Elon Musk

UPDATE 3: It turns out that California law doesn't look too kindly on names that include numbers, which caused some observers to wonder just how little X Æ A-12's moniker would go over at Grimes and Elon Musk's local social security office. Without getting into the reason for the name…

Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk and his partner Grimes have changed the unusual and largely unpronounceable name of their firstborn child. But anyone hoping that X Æ A-12 might be replaced by something a… Read More

By Adam Rosenberg2020-05-23 15:37:25 UTC Let me warn you all up front: the audio in this teaser for Elon Musk's upcoming appearance on Jay Leno's Garage is *badly* out of sync with the video. (UPDATE: Audio sync is now fixed.) But if you want to see what it looks like…

Photo: GettyFor reasons known only to Hell itself, an editor—or more likely, several—decided today to run a profile in Bloomberg entitled, “Elon Musk Is the Hero America Deserves.” We can debate whether that’s a hidden dig at the worthiness of this lapsed country, or if recycling quotes from an overrated…

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'The Matrix' Co-Founder Slams Ivanka Trump and Elon Musk (theguardian.com) Posted by BeauHD on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @06:00AM from the social-media-banter dept. Andrew Pulver writes via The Guardian: Film-maker Lilly Wachowski has responded to Elon Musk and Ivanka Trump after the pair bantered on social media using a phrase…

If you're planning to buy a Tesla with FSD, hurry up. Image: Tesla By Stan Schroeder2020-05-19 11:56:00 UTC Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) feature will get more expensive soon, but that's all pocket change compared to its potential value — if you ask Tesla CEO Elon Musk.  According to Musk, FSD…

Small Protest Outside Tesla Plant Calls For Arrest of Elon Musk (ktvu.com) Posted by EditorDavid on Sunday May 17, 2020 @11:04PM from the bashing-billionaires dept. A small group of protesters "rallied outside Tesla's Fremont manufacturing plant Saturday, calling for CEO Elon Musk to be arrested and jailed," reports a local…

Elon Musk says don’t believe everything they tell you — and Ivanka Trump apparently agrees. The tech entrepreneur, who is famously pushing back against coronavirus restrictions, wrote on Twitter on Sunday that people should “take the red pill," which means admitting an unpleasant truth. The first daughter replied, “Taken.” It’s…

An aerial view of the Tesla Fremont Factory on May 13, 2020, in Fremont, California.Photo: GettyThe Fremont Police Department this week conducted an inspection of Tesla’s Fremont, California, factory to assess the facility’s safety measures and its degree of operation, a police spokesperson said, the latest development in the county’s…