Category: Musk

SpaceX Rolls out Starlink Internet Service for Private Jets

WASHINGTON—Elon Musk’s SpaceX is expanding its satellite internet unit’s foray into in-flight WiFi services with the rollout on Wednesday of Starlink Aviation, offering customers a $150,000 airplane antenna amid mounting competition for airborne connectivity. Starlink, SpaceX’s growing network of thousands of internet satellites, will charge customers seeking broadband internet on private jets between $12,500–$25,000 a…


Musk Says Excited by Twitter Deal Despite Overpaying

OAKLAND, Calif.—Elon Musk on Wednesday said he was excited about his pending acquisition of Twitter Inc., although he and other investors were overpaying for the social media company. Musk, the chief executive of Tesla, was answering a question during a call after the electric vehicle maker’s quarterly report. The world’s richest person is pursuing the…


Tesla Steps Up Job Ads as Recession Clouds Gather

While Elon Musk may be worried about the economy, job openings on Tesla’s website suggest the world’s most valuable car maker is hiring employees at a quick pace, in nearly every category of job. Tesla this week listed over 6,900 jobs on its career website, almost a 50 percent surge since mid-June, when Reuters began…


LIVE NOW: Twitter Erupts Over Elon Musk’s Ukraine Solution;DOJ Reveals Peter Strzok’s Termination Letter | NTD News Today

Sparks fly on Twitter as Elon Musk puts forward his own solutions to end the Russia-Ukraine war. Find out the details The DOJ has released a termination letter of a former top FBI official. It has to do with the agency’s investigation into Russia and former President Trump. The Supreme Court overturns a state gun…


Twitter Erupts Over Elon Musk’s Ukraine Solution; DOJ Reveals Peter Strzok’s Termination Letter | NTD News Today

Sparks fly on Twitter as Elon Musk puts forward his own solutions to end the Russia-Ukraine war. Find out the details. The DOJ has released a termination letter of a former top FBI official. It has to do with the agency’s investigation into Russia and former President Donald Trump. The Supreme Court overturned a state…


Elon Musk Seeks to End SEC ‘Muzzle’ Requiring Pre-Approval of Tweets

NEW YORK—Elon Musk’s lawyers urged a federal appeals court to throw out a provision in his 2018 consent decree with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requiring a Tesla Inc lawyer to vet some of his posts on Twitter. In a brief filed late on Tuesday with the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals…


Musk Says Twitter Whistleblower Payment Is Another Reason to Scrap Merger

WILMINGTON, Del.—Elon Musk contended that Twitter Inc.’s decision to pay millions of dollars to a whistleblower it had fired gives the world’s richest person another justification for terminating his $44 billion agreement to buy the social media company. In a Friday letter to Twitter, lawyers for Musk said Twitter’s failure to seek his consent before…


Elon Musk Says He’s Buying Manchester United

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced via Twitter on Tuesday that he’s buying Manchester United, without providing further details. “Also, I’m buying Manchester United [you’re] welcome,” the billionaire wrote on Twitter. Also, I’m buying Manchester United ur welcome — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 17, 2022 Characteristic of Musk’s non-linear logic in Twitter posts, his…


Elon Musk Said He’s Buying Manchester United, Then Said He’s Joking

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk wrote on Twitter on Tuesday that he’s buying Manchester United, but said hours later that it was only a “joke.” “Also, I’m buying Manchester United [you’re] welcome,” the billionaire wrote on Twitter. Manchester United’s stock rose by 17% percent in pre-market trading shortly after Musk published his Twitter post,…


Elon Musk Countersues Twitter, Files Response in Lawsuit

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has filed a counterclaim against Twitter after the social media company sued the billionaire for walking away from a $44 billion purchase deal. Musk’s counterclaims are an abrupt escalation in the legal battle between a big tech company and the richest man in the world, where Twitter is suing Musk to…