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Musk takes 9% stake, valued at $3 bn, in Twitter to become top shareholder

A prolific Twitter user, Musk has over 80 million followers since joining the site in 2009 and has used the platform to make several announcements

Musk reveals 9.2% stake in Twitter, shares surge 26%

Shares of other social media firms, including Meta Platforms and Snapchat owner Snap Inc, were also trading higher

Tesla delivers 310,000 vehicles despite 'exceptionally difficult quarter'

Tesla said the Model 3 and Y made up 295,324 of these deliveries, while 14,724 were for the Model S and X, reports The Verge.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says 'supposedly' tested positive for Covid again

He did not mention whether the results were from polymerase chain reaction tests, which are more accurate than rapid tests

We can't let Putin take over Ukraine, says SpaceX CEO Elon Musk

As Moscow's invasion of Kyiv has entered its second month, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the world cannot let Russian President Vladimir Putin win in Ukraine because if he can get away with it

Elon Musk giving 'serious thought' to build a new social media platform

Musk, a prolific user of Twitter himself, has been critical of the social media platform and its policies of late

Elon Musk projected to become world's first trillionaire in 2024: Report

Other billionaires are also expected to hit the trillion-dollar range, but not before Musk, the report said

SpaceX raises prices for rocket launches, Starlink satellite internet

The cost of the service, which had been $99 in the US, increased 11 per cent to $110

Tesla aims to complete Cybertruck development this year: Elon Musk

Musk reiterated that Tesla's focus this year is to ramp up production of current vehicle programmes, especially Model Y and Model 3

Elon Musk's SpaceX to launch OneWeb satellites

OneWeb is a joint venture between India Bharti Global and the UK government

Musk reportedly headed to Berlin for Gigafactory inauguration

Tech billionaire Elon Musk appears to be headed to Berlin from Texas, Twitter user @ElonJet, who tracks the movements of Musk's private jet said in a tweet on Monday

Adani adds $49 bn wealth in 2021, higher than Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk

Gautam Adani, India's and Asia's second-richest person, added USD 49 billion to his wealth last year

Tesla, SpaceX facing significant inflation risks: Elon Musk

He, however, said his companies 'are not alone', as the Ukraine-Russia conflict sent commodity prices to their highest levels since 2008

Tesla, SpaceX facing significant inflationary pressure: Elon Musk

Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk said on Sunday the US electric carmaker and his rocket company SpaceX are facing significant inflationary pressure in raw materials and logistics

Musk asks judge to nullify subpoena, throw out 2018 deal with SEC

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is asking a federal judge to nullify a subpoena from securities regulators and throw out a 2018 court agreement in which Musk had to have someone pre-approve his posts on Twitter.

Elon Musk's Starlink internet now active in war-torn Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk for giving Ukraine access to his company's satellite-internet system, called Starlink. I'm grateful to him for supporting Ukraine with words and deeds Zelenskyy said in a tweet. Next week we will receive another batch of Starlink systems for destroyed cities. He joked that they discussed possible space projects, which he would talk about after the war. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko on Saturday showed off a shipment of the Starlink systems that had arrived in the capital city. He said Starlink would help secure the work of critical infrastructure and the defense of the city. Several large Ukrainian cities remained without internet or phone connection after being shelled by Russian troops.

Tesla gets eco nod to produce EVs at Gigafactory Berlin, with riders

The environmental approval for the giant factory faced a lot of opposition with concerns ranging from deforestation to water supply and more

Starlink won't block Russian news media outlets, says Elon Musk

Musk on Friday warned Ukrainians to use the Starlink satellite system with caution as his commercial Internet network can be targeted by Russians and hamper the entire system at work.

Musk seeks immediate boost in oil, gas production to replace Russian output

Tesla Founder Elon Musk called for an immediate increase in oil and gas production around the world because sustainable solutions cannot replace Russian output."Hate to say it, but we need to increase oil & gas output immediately," Musk wrote on Twitter on Friday. "Extraordinary times demand extraordinary measures."Musk added that although increasing oil and gas production would affect Tesla negatively, sustainable energy solutions cannot react instantaneously to make up for Russian oil and gas exports.Earlier in the day, Bloomberg News reported that the Biden administration is considering imposing a ban on imports of Russian crude oil to the United States.US Senators Joe Manchin proposed a bill that would prohibit the import of Russian crude oil, petroleum, petroleum products, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and coal.Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden, in his State of the Union Address on Wednesday, pledged to enable exports of energy from US reserves with the EU working on to curb .

SpaceX successfully launches 47 Starlink satellites to low orbit

The mission, flown by Falcon 9 booster "B1060", has completed 11 flights since its debut in June 2020.