Explainer: The weird hobbies of the mega rich June 23, 2023 The Titan submarine’s story kept the world gripped this week, until the tragic announcement of loss of life put an end to the rescue missions. The story is not over yet, with many questions still to be asked about how the submersible was made, how safe it was, and how a dangerous space like that [...]
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 [...]
SpaceX Starship: Elon Musk owned rocket – the biggest and most powerful ever – explodes minutes after take off April 20, 2023 SpaceX’s Starship – the biggest and most powerful space rocket ever developed – has exploded minutes after blasting off. The launch, which took place from SpaceX’s Starbase in the US state of Texas, came after a stuck valve forced a launch attempt on Monday to be aborted. While Thursday’s launch saw the rocket leave the [...]
‘Most powerful rocket ever’: SpaceX’s Starship cleared for launch April 16, 2023 A super rocket that Elon Musk hopes will one day carry people to Mars and the moon has been cleared for its first orbital launch. The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) granted SpaceX a licence to launch the super heavy-lift launch vehicle, comprised of a rocket, dubbed Super Heavy, and spacecraft, dubbed Starship, into orbit [...]
Elon Musk working on AI tool to compete with ChatGPT April 16, 2023 Elon Musk is reportedly planning to launch an AI tool to rival OpenAI’s ChatGPT. The billionaire founder of SpaceX and Tesla is gathering a team of AI researchers and has acquired the graphics processing units needed to produce the AI tool, the Financial Times reported. Musk is also in talks with SpaceX and Tesla investors [...]
Five things we learned from Elon Musk’s interview with the BBC April 12, 2023 Elon Musk plans to revoke a disputed “government funded media” label Twitter attributed to the BBC, claims advertisers are returning to the platform and admitted that he sometimes sleeps in the office. The billionaire chief executive — who is also at the head of electric car maker, Tesla, and spacecraft manufacturer, SpaceX — made the [...]
Twitter shakeup: What features will Elon Musk scrap for users who refuse to pay for a tick? March 28, 2023 Twitter is set to scrap features for users who do not pay a monthly fee for a blue tick verification, according to new rules shared by billionaire owner Elon Musk. Users of the social media platform who want to remain verified can pay up to 11 US dollars (£8.93) a month as part of Mr [...]
Inmarsat’s £5.4bn takeover given provisional thumbs up by UK competition agency March 1, 2023 The £5.4 billion takeover of UK satellite giant Inmarsat by US firm Viasat has been given the provisional green light by Britain’s competition watchdog as it said the merged firm would be “challenged” in the rapidly expanding sector. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said that while the companies compete closely in the aviation sector [...]
Twitter: Musk wants new CEO by end of year, as he warns of AI regulation and insists there are no aliens February 15, 2023 Billionaire Elon Musk has said he anticipates finding a chief executive for Twitter “probably toward the end of this year”. Speaking via a video call to the World Government Summit in Dubai, Musk said making sure the platform can function remained the most important thing for him. “I think I need to stabilise the organisation [...]
A case for the defence in a trial of Elon Musk vs The Cryptoverse January 4, 2023 Nigel Green sets out the key reasons why he believes that it is now high time for crypto bulls to embrace the vision of Elon Musk.