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Spacecraft Breaks Up Minutes After SpaceX Launch

Giant robotic arms successfully catch first-stage booster at pad

(Newser) - SpaceX lost the upper stage of its Starship rocket on a test flight Thursday when the unmanned spacecraft apparently broke up just as it was reaching space—after a thrilling booster catch back at its Texas pad. Elon Musk's company said the spacecraft's six engines appeared to shut...

Podcaster on Becoming 'Enemy of the World's Richest Man'

In new essay, Sam Harris says text exchange over COVID killed his friendship with Elon Musk

(Newser) - "I didn't set out to become an enemy of the world's richest man, but I seem to have managed it all the same." That's the start of a new Substack essay by noted atheist and podcaster Sam Harris, who details his falling-out with billionaire, SpaceX/Tesla/X...

As Ban Approaches, Here Are TikTok's Options
Trump Aims to
Save TikTok: Report
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Jan 16, 2025 2:00 AM CST

Trump Aims to Save TikTok: Report

Social media platform in danger of going dark this weekend

(Newser) - President-elect Trump is considering ways he could "preserve" TikTok once he takes office, according to a GOP congressman. If the Supreme Court upholds the US ban on the Chinese-owned social media platform, Trump "has been very clear" about what he'd do, Rep. Mike Waltz, Trump's pick...

SEC Sues Elon Musk
SEC Sues Elon Musk
Jan 14, 2025 8:58 PM CST

SEC Sues Elon Musk

Agency says he bought Twitter stock at 'artificially low prices' after failing to disclose stake

(Newser) - The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk Tuesday, though the suit may not have a future after the agency—and the country—gets new leadership next week. The lawsuit filed in Washington, DC, accuses Musk of ignoring a deadline in early 2022 to disclose that he...

World's 3 Richest Men Will Sit Together at Inauguration

Insider says Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg will be on platform with Trump's Cabinet nominees

(Newser) - The people in the top three spots on Forbes' billionaire list —Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg—will have prime seats at President-elect Trump's inauguration next week. NBC News , citing "an official involved with the planning of the event," reports that the three tech billionaires...

Musk Deploys Cybertruck Fleet to Fire-Ravaged LA

Starlink is keeping city online; officials had previously asked for service 'for expressly this type of scenario'

(Newser) - The world's richest person is helping keep Los Angeles connected as fires continue to rage around the county of nearly 10 million. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has sent Tesla Cybertrucks outfitted with terminals for SpaceX's satellite internet service, Starlink, to the LA area so those affected...

Could Musk Take Control of TikTok, Too?

China considers selling US operations to Trump ally, Bloomberg reports

(Newser) - Elon Musk might soon have another social media app under his control. Chinese officials are considering selling TikTok's US operations, valued at upward of $50 billion, to the world's richest man as a means of preventing an outright ban in the US, Bloomberg reports. China would much prefer...

Bannon Escalates Musk Fight: 'He Is a Truly Evil Guy'

Rift between two top Trump supporters widens in a big way

(Newser) - Steve Bannon and Elon Musk were on opposite sides of a high-profile rift in Trump world last month over visas for skilled workers. Bannon just escalated the fight in a big way:
  • "He is a truly evil guy, a very bad guy," Bannon said in an interview with
...

Musk Backtracks on Goal of $2T in Cuts

But cutting half that amount from federal budget would still be an 'epic outcome,' he says

(Newser) - Elon Musk has admitted that the oft-cited figure of $2 trillion in federal budget cuts is a target that the Department of Government Efficiency might not be able to meet. In a conversation with political strategist Mark Penn posted on X , Musk said the real figure would likely be more...

Musk Hosts, Backs Far-Right Leader on X

Alice Weidel appears on audio livestream, praised as 'very reasonable'

(Newser) - Elon Musk further involved himself in Germany's politics on Thursday, hosting a leader of a far-right party for an audio livestream on X and urging its citizens to cast their ballots for Alice Weidel's Alternative for Germany party in the elections next month. "I'm really strongly...

LA Mayor's Ill-Timed Trip May Cost Her

Karen Bass was in Ghana when the wildfires broke out, didn't get back until Wednesday

(Newser) - Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass flew to Ghana on Saturday, just as forecasts at home grew concerning, reports the Los Angeles Times . And though she cut her trip short and returned on Wednesday, Bass is facing harsh criticism for her absence amid what may be the most destructive fire in...

Starmer Condemns 'Lies' by Musk About Sex Abuse Gangs

Billionaire has accused UK's prime minister of not acting to help young victims

(Newser) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer denounced Elon Musk on Monday for demanding he resign and accusing him of being "complicit in the rape of Britain" by not protecting young victims of sexual abuse gangs. Musk has been broadcasting the reporting of conservative news outlets on X with distortions and...

A Debate Unfolds About the Cybertruck Explosion
A Debate Unfolds About
the Cybertruck Explosion
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Jan 5, 2025 6:29 AM CST

A Debate Unfolds About the Cybertruck Explosion

Did the vehicle limit the damage, or was it because of the low-grade explosives?

(Newser) - Why didn't the Tesla Cybertruck explosion cause more damage? It's one of the questions investigators in Las Vegas are trying to answer given that the man blamed was a highly skilled special ops soldier. The debate unfolding has split into two camps: Either Green Beret Matthew Livelsberger chose...

Musk Goes After UK's 'Keir Starmtrooper'

X owner posts series of scathing tweets against British PM, supports nation's far-right Reform Party

(Newser) - Elon Musk has made a nonsubtle shift to the hard right—first through his increasingly close relationship with Donald Trump, as well as via his support for Germany's AfD party , which has neo-Nazi ties. Now he's stepping into the fray of British politics, slamming new Prime Minister Keir...

Explosives Found Inside Cybertruck That Detonated at Trump Hotel

Police are probing the incident as possible terrorism

(Newser) - Firework mortars and camp fuel canisters were found stuffed into the back of the Tesla Cybertruck that exploded outside President-elect Donald Trump's Las Vegas hotel early Wednesday, killing a suspect inside the vehicle and sparking an intense investigation into possible terrorism, the AP reports. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police and...

Cybertruck Explodes at Trump Hotel in Las Vegas

One person is killed, seven injured after vehicle catches fire

(Newser) - One person was killed and several injured Wednesday when a Tesla Cybertruck burst into flames and exploded near the entrance to the Trump International Hotel in Las Vegas. The victim was in the vehicle, NBC News reports, while the injured were nearby. Two people were treated at a hospital. The...

Elon Musk Rebrands Himself on X
Elon Musk
Rebrands
Himself on X
Jan 1, 2025 6:25 AM CST

Elon Musk Rebrands Himself on X

He changes his name to 'Kekius Maximus'

(Newser) - Elon Musk is no longer going by that name on X . The BBC reports Musk "has sparked speculation" after changing his profile name to "Kekius Maximus" and pairing it with a profile photo of an armored Pepe the Frog, who appears to be holding a gaming console. Fortune ...

Report: Musk Has Hunkered Down in a Mar-a-Lago Cottage

It's called Banyan

(Newser) - Elon Musk and President-elect Trump aren't just political bedfellows—they're also neighbors, reports the New York Times . The Times reports that since Election Day, sources say Musk has spent much of his time living at Mar-a-Lago in one of the rental cottages on the Florida property. Specifically, he...

Musk Goes Further in His Support of Far-Right Party

He claims party with neo-Nazi links is Germany's last hope

(Newser) - Elon Musk on Saturday endorsed Germany's far-right AfD party for the second time in little more than a week, this time going further than his initial X post backing the party , which has links to neo-Nazis. In a guest opinion column for the Welt am Sonntag, a major German...

Trump Sides With Musk in Rift Among Allies

President-elect voices support for H-1B visas as an internal MAGA debate intensifies

(Newser) - President-elect Trump appears to have picked a side in a fierce debate unfolding among his most prominent allies, and it's the side with Elon Musk. In an interview with the New York Post , Trump voiced support for H-1B visas, used by many Silicon Valley companies to bring in skilled...

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