NASA taps Elon Musk's SpaceX to bring International Space Station out of orbit in a few more years

WASHINGTON (AP) — NASA has awarded SpaceX an $843 million contract to build the vehicle that will bring the International Space Station out of its longtime orbit of Earth when its operating lifespan ends in a few more years. SpaceX, a privately held company controlled by technology...

RH, MSC Industrial fall; Adobe, Progressive rise, Friday, 6/14/2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Friday: Adobe Inc., up $66.57 to $525.31. The design software company raised its earnings forecast for its fiscal year. RH, down $47.32 to $229.73. The...

Tesla stockholders vote to restore Elon Musk's record $44.9 billion pay package that was tossed out by a Delaware judge

Fired SpaceX employees sue the company for wrongfully terminating critics of CEO Elon Musk

NEW YORK (AP) — Eight former employees sued SpaceX and its CEO Elon Musk, alleging that Musk ordered them fired after they challenged what they called rampant sexual harassment and a hostile “Animal House”-style work environment at the company. The employees, who filed suit in...

What happened to the likes? X is now hiding which posts you like from other users

NEW YORK (AP) — Social media platform X is now hiding your likes. In an update posted on the platform formerly known as Twitter earlier this week, X's engineering team said it would be “making Likes private for everyone to better protect your privacy." That means that users will...

Elon Musk drops lawsuit against ChatGPT-maker OpenAI without explanation

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk has dropped his lawsuit against OpenAI just ahead of a scheduled Wednesday hearing on the case. Musk in February sued the San Francisco artificial intelligence company and its CEO Sam Altman over what he said was a betrayal of the ChatGPT maker’s...

CrowdStrike, KKR rise; Huntington Bancshares, Tesla fall, Monday, 6/10/2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Monday: Tesla Inc., down $3.69 to $173.79. Norway’s sovereign wealth fund will vote against the proposed compensation package for CEO Elon Musk. Southwest Airlines Inc.,...

Norwegian wealth fund to vote against Elon Musk's Tesla pay package

Norway's sovereign wealth fund operated by Norges Bank Investment Management said Saturday it will vote against Elon Musk's hefty CEO compensation package during Tesla's annual meeting on Thursday. It's the latest pushback over the size of the pay package, which was recently valued...

SpaceX's mega rocket completes its fourth test flight from Texas without exploding

SpaceX’s mega Starship rocket completed its first full test flight Thursday, returning to Earth without exploding after blasting off from Texas. It was the fourth launch of the world’s biggest and most powerful rocket, standing nearly 400 feet (121 meters) tall. The three...

Boeing launches NASA astronauts for the first time after years of delays

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Boeing launched astronauts for the first time Wednesday, belatedly joining SpaceX as a second taxi service for NASA. A pair of NASA test pilots blasted off aboard Boeing’s Starliner capsule for the International Space Station, the first to fly the new...