Alex Lederman and Nomia Iqbal BBC News, in Erie, Pennsylvania Watch: How Americans feel about Elon Musk’s government role Seated around a breakfast table in Erie, Pennsylvania, four veterans in their mid-80s – John, Jack, Bob and Don – gather to reminisce about their decades of friendship. But it is another Don, this one in…
Elon Musk speaks next to President Donald Trump, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., Feb. 11, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters Staffers from Elon Musk’s secretive government slashing effort, DOGE, have pushed the highest-ranking officials at the Department of Education — even those recently appointed by President Donald…
Reuters Demonstrators hold signs during a protest outside the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Saturday The Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) have moved to take control of – and possibly shut down – an agency set up to protect consumers in the wake of the 2007-8 financial crisis. The Consumer…
French prosecutors on have opened an investigation into Elon Musk’s X over allegations that it distorted its algorithms to manipulate discourse taking place on the social media platform. The Paris public prosecutor’s office said it received a report from a French lawmaker on Jan. 12 criticizing X over “biased algorithms” that were “likely to have…
A young member of Elon Musk’s newly formed Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) unit has resigned after being linked to a racist social media account. Media reports tied Marko Elez, 25, who had previously worked for Musk’s SpaceX company, to a now-deleted social media account that promoted racism and eugenics. The White House confirmed on…
Watch: Lift-off for Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin as rocket New Glenn launches into orbit Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s space company has blasted its first rocket into orbit in a bid to challenge the dominance of Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The New Glenn rocket launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida at 02:02 local time…
China faces a tall order in its efforts to catch up to Elon Musk’s SpaceX satellite service. SpaceX’s Starlink already has nearly 7,000 operational satellites in orbit and serves around 5 million customers in more than 100 countries, according to SpaceX. The service is meant to offer high-speed internet to customers in remote and underserved…
Because one Musk in Texas wasn’t enough, Austin will soon have a restaurant owned by tech scion Elon Musk’s more culinary-minded younger brother, Kimbal. The Kitchen, part of a chain of restaurants with the same inventive name, will host a grand opening on Thursday, November 14, on the ground floor of downtown’s Sixth and Guadalupe…
Nov 02, 2024 02:08 PM IST Musk, who voiced his direct support for Kyiv, donated several hundred Starlink terminals to Ukraine amid war with Russia. Tesla CEO Elon Musk issued a clarification against media reports accusing him of supporting Russia in its war against Ukraine claiming that if it wasn’t for Starlink, Kyiv would have…
The district attorney of Philadelphia has filed a lawsuit to halt Elon Musk’s $1 million giveaways as part of his political organization’s effort boosting Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. Philadelphia DA says he is suing Elon Musk’s America PAC over its $1 million giveaway (REUTERS/David Swanson/File Photo)(REUTERS) The suit by Democratic District Attorney Larry Krasner is…
