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Elon Musk may have to move to Mars sooner than expected
It seems that a day cannot pass without someone having a go at Elon Musk. Either someone is saying he is insane or they are saying his cars don’t work. Read more…
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Friday Futures: launching starships, liquid mirrors, thin gold
Welcome to Friday Futures, our weekly guide to the latest visions of The Future from around the web. This week: Musk to launch starships; the deepest ocean; liquid mirrors; thin, thin gold; CGI in real Read more…
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Friday Futures: Elon Musk, lasers, skulls and the Universe is weird
Welcome to Friday Futures, our weekly guide to the latest visions of The Future from around the web. This week: Elon Musk and his Neuralink will use lasers; drones with flamethrowers; wooden skyscrapers; greenhouse effects Read more…
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Telstra CFO Denholm quits to replace Elon Musk as Tesla chair
(Reuters) – Tesla has named director Robyn Denholm as board chair, fulfilling a demand by the US Securities and Exchange Commission to strip the job from Elon Musk, the electric car maker’s wayward chief executive Read more…
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Elon Musk steps down as Tesla chair in $40m SEC settlement
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The US Securities and Exchange Commission said on Saturday that car-maker Tesla and chief executive Elon Musk had agreed to pay $20 million each under a settlement that will also see the Read more…
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Elon Musk abandons campaign to privatize Tesla
(Reuters) – Tesla chief executive Elon Musk said late on Friday he would heed shareholder concerns and no longer pursue a $72 billion deal to take the luxury electric car maker private, abandoning an idea Read more…
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Tencent chair vows to boost China’s chipset sector after ZTE flap
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Tencent chairman Pony Ma pledged to advance China’s semiconductor industry, saying the blow to ZTE from Washington’s ban on US firms supplying telecommunications company was a “wake-up” call, local media reported. Read more…
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Elon Musk does a Trump – starts Twitter storm attacking media
(Reuters) – Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk gained the support on Thursday of more than half a million people on Twitter for plans to create a website evaluating journalists’ credibility, spurred by his frustration Read more…
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Elon Musk sells 20,000 flamethrowers in four days because he can
(Reuters) – A handful of tweets and four days later, Silicon Valley billionaire Elon Musk has closed orders for his latest novelty product, after selling 20,000 flamethrowers at $500 a piece. “Guaranteed to liven up Read more…
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Elon Musk’s Neuralink to help you upload thoughts because of course
REUTERS – Tesla founder and chief executive Elon Musk has launched a company called Neuralink Corp through which computers could merge with human brains, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Read more…