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SEC says Elon Musk should be sanctioned if he keeps dodging Twitter depositions
Elon Musk, Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX and Tesla and owner of X looks on during the Milken Conference 2024 Global Conference Sessions at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., May 6, 2024. David Swanson | Reuters The Securities and Exchange Commission has asked a federal judge to sanction Elon Musk if he […]
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Elon Musk’s X and Starlink face nearly $1 million in daily fines for alleged ban evasion in Brazil
Combinations showing Entrepreneur Elon Musk (L) and Brazil Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes (R) Reuters (L) | Getty Images (R) Elon Musk’s X faces steep daily fines in Brazil for allegedly evading a ban on the service there, according to a statement from the country’s supreme court on Thursday. The fines, imposed by Brazil’s […]
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Elon Musk’s X ‘declined to send an appropriate witness’ to Senate hearing on election threats
As the riots raged in the U.K., Elon Musk began making incendiary comments about the situation, including the statement: “Civil war is inevitable.” Musk is the owner of X, the social media platform formerly known as X. Aytug Can Sencar | Anadolu | Getty Images While top executives from Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft are headed […]
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Elon Musk says SpaceX will sue FAA for ‘regulatory overreach’
SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn Falcon 9 rocket sits on Launch Complex 39A of NASA’s Kennedy Space Center as it is prepared for another attempt to liftoff on September 9, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Elon Musk said SpaceX will sue the Federal Aviation Administration for “regulatory overreach” after the agency planned […]
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SpaceX Starlink has 2,500 airplanes under contract after United megadeal, director says
A Starlink terminal installed on a Hawaiian Airlines aircraft. Hawaiian Airlines PARIS — SpaceX nearly doubled its backlog of Starlink in-flight Wi-Fi orders with last week’s United Airlines deal, a company director said Tuesday. “Very excited that we have about 2,500 aircraft under contract now, bringing what was effectively a startup to now what we […]
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With Apple on board, OpenAI’s next act could be its toughest yet
OpenAI stormed onto the scene with ChatGPT and upended the tech world in less than two years. But over the next few months, the artificial intelligence darling will face some of its biggest tests yet. A highly anticipated partnership with Apple will supercharge its reach, putting it in front of millions of users who may […]
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Tesla Semi fire in California took 50,000 gallons of water to extinguish
Tesla Semi. Courtesy: Tesla A single-vehicle collision last month involving a Tesla Semi electric truck took 50,000 gallons of water to extinguish and required aircraft to dump fire retardant overhead, according to a preliminary report on Friday from the National Transportation Safety Board. The crash, which occurred on California’s Interstate 80 west of Lake Tahoe, […]
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Oracle’s Larry Ellison briefly tops Jeff Bezos to become world’s second-richest person
Larry Ellison, chief technology officer of Oracle (L), and Jeff Bezos, founder and executive chairman of Amazon. Reuters Oracle‘s best week on the stock market since 2021 has bolstered Chairman Larry Ellison’s net worth, briefly edging him past Amazon founder Jeff Bezos on Friday to become the world’s second-richest person. Ellison’s net worth reached $208.4 […]
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California attorney general warns tech platforms to look out for voter deception ahead of election
California Attorney General Rob Bonta discusses Michelle Mack’s case in an interview on Feb. 16, 2024. CNBC California Attorney General Rob Bonta cautioned executives at social media and other tech companies to work harder to protect voters from “deception, intimidation, and dissuasion,” ahead of the November election. “Millions of Californians rely on social media and […]
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Oracle trails only Nvidia among large-cap tech this year, as Ellison closes in on Bezos
Larry Ellison, co-founder, chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle, speaks during the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on Oct. 1, 2017. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Larry Ellison turned 80 last month. It’s been a celebratory year. While fellow legacy tech players Intel and Cisco struggle to find their footing […]
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