Trump and Musk alliance melts down in blazing public row
World 11:59 06/06/2025Donald Trump and Elon Musk's unlikely political marriage exploded in a fiery public divorce Thursday, with the U.S. president threatening to strip the billionaire of his huge government contracts in revenge.
Elon Musk leaving Trump administration, capping turbulent tenure
World 14:50 29/05/2025WASHINGTON - Billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk is leaving the Trump administration after leading a tumultuous efficiency drive, during which he upended several federal agencies but ultimately failed to deliver the generational savings he had sought.
SpaceX Starship launched on ninth test flight after last two blew up
World 10:53 28/05/2025STARBASE, Texas - Starship, the futuristic SpaceX rocket vehicle on which Elon Musk's ambitions for multiplanetary travel are riding, roared into space from Texas on Tuesday on its ninth uncrewed test launch, flying farther than the last two attempts that ended in explosive failure.
Musk says he'll resume working '24/7' at his companies, X outage mostly restored
World 18:12 25/05/2025Elon Musk's social media platform X was largely restored for most users after an outage that impacted tens of thousands of users in the United States on Saturday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com, following which he said that he is "back to spending 24/7" at his companies.
Musk's xAI updates Grok chatbot after 'white genocide' comments
World 11:01 17/05/2025Elon Musk's xAI responded to widespread reports that its Grok chatbot made claims about a genocide against white citizens in South Africa, saying there had been an unauthorized change to the artificial intelligence bot. In a post on X on Thursday, xAI said it would update the system to address the problem.
Neuralink's speech restoration device gets FDA's 'breakthrough' tag
World 17:19 05/05/2025Neuralink has received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's "breakthrough" tag for its device to restore communication for individuals with severe speech impairment, Elon Musk's brain implant company said on Thursday in a post on X.
Tesla without Musk? Board faces unique challenge whether he stays or goes
World 14:32 02/05/2025Tesla's board on Thursday rushed to defend its chief executive, Elon Musk, assuring he had the board's confidence amid rising investor worries about his prolonged absences, polarizing politics and the EV maker's plunging sales and profit.
SpaceX to launch private, all-civilian crew into Earth orbit
World 17:08 13/09/2021SpaceX is set to launch four people into space Wednesday on a three-day mission that is the first to orbit the Earth with exclusively private citizens on board, as Elon Musk's company enters the space tourism fray
Elon Musk says he is first SNL host with Asperger's syndrome
World 13:10 10/05/2021Elon Musk kicked off his "Saturday Night Live" debut by declaring himself to be the first person with Asperger's syndrome to host the US comedy sketch show
US regulator allows SpaceX Starlink satellites at lower altitude
World 15:54 28/04/2021Elon Musk's Starlink project to provide broadband from space received authorization Tuesday to place its satellites lower than previously proposed
