Tesla seeks to cash in on record run with $5bn share sale September 1, 2020 Tesla today said that it would sell $5bn (£3.7bn) in new shares as the electric car maker seeks to cash in on a record rally which has seen the stock rise nearly 500 per cent this year. According to a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the new shares will be sold “from [...]
‘Serious First Amendment issues’: Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s lawyers slam SEC’s latest attack on tweets March 12, 2019 Lawyers for Elon Musk say that the US financial regulator's claims that the Tesla chief executive violated a previous settlement by posting a tweet has serious implications for First Amendment issues. Read more: Regulator accuses Elon Musk of misleading investors with new Tesla tweet The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had asked a New York [...]
Twitter employee ‘helped attackers’ perpetrate blue tick account hack July 16, 2020 A Twitter employee was to blame for last night’s high profile hack of the social media, two sources have told Vice. In one of the most devastating data breaches in history, hackers managed to infiltrate Twitter’s most notable blue tick accounts and send scam tweets supporting bitcoin before the social network clamped down on the [...]
Suez Canal: Rescue mission to recover ‘beached whale’ ship could take weeks March 25, 2021 Suez Canal latest: Ever Given rescue efforts restart with traffic still blocked
Bitcoin’s market cap crosses $1 trillion as ETFs start trading February 22, 2021 A look at what's moving Bitcoin as the market cap crosses $1 trillion and ETFs start trading.
Is digital currency the future of cashback and loyalty points? July 13, 2021 Alex Lightman explains how cryptocurrencies can be woven into the fabric of our everyday purchases in the shape of loyalty programs.
The crypto market suffers another correction as the weekend looms, so will Elon tweet again? May 28, 2021 Crypto at a Glance Greetings from Dubai and today, once again, Luno Advisor Mati Greenspan, has kindly provided the market commentary together with his Technical Analyst, Imran Yusof, from Quantum Economics BTCUSD will trade the range between $27,900 – $42,000 until the range breaks, whenever that is. Or rather, whenever Elon Musk tweets or China [...]
Elon Musk says the next Tesla Roadster will be a flying car January 10, 2019 Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is about to combine the efforts from his two biggest companies to tackle one of technology's greatest challenges: building a flying car. The Tesla chief executive said on Twitter late last night that the firm's next Roadster vehicle will be able to hold itself in mid-air, as well as travel both vertically and [...]
Twitter to suspend 150,000 accounts in QAnon conspiracy theory crackdown July 22, 2020 Twitter is taking action against more than 150,000 accounts in a widespread crackdown on the QAnon conspiracy theory movement. The social media network said it would also block QAnon URLs from being shared and cease recommending content linked to the growing movement. QAnon has grown from a fringe conspiracy theory on the edges of the [...]
Britishvolt: The batterymaker leading the charge towards the 2030 diesel car ban January 14, 2021 2020 was a dire year for the UK car industry, but buried amid the reports of tumbling vehicle sales was one piece of promising news. For the first time ever, sales of electric vehicles comprised 10 per cent of all new car sales, figures from auto body the Society for Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) [...]