Elon Musk’s Space X signs up first private moon flight passenger September 14, 2018 Space X has announced that it has signed up the first private passenger to fly around the moon on its new Big Falcon Rocket launch system. Elon Musk's company said it was a crucial step towards a future of everyday space travel. Read more: 'It's legal, right?' Elon Musk smokes weed on podcast The rocket [...]
Elon Musk’s ‘erratic behaviour’ causes Nomura to downgrade Tesla stock September 11, 2018 Tesla’s share price was set rocking by an investment bank downgrade today, with chief executive Elon Musk’s “erratic behaviour” cited as a reason for the price adjustment. Tesla’s shares fell by almost four per cent to $274.14 after Nomura cut its target price in the wake of Musk making yet more headlines with behaviour such as [...]
More of the same from Apple? September 11, 2018 Earlier this year Apple made history in becoming the first US company to achieve a $1trn valuation, a level it maintained when it crossed above $207 a share last month. Since then the share price moved up to as high as $229.67 earlier this month, before embarking on a four-day slide prompted by some profit-taking, [...]
Proper corporate governance rules would save the UK from a crisis like Theranos September 11, 2018 The spectacular downfall of Theranos, the US healthtech company, makes a terrific story: a disrupter startup run by a university drop-out, who modelled her persona on Steve Jobs (right down to her black turtleneck sweaters), and became a virtual messiah figure for many in Silicon Valley. For those who aren’t familiar, Theranos promised cheap, accessible, pain-free [...]
Elon Musk teases project to meld human brain with AI to create ‘superhuman cognition’ September 9, 2018 Tesla and SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk has claimed he is just a “few months” away from a major announcement about a device which will fuse the human brain with artificial intelligence (AI). The eccentric billionaire, who has been the source of a host of controversies over the the past few months, said his Neuralink [...]
Tesla’s shares dive on executive departures while Elon Musk smokes weed on podcast September 7, 2018 Tesla shares dived in pre-market trading as two executives quit the company today, with one resigning after just a month, citing public attention. The announcements came on the same day as outspoken entrepreneur and Tesla CEO Elon Musk appeared online smoking marijuana. Tesla shares fell by up to eight per cent in pre-market trading after chief accounting officer [...]
From Elon Musk to Elizabeth Holmes, beware maverick disrupters promising to save the world September 7, 2018 It has not been a good week for celebrity entrepreneurs. The world’s favourite failed healthtech unicorn folded for good. A maverick space technologist mired himself further in a pointless libel battle. And we also heard that Gwyneth Paltrow’s “wellness” brand Goop had agreed to pay $145,000 for making “unsubstantiated claims” about the healing properties [...]
Super Soco review, price, specs and details: Could this be the Tesla of motorcycles? September 6, 2018 The first time I rode a moped, I immediately crashed it into a parked car near my house. Just ramped up onto the pavement like Steve McQueen and smashed into a Fiesta, causing several pounds worth of damage. I was 15 years of age, which is so long ago now that no policeman can arrest [...]
Volvo dreams up its first driverless electric car September 5, 2018 Volvo has unveiled its first electric self-driving car concept, as it races to meet its own targets of making a third of its car sales autonomous by 2025. Aside from driving around town, Volvo hopes that the 360c could replace short-haul air travel, particularly for routes where the distance travelled is around 300km (186 miles) such as [...]
Elon Musk in deep waters after reigniting feud with British diver in sweary outburst September 4, 2018 Elon Musk reignited his attacks on a British diver involved in the recent Thai cave rescue operation late this evening. In a series of bizarre and foul-mouthed emails sent to BuzzFeed this evening, the Tesla boss doubled down on previous remarks he had made in which he accused Vern Unsowrth of being a "pedo". Addressing a [...]