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Elon Musk’s first month of destroying America will cost us decades
Let’s pause and look at what the Elon Musk administration has done so far. There’s been a lot of panic about the immediate but somewhat abstract constitutional crisis as Elon Musk’s misleadingly-named Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) rips the government apart. And as much fun as we all are having watching Congress render itself irrelevant and wondering whether the courts…
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Elon Musk’s $97 billion flustered OpenAI – now it’s introducing rules to ward off future interest
OpenAI is considering restructuring the board of its non-profit arm to ward off unwanted bids, according to reports from the Financial Times. The reported move follows a takeover attempt by Elon Musk, who last week offered $97.4 billion to buy the company alongside a consortium of investors. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman initially said no to the bid via a post…
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Sam Altman says ‘no thank you’ to Musk’s $97 billion bid for OpenAI
OpenAI’s directors have refused a buyout offer of $97.4 billion from a group of investors led by Elon Musk. The bid follows a years-long feud between Musk and OpenAI, which he initially co-founded and helped to fund in its infancy, with particular animosity reserved for CEO Sam Altman. OpenAI has recently shifted away from its non-profit roots towards a public…
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Elon Musk’s DOGE activities trigger protests, vandalism for Tesla
Elon Musk’s role in carrying out President Donald Trump’s dirty work has triggered a wave of opposition that is spilling over into protests against his flagship company, Tesla. Over the last week, some people have held demonstrations while others have vandalized Tesla vehicles owned by individual buyers and showrooms — with actions stretching from New York, Colorado, and California, to…
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How Elon Musk’s Department of Energy access could pose a nuclear threat
What was once ridiculous is now possible. Elon Musk, the richest person in the history of the world, has become President Donald Trump’s attack dog. Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) have unprecedented access to the government’s data and computer system. Earlier this week, that came to include systems in the Department of Energy (DOE), which oversees America’s…
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The NTSB chooses Elon Musk’s X to update the press on plane crashes
The National Transportation Safety Board will only update the press about the plane crashes in Washington, DC and Philadelphia on X — not over email, as reported earlier by The Desk. The agency announced on Saturday that it will use its @NTSB_Newsroom account to share ”news conferences or other investigative information.“ The NTSB later said, “Reporters should email mediarelations@ntsb.gov for…
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Alternatives to Elon Musk’s Twitter: Mastodon, Threads, Reddit, Cohost, Tumblr, and more
As I write this, there are a lot of social network users who are wondering if they should look for a new home. Over at X, Elon Musk has essentially become part of the incoming Trump administration, while various changes have made the formerly popular social network a dark and forbidding forest for many of its former inhabitants. Meanwhile, Meta’s…
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The world’s biggest battery maker says Elon Musk’s 4680 cell ‘is going to fail’
Robin Zeng, the founder of the world’s largest EV battery company, says Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s big bet on 4680 cylindrical cell technology “is going to fail and never be successful.” Zeng, the chairman of China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL), tells Reuters that when Musk visited China in April, “We had a very big debate, and I showed him. He…
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How to quit Elon Musk’s Twitter / X
Once upon a time, Twitter — now X — was the place to get your memes, world news, and pop culture. However, even at the time, being an active Twitter user also required sifting through a daily deluge of toxic characters, bots, and deepfakes. Then the Elon Musk circus came to town and began steadily altering the formerly popular social…
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Judge declines to block Musk’s $1 million voter giveaways
Elon Musk’s America PAC can move forward with its $1 million giveaways to voters after a Philadelphia judge declined an emergency petition from District Attorney Larry Krasner to block them. Krasner accused the PAC of running an illegal lottery and deceptively marketing the prize selections as random, even though “multiple winners that have been selected are individuals who have shown…
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