Elon Musk: Judge rules billionaire’s DOGE role is permanent May 28, 2025 A federal judge in Washington, DC has ruled that Elon Musk holds a “continuing and permanent” role within the federal government and DOGE, rejecting the White House’s claim that the billionaire entrepreneur was merely serving in an advisory capacity. The decision allows a high-profile lawsuit brought by 14 US states to move forward against Musk, [...]
X down as thousands report issues with social media platform May 24, 2025 The social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, experienced an outage on Saturday as users reported issues with the site. According to service monitoring site Downdetector, thousands of users in the UK experienced problems accessing the app and website. The site, which tracks user experiences and outages across different websites, showed that the issue [...]
Censorship is the virus, free speech is the vaccine May 22, 2025 Free speech, grounded in the principle of dispersed knowledge and “epistemic modesty” championed by Hayek, is far less dangerous than censorship, which empowers a self-appointed elite to enforce their biases on others, says Paul Marshall It is always dangerous to make binary distinctions, as they are over simplistic – but in the debate over free [...]
Elon Musk retaliates against Tesla backlash May 21, 2025 Elon Musk has issued a stark warning to those behind violent attacks against Tesla, vowing criminal consequences for what he described as “evil” acts of politically motivated vandalism and threats. Speaking in a virtual interview at the Qatar economic forum on Tuesday, the Tesla and SpaceX chief executive said he had taken the recent wave [...]
Tesla and Apple shares surge as US markets rally on trade deal May 12, 2025 Markets on Wall Street soared on Monday as investors welcomed the trade progress between the US and China. The S&P jumped over 2.6 per cent as markets opened and the Dow Jones 2.41 per cent. Amazon gained over seven per cent and Nike six per cent. The tech-heavy Nasdaq rallied 3.5 per cent. Tech giants [...]
UK retail investors double down on US tech despite tariff jitters May 2, 2025 Despite geopolitical headwinds and market volatility, UK retail investors ramped up their exposure to US technology stocks in April, with Nvidia, Palantir and Tesla topping trading charts across major UK platforms. On AJ Bell, Nvidia emerged as the second most traded stock, trailing only BP. Tesla and Amazon also secured sports in the top ten, [...]
Tesla denies claims of Musk succession search May 1, 2025 Tesla has denied reports that its board is seeking a replacement for chief executive Elon Musk, after a Wall Street Journal report claimed the company had began a search for its new chief executive, amid mounting concerns on his political entanglements. In a post early Thursday on X, the social media owned by Musk, Tesla [...]
Talent is fleeing Trump’s America and Britain stands to benefit May 1, 2025 The US is experiencing a brain drain as the American dream turns into a nightmare under Donald Trump. Britain should welcome American talent with open arms, says John Caudwell I cannot be the only one watching with deep concern as the United States – a nation once synonymous with opportunity and freedom – descends into [...]
Trump’s first 100 days: From stock market carnage to electing Carney April 29, 2025 Tuesday marks President Trump’s second first 100 days. On 29 April 2017, pundits looked back at the opening of the then 45th President’s term as a period that had shaken presidential norms and perhaps lowered the tone. In comparison, these first three months have been an earthquake. Trump has shown himself willing to execute the [...]
Bezos takes on Musk as Amazon launches Starlink rival April 29, 2025 Amazon has launched 27 satellites for Project Kuiper, its long-planned broadband network designed to rival Elon Musk’s Starlink. The satellites lifted off aboard a United Launch Alliance (ULA) rocket from Florida last night, after an earlier attempt was postponed due to bad weather conditions. The launch marks the beginning of Amazon’s deployment of over 3,200 [...]