Elon Musk

Jared Isaacman, the first private astronaut to spacewalk, has been nominated by Donald Trump to lead NASA. Isaacman's close ties with Elon Musk raise potential conflict of interest concerns given Musk's role in a government efficiency panel.

Manned Mars missions are hindered by space radiation, underestimated in sci-fi. Current tech can't shield against solar flares and CMEs. Colonization goal by 2050 improbable without radiation protection breakthrough

Responding to a user who asked if we can get rid of character limits, or at least greatly expand it, Musk said: "Absolutely". At present, Twitter allows users to post tweets in 280 characters. The original limit was 140, which was eventually increased to 280 in November 2017.

Last week, Elon Musk fired 50 per cent of Twitter's staff, which is somewhere around 3500. A recent report suggests Musk fired thousands of more employees over the weekend. Twitter hasn’t officially revealed any details related to the recent round of layoffs yet.

Elon Musk has planned to begin laying off employees at Twitter, according to a media report, days after he completed the USD 44-billion acquisition of the social media company.CEO Parag Agrawal, legal executive Vijaya Gadde, Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal and General Counsel Sean Edgett were ousted as Musk's acquisition was completed.

The company will also seek statutory approvals from the government for landing rights and market access, the report said. Earlier this year, the Indian government asked Starlink to refund all its pre-orders until it received licences to operate in the country.

Elon Musk says the new Twitter Blue will relaunch on November 29th. In a tweet, he said he would be “punting” the relaunch to the new date “to make sure that it is rock solid.”

The former US President was sanctioned for posting content that the platforms said incited unrest, with YouTube announcing his reinstatement on Friday, two months after Facebook said it was unlocking his account.

The iPhone maker has collaborated with a South Korean firm to build the autopilot chip for its vehicle. Apple collaborated with a South Korean outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) business to build the car's autopilot technology, according to TheElec.

Elon Musk was the second person ever to amass a personal fortune of more than $200 billion, breaching that threshold in January 2021, months after Jeff Bezos. The Tesla Inc. chief executive officer has now achieved a first of his own: becoming the only person in history to erase $200 billion from their net worth.