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No matter what you think of Elon Musk, it’s hard to deny that he takes the dictum “There’s no such thing as bad publicity” to heart. From hurling sports cars into orbit to solar-powered roof destroyers, there’s little that Mr. Musk can’t turn into a net positive for at least…

AND I FOR ONE WELCOME OUR TECH OVERLORDS In an alternate reality, Elon Musk saves us from the treachery of Jeff Bezos. Top Videos ODDLY SATISFYING Can Legos Break A Steel Axle? Here's what happens when steel, one of the world's strongest building materials, is stretched to the limits by…

That’s how Tesla TSLA, -2.48% boss Elon Musk described his conversations with fellow tech billionaire Bill Gates after learning the Microsoft MSFT, +14.21% founder just bought an electric Porsche Taycan. Gates discussed his new ride last week with YouTube influencer Marques Brownlee. At one point, the chat turned to Tesla…

The Messy, Secretive Reality Behind OpenAI's Bid To Save the World (technologyreview.com) Posted by msmash on Tuesday February 18, 2020 @10:28AM from the closer-look dept. OpenAI has a glossy exterior. In the four short years of its existence, it has catapulted itself to a spot among the leading AI research…

Max Q is a new weekly newsletter all about space. Sign up here to receive it weekly on Sundays in your inbox. This week turned out to be a surprisingly busy one in space news — kicked off by the Trump administration’s FY 2021 budget proposal, which was generous to…

Cha-ching — Tesla's stock price has tripled since Tesla's last fundraising round last May. Timothy B. Lee - Feb 13, 2020 4:02 pm UTC Enlarge / Elon Musk in 2015.Tesla will raise $2 billion in a new stock offering, the company announced on Thursday morning. Tesla's shares are worth about…

Reuters / Kyle GrillotTesla on Thursday announced plans to offer $2 billion of common stock. Shares of the automaker fell as much as 7% in early trading Thursday. Tesla said it would use the proceeds to "further strengthen its balance sheet, as well as for general corporate purposes." On a…

Tesla is seeking to raise up to $2 billion in fresh funding through a new stock offering, it said Thursday. The new prospectus comes two weeks after CEO Elon Musk said it "doesn't make sense" to raise new money in Tesla's current condition. Musk will buy up to $10 million of the…

BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty ImagesHere's what you need to know before the markets open. 1. Barclays CEO Jes Staley is being investigated by UK regulators over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein — 'I wonder if he can survive this.' The bank's board said Staley has been "sufficiently transparent with the…

BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty ImagesHere's what you need to know before the markets open. 1. Barclays CEO Jes Staley is being investigated by UK regulators over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein — 'I wonder if he can survive this.' The bank's board said Staley has been "sufficiently transparent with the…