SpaceX fails to repeat Starship booster catch, as Trump watches on
SpaceX fails to repeat Starship booster catch, as Trump watches on

SpaceX flew its latest test flight of its Starship mega-rocket on Tuesday, with President-elect Donald Trump joining Elon Musk to witness the spectacle firsthand in the latest sign of their ever-closer ties. But the Republican leader was deprived of the chance to see the descending first stage...

Trump and Musk solidify their bond with Texas trip
Trump and Musk solidify their bond with Texas trip

For the last two weeks, Donald Trup has welcomed Elon Musk into his world, but now its Elon Musks turn to welcome the president-elect into his world, repots UNB. Trump flew on Tuesday to South Texas to watch SpaceXs Starship rocket launching near the Mexican border. Musk explained how the...

Brazil first lady uses expletive against Musk at G20 event
Brazil first lady uses expletive against Musk at G20 event

Brazils first lady Rosangela da Silva has sworn at billionaire Elon Musk at an event ahead of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, reports BBC. On Saturday, while advocating for tougher social media regulation on a panel about disinformation, Janja Lula da Silva appeared to be startled by a loud...

Iran denies its UN envoy’s meeting with Elon Musk
Iran denies its UN envoy’s meeting with Elon Musk

Irans Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi on Saturday strongly denied a reported meeting between Tehrans United Nations envoy and Elon Musk, the US billionaire and close adviser to President-elect Donald Trump. US media, includingThe New York Times,reported this week that Musk and Irans UN Ambassador...

Big Bang: Trump and Musk could redefine US space strategy
Big Bang: Trump and Musk could redefine US space strategy

US President-elect Donald Trumps second term, alongside SpaceX CEO and new consigliere Elon Musk, could mark a Big Bang for the US space programme. The brash billionaire duo share a knack for disruption and a hunger for making history qualities tailor-made for space exploration, reports AFP....

Elon Musk met Iran UN ambassador on defusing tension between Tehran and Washington
Elon Musk met Iran UN ambassador on defusing tension between Tehran and Washington

Elon Musk, the tech billionaire closely allied with US President-elect Donald Trump, met Irans ambassador to the United Nations in a bid to defuse tensions between Tehran and Washington, The New York Times reported Thursday. The newspaper quoted anonymous Iranian sources as describing the...

India will allow Musk's Starlink to operate if passes security checks
India will allow Musk's Starlink to operate if passes security checks

Elon Musks satellite internet service Starlink will be granted permission to operate in India after complying with security regulations, local media reported on Tuesday. The potential launch of Starlink with its network of low Earth orbit satellites capable of providing internet to remote and...

Elon Musk’s PAC spends around $200mn to help elect Trump: AP
Elon Musk’s PAC spends around $200mn to help elect Trump: AP

Elon Musks super PAC has spent around $200 million to help elect Donald Trump, according to a person familiar with the groups spending, funding an effort that set a new standard for how billionaires can influence elections. The billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO provided the vast majority of the...

Musk joins call between Trump and Zelensky
Musk joins call between Trump and Zelensky

Citing an unnamed source, CNN reported that tech tycoon Elon Musk joined a call between US President-elect Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky the day after the presidential election. Another source said that Trump was with Musk at Mar-a-Lago when Zelensky called to...

Pennsylvania judge allows Elon Musk’s $1.3 million voter giveaway
Pennsylvania judge allows Elon Musk’s $1.3 million voter giveaway

A Pennsylvania state judge gave an approval Mr Elon Musks on Nov 5 US$1 million-a-day (S$1.32 million) giveaway to swing state voters to proceed. This came after a surprising day of testimony in which the billionaires aide acknowledged his political group selected the contests winners, reports...

Pennsylvania challenge of Elon Musk's $1M-a-day voter sweepstakes moves back to state court
Pennsylvania challenge of Elon Musk's $1M-a-day voter sweepstakes moves back to state court

A legal fight over Elon Musks $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes is back in state court in Pennsylvania, a loss for the billionaire, after a federal judge said Friday that he doesnt have jurisdiction, reports AP. Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner wants to keep his fight to shut down...

Musk ordered to appear in court following $1m election giveaway
Musk ordered to appear in court following $1m election giveaway

A Philadelphia court ordered all parties, including Elon Musk, to attend a court hearing on Thursday in a lawsuit seeking to stop a political action, reports the Guardian. The Philadelphia district attorneys office filed the lawsuit on Monday. It called the giveaway by Musks America Pac, which...

Elon Musk, enemy of ‘open borders,’ launched his career working illegally
Elon Musk, enemy of ‘open borders,’ launched his career working illegally

Long before he became one of Donald Trumps biggest donors and campaign surrogates, South Africa-born Elon Musk worked illegally in the United States as he launched his entrepreneurial career after ditching a graduate studies program in California. Former business associates, court records and...

Biden criticizes Musk over report that Musk once worked illegally
Biden criticizes Musk over report that Musk once worked illegally

The US president Joe Biden called out Elon Musk for hypocrisy on immigration issue after a published report that the Tesla CEO once worked illegally in the country, reports AP. While campaigning on Saturday in Pittsburgh at a union hall, Biden said that wealthiest man in the world turned out to...

Musk's contacts with Putin spark national security concerns for SpaceX and U.S. relations
Musk's contacts with Putin spark national security concerns for SpaceX and U.S. relations

The billionaire owner of major government contractor Space X, Elon Musk and a key ally of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the last two years, The Wall Street Journal reported. A person familiar with the...

US probing Musk's Tesla over self-driving systems
US probing Musk's Tesla over self-driving systems

The US agency in charge of regulating road safety revealed that they are probing Teslas self-driving software systems, reports BBC. The evaluation is being done by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). It covers 2.4 million Tesla vehicles manufactured in the last 8 years....

Elon Musk promises to award $1m every day to Trump-supporter voters
Elon Musk promises to award $1m every day to Trump-supporter voters

Elon Musk said his Trump-supporting political action committee America Pac will give $1m every day until election day to someone who signs his petition that effectively encourages Republicans in the key battleground states to register to vote. The commitment, which started on Saturday as Musk...