FILE (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) Tesla CEO Elon Musk has made a kinda vibrant return to Twitter with his signature wit, just days after stepping away from his advisory role at the White House. Known for his unfiltered and sometimes provocative posts, Elon Musk has been actively posting on current events. In the backdrop of…
File photo: Omead Afshar (left) and Elon Musk (Picture credit: X, ANI) Omead Afshar, one of Elon Musk’s closest aides and Tesla’s vice president of manufacturing and operations, has been reportedlyfired by Musk as the electric vehicle maker grapples with declining sales across North America and Europe. According to CNBC, Afshar’s termination comes just days…
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., center left, Ying Yong, mayor of Shanghai, center right, and Omead Afshar, left, leave an event at the site of the company’s manufacturing facility in Shanghai, China, on Monday, Jan. 7, 2019. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Tesla CEO Elon Musk has fired Omead Afshar,…
(Bloomberg) — Omead Afshar, a powerful executive at Tesla Inc. and one of Elon Musk’s closest confidants, has left the company, according to people familiar with the matter, the latest high-level departure during a volatile period for the electric vehicle maker. Most Read from Bloomberg News of the exit has circulated internally among some employees…
Jeff Bezos is apparently trying to capitalize on the recent blow-up between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. Bezos has spoken to Trump twice this month, at times discussing more government contracts for his space company Blue Origin, according to the report. Blue Origin CEO…
By Theo Burman is a Newsweek Live News Reporter based in London, U.K. He writes about U.S. politics and international news, with a focus on infrastructure and technology. He has covered technological and cultural issues extensively in the U.S. and the U.K., such as the rise of Elon Musk and other tech figures within the…
Hong Kong is considering changing the name of the illegal narcotic “space oil” to “zombie oil”, as lawmakers raised concerns that the current title could romanticise the drug’s usage. Secretary for Security Chris Tang Ping-keung on Wednesday revealed the plan to rename space oil, the main ingredient of which is the anaesthetic etomidate, after hearing…
Elon Musk has taken back ownership of Gene Wilder’s former home in Los Angeles after the Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory star’s nephew, Jordan Walker-Pearlman, received a loan from the billionaire tech mogul to buy the iconic Bel-Air home in 2020. Property records indicate the Tesla and SpaceX founder has reclaimed the single family home at 10930…
Elon Musk’s public image has reached its lowest point since 2024, as new polling shows that the billionaire’s favorability has plunged following his involvement in President Donald Trump‘s administration and subsequent departure. Once a relatively popular figure across political lines, Musk now finds himself with a net favorability rating of -18.1, according to data compiled…
Morgan Freeman once expressed deep admiration for Tesla CEO Elon Musk. “I’m a huge fan of Elon Musk,” Freeman said in a 2016 CNBC interview. “I think he’s got the most incredibly forward-thinking ideas about where we can go technologically. What he’s done, nobody else has ever done,” he further added.At the time, Musk’s company…