Elon Musk

If human beings are nothing more than highly advanced animals or primitive programmers, then our dignity, our sexuality, our reproduction, and even our consciousness can be digitized, simulated, and "improved" by machines. Elon Musk is not a villain. In fact, in a cultural moment where corporate monopolies and government bureaucrats…

And where does Elon Musk come in? EchoStar (NASDAQ: SATS) landed on a lot of investors’ radars on Tuesday after the satellite communications stock skyrocketed almost 75%. The catalyst for the huge jump, that saw the stock price go from about $30 per share at Monday’s close to around $52…

August 26, 2025 3 min read Overcoming three recent failed tries, Elon Musk’s rocket company successfully flew its reusable jumbo booster and upper-stage Starship spacecraft By Dan Vergano edited by Clara Moskowitz An earlier SpaceX Starship and Super Heavy booster are moved to the launch pad at Starbase in Boca…

Democracy Dies in Darkness Tech Help Desk Artificial Intelligence Internet Culture Space Tech Policy Tech Help Desk Artificial Intelligence Internet Culture Space Tech Policy The billionaire sued the iPhone maker and the company behind ChatGPT, alleging they were colluding against his own AI company. Updated August 25, 2025 3 min…

Official SpaceX Starship ten launch was scrubbed for weather on Monday. UPDATE : 23 Minutes from the Tuesday launch attempt. Elon Musk says anyone can come and visit the rocket. There is a public highway that is very close. You cannot come close during a launch but at other times.…

Two weeks after threatening legal action over alleged App Store manipulation, Elon Musk has filed a lawsuit against Apple and OpenAI, alleging their exclusive ChatGPT integration violates antitrust laws. The filing indicates Musk's concerns extend beyond App Store rankings, reflecting his broader plan to turn X into an "everything app"...Read…

Joe Gebbia, who also did work for Elon Musk's DOGE project, says he wants government services "to be as satisfying to use as the Apple Store." The Trump administration is putting Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia in charge of a newly created National Design Studio tasked with reimagining federal websites. Gebbia,…

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(Kidding, I think his ego is likely involved) Carrying over his unfounded complaints from earlier this month, billionaire Elon Musk has decided to launch a lawsuit against both Apple and OpenAI, claiming that the partnership between the two companies is stifling the AI industry at large. The crux of the…

Earlier this month, Elon Musk, the owner of the AI startup xAI, posted on X that he'd be taking "legal action" against Apple for "playing politics" by not putting Grok, his company's chatbot, in its "Must Have" section in the Apple Store. "Apple is behaving in a manner that makes…