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Brazil court says Elon Musk must pay $1.9 million to lift ban on X

The penalty was ordered by top court Justice Alexandre de Moraes as punishment for X having become accessible after the ban order

Elon Musk's X seeks Brazil comeback, retreats on 'censorship' feud

A decision from the court on X's return is still pending, but people close to Musk in Brazil believe service could be restored in a matter of days

Vietnam says Elon Musk's SpaceX has plans for $15 bn Starlink investment

Last year's talks were stymied by questions about ownership of the company SpaceX would have to set up in Vietnam

Elon Musk makes public posts on X visible to all, including blocked users

Formerly Twitter, X now allows everyone to see a public post but will prevent users blocked by the person from interacting with those posts

Ex-Twitter worker wins fight with Elon Musk over unpaid severance

The resolution of the dispute, which was handled through arbitration, comes almost two years after Musk acquired Twitter for $44 billion and promptly fired over half of the staff

Brazil slaps Rs 7.7 cr fine on Elon Musk after X's brief return despite ban

The platform's services were briefly re-enabled on Wednesday (September 18) after X updated its servers in Brazil. During this brief period, a large number of Brazilian users accessed the site

US presidential polls: Elon Musk endorses Trump, his workers back Harris

According to data from OpenSecrets, a nonprofit group that monitors US political donations, Tesla employees have contributed $42,824 to Harris' campaign, compared to $24,840 for Trump

X skirts Brazil ban and returns to some users with change to server access

Some Brazilian users reconnected with X on Wednesday despite the Supreme Court's recent nationwide ban, the result of the social network apparently changing the way its servers are accessed. The reunion may be short-lived, however. Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered X blocked nationwide on Aug 30 after months of tension with billionaire Elon Musk surrounding orders to take down accounts and the limits of free speech in Brazil. He also established fines on anyone using virtual private networks (VPN) to access the platform. That rendered X effectively inaccessible in the country until Wednesday, with AP journalists among those who had access. Experts examining X's IP addresses said there are indications that the company has begun routing users through the servers of Cloudflare, a content delivery network, en route to its own. "The service that Elon Musk's social network has started using works like a digital shield that protects the company's servers," said Pedro Diogenes, Latin ...

Elon Musk's Neuralink gains FDA breakthrough tag for vision implant

Neuralink's vision-restoring device, named Blindsight, is designed to allow even individuals who have lost both eyes and their optic nerves to regain sight

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