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The Verge has learned a group of SpaceX employees have raised concerns about Elon Musk’s recent behavior in an internal letter to executives. “Elon’s behavior in the public sphere is a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment for us, particularly in recent weeks,” the letter reads. “As our CEO and most prominent spokesperson, Elon is seen as the face of […]
Dogecoin co-creator Jackson Palmer has landed himself in hot water with Elon Musk, after calling the Tesla and SpaceX CEO a “grifter” in a recent interview with Australian outlet Crikey. “He’s a grifter, he sells a vision in hopes that he can one day deliver what he’s promising, but he doesn’t know that,” Palmer told Crikey. […]
It sounds like Twitter may be accepting Elon Musk’s offer after all. Early Monday, Reuters reported Twitter Inc. was “poised to agree” to Musk’s offer of roughly $43 billion in cash. The deal, at least according to the report, could be announced as soon as Monday if all goes as projected. However, it’s also possible […]
Elon Musk has offered to buy Twitter, saying in a letter to the Chairman of the Board that the company “needs to be transformed as a private company.” The letter, per a report from the Associated Press, was included as part of a securities filing on Wednesday and sees the Tesla CEO proposing a buy […]
Elon Musk will not be joining the board at Twitter after all. Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal confirmed the news in a tweeted statement on Sunday night, noting that the SpaceX founder still remains the largest shareholder in the company. “Elon Musk has decided not to join our board,” Agrawal, who was named CEO last November following […]
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 […]
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 […]
NASA, in the agency’s own words, is “crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid…on purpose.” On Wednesday at approximately 1:21 a.m. ET, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. But what, exactly, is DART? In short, it’s the first planetary defense test mission, the […]
A fairly mild tweet from Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders was all it took over the weekend to inspire Elon Musk to deliver a troll-esque response of his own. That response, expectedly, has since spurred another revival of the broader discussion around everyday people going out of their way to passionately defend billionaires. First, Sanders on Saturday shared […]
Elon Musk has posed a $25 billion question to his Twitter followers. The billionaire tech mogul posted a poll Saturday afternoon, asking whether he should sell a portion of his Tesla stock: “Much is made lately of unrealized gains being a means of tax avoidance, so I propose selling 10 percent of my Tesla stock,” he wrote, […]
