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Report: Elon Musk Fired Tesla's Supercharger Team After Executive Stood Up to Him

According to a recent report, Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, fired nearly all of the company’s 500-member supercharger vehicle charging team following a heated argument with a top executive. Rebecca Tinucci, the executive in charge of the supercharger team, reportedly made the worst mistake a Musk employee can make — standing up to Elon and telling him he is wrong.

Breitbart - Politics - 6 hours ago

Human Rights Group Urge Elon Musk To Restore Starlink Internet Service In Sudan

Humanitarian organisations are urging Starlink's chief Elon Musk not to shut down the satellite internet service, as doing so could ''collectively punish'' millions of Sudanese.

NDTV - World - 8 hours ago

Elon's Chaos: Tesla Reverses Course, Rehires Supercharger Team After Widespread Layoffs

Elon Musk's Tesla has begun reinstating some of the nearly 500 employees from its Supercharging team who were laid off in late April, a massive U-turn after Musk was criticized for decimating the company's supercharger plans.

Breitbart - Technology - 2 days ago

Fans Outraged Over Photo of Baby on Taylor Swift Concert Floor: 'You Belong in Jail'

The public is outraged after seeing a photo of an apparent infant lying on the ground during one of pop star Taylor Swift's concerts in Paris, France.

Breitbart - Entertainment - 2 days ago

Elon Musk's X/Twitter Wins Court Reprieve Against Australian Censorship of Church Stabbing Video

Elon Musk's social media platform X/Twitter won a court reprieve on Monday in a fight against the Australian government's censorship of videos of a stabbing inside a Sydney church.

Breitbart - Technology - 3 days ago

'Elon Musk of Essex' prepares to call in administrators

Tevva Motors seeks emergency rescue deal after failing to secure additional funding

Telegraph UK - Technology - 3 days ago

Environment -- Can Overboard: Florida Teens Hit With Felony Charges in Boat Trash-Dumping Case

The teens accused of dumping trash into the ocean in a viral video were charged under a felony statute rather than Florida's standard littering law.

Miami New Times - US News - 5 days ago

Elon Musk's Tough 2024 Continues: Tesla's Head of Product Resigns

Tesla's Head of Product, Rich Otto, announced his departure on Wednesday after seven years with Elon Musk's EV company, expressing concerns over recent layoffs and their impact on morale.

Breitbart - Technology - 6 days ago

Felon Father Left Infant Son at Home to Rob Bank at Gunpoint, Says FBI

Law enforcement officers made contact with Peter Sova, who they say dropped a bag filled with cash before asking: "Have you caught the bank robber yet?" says the complaint.

Inside Edition - Weird - 6 days ago

Elon's Creepy Brain Chip Goes Bad: Neuralink Reports First Human Implant Has 'Malfunctioned'

Elon Musk's Neuralink is facing its first major challenge as the threads recording neural activity for its first human brain implant "retracted" several weeks after the surgery. This has vastly decreased the functionality of the implant.

Breitbart - Technology - 6 days ago

Elon Isn't Hiring: Tesla Implements Hiring Freeze Amidst Ongoing Layoffs

Elon Musk's has reportedly instituted a hiring freeze across its North American operations, following weeks of layoffs that have impacted thousands of employees.

Breitbart - Technology - 7 days ago

Elon Musk's Neuralink reports trouble with first human brain chip

It's unclear what caused the retraction or how many threads have become displaced.

Ars Technica - Science - 7 days ago

Independence, Melons, and the Best Conditions for Israeli Hi-Tech in Years

From the blog of Michel Abadi at The Times of Israel

Times of Israel - Business - 7 days ago

Elon Musk's Neuralink suffers setback after implant threads retract from patient's brain

Musk’s brain technology startup said Wednesday that the issue cropped up with the company’s first human brain implant weeks after it was inserted.

NBC News - Science - 7 days ago

DOJ Prosecutors Investigate Elon Musk's Tesla over Misleading 'Self-Driving' Claims

DOJ prosecutors are examining whether Elon Musk's Tesla committed securities or wire fraud by misleading investors and consumers about its electric vehicles' self-driving capabilities, sources familiar with the matter said.

Breitbart - Technology - 8 days ago

Elon Musk says he listens to podcasts about the fall of civilization

Billionaire Tesla boss has long theorised that artificial intelligence, declining birth rates or a ‘single world government’ could lead to the collapse of civilization

Independent UK - Technology - 9 days ago

Chimps – like humans – may be lifelong learners, researchers say

Study shows these great apes continue to learn and hone their tool-using skills well into adulthood.

Independent UK - Science - 9 days ago

Starship will be bigger than the Great Pyramids, Elon Musk says

The biggest rocket ever built is expected to launch later this month

Independent UK - Technology - 10 days ago

Elon Musk meets with China to secure deal Tesla deal for self-driving cars

Elon Musk made a surprise visit to China to secure a major deal for Tesla to expand self-driving car operations. Musk praised China’s push for electric vehicles in the world’s largest car market.

NBC News - Technology - 16 days ago

Elon Musk makes surprise visit to China in push for autonomous Teslas

Musk’s Gulfstream private jet with tail number N272BG landed in Beijing on Sunday morning

Independent UK - Technology - 18 days ago

Elon Musk plots new direction after Tesla's electric car crisis

Billionaire plots new direction amid pressure to crack the code of self-driving cars

Telegraph UK - Technology - 23 days ago

Don Lemon on How Elon Musk Whacked His X Contract

The former CNN host tells Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway that Musk didn’t like being confronted with facts.

New York Magazine - Technology - 1 month ago

First Person - I'm a lifelong learner but abbreviations are putting my skills to the test IRL - Desiree Kendrick - News - Canada - Edmonton - | January 17

Desiree Kendrick considered herself to have mastered the English language but the growing proliferation of acronyms, initialisms and more has her feeling like she’s lost her fluency.

CBC News - Opinion - 2 months ago

Sardinian elections to test Meloni-Salvini balance of power

The upcoming election for a new regional governor in Sardinia on Sunday is likely to have repercussions at a national level, as both centre-right and centre-left candidates are currently neck-and-neck.

Euractiv - Politics - 2 months ago

Elon Musk's SpaceX launches US' first privately-owned Moon lander, the Odysseus

The Odysseus Moon lander, owned and operated by the startup Intuitive Machines, was successfully launched atop one of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rockets in the early hours of the morning

First Post - Technology - 3 months ago

SpaceX has moved its incorporation to Texas from Delaware, says Elon Musk

In the wake of a recent ruling by a Delaware state judge concerning Elon Musk's 2018 pay package of $51 billion at Tesla, the tech mogul has formally relocated SpaceX's state of incorporation from Delaware to Texas

First Post - Technology - 3 months ago

Elon Musk says X will donate ad, subscription revenue tied to Gaza war -- Musk, who is under fire for supporting an antisemitic post, said the money will be donated to hospitals in Israel and to the Red Cross in Gaza.

Musk, who is under fire for supporting an antisemitic post, said the money will be donated to hospitals in Israel and to the Red Cross in Gaza.

CBS News - Business - 4 months ago

Elon Musk restores X account of far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones -- Alex Jones, the conspiracy theorist known for his fake news site InfoWars and his false denial of the Sandy Hook massacre, was permanently banned from Twitter in 2018.

Alex Jones, the conspiracy theorist known for his fake news site InfoWars and his false denial of the Sandy Hook massacre, was permanently banned from Twitter in 2018.

CBS News - Business - 5 months ago

What the Hell Is Elon Musk Doing at X? 5 Theories of the Case

Not only are things not going according to plan — it can seem as though there was never much of a plan at all.

New York Magazine - Technology - 5 months ago

Elon Musk says advertiser boycott at X could "kill the company" -- The billionaire owner of X took a defensive tone, saying that "the whole world will know that those advertisers killed the company."

The billionaire owner of X took a defensive tone, saying that "the whole world will know that those advertisers killed the company."

CBS News - Business - 5 months ago

Advertisers Are Running From X and Elon Musk's Antisemitism

Apple, IBM, and several entertainment conglomerates have pulled ads from the platform. Musk is tweeting through it.

New York Magazine - Technology - 5 months ago

What Does It Mean That Elon Musk's New AI Chatbot Is 'Anti-Woke'?

It is useful to think of public-facing AI chatbots characters with personalities. There’s a new one in the mix.

New York Magazine - Technology - 6 months ago

All the Ways Elon Musk's X Is Different From Twitter

The branding is wildly inconsistent, but for now the biggest changes are happening only in Musk’s dreams.

New York Magazine - Technology - 9 months ago

Elon Musk Tries Forcing Twitter Users to Use Less Twitter

Musk announced reading limits for all Twitter accounts over the weekend, blaming AI but punishing humans who still use Twitter.

New York Magazine - Technology - 10 months ago

'Is Twitter dying?': A look back since Elon Musk's takeover bid

Twitter has gone through multiple changes since Elon Musk acquired the company last...

Houston Chronicle - Technology - 1 year ago

Elon Musk Drives NPR Off Twitter in Latest Genius Move

The outlet said it would stop posting on the site after being labeled “state-sponsored media.”

New York Magazine - Opinion - 1 year ago

Elon Musk says he's sleeping at Twitter and his dog is in charge

SAN FRANCISCO - Nearly six months after he bought Twitter for $44 billion, Elon Musk says...

Houston Chronicle - Technology - 1 year ago

What Is Elon Musk?

And how is it possible that he could emerge from his Twitter debacle more culturally dominant than ever?

New York Magazine - Business - 1 year ago

Is Elon Musk a Bad Billionaire Buddy?

The Wall Street Journal reports that Musk had an affair with the wife of his longtime friend and fellow billionaire, Google co-founder Sergey Brin.

New York Magazine - Business - 1 year ago

Elon Musk Tries to Wriggle Out of Twitter Deal

The world’s richest man is officially bailing out of his $44 billion deal to buy the company, but Twitter’s board says they’ll see him in court.

New York Magazine - Business - 1 year ago

Elon Musk Wants Free Speech for Himself, Not SpaceX Employees

Workers were fired for daring to criticize the king.

New York Magazine - Business - 1 year ago