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Tesla whistleblower Cristina Balan wins key legal victory against Elon Musk

Cristina Balan, a former Tesla engineer who raised safety concerns about vehicle design, has won a significant legal battle in her years-long defamation case against Elon Musk and Tesla, reports BBC. Balan, who was fired in 2014 after reporting a potential braking hazard caused by curling...

Joe Biden attacks Trump in 1st speech since leaving White House

Former US President Joe Biden has used his first speech since leaving office to criticise the Trump administrations welfare policies. He told a conference in Chicago that the government had taken a hatchet to Social Security, a system which Donald Trump and Elon Musk - who is leading the White...

Elon Musk announces Starlink license for Somalia

Elon Musk announced that his Starlink satellite internet service had been granted a license in Somalia. Starlinks network of low Earth orbit satellites can provide internet to remote locations or areas with standard communications infrastructure disabled. Roughly 30 percent of Somalias...

Starlink gets BIDA approval to launch operations in Bangladesh

Starlink, the satellite internet venture by Elon Musks SpaceX, has been officially approved to do business in Bangladesh by the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA). The announcement was made at a news briefing on Sunday at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka, held in connection with...

SpaceX shares historic first-ever view of Earth's Poles from space, Elon Musk reacts

History is being made as the first humans to orbit the Earth over the North and South Poles are sharing stunning images from their groundbreaking spaceflight, reports NDTV. SpaceXs private Fram2 mission launched on Monday, March 31, sending four spaceflight novices into an unprecedented polar...

Musk condemns 'terrorist' attack on Tesla dealership in Italy

A Tesla dealership near Rome was engulfed in flames early Monday, destroying at least 17 vehicles and causing significant damage to the facility. Authorities have yet to identify suspects or establish a clear motive, though Italian media reports suggest investigators are exploring multiple...

Elon sells social media platform X for $33 billion

Elon Musk said on Friday that his artificial intelligence startup xAI is buying his social networking platform X in a deal that valued the company, once known as Twitter, at $33 billion, reports NDTV. This combination will unlock immense potential by blending xAIs advanced AI capability and...

Starlink’s first Bangladesh trial to take place on Apr 9

Tech billionaire Elon Musks satellite internet service, Starlink, is set to begin its trial run in Bangladesh on April 9. Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun, executive chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA), announced the trial at a press conference at the Foreign...

Starlink satellite internet service set to launch in Pakistan

Pakistan has granted Starlink temporary registration, allowing the satellite internet provider to operate in the country. Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Shaza Fatima Khawaja announced on Friday that the decision was made under the directive of Prime Minister Shahbaz...

Twitter’s iconic bird sign sells for over $34,000 at auction

The iconic Twitter bird logo, once displayed at the companys former headquarters in San Francisco, has sold for nearly $34,000 at an auction. The sign was removed after Elon Musk took over the social media platform and rebranded it to X. According to RR Auction, a company specializing in rare...

Musk claims conspiracy to kill him over US reforms

Elon Musk has alleged that a coordinated conspiracy is working to kill him and damage Tesla, claiming his efforts to cut US government waste have made him a target. He blames left-wing activists for recent attacks on Tesla cars and dealerships, including vandalism and arson. Musk, an adviser to...

Telegram's Durov allowed to leave France amid probe

Telegram founder Pavel Durov has been granted temporary permission to leave France, where he faces multiple charges related to allegedly facilitating organised crime, reports France 24 citing AFP. Durov, 40, was dramatically detained at Le Bourget airport near Paris in August 2024 and accused of...

First mission to Mars will launch next year: Elon Musk

SpaceX founder Elon Musk has said his Starship rocket will head to Mars by the end of next year, as the company investigates several recent explosions in flight tests, BBC reported. Human landings could begin as early as 2029 if initial missions go well, though 2031 was more likely, he added in...

Musk says Starship to depart for Mars at end of 2026

SpaceX founder Elon Musk said Saturday its massive Starship rocket would leave for Mars at the end of 2026 with Tesla humanoid robot Optimus onboard, adding that human landings could follow as soon as 2029. Starship departs for Mars at the end of next year, carrying Optimus. If those landings go...

Elon Musk claims X targeted in ‘massive cyberattack’

Following widespread outages on Monday that prevented thousands of users from accessing X, Elon Musk said that the social media platform was under a massive cyberattack. We face attacks daily, but this one was executed with substantial resources, Musk stated in a post. Either a large,...

Starlink is ‘backbone’ of Ukrainian military – Musk

Elon Musk has reaffirmed that Starlink will remain operational in Ukraine, dismissing speculation that SpaceX might cut access to the satellite internet service, Kyiv Independent, and RT reported this. To be extremely clear, no matter how much I disagree with the Ukraine policy, Starlink will...

Violence against Tesla escalates amid backlash over Elon Musk

Tesla is facing a growing wave of violent attacks across the United States, with vandalism, arson, and gunfire targeting its dealerships, charging stations, and vehicles. The incidents come amid rising anger at CEO Elon Musk, whose political stance has polarized public opinion. Court records...

Bangladeshi firms join hands with US telecom giant Starlink

Several Bangladeshi firms have partnered with Starlink, the international satellite internet service owned by billionaire Elon Musk, to support the establishment of ground earth stations in Bangladesh. The firms have already signed contracts with Starlink for collaboration, while a team from the...

Musk claims Starlink’s South Africa ban linked to race, authority denies allegations

Elon Musk has claimed that his satellite internet service, Starlink, is being prevented from operating in South Africa due to his race, stating that Starlink is not allowed to operate in South Africa, because Im not black. This statement, made on social media, came in response to a podcast...

Tesla sales plunge in Germany after Musk backs far right

Teslas sales in Germany dropped sharply in February, continuing a downward trend after Elon Musk publicly endorsed the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) during the countrys recent election campaign. Official data released Wednesday by the KBA federal transport authority showed just 1,429...

Musk backs US withdrawal from UN, NATO

Billionaire Elon Musk has publicly endorsed the idea of the US withdrawing from both the United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Responding to a social media post advocating such a move on Sunday, Musk, who leads the US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), commented,I...

Elon Musk dismisses Canada as "not a real country" amid citizenship controversy

Billionaire Elon Musk sparked controversy on Monday by claiming that Canada is not a real country after hundreds of thousands of Canadians signed a petition calling for the revocation of his dual citizenship, reads a Daily Sabah post. The petition, launched by British Columbia resident Qualia...

CA invites Elon Musk to visit Bangladesh, launch Starlink

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has invited top US businessman and Chief Executive Officer of SpaceX Elon Musk to visit Bangladesh and launch Starlink satellite service in the country, reports UNB. In a letter to Musk on February 19, Chief Adviser Dr Yunus told Musk his visit to Bangladesh...

All US govt staff must justify their work or lose jobs: Musk

Elon Musk said Saturday that all US federal employees must justify their work or lose their jobs, hours after the president pushed him to be more aggressive in slashing government spending, reports AFP. Musk -- the worlds richest person and Trumps biggest donor -- has led the effort to fire...

US threatens to cut off Starlink access for Ukraine over mineral deal

The U.S. has reportedly warned that it may shut down Ukraines access to Elon Musks Starlink satellite internet service unless Kiev agrees to grant access to its critical mineral reserves, according to a report by RT citing Reuters. U.S. officials indicated the threat of an imminent shutdown of the...

Musk is not DOGE employee, has no authority to make decisions: White House

Billionaire Elon Musks role in the Trump administration is as a White House employee and senior adviser to the president, and is not an employee of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and has no decision-making authority, the White House said in a court filing on Monday. According to...

Musk’s xAI launches Grok 3 AI model

Elon Musks AI company, xAI, released its latest flagship AI model, Grok 3, late Monday night, along with new capabilities in the Grok apps for iOS and the web. Grok, xAIs answer to models like OpenAIs GPT-4o and Googles Gemini, can analyze images and respond to questions, and powers a number of...

Musk responds after woman alleges she is mother of his 13th Child

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has broken his silence following conservative influencer Ashley St Clairs claim that he is the father of her five-month-old baby, reports NDTV. The billionaire reacted with a Whoa on X while responding to a post suggesting the 26-year-old had been planning for five years to...