Elon Musk
SpaceX repeatedly polluted waters in Texas this year, regulators found
SpaceX’s Starship launches its fourth flight test from the company’s Boca Chica launchpad, designed to eventually send astronauts to the moon and beyond, near Brownsville, Texas, U.S. , in this handout picture obtained on June 6, 2024. Spacex | Via Reuters Elon Musk’s SpaceX violated environmental regulations by repeatedly releasing pollutants into or near bodies […]
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European Commission warns Elon Musk ahead of Trump interview to keep hate speech off X
Elon Musk, co-founder of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of X Holdings Corp., speaks at the Milken Institute’s Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel,on May 6, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. Apu Gomes | Getty Images The European Commission on Monday warned X Corp. owner Elon Musk and CEO Linda Yaccarino that the company may […]
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Musk embraces Trump and scorns subsidies. But Tesla still lobbies for US benefits
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., right, at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images When Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump for president last month, the Tesla founder and chief executive backed a candidate who vows to “drill, baby, drill,” “end […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Wall Street rebounds, investors to monitor earnings and inflation data
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on May 31, 2024 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Prequels, sequels and pixie dust
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on Oct. 4, 2023. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no matter where they are. […]
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The rise of OpenAI and Microsoft’s $13 billion bet on the AI startup
OpenAI, the company behind the ChatGPT chatbot, was founded in 2015 by a number of researchers, academics and entrepreneurs, including Sam Altman, Greg Brockman and Elon Musk. Altman and Brockman are still at OpenAI, serving as CEO and president, respectively. Musk departed in 2018. At the time, OpenAI said Musk left to avoid a conflict […]
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Maduro orders 10-day ban on Elon Musk’s X in Venezuela after feud with billionaire
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro addresses the media during an event to sign an agreement to recognize the electoral results of the presidential elections of July 28, at the National Electoral Council, in Caracas, Venezuela, June 20, 2024. Miraflores Palace | Via Reuters Contested Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro ordered a 10-day ban on social networking platform […]
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Tesla’s board faces questions from Elizabeth Warren about Musk’s corporate ‘entanglements’
Elon Musk and Robyn Denholm Tim Rue | Bloomberg | Getty Images; Telstra Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is asking the Tesla board if it’s looked into CEO Elon Musk’s use of company resources to benefit his other ventures, including SpaceX and xAI. “Tesla’s Board of Directors appears to be failing to meet its fiduciary duties to […]
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Online disinformation sparked a wave of far-right violence in the UK — here’s how
Riot police officers push back anti-migration protesters outside the Holiday Inn Express Hotel which is housing asylum seekers on August 4, 2024 in Rotherham, United Kingdom. Christopher Furlong | Getty Images News | Getty Images It didn’t take long for false claims to appear on social media after three young girls were killed in the British town […]
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Advertising group suspends brand safety unit after Elon Musk’s antitrust lawsuit
Elon Musk attends the “Exploring the New Frontiers of Innovation: Mark Read in Conversation with Elon Musk” session during the Cannes Lions International Festival Of Creativity 2024 – Day Three in Cannes, France, on June 19, 2024. Marc Piasecki | Getty Images A global advertising group has suspended the operations of a unit focused on […]
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