Musk sued for not making Twitter stake increase public April 13, 2022 Elon Musk is being sued because he didn’t make public he had bought a major stake in Twitter. The Tesla and SpaceX billionaire, who recently became the largest shareholder in the social media giant, is facing action from investors in a New York federal court. This comes after Musk bought 9.2 per cent in Twitter [...]
Hostile Twitter takeover rumours grow as Elon Musk boasts he can grow stake ‘at any time’ April 12, 2022 The richest man in the world, Elon Musk, has fuelled rumours he will attempt a hostile takeover of Twitter, after saying he can boost his stake in the site “at any time”. The billionaire entrepreneur who runs Tesla and Space X became the social media giant’s main shareholder last week, but rejected an invitation to [...]
Elon Musk turns down Twitter board after asking 80m followers: ‘Is it dying?’ April 11, 2022 Elon Musk, the man behind Tesla and SpaceX, has turned down a spot on Twitter’s board, after being revealed as the platform’s majority shareholder. New Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal confirmed this morning: “Elon has decided not to join our board. “I believe this is for the best.” Musk was due to step onto the board [...]
Tesla boss Elon Musk builds largest and ‘most advanced car factory’ on Earth April 8, 2022 Tesla boss Elon Musk claims to have built the largest factory in the world by volume, at its grand opening last night. The billionaire tech entrepreneur’s Giga Texas Tesla factory, 338m cubic feet in volume, is also hoped to be the biggest battery cell facility in the world “over time”. Speaking at the Cyber Rodeo [...]
Twitter confirms edit button in the works as Musk effect kicks in April 6, 2022 Twitter is already feeling the Elon Musk effect after confirming that it was working on a new edit button for its users. The new feature will allow Twitter goers to change their tweets once they have been posted, enabling typo fixes and changes without losing likes or retweets. The platform’s premium subscription service Twitter Blue [...]
Does Twitter need an edit button? Major shareholder Musk polls 80m followers April 5, 2022 Elon Musk has polled Twitter users to ask if they want an edit button, after the billionaire entrepreneur was revealed to be platform’s largest shareholder yesterday. Based on Friday’s market close, the stake is worth some $2.89bn (£2.2bn), though just a fraction of Musk’s net worth of $233bn (£178bn). Musk, the man behind Tesla and [...]
Surging shares: Elon Musk revealed as Twitter’s largest stakeholder April 4, 2022 Elon Musk, the eccentric billionaire behind Tesla and SpaceX, has snapped up a 9.2 per cent in Twitter – which has sent its shares flying. The tech entrepreneur is reportedly now the largest shareholder in the social media platform, considered one of the world’s most popular. Twitter shares have surged around 26 per cent in [...]
Business of Space: Not only doing the hard things, but the ‘right thing’ April 2, 2022 This week Blue Origin creates six more astronauts SpaceX teams up with OneWeb Seraphim Space piles into Pixxel Blue Origin: Space tourists aplenty Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin successfully completed its fourth tourist flight to space on Thursday, marking the increasing accessibility of space – to the few that can afford it. Bezos, who made his [...]
When Musk met OneWeb: UK satellite firm teams up with SpaceX March 21, 2022 Taxpayer backed OneWeb has announced it will be teaming up Elon Musk's SpaceX to move forward with satellite launches.
Elon Musk accuses SEC of forcing him to sign Tesla settlement March 9, 2022 Tesla’s chief executive and serial entrepreneur Elon Musk has accused the US Government of forcing him to sign a settlement that forced him to step down as chairman in 2018. Musk has asked a court to throw away the deal as he said the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had a personal “vendetta” against him. [...]