Ex-Twitter exec awarded $600,000 after being fired for not replying to Musk's "hardcore" email
Agree to Twitter 2.0 or lose your job
In brief: Former Twitter platform X has been ordered to pay an ex-employee in Ireland more than €550,000 ($602,640) in an unfair dismissal case. The one-time senior executive at the company was found to have been dismissed unfairly after he failed to click "yes" on an email from Elon Musk confirming that staff were willing to be part of the new "hardcore" work culture.
SpaceX slapped with multiple notices over water pollution in Texas
Musk's rush to relaunch Starship allegedly skipped crucial permitting
Elon Musk blames DDoS attack for delay in livestreamed Trump interview, but X employees say he's lying
A "99 percent" chance he was lying, apparently
Elon Musk's X sues advertising group over alleged "boycott"
"Now, it is war"
What just happened? Elon Musk's conflict with advertisers took a shocking new turn yesterday when he announced his platform X, formerly Twitter, is suing a group of ad companies, along with individual firms, over an alleged coordinated boycott of the site. The suit claims this broke federal antitrust laws and caused X to lose revenue.
Elon Musk's repost of digitally altered Kamala Harris video may violate X policies
Deceptive, or obvious satire?
Twitter/X is feeding your data to Grok AI by default – here's how you can opt out
Sparking backlash from users and regulators alike
Tesla Optimus robots will soon help the company build its electric vehicles
Corporations and the affluent will be the first customers
The EU targets X with potential massive fines for deceptive verification practices
Europe has a real problem with X
What just happened? Elon Musk's X platform is once again in trouble in Europe. The European Union Commission says that the platform is a hotbed of misinformation and illegal content, its transparency and accountability requirements are inadequate, and the blue tick verification system is deceptive. As such, the service could face a fine reaching into the millions of dollars.
X struggles to grow daily active users amid stiff competition from Meta's Threads
Musk's actions haven't helped
Court to decide on $7.6 billion legal fee for lawyers who voided Elon Musk's pay
About $370,000 for every hour worked
Tesla deliveries set to fall for second consecutive quarter, a first for the company
Tesla is not having a good year so far
Starlink Mini is a $299 dish that provides 100Mbps WiFi 6 internet from a tiny box
The laptop-sized unit can be carried in a backpack
Elon Musk: telling advertisers to "go f**k yourself" was about freedom of speech
Musk says sorry in his own way
Elon Musk predicts Tesla's Optimus robots will drive company to $25 trillion valuation
Musk describes himself as "pathologically optimistic"
Elon Musk ends legal battle with OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman without explanation
Did Musk believe the case was about to be dismissed?
Norway pension fund doesn't want to pay Elon Musk's $56 billion Tesla performance bonus
'Mr. Musk wants too much money, say Tesla's Norwegian shareholders
Elon Musk threatens to ban Apple devices at his companies over OpenAI integration
Visitors will have to put their Apple devices in a Faraday cage
A hot potato: It's no secret that Elon Musk really isn't a fan of OpenAI – as evidenced by his lawsuit against the company. Apple's partnership with the ChatGPT maker seems to have riled the billionaire even more, to the point where he has threatened to ban iPhones from all his companies.
Elon Musk confirms he diverted 12,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs from Tesla to X
What just happened? Elon Musk has confirmed reports that 12,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs intended for Tesla's EV production were diverted to X. Musk says logistical challenges were behind the diversion as Tesla "had no place to send the Nvidia chips to turn them on, so they would have just sat in a warehouse."
Elon Musk repeats claim that WhatsApp exports user data nightly, sparking online debate
A hot potato: Elon Musk is in the middle of a public fight with WhatsApp on his X platform, claiming that the messaging service sucks up user data daily and uses it for targeted advertising. WhatsApp boss Will Cathcart has responded by claiming this is untrue, leading to arguments from all sides.
Elon Musk's xAI emerges as serious OpenAI rival with $6 billion funding round, supercomputer plans
The supercomputer will be powered by 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs
Accounts that track celebrity jets could struggle following privacy changes to FAA bill
Giving jet-owning celebs more anonymity
Neuralink brain chip implant partially failed after surgery
The patient didn't experience any reduced functionality