EchoStar has secured a financial lifeline from Elon Musk, whose SpaceX has agreed to pay $17 billion to acquire large amounts of its wireless spectrum. The parent company of Dish Network has been transitioning to wireless over the past few years as the pay-TV business continues to erode. Wrong-footed by fluctuating interest rates, it found…
Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: Getty Images It has been a rough stretch for Tesla. The once-dominant electric car company has seen plummeting sales across multiple continents. It faces tough competition from an explosion of sophisticated electric car manufacturers in China. The Cybertruck, its only major model release in recent years, has been a flop. And Republicans’…
Elon Musk could become the first individual to reach a trillion-dollar net worth if Tesla shareholders approve a new compensation plan and he meets aggressive company goals over the next decade. The proposal, announced by Tesla’s board, would award Musk hundreds of millions of Tesla shares if he drives the company’s market value to $8.5…
Updated on: Sept 08, 2025 08:55 am IST Without directly addressing Peter Navarro, Elon Musk said that the community notes feature on X corrects everyone without exception. Elon Musk on Sunday defended X’s fact-checking system after US President Donald Trump’s trade czar Peter Navarro went ballistic on the social media platform for fact-checking his anti-India…
Elon Musk is no longer part of US president Donald Trump’s administration, having said goodbye to his Department of Government Efficiency (Doge) role back in May, but that hasn’t stopped him from being critical of his former boss and his government – not least when it comes to the issue of technology. Trump’s criticisms of…
When asked to choose who he trusts more between Tesla CEO Elon Musk and OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman, AI “godfather” Geoffrey Hinton offered a different kind of answer. The choice seemed so difficult that Hinton didn’t use an analogy from science. Instead, he recalled a quote from Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, when asked to…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has once again started an online debate by issuing a blunt three-word reposed to a viral video featuring migrants in Germany. The viral chip shows some individuals claiming that once they become the majority, ““German laws will be replaced by Sharia law.” To this Musk wrote, “I believe him’. Elon Musk…
A fact-check on Elon Musk’s X has triggered a public clash between senior Trump adviser Peter Navarro and the platform’s Community Notes feature, after Navarro accused India of profiteering from Russian oil.The dispute, which saw Navarro dismiss the fact-check as “crap” and accuse Musk of spreading propaganda, has snowballed into a debate about US trade…
US President Donald Trump’s aide Peter Navarro has lashed out at Elon Musk after X flagged his post accusing India of profiteering from Russian oil imports. The White House trade adviser, who has for days targeted New Delhi over its energy purchases from Moscow, alleged that India was buying Russian oil “purely to profit” and…
Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai meets with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk at Google for Startups in Warsaw, Poland, on February 13, 2025. Klaudia Radecka | Nurphoto | Getty Images From the courtroom to the boardroom, it was a big week for tech investors. The resolution of Google’s antitrust case led to sharp rallies…