Elon Musk
Firings at the U.S. weather and oceans agency risk lives and the economy, former agency heads warn
Signage outside the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Center for Weather and Climate Prediction headquarters in College Park, Maryland, US, on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. The conservative Project 2025 roadmap calls for slashing NOAA funding at a time when China is investing heavily in climate research. Photographer: Michael A. McCoy/Bloomberg via Getty Images Michael […]
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FAA clears SpaceX for another Starship test flight after explosion in January
SpaceX’s Super Heavy booster is seen on the launch pad, without the Starship atop, as it is prepared for launch from the company’s Boca Chica launchpad on an uncrewed test flight, near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. Feb. 27, 2025. Joe Skipper | Reuters Elon Musk’s SpaceX has attained authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly […]
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American Airlines to start testing free inflight Wi-Fi
The main cabin of a American Airlines Boeing 777-300ER jet. Mary Altaffer | AP American Airlines is planning to test complimentary inflight Wi-Fi starting next week as pressure mounts on carriers to offer the service free of charge. The tests will be available on three flights: Between hub Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina […]
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Trump administration, Musk’s DOGE plan to fire nearly all CFPB staff and wind down agency, employees say
Elon Musk holds up a chainsaw onstage during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., February 20, 2025. Nathan Howard | Reuters The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Trump-appointed leadership plans to fire nearly all its 1,700 employees while “winding down” the agency, according to testimony from employees. In a trove of […]
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Meta plans to release standalone Meta AI app in effort to compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms Inc., arrives for the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, on Sept. 25, 2024. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Meta AI will soon become one of the social media company’s standalone apps, joining Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, CNBC has learned. The company intends to debut […]
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Dell forecasts $15 billion of AI server sales this year
Michael Dell, chairman and chief executive officer of Dell Inc., speaks during the Dell Technologies World conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Monday, May 20, 2024. Bridget Bennett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Dell reported fourth-quarter sales that fell short of analysts’ estimates but earnings topped Wall Street expectations. Here’s how the hardware company […]
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Weekly jobless claims jump to 242,000, more than expected in latest sign of economic softening
Initial filings for unemployment benefits hit their highest level of the year last week in another potential signs of weakness in the labor market. Jobless claims for the week ended Feb. 22 totaled a seasonally adjusted 242,000, up 22,000 from the previous week’s revised level and higher than the Dow Jones estimate for 225,000, according […]
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Jeff Bezos orders Washington Post opinion pages to support ‘personal liberties and free markets’; top editor resigns
(L-R) Lauren Sanchez, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attend the inauguration ceremony before Donald Trump is sworn in as the 47th US President in the US Capitol Rotunda in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty Images Jeff Bezos, the […]
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U.S. lawmakers warn that China could use Musk to influence Trump
Elon Musk and U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House’s Oval Office. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Republican and Democratic leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives’ select committee on China warned on Tuesday that Beijing may try to exert leverage with Elon Musk in a bid to win favorable U.S. policies, and that Washington must counter any […]
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Democrat senators question what Elon Musk plans to do with sensitive CFPB data
Sens. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., center, Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., conduct a news conference after the Senate Policy luncheons in the Capitol, March 14, 2017. Tom Williams | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images Democrat lawmakers led by Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday held a forum pushing back against […]
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