Elon Musk
Elon Musk says 'media is click-seeking machine'
On Twitter, Musk criticised the media, which came after the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported his alleged affair with Google Co-founder Sergey Brin's wife Nicole Shanahan, which the Tesla CEO has vehemently denied. "The media is a click-seeking machine dressed up as a truth-seeking machine," Musk said. Recently, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO expressed his displeasure with the unwanted media attention he is getting these days.
Twitter not playing nice in pre-trial process: Musk lawyers
The letter is addressed to Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick -- who will ultimately decide the case over whether Musk can get out of his contract to buy Twitter for $44 billion -- and also requests that the trial should be scheduled to begin on October 17, reports The Verge.
I haven't had sex in ages, laments Elon Musk
The Tesla CEO was responding to a Wall Street Journal (WSJ) report that claimed that "Musk engaged in a brief affair last fall with the wife of Sergey Brin, prompting the Google Co-founder to file for divorce earlier this year and ending the tech billionaires' long friendship".
Amount of attention on me has gone supernova: Musk
On the microblogging site, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO expressed his displeasure of the unwanted media attention that he is getting these days. "The amount of attention on me has gone supernova, which super sucks. Unfortunately, even trivial articles about me generate a lot of clicks," Musk tweeted with a sad emoji.
Musk tells followers to slam WSJ for linking him with Google Co-founder's wife
A Wall Street Journal report claimed on Sunday that "Musk engaged in a brief affair last fall with the wife of Sergey Brin, prompting the Google Co-founder to file for divorce earlier this year and ending the tech billionaires' long friendship".
Elon Musk had an affair with Google co-founder Sergey Brin's wife
According to The Wall Street Journal, the couple filed for divorce citing "irreconcilable differences". "Musk engaged in a brief affair last fall with the wife of Sergey Brin, prompting the Google co-founder to file for divorce earlier this year and ending the tech billionaires' long friendship," the report said late on Sunday, citing sources.
Elon Musk questions Twitter's 'monetizable' daily active user numbers
In 2019, Twitter for the first time used the word mDAU, saying it believes that monetizable DAU, and its related growth, "are the best ways to measure our success". Monetizable DAU are users who log in and access Twitter on any given day through twitter.com or our Twitter applications that are able to show ads.
Twitter reaches 238 mn users globally amid legal battle with Musk
The micro-blogging platform, locked in a battle with the Tesla CEO over the presence of bots/spam accounts on its platform, said it now has 237.8 million monetisable daily active usage (mDAU), up 16.6 per cent compared to Q2 of the prior year. "The increase was driven by ongoing product improvements and global conversation around current events," the company said late on Friday. Average US mDAU was 41.5 million for Q2, up 14.7 per cent compared to Q2 of the prior year.
SpaceX sends 46 Starlink satellites into space
The two-stage Falcon 9 rocket, which induced a scrub at T-46 seconds on Thursday, lifted off successfully from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Friday, reports Space.com. "Deployment of 46 Starlink satellites confirmed -- completing SpaceX's 32nd mission of 2022!a the agency tweeted. Liftoff took place at 1.40 p.m. amid severely foggy conditions on the West Coast. The launch allowed SpaceX to surpass its 31 record launches of 2021 with a 32nd record launch in 2022, and still counting.
Twitter blames Elon Musk for $270 mn loss in Q2 results
Musk has terminated the $44 billion Twitter deal over the presence of bots on the platform and Twitter has sued him for cancelling the deal, with the trial now set for October in a US court. In its Q2 earnings, Twitter said that its Q2 revenue totaled $1.18 billion, a decrease of 1 per cent year-over-year, "reflecting advertising industry headwinds associated with the macroenvironment as well as uncertainty related to the pending acquisition of Twitter by an affiliate of Musk".
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