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Elon Musk has a question for his followers.  The Tesla CEO—who recently challenged Russian President Vladimir Putin to “single combat”—hopped back on Twitter on Friday to ask his followers about free speech, and if they feel “Twitter rigorously adheres to this principle.” In a poll he shared, in which over 2 million users participated, roughly […]

Elon Musk and SpaceX are lending support to Ukraine amid Russia’s assault on the embattled country. The announcement comes after Ukrainian Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov asked the SpaceX billionaire to help supply satellite-based communications to the country, as their internet access has been disrupted by the Russian invasion. “While you try to colonize Mars, Russia try to occupy […]

Jack Sweeney, the 19-year-old behind the Twitter bot @ElonJet, which tracks the whereabouts of the Tesla CEO’s private jet, told Protocol that he received an early morning DM last year, asking, “Can you take this down? It is a security risk.”  Sweeney created 15 accounts using bots to track the planes of well-known figures, like Bill Gates […]

Tesla has recalled nearly half a million of its vehicles after safety regulators expressed concern over possible defects that could increase the changes of road accidents. According to Reuters, the recall applies to Model 3 cars made between 2017-2020, as well as Model S cars made in 2014 and after. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration […]

Washington Wizards star Kyle Kuzma, who once agreed with Bernie Sanders on taxing Amazon, retweeted a story from CNN that said Elon Musk will owe $11 billion in taxes, the largest amount ever for an individual, and mocked the argument that “the rich don’t pay taxes.”  There’s truth to the complaint that “the rich don’t pay taxes,” […]

Tesla has announced a software update that could potentially save lives. According to the The New York Times, Elon Musk’s auto manufacturer has locked access to “passenger play,” a feature that allows people to play video games on an internal touch-screen while the car is in motion. The move comes after U.S. safety regulators confirmed they were investigating […]

Elon Musk has some advice for his billionaire rival Jeff Bezos: work harder. In a recent interview with the Financial Times, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO spoke candidly about his ongoing space race against the Amazon founder. Musk, who was just named FT’s and Time’s Person of the Year, referred to Bezos as a “friend” with “reasonably good engineering […]

Elon Musk was just named Times’ Person of the Year, and in response, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren took to Twitter to comment on how the award should have gone to someone who pays their taxes and not Musk, who she believes is “freeloading off everyone else.” Musk didn’t take too kindly to these comments and […]

Elon Musk, Person of the Year? That’s the opinon of Time magazine, which is rolling out its usual year-end coverage, which also includes Athlete of the Year Simone Biles and Entertainer of the Year Olivia Rodrigo. The Person of the Year distinction, though not a formal award, is bestowed annually upon an individual the publication believes has […]

Elon Musk said during the Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council Summit on Monday that he supports the idea of getting rid of all government subsidies, specifically the ones laid out in the Biden Administration’s infrastructure bill.  “Just delete them all,” Musk said, per The Verge, citing concerns over increasing the country’s budget deficit. “We’ve spent so much […]