Category Archives: Elon Musk

Elon Musk, the owner of X who baselessly amplified a tweet linking a 22-year-old Jewish man to a neo-Nazi group last year, said he didnt believe the man had been meaningfully harmed by being subjected to the full force of his considerable social media clout. Testifying in a deposition for a libel suit brought by the man, Ben Brody, Musk said, People are attacked all the time in the media, online media, social media, but it is rare that that actually has a meaningful negative impact on their life Continue reading →

Alexandre de Moraes, a judge from the Brazilian Supreme Court included Elon Musk in an ongoing investigation over the dissemination of fake news. One of Brazil's Supreme Court judges included Elon Musk, the owner of the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), in an ongoing investigation regarding disinformation. The judge opened a separate investigation into the billionaire for alleged obstruction on Sunday Continue reading →

Elon Musk is rumored to be going to India this month, which is sparking speculation of an announcement about building a Tesla factory in the country. Tesla has been trying to get into the Indian automotive market for years, but it wasnt able to find a way around the countrys protectionist effort, which includes high import duties on vehicles being imported. The Indian government wanted Tesla to build a factory in the country, but the automaker preferred to first establish a market in the country through imported vehicles before investing in a manufacturing facility in the country. Continue reading →

@ElonJet was an account run by a 21-year-old college student Jack Sweeney. (File) A seemingly simple decision by Parag Agrawal, former CEO of the social media platform previously known as Twitter, may have led to Elon Musk's eventual takeover in January 2022. A Bloombergreport onan upcoming bookBattle For The Birdindicates that Musk began his quest to acquire Twitter after Mr Agrawal denied his request to suspend the handle @ElonJet Continue reading →

Mother Jones illustration; Patrick Pleul/Pool/AP; Getty Theres a piece in todays Wall Street Journal about how billionaires like Elon Musk are now whining about Delawarewhich literally has more corporations than peoplebecause it imposes too many rules. Musk is fretting because a Delaware business court ruled that his $50 billion-plus Tesla compensation package, which was approved by a loyalist board, was excessive and therefore unfair to shareholders who had sued to stop it. As the New York Times reported, the judge deemed the approval process deeply flawed and voided Musks contract, calling it the largest potential compensation plan in the history of public markets Continue reading →

In a followup to a tentative ruling made in December, a federal judge has ordered Elon Musk to comply with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) subpoena and testify again in its probe of his Twitter takeover, Reuters reports Continue reading →

Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at a conference in Paris on June 16, 2023. Continue reading →

Elon Musk is still trying to make X audio and video calls happen, even though, like the infamous fetch, we all know its not going to happen. His latest tactic: Giving up his phone number and using X exclusively for calls and texts. How to negotiate salary going into a new job | Your Wallet In a few months, I will discontinue my phone number and only use X for texts and audio/video calls, the billionaire said on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, in an early morning tweet on Friday. Continue reading →

Elon Musk poked the Walt Disney Company anew on Tuesday by agreeing to fund a wrongful-termination lawsuit filed by the Mandalorian actress Gina Carano. Continue reading →

As Tesla Inc TSLA struggles with plummeting stock prices, investors are questioning its place among the Magnificent Seven tech stocks that have been driving the S&P 500 Index to new heights. What Happened: Tesla, once a key player in the Magnificent Seven, is now grappling with a significant drop in its stock price Continue reading →