Letters: We need to talk about Elon October 11, 2022 [Re: Musk’s Twitter u-turn is the beginning rather than the end, October 5] So, after 6 months of throwing his toys out the pram, publicly criticising Twitter, and accusing the company of deliberately misleading their shareholders, Elon Musk has… bought Twitter. He appears unphased by public humiliation, and claims the acquisition will be an “accelerant” [...]
Satellite Vu teams up with SpaceX to launch thermal imaging satellite February 21, 2022 Satellite Vu has signed a launch deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceX to launch the world’s highest resolution thermal imaging satellite in early 2023.
Linkedin founder slams efforts to rein in AI as ‘anti-humanist’ September 13, 2023 The founder of LinkedIn has said a six month pause on artificial intelligence (AI) would be "anti-humanist".
Musk angers Zelensky and top Kyiv officials with controversial war tweet October 3, 2022 Elon Musk has angered Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other top officials after he posted a controversial tweet on Monday night. The serial entrepreneur called on his 107.7 million followers to weigh in on the Ukrainian conflict. He claimed that the war will end with the UN supervising an elections’ redo in the occupied territories [...]
Quotes of 2023: ‘I didn’t steal funds, and I certainly didn’t stash billions away’ December 30, 2023 City A.M. takes a look back at the year highlighting some of the most memorable quotes in the world of business and politics.
Twitter may be worth a third of what Musk paid for it last year, figures show June 1, 2023 Twitter may now be worth one third of what Elon Musk paid for the social media platform just seven months ago, figures show. Financial services company Fidelity has reduced the market value of its equity stake in Twitter for a third time, now putting it at $6.55m (£5.28m). That is down from the nearly $20m [...]
Twitter users horrified as 200m leaked email addresses sold on dark web, but who is being blamed for the breach? January 6, 2023 A major security breach at online micro-blogging site Twitter has been blamed on owner Elon Musk’s mass firing of staff. Over 200 million Twitter users woke up to find their email and log-in details had been posted online. According to several reports, the data was stolen over a year ago but has only just been [...]
EV battery firm secures £776m subsidy for gigafactory in win for Europe over US January 8, 2024 Brussels has approved €902m (£776.8m) in state aid for a Swedish battery electric vehicle company to build a plant in Germany.
Rishi Sunak in Rome for illegal migration talks December 16, 2023 Rishi Sunak will hold talks with the leaders of Italy and Albania later during a visit to Rome, where illegal migration is expected to top the agenda.
New year new me? Here’s how to set goals you’ll actually achieve December 31, 2023 New year new me? If you're looking back at those 2023 goals with trepidation, Rainer Zitelmann's here to tell you how you can actually achieve your goals