Tag: Elon Musk

Elon Musk completes Twitter deal, fires CEO Parag Agarwal among other top executives

Elon Musk has taken ownership of Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) with brutal efficiency, firing top executives immediately. “The bird is freed,” he tweeted after he completed his $44 billion acquisition on Thursday, referencing Twitter’s bird logo in an apparent nod to his desire to see the company have fewer limits on content that can be posted.

Elon Musk says he wanted to ‘help with underpopulation’ after news of twins comes out

The news of Elon Musk’s twins with one of Tesla’s top executives Shivon Zilis in November came out yesterday and Musk’s hilarious response poured in. Taking to Twitter, the billionaire, who now has nine children with three women, weighed in on the reports with a joke based on his beliefs about an under-populated world. ‘Population of Mars is still zero people!, Musk says.

LebElon? Lebanese people request Elon Musk to ‘save’ them by buying their country next

Eccentric entrepreneur, random tweeter and Tesla CEO Elon Musk this week bought his favorite social media platform, Twitter, for $44 billion — an amount approximately the equivalent of the gross domestic product of Jordan. Musk’s ambition to “save” Twitter and, as he sees it, free speech, has given hope to some Lebanese people who are asking Musk to now consider buying their country.

Elon Musk buys Twitter Inc for $44 billion cash 

The board of Twitter has agreed to a $44bn (£34.5bn) takeover offer from the billionaire Elon Musk. Mr Musk, who made the shock bid less than two weeks ago, said Twitter had “tremendous potential” that he would unlock. He also called for a series of changes from relaxing its content restrictions to eradicating fake accounts.

Elon Musk’s company releases video of monkey playing video games with its mind

Billionaire inventor Elon Musk has revealed a shocking new footage that purportedly shows a monkey playing a video game “with his mind,” thanks to a cutting-edge brain implant known as a Neuralink. The device effectively translates brain signals into instructions for a machine — a science fiction-level achievement that could effectively turn a user into a cyborg.

Mukesh Ambani surpasses Elon Musk to become world’s 6th richest person

India’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani has now become the world’s sixth-richest person with a worth of $72.4 billion. The chairman of Reliance Industries Ltd. has surged past Silicon Valley tech titan Elon Musk, Alphabet Inc. co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page and Warren Buffett. Shares of the conglomerate have more than doubled since March after investments from Facebook Inc., Silver Lake and Qualcomm Inc.

NASA astronauts head for ISS on historic SpaceX flight

Two veteran NASA astronauts were headed for the International Space Station (ISS) on Saturday in Elon Musk’s SpaceX flight.. Elon Musk’s SpaceX became the first commercial company to launch a rocket carrying humans into orbit, ushering in a new era in space travel. SpaceX’s two-stage Falcon 9 rocket with astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley aboard blasted off flawlessly in a cloud of bright orange flames and smoke from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center for a 19-hour voyage to the space station.

Elon Musk had a baby boy and he named him X Æ A-12

Elon Musk and Grimes had a baby boy and they named him X Æ A-12m since then speculation over the name has been a major topic of conversation. The parents don’t seem to agree on how to pronounce their baby’s unusual name. Previously, the Canadian singer explained that Æ is the Elven spelling of AI, which is shorthand for artificial intelligence.