Latest Elon Musk News

Court hears appeal of ruling favoring Musk in SolarCity deal

Mar. 29, 2023 16:30 PM EDT

DOVER, Del. (AP) — Attorneys for a group of Tesla shareholders are asking the Delaware Supreme Court to overturn a judge’s decision in favor of CEO Elon Musk in a lawsuit challenging the electric car maker’s $2.4 billion acquisition of a solar panel company founded by two of his cousins. ...

Musk, scientists call for halt to AI race sparked by ChatGPT

Mar. 29, 2023 14:24 PM EDT

Are tech companies moving too fast in rolling out powerful artificial intelligence technology that could one day outsmart humans? That's the conclusion of a group of prominent computer scientists and other tech industry notables such as Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak...

Twitter celebs balk at paying Elon Musk for blue check mark

Mar. 27, 2023 14:01 PM EDT

William Shatner, Monica Lewinsky and other prolific Twitter commentators — some household names, others little-known journalists — could soon be losing the blue check marks that helped verify their identity on the social media platform. They could get the marks back by paying up...

Twitter hunts Github user who posted source code online

Mar. 27, 2023 07:22 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Some parts of Twitter's source code — the fundamental computer code on which the social network runs — were leaked online, the social media company said in a legal filing that was first reported by The New York Times. According to the legal document, first filed...

Pro-Moscow voices tried to steer Ohio train disaster debate

Mar. 18, 2023 13:51 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Soon after a train derailed and spilled toxic chemicals in Ohio last month, anonymous pro-Russian accounts started spreading misleading claims and anti-American propaganda about it on Twitter, using Elon Musk's new verification system to expand their reach while creating the...

Musk brought internet to Brazil’s Amazon. Criminals love it.

Mar. 15, 2023 22:50 PM EDT

ATALAIA DO NORTE, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian federal agents aboard three helicopters descended on an illegal mining site on Tuesday in the Amazon rainforest. They were met with gunfire, and the shooters escaped, leaving behind an increasingly familiar find for authorities: Starlink internet units. ...

Can the chaos from Silicon Valley Bank's fall be contained?

Mar. 12, 2023 17:36 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Can Washington come to the rescue of the depositors of failed Silicon Valley Bank? Is it even politically possible? That was one of the growing questions in Washington Sunday as policymakers tried to figure out whether the U.S. government — and its taxpayers —...

When Hollywood needs a movie villain, the tech bro answers

Mar. 10, 2023 13:01 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — “A toast to the disruptors,” Edward Norton’s tech billionaire says in Rian Johnson’s Oscar-nominated “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.” And why not a toast? Sunday’s Academy Awards won’t give a prize for best villain, but if they did, Miles Bron...

US probes Tesla Autopilot, steering wheels that can come off

Mar. 08, 2023 21:49 PM EST

DETROIT (AP) — U.S. safety regulators are turning up the heat on Tesla, announcing investigations into steering wheels coming off some SUVs and a fatal crash involving a Tesla suspected of using an automated driving system when it ran into a parked firetruck in California. The...

FTC probes Twitter data practices after Elon Musk's layoffs

Mar. 08, 2023 12:14 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Elon Musk’s mass layoffs at Twitter and trying to obtain his internal communications as part of ongoing oversight into the social media company’s privacy and cybersecurity practices, according to documents described in a...