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Indians who paid $1,000 each to pre-order a Tesla in 2016 didn't get the car - but it's not easy to get their money back, either

In April 2016, Tesla opened a pre-booking website in India, but has not been selling electric vehicles in the country yet, which is the world's third largest car market. One of the first to pay for the car reservation was Vishal Gondal, the CEO of th...

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Musk advised Joanne Rowling to post "interesting and positive" content on X/Twitter instead of posts about transgenderism

Both a billionaire and a writer have often been criticized for their views and statements on transgender issues. In the comments to one of J.K. Rowling's posts, Elon Musk advised the author of "Harry Potter" to publish more "interesting and positive ...

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Tesla profits fall 55% in first months of 2024 - Musk says 'hybrids are to blame'

Reduced pricing strategy and several "unpredictable issues" have decreased Tesla's profit - in the first quarter, the company earned $1.13 billion (55% less than last year). The company's total revenue also showed a decrease of 9% - to $21.3 billion....

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Ilon Musk continues to fight bots: X (Twitter) will introduce paid subscriptions for new accounts

Political ads on X/Twitter turned out to be insufficient, and money is needed, so the previously announced "small fee" for entry for new users is being rolled out to the general public. Initially, users noticed the expansion of a new subscription le...

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Tesla will lay off about 14,000 employees - 10% of its entire workforce

At the beginning of the month, Tesla reported a drop in electric car sales for the first time in four years and is now preparing to lay off at least 14,000 employees - 10% of the total workforce (140,473) as of early 2024. Electrek and Reuters write ...

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20 times is not the limit. SpaceX updates the record of multiple use of Falcon 9 booster

Do you still remember the famous meme of the SpaceX skeptic "then let's talk"? Today, repeated flights of Falcon 9 rockets into space no longer surprise anyone, but last weekend, SpaceX's main workhorse marked a weighty and even historical achievemen...

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X is not Twitter. Musk's website automatically changes links from "Twitter.com" to "X.com" so people finally get used to the new name

Sometimes it's easy to forget, but technically Twitter no longer exists. Last summer, Elon Musk changed the name of the company to "X." But: The main domain name of the social network is Twitter.com. There are still several official pages on the pla...

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Musk predicted the advent of AGI (smarter than the smartest person) in two years and called Chinese automakers "the most competitive"

At the end of 2023, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang predicted that artificial intelligence would be able to compete with humans in 5 years. And now Elon Musk, known for his "very accurate forecasts," shared his own assessment - the owner of Tesla and SpaceX ...

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Like Neuralink, but less invasive. Synchron seeks patients for 'large-scale' brain implant trials

A startup has developed a safe interface for "mind control" communication, which is embedded in the brain through blood vessels. According to Reuters, Synchron is preparing for a large-scale clinical trial and is launching an online registry for pote...

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Musk says Tesla Optimus robot should cost "like half a car" - and will soon support 5G

It's been just over two years since Elon Musk announced that Tesla has started moving towards the development of humanoid robots. The company quickly showed the first prototypes (one assembled model that barely moved, and another one that stood on a ...

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Ilon Musk says taking ketamine during low mood periods is in investors' best interest

Elon Musk admitted last year that he was prescribed ketamine for treatment and stated that he takes the drug "periodically" — at times when he experiences "chemical surges" that can cause depression. In a new interview, the billionaire added that ta...

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Ilon Musk has "declassified" the source code of his chatbot Grok - no training data yet

Now developers and researchers will be able to use the architecture that Grok runs on in their own projects. xAI, an artificial intelligence company owned by Elon Musk, has released the source code of its chatbot on GitHub. The announcement states th...

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SpaceX is building a spy satellite network for the Pentagon - Reuters

SpaceX is building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a secret contract with the US intelligence agency, five sources familiar with the program told Reuters. The spy network is being built by SpaceX's business unit Starshield under a $1.8 ...

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Starship reached orbit for the first time, but could not "land" in the ocean - SpaceX lost it on approach

The third test flight of the Starship heavy rocket (mission IFT-3) by SpaceX ended with partial success today - actually, the team managed to "go further than ever before." The launch was broadcasted live on SpaceX's X/Twitter account. Starship's Th...

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Starship reached orbit for the first time, but could not "land" in the ocean - SpaceX lost it on approach

The third test flight of the super-heavy launch vehicle Starship (IFT-3 mission) by SpaceX ended with a partial success today (greater than previous ones) - in fact, the team managed to "go further than ever before." The launch was broadcast live on ...

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