Elon Musk

Uber's biggest rival in China is getting into the self-driving game. Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing has announced plans to launch a fleet of autonomous taxis. Aiming to become the first large-scale self-driving taxi service in China, Didi plans to …

A day after SpaceX's final flight of Starhopper— a stubby prototype of an enormous planned launch system, called Starship— company founder Elon Musk dropped a clue about his super-size plans for the future. Musk tweeted on Wednesday that he'll present Spac…

There are almost 8 billion people on Earth and, if United Nations projections play out, that number is expected to balloon to 10 billion by 2057. Thats a lot... but maybe not enough, at least according to the two tech visionaries who tangled on stage for alm…

Elon Musk was in China on Thursday, but not to talk Tesla and its new factory in the country. Instead, the chief executive talked artificial intelligence on stage next to Alibaba founder Jack Ma, and doubled down on his warnings that the technology could p…

(Reuters) — Tesla said on Wednesday it was launching an insurance service designed to give drivers in California, its biggest market, lower rates because of safety features on its electric vehicles. Chief Executive Elon Musk has been one of the strongest pro…

A woman poses outside the camp where celebrities stayed in these tents. Aly Weisman/Business Insider There are many different ways to do Burning Man. While wealthy tech titans like Elon Musk, Sergey Brin, and Mark Zuckerberg erect fancy luxury camps in…

Tim Cook promised Apple will donate to the Amazon. Reuters Good morning! This is the tech news you need to know this Tuesday. Tim Cook said Apple will be donating to help preserve the Amazon in the wake of devastating forest fires. Scientists h…

The business end of the SpaceX Starship hopper prototype. Elon Musk/SpaceX Starhopper didn't have legs on Monday. After two hours of waiting, the rocket prototype's second test was aborted at the last second, just after 6 p.m. Texas time. "Starhopper" is t…

Residents in Boca Chica Village, Texas, near a SpaceX facility in Brownsville received a warning from the Cameron County Office of Emergency Management that tests of the companys Starhopper prototype on Aug. 26 could break windows in their homes, according to…

Not content with monitoring almost everything you do online, Facebook now wants to read your mind as well. The social media giant recently announced a breakthrough in its plan to create a device that reads peoples brainwaves to allow them to type just by thin…