Elon Musk

Musk's dad confirms secret second child with his stepdaughter

Tech billionaire Elon Musk's father, Errol Musk, has claimed he's had a second unplanned child with his 35-year-old stepdaughter, Jana Bezuidenhout.

Jul 15, 2022

Musk pokes fun at Twitter again; this time with 'poop' emoji amid court battle [details]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Thursday once again demonstrated his "disparaging" behaviour towards Twitter by posting a 'pile of poop' emoji as the micro-blogging platform sued him over terminating the $44 billion takeover deal.

Jul 14, 2022

Tesla's Autopilot AI director Karpathy quits amid widespread layoffs

Andrej Karpathy, Tesla's director of AI, who led the Autopilot vision team, on Thursday announced that he is leaving the company as the electric car-maker keeps laying off thousands across verticals.

Jul 14, 2022

Twitter is taking Musk to court for terminating $44B takeover; Tesla chief reacts with meme [details]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Monday poked fun at Twitter for taking him to court and shared a meme which made fun of the micro-blogging platform.

Jul 11, 2022

Twitter tells employees to 'refrain' from Tweeting, Slacking or sharing any commentary on Musk deal

Amid the high voltage drama happening ever since Elon Musk officially tried to pull out of his $44 billion agreement to buy Twitter, the microblogging site's general counsel has told employees to not publicly comment on the deal.

Jul 9, 2022

Twitter buyout deal: Musk to pay $1 bn as deal termination fee to Twitter

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who has cancelled the $44 billion Twitter buyout deal, will have to pay $1 billion in termination fee to the micro-blogging platform.

Jul 9, 2022

Elon Musk terminates $44 bn takeover deal with Twitter, legal battle begins

Micro-blogging platform Twitter on Saturday announced it was going to sue Tesla CEO Elon Musk for terminating the $44 billion takeover deal.

Jul 9, 2022

Musk running "anti-5G" narrative, alleges nonprofit group

Elon Musk has been accused of running an anti-5G narrative in the US that is harmful to millions of consumers who are seeking better connectivity options and innovation.

Jul 8, 2022

Elon Musk secretly had twins with Neuralink executive in 2021: Report

Tech billionaire Elon Musk secretly had twins with Shivon Zilis, a top executive at his brain-chip startup Neuralink, in November 2021, just weeks before he welcomed a second child with his former girlfriend Grimes via surrogacy in December, according to media reports.

Jul 7, 2022

Bored Elon Musk returns to Twitter after 10-day hiatus

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Saturday broke his 10-day long Twitter silence, admitting that he was feeling a bit bored.

Jul 2, 2022

Musk taking longest-ever Twitter break, leaves behind suspense among his 100 million followers

It has been nine days since Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took digital detox from Twitter -- a longest stretch without posting anything in nearly five years -- leaving his more than 100 million followers and the media speculating a lot.

Jul 1, 2022

Elon Musk now has over 100 million followers on Twitter; one of six to cross milestone [details]

Elon Musk is one of only six people in the world to cross this milestone on the microblogging site.

Jun 28, 2022

SpaceX 'violates' US labour law by abruptly firing a staff, Tesla faces criticism for laying off hourly employees

As per reports, SpaceX which fired employees who wrote a letter criticising Elon Musk's behaviour in the public sphere has likely violated US labour laws.

Jun 18, 2022

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