ROME (AP) — Hard-right commentators, politicians and activists in Europe have uncovered a secret to expanding their influence: engaging with Elon Musk. Take the German politician from a party whose own domestic intelligence agency has designated as extremist. Her daily audience on X surged from 230,000 to 2.2 million on days Musk interacted with her…
President Donald Trump’s primary Super PAC has raked in over $200 million this year, with the donations ranging from unseemly to objectively funny. Perhaps the most notable donor to the group, MAGA Inc., is Elon Musk, who gave $5 million in late June despite publicly feuding with the president ever since he left his role…
On today’s battle-ready episode of Quick Charge, it’s Elon Musk vs. the world as big players position themselves for control of enough lithium to build 600 million electric cars and the rest of the industry squares up to Tesla in the battle for market leadership. While Windrose is making sales and expanding into new markets,…
Topline Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg overtook Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to become the world’s third-wealthiest person Thursday, as Meta’s stock surged in the wake of yet another earnings beat for the firm. Zuckerberg’s stake in his company surged after Meta’s earnings smashed Wall Street’s estimates. Zuffa LLC via Getty Images Key Facts Zuckerberg’s net worth jumped…
ROME (AP) — Stealth submarines fitted with space-shooting lasers, supply-chain sabotage and custom-built attack satellites armed with ion thrusters. Those are just some of the strategies Chinese scientists have been developing to counter what Beijing sees as a potent threat: Elon Musk’ s armada of Starlink communications satellites. Chinese government and military scientists, concerned about…
ROME (AP) — Stealth submarines fitted with space-shooting lasers, supply-chain sabotage and custom-built attack satellites armed with ion thrusters. Those are just some of the strategies Chinese scientists have been developing to counter what Beijing sees as a potent threat: Elon Musk’ s armada of Starlink communications satellites. Chinese government and military scientists, concerned about…
Elon Musk’s Boring Company has announced plans to dig tunnels under Nashville, creating a loop that will connect the city’s downtown with the Nashville International Airport. The Boring Company says it will begin construction “immediately” following approval and expects the first 10-mile phase to be operational as early as next year, as reported earlier by…
Tesla is reportedly continuing to reduce its reliance on China, largely through avoiding the effects of tariffs. On Wednesday, the EV giant reportedly a $4.3 billion contract with South Korea-based LG Energy Solution for lithium iron phosphate, or LFP, batteries to be used in energy storage systems over three years. LG Energy Solution on Wednesday…
The wealth gap in America is staggering, but the tax gap might be even more shocking. When I asked ChatGPT to calculate what would happen if Elon Musk paid taxes at the same effective rate as middle-class Americans, the AI’s response revealed numbers that will make you question everything you thought you knew about tax…
China should factor in the future visions of America’s right-wing tech barons to gain a more complete picture of the second Trump administration’s policies, a top Chinese strategist has suggested. As the two powers had their latest round of trade talks in Stockholm, another prominent expert in China also called on Beijing to look beyond…