Elon Musk

UPDATED: Trump and Musk to speak on Friday after alliance descends into public feud

Donald Trump's aides scheduled a call between the U.S. president and Elon Musk for Friday after a huge public spat that saw threats fly over government contracts and ended with…

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Elon Musk announces exit from US government role

Elon Musk has announced on social media that he is leaving his role in the Trump administration, a departure the White House confirmed was in process on Wednesday evening. “As…

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Musk and Rubio spar with Poland over Starlink in Ukraine

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and tech billionaire Elon Musk have had a contentious exchange with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, in a series of X posts on Sunday over…

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OpenAI founder rejects Elon Musk’s reported bid to buy nonprofit

OpenAI founder Sam Altman rejected a reported $100 billion bid by Elon Musk and a group of investors to buy the artificial intelligence giant, ratcheting up the stakes in the…

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Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg to attend Trump inauguration

Billionaires Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg will attend Donald Trump's inauguration next week, NBC news reported, further highlighting the tech moguls' efforts to develop closer ties with the…

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Musk hosts German far-right leader on X, stirs angst about election meddling

Elon Musk urged Germans to vote for the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) in an upcoming national election during a broadcast he hosted with the party's leader on his social…

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France’s Foreign Minister urges tougher EU action on Musk, says laws must be enforced

The European Commission must use its existing legislation in a much tougher manner, France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said, referring to Elon Musk. "Either the European Commission applies with the…

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Italy in talks over $1.5 billion SpaceX security services deal

Italy is in advanced talks with Elon Musk's SpaceX over a 1.5 billion euro ($1.55 billion) deal for the company to provide secure telecommunications to the government, Bloomberg News reported.…

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Olaf Scholz: German election ‘will not be decided by social media owners’

The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz, has urged voters not to let the “owners of social media channels” decide next year’s snap election, after Elon Musk repeatedly endorsed the far-right party…

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Trump names Elon Musk to role leading government efficiency drive

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump named Elon Musk to a role aimed at creating a more efficient government, handing even more influence to the world's richest man who donated millions of…

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Elon Musk and Giorgia Meloni Shine at New York Gala Highlighting Musk’s Expanding Political Role

Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, and Giorgia Meloni, the Prime Minister of Italy, took center stage at a prestigious black-tie event in New York City on Monday, underscoring Musk’s growing…

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Trump, Musk interview marred by tech issues

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump sat Monday for a friendly two-hour interview with billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk on Musk's social media platform X, after technical problems delayed the start of…

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China’s military, state media slam U.S. after Reuters report on SpaceX spy satellites

BEIJING, March 18 (Reuters) - Chinese military and state-run media on Sunday accused the United States of threatening global security, days after a Reuters report which found Elon Musk's SpaceX…

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After Musk tirade, X faces prospect of more advertisers fleeing

By Sheila Dang, Chavi Mehta and Jaspreet Singh (Reuters) - Social media company X faces the prospect of more advertisers fleeing and has no clear fix in sight, ad industry…

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Elon Musk curses out advertisers who left X over antisemitic content

Note strong language in paragraphs 1, 6-8 By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Billionaire Elon Musk told advertisers that have fled his social media platform X over antisemitic content to "Go…

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UPDATED: X Corp to file lawsuit against media watchdog, others -Musk

Nov 18 (Reuters) - X Corp will be filing a lawsuit against Media Matters and those who attacked social media platform X, Elon Musk said on Saturday in a post…

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Musk considers removing X platform from Europe over EU law

(Reuters) - Elon Musk, owner of social media platform X, is considering removing the service formerly called Twitter from Europe in response to a new internet platform regulation in the…

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Turkish President Erdogan asks Musk to build Tesla factory in Turkey

By Chandni Shah and Daren Butler ISTANBUL, Sept 17 (Reuters) - Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan asked Tesla TSLA.O CEO Elon Musk to build a Tesla factory in Turkey, the country's…

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New book says Elon Musk blocked Ukrainian attack on Russian fleet in Crimea by turning off Starlink

Elon Musk secretly ordered his engineers to disable Starlink satellite communications near the coast of Russian-occupied Crimea last year to sabotage a planned Ukrainian drone strike. Musk was worried the…

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Zuckerberg ‘not holding breath’ over Musk cage fight

NEW YORK/BENGALARU (Reuters) - Elon Musk said in a social media post on Sunday that his proposed fight with Meta Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg would be live-streamed on social…

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Musk says fight with Zuckerberg will be live-streamed on X

Aug 6 (Reuters) - Elon Musk said in a social media post that his fight with Meta Mark Zuckerberg would be live-streamed on social media platform X, formerly known as…

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Musk’s X to fund legal bills of people ‘unfairly treated’ for posting on platform

(Reuters) - Elon Musk has said his X social media platform will fund the legal bills of people who have been treated unfairly by employers because of posting or liking…

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Musk will train if Las Vegas martial arts cage match takes hold

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - Elon Musk said he will start training if the mixed martial arts cage fight he has provoked with fellow billionaire media mogul Mark Zuckerberg takes shape. Twitter…

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Elon Musk’s Neuralink says has FDA approval for study of brain implants in humans

By Akriti Sharma and Rachael Levy (Reuters) - Elon Musk's brain-implant company Neuralink said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had given the green light to its first-in-human clinical…

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Elon Musk says Twitter has a headcount of about 2,300

Jan 21 (Reuters) - Twitter Inc has about 2,300 active employees, Elon Musk said in a Tweet on Saturday. CNBC on Friday reported that Twitter's full-time headcount has reduced to about 1,300 active, working…

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UPDATED: Elon Musk poll shows 57.5% want him to step down as Twitter chief

Dec 19 (Reuters) - A poll by Elon Musk on whether he should quit as Twitter CEO showed the majority of users of the social media platform who took part…

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UPDATE – Elon Musk restores Twitter accounts of journalists but concerns persist

Dec 17 (Reuters) - Elon Musk reinstated the Twitter accounts of several journalists that were suspended for a day over a controversy on publishing public data about the billionaire's plane. The reinstatements…

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Elon Musk no longer world’s richest man

Elon Musk is no longer the world's richest man after a sharp drop in the value of his shares in electric car company Tesla this year. According to both Forbes…

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Trump snubs Twitter after Musk announces reactivation of ex-president’s account

By Sheila Dang and Helen Coster Nov 19 (Reuters) - Donald Trump on Saturday said he had no interest in returning to Twitter even as a slim majority voted in favor of…

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Elon Musk starts Twitter poll on whether to bring back Trump

By Hyunjoo Jin and Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Elon Musk started a Twitter poll late on Friday asking followers to vote on whether to reinstate former U.S. President Donald Trump's…

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Elon Musk says ‘I have too much work on my plate’

By Leika Kihara NUSA DUA, Indonesia, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Billionaire Elon Musk said on Monday he was working "at the absolute most amount...from morning til night, seven days a…

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Musk warns of Twitter bankruptcy as more senior executives quit

(Reuters) - Twitter Inc's new owner Elon Musk raised the possibility of the social media platform going bankrupt, capping a chaotic day that included a warning from a U.S. privacy…

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Elon Musk’s Twitter girds for surge in U.S. midterm election misinformation

Nov 8 (Reuters) - Days after Twitter Inc fired half its staff and new owner Elon Musk tweeted a recommendation to vote for Republican candidates, election experts are anxiously bracing for a…

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Employees file class action against Twitter as Musk lays off half the workforce

(Reuters) - Twitter Inc laid off half its workforce on Friday but said cuts were smaller in the team responsible for preventing the spread of misinformation, as advertisers pulled spending…

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Elon Musk deletes tweet with unfounded theory about Pelosi attack

(Reuters) - Twitter's new owner Elon Musk appeared to have deleted a tweet posted on Sunday referencing an unfounded theory regarding the attack on the husband of U.S. House Speaker…

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Musk fired Twitter execs in attempt to avoid payouts, layoffs planned – reports

(Reuters) - Twitter's new owner Elon Musk fired top executives in an effort to avoid hefty severance payouts, while lining up other layoffs as soon as Saturday to avoid stock…

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As Elon Musk takes over Twitter, free speech limits tested

(Reuters) -Mere hours after Elon Musk kicked off a new era at Twitter Inc, the billionaire owner was deluged with pleas and demands from banned account holders and world leaders.…

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FACTBOX: From outer space to social media, Elon Musk’s growing universe

(Reuters) - U.S. billionaire Elon Musk became Twitter Inc's new owner on Thursday after he completed his $44 billion deal to acquire the social media firm, concluding a dramatic six-month…

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Elon Musk completes $44bn Twitter takeover

(Reuters) - Elon Musk became Twitter Inc's new owner on Thursday, firing top executives he had accused of misleading him and providing little clarity over how he will achieve the…

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Musk says recession could last until 2024

Oct 21 (Reuters) - Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Friday he thinks a recession will last until the spring of 2024, after earlier saying "a recession of sorts"…

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Musk offers proposal on China-Taiwan tensions, after Russia-Ukraine plan

WASHINGTON, (Reuters) - Billionaire Elon Musk, days after floating a possible deal to end the war between Russia and Ukraine that drew condemnation in Ukraine, suggested that tensions between China…

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Elon Musk to provide Florida with Starlink satellites in response to Hurricane Ian

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk agreed to provide the company's satellite internet service, Starlink, for help in response to Hurricane Ian in…

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Musk says activating Starlink, in response to Blinken on internet freedom in Iran

(Reuters) - SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said that he would activate the firm's satellite internet service, Starlink, in response to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's tweet that the United…

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Musk sells nearly $7 billion in Tesla shares

(Reuters) - Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk sold $6.9 billion worth of shares in the electric vehicle maker, tweeting it was important to avoid an emergency sale of Tesla stock…

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Musk says Twitter deal should go ahead if it provides proof of real accounts

Aug 6 (Reuters) - Elon Musk said that if Twitter Inc. TWTR.N could provide its method of sampling 100 accounts and how it confirmed that the accounts are real, his $44 billion deal to…

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Twitter sues Elon Musk to hold him to $44 billion deal

WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - Twitter Inc sued Elon Musk for violating his $44 billion deal to buy the social media platform and asked a Delaware court to order the world's richest person…

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Elon Musk reported to have had twins last year with one of his top executives

(Reuters) - Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk and Shivon Zilis, a top executive at his brain-chip startup Neuralink, had twins in November of 2021, Business Insider reported. In April, Musk and…

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