Elon Musk

Musk wants Twitter to emulate WeChat, allowing "outrageous" comments

In his first direct call with Twitter employees, Elon Musk briefed them about his plans once he takes over the platform, including making it more like TikTok and WeChat and allowing "outrageous comments".

Jun 17, 2022

Elon Musk hints layoffs at Twitter, says "costs exceed revenue"

Elon Musk has told Twitter employees that the platform "needs to get healthy" financially and bring down costs, suggesting that job cuts are likely in store if his deal goes through.

Jun 17, 2022

Elon Musk threatens to kill the whole $44B Twitter deal; here's why [details]

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Monday stated that if Twitter fails to give data on spam and fake accounts, he may walk out of his $44 billion acquisition agreement.

Jun 6, 2022

By 2030, thanks to 6G, smartphones could be obsolete, we might have smart glasses instead, says Nokia CEO

Pekka Lundmark made the statement on irrelevance of smartphones during an event at the World Economic Forum. He said that users will not be able to access 6G technology using current smartphones

Jun 6, 2022

After Biden's wishes, Musk says SpaceX to build 1,000 Starships akin to Noah's Ark to transport life to Mars

Billionaire Elon Musk on Monday said his space venture SpaceX aims to build over 1,000 Starships to transport life to Mars.

Jun 6, 2022

Musk retracts statement over job cuts, says headcount will increase

Two days after reportedly emailing employees of a 10 per cent job cut at Tesla, CEO Elon Musk on Sunday retracted his statements saying total headcounts will increase.

Jun 5, 2022

Elon Musk plans 10% staff cut at Tesla, freezes hiring

Elon Musk is reportedly planning to axe 10 per cent of Tesla staff, along with freezing hiring amid stalled Twitter deal, global macroeconomic conditions like chip shortage, rising inflation and high interest rates.

Jun 4, 2022

Biden wishes Musk "lots of luck" on SpaceX trip to Moon as Tesla decides to cut 10% workforce

US President Joe Biden has wished Elon Musk "lots of luck" for his trip to the Moon, as the Tesla CEO expressed "super bad feeling" about the economy and decided to cut its workforce by 10 per cent.

Jun 4, 2022

Running companies hurts my heart: Elon Musk

Elon Musk has revealed that he never wanted to become a CEO but he sees no other way to bring technology and design to fruition.

Jun 3, 2022

Come to office or get out; Elon Musk mandates minimum 40hrs/week for Tesla employees [details]

Elon Musk on Wednesday gave an ultimatum to Tesla employees to either return to office or get out, saying they "should pretend to work somewhere else" if they disagree with the company's policy.

Jun 1, 2022

Musk opens motivational class on Twitter, shares message: "Happiness is a choice"

Billionaire Elon Musk on Monday shared some motivational thoughts on Twitter.

May 30, 2022

Elon Musk highest-paid CEO, followed by Tim Cook: Report

Tesla and spaceX CEO Elon Musk has topped the list of the most highly compensated CEOs on the Fortune 500 in 2021.

May 29, 2022

Elon Musk reacts to Depp-Heard trial: this is what he "hopes" for [read now]

Tesla CEO and Amber Heard's former beau Elon Musk has shared his thoughts on the ongoing trial between the actress and her former husband Johnny Depp.

May 29, 2022

Elon Musk advises Jeff Bezos to party less, work more

Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Saturday advised Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to party less, and work more if he wants to get to orbit.

May 28, 2022

Shareholder sues Musk for manipulating Twitter stock

A Twitter shareholder has sued Elon Musk, alleging that the Tesla CEO actively manipulated the company's stock for personal gain.

May 27, 2022

Elon Musk opens hardcore litigation department at Tesla to fight lawsuits [details]

Elon Musk on Saturday announced to open a litigation department at Tesla to initiate and execute lawsuits, as the electric car-maker is facing lawsuits over rampant sexual harassment at the workplace.

May 22, 2022

Elon Musk escalates claim on fake Twitter users, bots issue to US SEC, seeks probe

Opening another front against Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday asked the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to probe whether Twitter's claim on the number of its user base is true.

May 18, 2022

It's Elon Musk vs Parag Agrawal again; this time over fake user accounts [details]

Parag Agrawal tried to dispel concerns around the presence of fake/spammy accounts in a long Twitter thread, as Musk questioned Twitter data on removing fake/spam accounts last week.

May 16, 2022

"I'm a bot and so is my wife," defends Musk after fake accounts, bots row in Twitter

Annoyed at the presence of fake users and bots on Twitter, Musk last week put the $44 billion Takeover takeover deal on hold, Tesla CEO Elon Musk who is busy finding fake/spamming accounts and bots, says he himself is a bot, and so is his wife.

May 16, 2022

Tesla stops taking Cybertruck orders in China, Europe

Electric car maker Tesla has reportedly stopped taking Cybertruck orders on its websites in China and Europe.

May 16, 2022