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Musk's satellite venture Starlink may still take time to enter India orbit

The telecom dept hasn't issued a global mobile personal communication licence to Starlink, a prerequisite for it to start commercial services in India

Elon Musk's latest move: Pay-to-post on social platform X

Elon Musk recently announced that new users on the social media platform X will need to pay for liking, sharing and even posting content on the platform. Watch the video to know more.

Tesla's $1 billion India connection that powers its auto ecosystem

Like several other big companies, Tesla too started to de-risk its supply chain after the pandemic shock and looked towards Indian component makers

Elon Musk expected to meet with space startups during India visit

India's national space program has had some recent successes. It became the first country to land a spacecraft near the moon's south pole last year and is planning its first crewed mission in 2025

Tesla layoffs: Global job cuts to impact leading markets US, China

Tesla faces increasing competition in China in a fierce price war with rivals led by BYD, slowing sales in the United States, as well high investment costs in new models and artificial intelligence

‘He is a supporter of India’: PM Modi on Elon Musk and investments in India

Watch what Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tesla CEO Elon Musk and investments in India.

Elon Musk's X faces outage, users unable to access their accounts

Users report they are unable to access X (formerly Twitter), marking another controversy for the recently rebranded social media platform

X received inquiry from US govt on actions in Brazil, says Elon Musk

In a decision on Sunday, Brazil Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the probe will check whether Musk was involved in obstruction, criminal organisation and incitement

Looking forward to meeting with PM Modi: Elon Musk confirms India visit

Musk and Modi last met in New York in June, and Tesla for months lobbied India to lower import taxes on electric vehicles while it weighed up a factory there

Elon Musk's undisclosed Starlink costs undercut profitability claims

Closely held companies don't have to publicly release their financials and often massage their numbers while fundraising

Elon Musk says AI will gain general intelligence, outsmart humans by 2025

"If you define AGI (artificial general intelligence) as smarter than the smartest human, I think it's probably next year, within two years," Musk said

Impulse to speak out leads to 'self-inflicted wounds', says Elon Musk

Musk was sued in Texas state court in October by Ben Brody after endorsing a social media post that compared an Instagram profile of Brody to a photo of a White supremacist

Tesla settles lawsuit over man's death in crash involving its Autopilot

Tesla has settled lawsuit brought by the family of a Silicon Valley engineer who died in a crash while relying on the company's semi-autonomous driving software. The size of the settlement was not disclosed in court documents filed Monday, just a day before the trial stemming from the 2018 crash on a San Francisco Bay Area highway was scheduled to begin. The family of Walter Huang filed a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit in 2019 seeking to hold Tesla and, by extension, its CEO Elon Musk liable for repeatedly exaggerating the capabilities of Tesla's self-driving car technology. They claimed the technology, dubbed Autopilot, was promoted in egregious ways that caused vehicle owners to believe they didn't have to remain vigilant while they were behind the wheel. Evidence indicated that Huang was playing a video game on his iPhone when he crashed into a concrete highway barrier on March 23, 2018. After dropping his son off at preschool, Huang activated the Autopilot feature on h

Elon Musk wants Brazil's Supreme Court justice to resign; here's why

"This judge has brazenly and repeatedly betrayed the constitution and people of Brazil. He should resign or be impeached. Shame @Alexandre, shame," Musk posted on X

Brazil SC justice to probe Musk over fake news and alleged obstruction

A crusading Brazilian Supreme Court justice included Elon Musk as a target in an ongoing investigation over the dissemination of fake news and opened a separate investigation late Sunday into the executive for alleged obstruction. In his decision, Justice Alexandre de Moraes noted that Musk on Saturday began waging a public disinformation campaign regarding the top court's actions, and that Musk continued the following day most notably with comments that his social media company X would cease to comply with the court's orders to block certain accounts. The flagrant conduct of obstruction of Brazilian justice, incitement of crime, the public threat of disobedience of court orders and future lack of cooperation from the platform are facts that disrespect the sovereignty of Brazil, de Moraes wrote. Musk will be investigated for alleged intentional criminal instrumentalisation of X as part of an investigation into a network of people known as digital militias who allegedly spread ...

Tesla's low quarterly sales spark concerns over company's future growth

The growth issue around Tesla has become so sensitive, that a report on Friday saying the company was getting rid of its low-cost EV plans which were considered key to fixing its demand problem

Zuckerberg's wealth exceeds Elon Musk's for the first time since 2020

Musk's wealth has shrunk by $48.4 billion this year, while Zuckerberg has added $58.9 billion to his fortune as Meta Platforms Inc. climbs to fresh highs, including a new record on Friday

Tesla accused in suit of wage law violations against California workers

Tesla is also facing claims that CEO Elon Musk violated workers' labor rights by suggesting in a 2018 tweet that employees would lose stock options if they unionized

Musk-led X changes course, gives away blue ticks to popular users for free

Musk pledged last week to start handing out the free features to people who had more than 2,500 verified followers

Free blue ticks back for some accounts on X leaving some users unhappy

Last year, X began issuing verification checks only to those who paid the starting price of $8 per month for it, and stripping verification badges from many celebrities