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Elon Musk's Mars vision: Turn sci-fi into reality with Mars colonisation

Billionaire Elon Musk's Martian dreams stir awe and skepticism alike, as humanity weighs the allure of a new frontier against the tough realities of space colonisation

20 satellites to 'fall from sky' as SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket malfunctions

SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket malfunction, a first in nearly a decade for the Elon Musk-led company, was triggered by a liquid oxygen leak

Elon Musk to give $45 million every month to pro-Trump political group

The donations show the growing momentum Trump has among big donors in the technology and financial worlds

Elon Musk may delay in Aug 8 robotaxi unveil event to make design change

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has appeared to confirm a report that the company's much-ballyhooed event to unveil a robotaxi will be delayed beyond its scheduled Aug 8 date. Musk didn't give a new date for the event, but in a posting on X on Monday, the social media site he owns, he wrote that he requested a design change to the front of the vehicle. "The extra time allows us to show off a few other things, he wrote. A message was left Monday seeking comment from Tesla. Bloomberg News reported on Thursday that the robotaxi event would be delayed until October due to changes sought by Musk. That sent Tesla shares down 8% for the day. But they have since rallied and were up nearly 3% in Monday afternoon trading. Tesla shares had been down more than 40% earlier in the year, but are up more than 80% since hitting a 52-week low in April. For many years Musk has said Tesla's Full Self Driving system will allow a fleet of robotaxis to generate income for the company and Tesla owners, making use o

Twitter was founded on this day in 2006, here's all you need to know

Jack Dorsey founded Twitter in 2006 with Evan Williams and Biz Stone. It was purchased by Elon Musk in 2023 for $44 billion, who later renamed it X

US prez polls: Musk donates to Trump, tapping fortune to swing 2024 race

The money injection from Musk comes at a time when Trump has overtaken his rival, President Joe Biden, in fundraising with the help of deep-pocketed Wall Street and corporate donors

SpaceX rocket fails, leaves Starlink's internet satellites in wrong orbit

A SpaceX rocket has failed for the first time in nearly a decade, leaving the company's internet satellites in an orbit so low that they're doomed to fall through the atmosphere and burn up. The Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from California on Thursday night, carrying 20 Starlink satellites. Several minutes into the flight, the upper stage engine malfunctioned. SpaceX on Friday blamed a liquid oxygen leak. The company said flight controllers managed to make contact with half of the satellites and attempted to boost them to a higher orbit using onboard ion thrusters. But with the low end of their orbit only 84 miles (135 kilometres) above Earth less than half what was intended our maximum available thrust is unlikely to be enough to successfully raise the satellites, the company said via X. SpaceX said the satellites will reenter the atmosphere and burn up. There was no mention of when they might come down. More than 6,000 orbiting Starlinks currently provide internet service to ...

EU slaps charges on Elon Musk's X over disinformation and illegal content

The EU Commission on Friday issued formal charges against X, accusing it of violating the EU's stringent social media regulations

Sam Altman driving Koenigsegg Regera; Musk takes jibe after video surfaces

Musk takes a dig at OpenAI co-founder Sam Altman for driving a $1.9M Koenigsegg Regera. Social media users wonder how a non-profit organisation's CEO could afford it

Spacesuits to dome habitats: Inside Elon Musk's plan to colonise Mars

Musk, 53, has directed SpaceX employees to drill into the design and details of a Martian city, according to five people with knowledge of the efforts and documents viewed by NYT

Indian firm aims to launch 'space habitat' by 2027, in talks with SpaceX

Bengaluru-based AkashaLabdhi is designing a space habitat solution to accommodate six to 16 personnel, which it plans to launch by 2027

Elon Musk beats $500 million severance suit over mass Twitter layoff

Several similar cases filed by former Twitter employees and executives are moving through the courts

Neuralink to implant device into second patient in a week: Elon Musk

Company aims to help patients with brain injury and spinal injuries by enabling them to control phones and computers with their minds

No Omelette for a week, says Musk, to make up for this 'heinous crime'

Elon Musk pledges to quit Omelette for a week, decided to make up for the "heinous crime" as his SpaceX destroys nests of birds, killing their eggs

Late disclosure of large stake in Twitter was mistake, says Elon Musk

The investors said this let Musk buy more shares at cheap prices, saving more than $200 million. Twitter, now known as X, rose 27% on April 4, 2022 after Musk revealed his 9.2% stake

'Tesla's loss, not India's': Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal on Tesla's pullback

Elon Musk's Tesla has not responded to inquiries from officials in New Delhi and is no longer expected to invest in India

Tesla investment in India not anytime soon as Musk ceases contact: Report

Elon Musk's team hasn't made any further inquiries with officials in New Delhi after the billionaire postponed a visit to India in late April

In a first, Tesla deliveries expected to dip 6% for second straight quarter

Tesla has hit a speed bump after years of rapid growth that helped make it the world's most valuable automaker

Warren Buffett donates $5.3 bn of Berkshire Hathaway shares to 5 charities

Warren Buffett has donated the stocks to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and four family charities. This is his biggest annual donation since he began making them in 2006

Musk's SpaceX tender offer said to value company at record $210 billion

Terms aren't finalised and the size of the tender offer could change depending on interest from both insider sellers and buyers