On a Friday in late September, Donald J. Trump took time off the campaign trail for a closed-door meeting at Mar-a-Lago with officials representing the vaping industry. The vaping emissaries talked about loosening regulations and told the former president he had “saved” the industry in the past. The group — …
Read More »Musk Wins Appeal Over Tweet He Had to Delete About Union Push
A federal appeals court handed Elon Musk a victory in a freedom-of-speech case on Friday by overturning an earlier ruling in a dispute between the billionaire and the National Labor Relations Board. In March last year, three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New …
Read More »The Elon-ction + Can A.I. Be Blamed for a Teen’s Suicide?
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Read More »Tesla Shares Jump 22% After Robust Profit Increases
Tesla’s shares jumped 22 percent on Thursday — one of its best days in years — after it reported a big increase in profit for the third quarter. The company said it expected sales of cars to grow as much as 30 percent next year when it plans to introduce …
Read More »Tesla Self-Driving System Will Be Investigated by Safety Agency
Tesla’s plan to build fleets of self-driving cars suffered a setback on Friday when the main federal auto safety regulator said it was investigating whether the technology was to blame for four collisions, including one that killed a pedestrian. The regulator, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, said it was …
Read More »F.A.A. Clears the Way for SpaceX to Hold Starship Launch on Sunday
The Federal Aviation Administration issued a new license on Saturday allowing Elon Musk’s SpaceX company to launch its Starship rocket again from South Texas, and it included new requirements to limit the harm to birds’ nests and other wildlife in an adjacent state park and National Wildlife Refuge. The action …
Read More »SpaceX Advances Starship Program With a Launch and a Catch
SpaceX pulled off a feat of technical wizardry on Sunday, not only flying a 233-foot rocket booster back to its launch site, but also catching it out of the air with two giant mechanical arms. It occurred during the fifth test flight of the Starship rocket and was a huge …
Read More »Twitter Barred Them. What Happened When Elon Musk Brought Them Back?
Twitter Barred Them. What Happened When Elon Musk Brought Them Back? The reach and potential influence of these accounts are reflections of a policy instituted by Mr. Musk in his early days of ownership in 2022, when he declared an “amnesty” program for previously suspended accounts. Mr. Musk plays a …
Read More »Opinion | ‘Founder Mode’ Explains the Rise of Trump in Silicon Valley
Silicon Valley’s current fascination with a trendy management meme illustrates a broader and more troubling turn in certain powerful pockets of its culture — one that has seized our politics and could even unduly influence our election (again). I’m talking about founder mode. A recently coined management style being celebrated …
Read More »Elon Musk Shows Off Tesla ‘Robotaxi’ That Drives Itself
After years of promises, Tesla on Thursday unveiled a car that Elon Musk, the company’s chief executive, said will be able to drive itself without human supervision. Mr. Musk has said the vehicle will add trillions of dollars to the company’s stock market value and fuel its growth. The “robotaxi,” …
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