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Musk deletes post about Harris and Biden assassination after criticism

Elon Musk has deleted a post on his social media platform X in which he said no one is even trying to assassinate President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in the wake of an apparent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump while he was playing golf. Musk, who has nearly 200 million followers on the social media site he bought for $44 billion in 2022, has increasingly embraced conservative ideologies in recent years and endorsed Trump for president. While he has removed posts in the past, Musk has also kept up and even doubled down on other such inflammatory comments. Last week, he made a joke about impregnating Taylor Swift after the singer posted an endorsement for Harris. Early Monday, after taking down the post about the apparent Trump assassination, the 53-year-old billionaire wrote on the platform: Well, one lesson I've learned is that just because I say something to a group and they laugh doesn't mean it's going to be all that hilarious as a post on .

'No one trying to kill Kamala': Elon Musk reacts to Donald Trump episode

Elon Musk was criticised on Monday for questioning why no one targets Biden or Harris after Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt while golfing in Florida

Inside Elon Musk's mushrooming security apparatus in Tesla factories

Musk has cultivated devil-may-care persona, travelling world, hanging out with moguls, leaders, celebrities, and smoking in public, but in private, he has barricaded himself behind armed bodyguards

Internet in space: Polaris Dawn tests Starlink's laser-powered project

Four astronauts aboard the Polaris Dawn mission successfully tested laser-powered internet in space by sharing photographs of the mission

Brazil's court unfreezes accounts of X, Starlink following $3 mn transfer

Brazilian government collected 7.2 million Brazilian reais ($1.3m) from an X bank account and over 11 million Brazilian reais ($1.9m) from a Starlink account

Elon Musk calls Australian govt 'fascists' over social media laws

The proposed legislation is the latest fight between Australia's government and global tech giants

Tech billionaire Isaacman on first private spacewalk from SpaceX capsule

A billionaire kicked off the first private spacewalk Thursday, teaming up with SpaceX on the daring endeavour hundreds of miles above Earth. Tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman and his crew waited until their capsule was depressurised before popping open the hatch. Isaacman was to be the first one out, aiming to join a small elite group of spacewalkers who until now had represented countries. All four on board donned SpaceX's new spacewalking suits to protect themselves from the harsh vacuum. They launched on Tuesday from Florida, rocketing farther from Earth than anyone since NASA's moonwalkers. The orbit was reduced by half to 458 miles (737 kilometres) for the spacewalk. It was the main focus of the five-day flight financed by Isaacman and Elon Musk's company, and the culmination of years of development geared toward settling Mars and other planets. This first spacewalking test, expected to last about two hours, involved more stretching than walking. The plan called for Isaacman

Spacewalking: New domain of rich as billionaire attempts 1st pvt spacewalk

First came space tourism. Now comes an even bigger thrill for the monied masses: spacewalking. The stage is set for the first private spacewalk Thursday. Tech billionaire Jared Isaacman will pop out of the hatch of his orbiting SpaceX capsule, two days after blasting off from Florida on a chartered flight that lifted him and his crew higher than anyone since NASA's moonwalkers. He partnered with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to buy a series of rocket rides and help develop brand new spacesuits. SpaceX is the first private company to attempt a spacewalk, until now the domain of just 12 countries. There's a reason why it's such a niche and elite group: Spacewalking is considered the most dangerous part of any flight after launch and reentry, and demands extensive training. Spacewalks are a whole different entire ballgame than just strapping into a rocket and riding it, getting some zero-g time and coming back, said retired NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy. Cassidy knows firsthand about the danger

SpaceX to launch billionaire's pvt crew on breakthrough spacewalk mission

An attempt to launch last month was postponed hours before liftoff over a small helium leak in ground equipment on SpaceX's launchpad

Elon Musk to turn trillionaire by 2027, Gautam Adani next in queue: Report

Elon Musk, with a current wealth of $237 billion and a growth rate of 110% annually, could become the world's first trillionaire by 2027, a new report has revealed

Couche-Tard asks Seven & i for talks as it rejects $38.5 bn offer

Seven & i said the deal was not in the best interest of its shareholders and could face antitrust challenges in the US

SpaceX to launch first Starship to Mars in two years, says CEO Musk

In another post on X, Musk stated that SpaceX created the first fully reusable rocket stage and made the reuse economically viable

Musk's pro-Trump America PAC ramps up advertising: 'We must stop Kamala'

"We must STOP Kamala while we can," reads an America PAC ad on Meta Platforms Inc.'s Facebook, where Musk's PAC has deployed the vast majority of its digital ad spend

Elon Musk dares the world to take on X as he scoffs at Brazil's ban

Musk's feud with controversial Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes over the order barring X intensified an ideological war

X global affairs head Nick Pickles resigns after a decade long stint

It was not immediately clear what his next plans were, or why he made the decision to quit

Trump says will tap Musk to lead govt efficiency commission if elected

It was also the first time Trump said Musk had agreed to head the body. Trump did not detail how such a commission would operate

Advertisers abandon Elon Musk's X amid concerns over content and trust

Since Elon Musk acquired the platform for $44 billion in October 2022, X has experienced a significant drop in advertising revenue

Brazil blocking Elon Musk's X costs millions of users, little in sales

While sales from Brazil would likely represent a small piece of X's overall business, any revenue is important for the company, which is still fighting to win back advertisers

Brazil vs Elon Musk: SpaceX warns employees not to travel to the country

It's standard for companies to review their security protocols and caution employees from traveling to certain areas depending on changing dynamics with customers and foreign governments

Musk's X wins appeal to block part of California content moderation law

A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco overturned a lower court judge's decision declining to pause enforcement of the new California law