without a Q&A. Earlier reports of the likely affirmative outcome came from … Read more
As the maxim goes: If at first you don’t succeed, try again. And again. Elon Musk made a third attempt to back out of his messy, ongoing $44 billion acquisition of Twitter on Friday. The company turned around and denied the claim on Monday. Danny & Lucy Devito | First Fandoms The richest man on … Read more
Move over, Elon Musk and Richard Branson: A Canadian company wants to join the fight for better high-speed train travel. Toronto-based TransPod recently unveiled plans for a “FluxJet,” a fully-electric transportation system that’s “a hybrid between an aircraft and a train.” The project, currently in the conceptual stage, would involve 82-foot-long, magnetically levitated trains that … Read more
September 10, 2022 By Kevin Armstrong You never know when Tesla’s CEO is listening — or reading tweets. Elon Musk responded to a tweet complaining about service. He puts his money where his mouth is with his response and lets everyone know where he is focused. He tweeted: Note, I am putting a lot of … Read more
Brush firees appeared shortly after the Starship static fire test on Thursday, September 8, 2022.screenshot: NASASpaceflight SpaceX performed a static fire test of a prototype Starship rocket on Thursday, in which all six raptor engines were engaged. The eight-second test appeared to go well, save for the problematic brush fire that ensued. Starship prototype 24 … Read more
The face of a man that has everything totally, completely, under controlPhoto: ANGELA WEISS/AFP (Getty Images) Elon Musk’s cryptocurrency woes are mounting, more countries are voicing their concern over Biden’s Inflation Reduction Actand Tesla is getting things moving in China. All that and more in The Morning Shift for Thursday, September 8, 2022. 1st Gear: … Read more
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends a groundbreaking ceremony in Shanghai, China, on Jan. 7, 2019.Aly Song/Reuters The secret behind Elon Musk’s goal of selling 20 million Tesla’s a year by 2030 lies in its pioneering battery technology. The good news is that by using bigger cells and a new process to dry-coat electrodes, Tesla TSLA-Q … Read more
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