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Erdogan and Elon Musk discuss establishing a Tesla car factory in Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on Elon Musk, the head of electric carmaker Tesla, to establish a factory in Turkiye during a meeting in New York, Erdogan's office said on Monday. Erdogan, who is in the US to attend the UN General Assembly, also discussed potential cooperation between Musk's space exploration firm SpaceX and Turkiye's space programme, the Turkish president's office said. The statement said Erdogan told Musk that Turkiye would welcome cooperation on artificial intelligence and Starlink, SpaceX's satellite internet service. Musk said SpaceX wanted to secure the necessary license to offer Starlink in Turkiye. Images of the meeting showed Musk holding one of his sons as he talked to Erdogan. Turkish Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacir, who attended the meeting, said Musk described Turkiye as among the most important candidates for Tesla investment. He added that Musk and Erdogan also discussed Turkiye's armed aerial drone programme.

Elon Musk's denial of Ukraine's Starlink request prompts senate probe

Chairman Jack Reed said in a statement Thursday the reports on the use of Starlink exposed "serious national-security liability issues and the committee is engaged on this issue"

Taiwan's foreign minister slams Musk for calling it integral part of China

Taiwan has been claimed by the People's Republic of China as its territory

Twitter's mass layoff severance fight now heads to settlement talks

The private negotiations with a mediator are set for Dec. 1 and Dec. 2, according to the memo

DoT to take call on Starlink's India license next week: Officials

Officials say application is in order; two other players have received license

Elon Musk should not be immune to testifying about former Twitter: US

The US government says the former Twitter's request to end oversight of its data privacy and security practices is meritless and owner Elon Musk should not be immune to testifying about the company since he has first-hand knowledge of the conduct being investigated. This includes decisions he made since acquiring the company including mass layoffs, hasty product launches and an overall chaotic environment" that could be in violation of a government order limiting its privacy and security practices. The company now called X Corp. had filed a motion in July for a protective order that would prevent Musk from having to testify about the company and for relief from its 2022 consent order with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). In a Monday filing on behalf of the FTC, the US Department of Justice said that in seeking to end the FTC's order, X merely "complains the FTC asked too many questions after Elon Musk acquired the company. But the FTC was asking questions, according to the ..

Elon Musk ignored pleas to stop alienating advertisers, says new book

The billionaire owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, has a long list of wealthy, powerful advisors he habitually ignores, according to Walter Isaacson's new biography

Elon Musk's Starlink may soon get a licence to start its services in India

The telecom ministry is expected to hold a meeting later this month to discuss the proposal of Starlink for a GMPCS service license, and it is likely to be passed

Musk's refusal to have Starlink support Ukraine's attack raises questions

SpaceX founder Elon Musk's refusal to allow Ukraine to use Starlink internet services to launch a surprise attack on Russian forces in Crimea last September has raised questions as to whether the US military needs to be more explicit in future contracts that services or products it purchases could be used in war, Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said on Monday. Excerpts of a new biography of Musk published by The Washington Post last week revealed that the Ukrainians in September 2022 had asked for the Starlink support to attack Russian naval vessels based at the Crimean port of Sevastopol. Musk had refused due to concerns that Russia would launch a nuclear attack in response. Russia seized Crimea from Ukraine in 2014 and claims it as its territory. Musk was not on a military contract when he refused the Crimea request; he'd been providing terminals to Ukraine for free in response to Russia's February 2022 invasion. However, in the months since, the US military has funded and ...

Elon Musk confirms the name of third child with Grimes, details inside

Elon Musk and singer Grimes had a third kid named Techno Mechanicus. While not much is known about the child in public, Musk took to Twitter and shared the importance behind the name

Elon Musk's Starship launch halted after FAA cites 63 regulatory fixes

The test flight of Starship in April ended in a mid-flight explosion within four minutes of its take off

The 'mercurial man child'

Yet even as Musk struggles to relate to the actual humans around him, his plans for humanity are grand

Elon Musk has a secret third child with Grimes, reveals upcoming biography

Elon Musk dated the 35-year-old Canadian musician, whose real name is Claire Boucher, on and off between 2018 and 2022

Elon Musk's social media site X sues California over content moderation law

Elon Musk's social media platform formerly known as Twitter has sued the state of California over a law requiring social media companies to publish their policies for removing offending material such as hate speech, misinformation and harassment. The first-of-its-kind legislation was signed into law a year ago by California Gov. Gavin Newsom. In a lawsuit filed Friday against state Attorney General Robert Bonta, X Corp. challenged the "constitutionality and legal validity" of the law, saying it violates the First Amendment. Assembly bill 587 requires social media platforms to post their content moderation policies which they already do and twice a year submit a report to the state on how they address hate speech, racism, misinformation, foreign political interference and other issues. The law, "compels companies to engage in speech against their will, impermissibly interferes with the constitutionally-protected editorial judgments of companies such as X Corp." and has pressures ..

Elon Musk blames anti-defamation league for slump in X's US ad revenue

Ad sales are still down 60 per cent "primarily due to pressure on advertisers" mounted by the ADL, Musk said in a series of posts Monday

Parag Agrawal: Not the fire-breathing dragon Twitter needed, said Elon Musk

Walter Isaacson's biography reveals key insights into Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter and subsequent firing of top execs, including CEO Parag Agrawal

China's electric vehicle war gets fiercer as Tesla, Zeekr dial it up

There were signs that China's intense EV price war, which has eaten into automakers' margins, was starting to abate in June and July but Friday's action has cast doubt over that

Tesla's $41,000 model X discount unlocks subsidies Musk wanted gone

Musk in December 2021 called for the Biden administration to get rid of the incentives, citing concerns about government spending and the deficit

Video, audio calls soon to be made available for X, says owner Elon Musk

Elon Musk said that the feature will work on iOS, Android, Mac, and PCs

In a policy switch, X now allows political ads by US election candidates

Earlier in 2019, X, formerly called Twitter, had banned all political ads globally