Elon Musk

Twitter employees warn Musk amid mass layoff news: Report
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According to a report by TIME, as the deadline for Musk to finalise his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter approaches, an unidentified number of company employees wrote an open letter objecting to his proposal to fire up to 75 per cent of the company's workforce. "Elon Musk's plan to lay off 75 per cent of Twitter workers will hurt Twitter's ability to serve the public conversation," the letter reads.
Elon Musk's brain implant company Neuralink set to reveal more on Nov 30
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Musk, however, did not provide any additional details on what Neuralink is going to showcase. "Neuralink show & tell now on Nov 30," he tweeted. Neuralink's implant is designed to record and stimulate brain activity, which Musk has stated could help people address conditions such as obesity.
Twitter introduces new look for its icons
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The company's "Twitter Design" account tweeted two tweets from the thread so that people could see what's changed. In the first thread, users can see how they looked before and now, while in the second one, users can see a bunch of them together.
Tesla aims to produce 50K Tesla Semi in 2024
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Elon Musk said that the company will be "ramping up Semi production through next year," reports Teslarati. "As I think everyone knows at this point, it takes about a year to ramp up production. So, we expect to see significant -- we are tentatively aiming for 50,000 units in 2024 for Tesla Semi in North America," Musk was quoted as saying.
SpaceX's satellite internet service is coming to planes
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According to The Verge, the company claimed the service will offer internet speeds of up to 350mbps to each plane equipped with its Aero Terminal, which it says is fast enough for video calls, online gaming, "and other high data rate activities".
Russia trying to kill Starlink internet services in Ukraine: Elon Musk
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The world's richest man said that Starlink is currently the primary communications system of the Ukrainian army on the war front. "Starlink is the only comms system still working at warfront -- others are all dead. Russia is actively trying to kill Starlink. To safeguard, SpaceX has diverted massive resources towards defence," he tweeted.
Elon Musk's affordable internet service Starlink debuts in Japan
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Starlink is a constellation of satellites run by SpaceX. After 2023, it also aims to provide global mobile phone service. SpaceX has more than 2,300 operational Starlink satellites in orbit as of September. On the microblogging site Twitter, the SpaceX posted: "Starlink launches service in Japan -- first country in Asia".
Twitter asked whistleblower to destroy computer files, notebooks: Musk team
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The filing in the Delaware Chancery Court in the US, which was unsealed on Monday, revealed that Twitter asked Zatko to destroy evidence before he was asked to leave the company after he received more than $7 million as part of the settlement. Bloomberg first reported this news, saying the handwritten notebooks "contained notes of the whistleblower's meetings with company counterparts during his year-long tenure as security chief".
Now Twitter locks rapper Kanye West as Elon Musk welcomes him
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West surfaced on Twitter for the first time since November 2020, tweeting "Look at this Mark, How you gone kick me off Instagram, You used to be my n***a", along with a blurry image of himself and Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg singing karaoke. "The account in question has been locked due to a violation of Twitter's policies," a Twitter spokesperson told The Verge on Sunday.
Tesla accidentally leaks all upcoming Supercharger locations
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According to the auto-tech website Electrek, it was a bug, and Tesla quickly rectified the situation by removing the specific addresses and instead only including the town or city where the new stations are planned. The Supercharger network is already the largest EV fast-charging network in the world, and it is growing fast. As per the report, the EV maker is slowly opening the network to non-Tesla electric vehicles, which will change the nature of the Supercharger network.
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