Elon Musk
Musk first foreigner to write for China's top internet watchdog magazine
According to South China Morning Post, Musk's article titled "Believe in technology, create a better future," was published in the latest edition of 'China Wangxin' magazine. The magazine "typically invites government officials, professors and state-owned enterprise executives to contribute articles." Musk's Tesla makes roughly 25 per cent of its revenue in China.
Musk pitches lofty goals in magazine run by China's Internet censorship agency
The July issue of China Cyberspace features articles from Musk and Ant Group CEO Eric Jing Xiandong, the company that runs the Chinese payment service Alipay, citing a Xinhua reporter, The Verge reported. Musk says the magazine invited him to share his "thoughts on the vision of technology and humanity," and then proceeds to describe and promote the technology used by the companies he owns -- Tesla, SpaceX, and Neuralink --- that he believes can "help achieve a better future for humanity".
Researcher hacks Musk's Starlink system with $25 homemade device
Belgian security researcher Lennert Wouters revealed the first-ever hacking of Starlink's user terminals or satellite dishes located at homes and buildings. At the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas in the US, Wouters successfully hacked the Starlink internet system using a homemade circuit board or modchip that cost around $25 to develop, reports Wired. Wouters revealed a voltage fault injection attack on a Starlink User Terminal (UT), that allowed him to break into the dish and explore the Starlink network.
Elon Musk teases his own new social media site X.com
X.com used to be the domain name of a startup Musk founded two decades back, which he later merged with financial services company PayPal. When asked has he thought about creating his own social platform if the Twitter deal doesn't come through, Musk replied: "X.com." After selling its electric vehicle company shares worth nearly $7 billion, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO said he would repurchase Tesla stock if the Twitter deal did not close.
Twitter users have 'spoken' on fake accounts: Elon Musk
Musk, who is fighting a bitter legal battle with Twitter over the cancellation of the $44 billion takeover deal, last week began a Twitter poll among his 102.8 million followers on whether Twitter's claim of less than 5 per cent of daily users are fake/spam.
Musk dares Twitter CEO for open debate on fake accounts
While replying to a user who summarised his accusations, which included Twitter stonewalling Musk and giving him "outdated data" about the microblogging platform, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO wrote a "good summary of the problem".
Tesla to build 10-12 gigafactories in years to come: Musk
At its annual shareholder meeting called 'Cyber Roundup' late on Thursday, Musk reiterated the growth of Tesla's advanced driver assistance system called full self-driving (FSD) beta, reports TechCrunch. "We're now at over 40 million miles and I suspect by this year we're gonna have well over 100 million miles," said Musk.
Twitter drags Elon Musk's billionaire buddies into legal battle
According to The Washington Post, Twitter's legal team in a subpoena in the court has asked for "extensive requests for communications, including achecklists, timelines, presentations, decks, organisational calls, meetings, notes, recordings" related to the deal's financing. The top investors mentioned in the subpoena are Marc Andreessen, founder of VC firm Andreessen Horowitz (A16Z), former Facebook executive and CEO of Social Capital, Chamath Palihapitiya and David Sacks who helped Musk with the formation of financial services firm PayPal.
Twitter may actually become accurate, relevant news source: Musk
He earlier termed the media as "click-seeking machine dressed up as a truth-seeking machine". Musk, who is now in a legal battle with Twitter after terminating the $44 billion takeover deal, said in a fresh tweet: "It sure is hard to find a news source that's accurate, relevant and not totally depressing!"
Elon Musk says engagement on Twitter accounts 'much lower'
On the microblogging platform, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO wrote that "interaction with almost all Twitter accounts seem to be much lower lately". "Tesla + Twitter -> Twizzler," Musk wrote in a series of tweets. Recently, Musk filed a countersuit against Twitter as part of an ongoing legal dispute with the microblogging platform over his abandoned $44 billion takeover deal.
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