A SpaceX Starship upper stage exploded in a spectacular conflagration during ramp-up to an expected engine test firing at the company’s Starbase manufacturing facility on the Texas Gulf Coast late Wednesday, destroying the rocket in what appears to be a major setback for the Super Heavy-Starship vehicle Elon Musk says is critical to the company’s…
A dramatic explosion rocked Elon Musk’s SpaceX testing site in Massey, Texas, on Thursday, June 19, 2025, destroying a Starship prototype and derailing plans for the rocket system’s tenth test flight. The blast, which occurred just moments before a scheduled static fire test of Ship 36, sent debris flying across the facility and forced an…
What good is being the wealthiest man alive if your chatbot won’t lie in support of your rancid politics? That’s the question far-right billionaire Elon Musk appears to be asking once again of Grok, the AI model developed by his company xAI and integrated into X, his social media platform. Following the assassination on Saturday…
Elon Musk has once again found himself at the centre of controversy—this time after The New York Times published a scathing report accusing the tech mogul of heavier drug use than he has publicly admitted. The piece, released on Friday, 30 May 2025, has triggered a fiery response from the Tesla and SpaceX CEO, who…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starship flew out of control and exploded after a test launch in Texas on Tuesday evening – marking another high-profile setback for the mission which aims to supply reusable spacecraft for Moon and Mars missions. Fuel leaks meant that the craft began to spin out of control 30 minutes after launch, and…
Elon Musk’s daughter Vivian Wilson scored her first fashion campaign with queer-owned brand Wildfang. Wildfang There’s a new model on the scene. Vivian Wilson, the estranged daughter of Elon Musk, landed her first fashion campaign, partnering with queer-owned Wildfang for a Pride Month ad. For the photoshoot, the 21-year-old wore a white T-shirt reading “Existing…
Breaking down the lawsuit over HHS cuts Breaking down the lawsuit from 20 attorneys general over HHS cuts 04:07 A judge temporarily barred the Trump administration from carrying out sweeping cuts and layoffs at over a dozen government agencies late Friday, part of a massive federal cost-cutting drive led by Elon Musk’s Department of Government…
Trump administration funding cuts and a loss of federal workers who help support wildland firefighting continues to make planning for the upcoming wildfire season a challenge, according to forest and fire officials in Washington state and Oregon. The biggest issue they’re facing is a lack of communication from the federal government as the West faces…
Tesla Chair Robyn Denholm said the electric vehicle maker’s board has not contacted recruitment firms to start a search for a new CEO to replace Elon Musk. Denholm was responding to a report in the Wall Street Journal that said board members had reached out to several hiring firms to work on a formal process for…
1 p.m.: Durham is proper Labour heartland territory. Until 2021, the party had controlled the county for a century. After mopping up every seat here in the general election, this was seen as Labour’s best chance of regaining control of a council. But Farage has been campaigning hard here personally and hopes to make real inroads….