Tesla drivers will soon be able to turn to Grok for directions; whether that’s a wrong turn remains to be seen. The EV maker announced its 2025 Holiday update today on Elon Musk’s X, highlighting several new features coming soon to Tesla vehicles. The most immediately eye-catching update is a new “Grok with Navigation Commands” […]
Elon Musk Slapped With $140 Million Fine Over Deceptive Blue Checks on X
Elon Musk’s attempt to turn blue checks into a revenue stream for X has hit a major hurdle. The European Commission, the EU’s executive branch responsible for enforcing the bloc’s laws, just hit X with a fine of 120 million euros (about $140 million) for breaking transparency obligations under its Digital Services Act. Specifically, the […]
Beeple Brings Tech Billionaires as Pooping Robot Dogs to Miami
In a puppy pen in the Art Basel Miami Beach, you can watch Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos make a mess—as if we don’t get enough of that in the real world. The latest work of the artist Beeple, best known for selling a piece of NFT artwork to some poor schmuck for […]
Who Is This Mysterious ‘South African Tech Billionaire’ in Olivia Nuzzi’s New Book?
Journalist Olivia Nuzzi’s new book, American Canto, was released Tuesday and has been widely panned, even by Nuzzi’s fans in the mainstream press. But if you’re tempted to buy the book just to search for the juiciest gossip about national figures, we’ve got some bad news. That’s going to be tough to accomplish in an […]
White House Hopes to Save Elon From Testifying in DOGE Lawsuit
The Trump administration is attempting to shield its former DOGE czar, Elon Musk, from having to testify in a legal case involving his work for the “government efficiency” initiative. DOGE has been sued many times over the past year for its efforts to carve up the government, but one of the most longstanding litigation efforts […]
China’s Simulated Attack Shows How It Could Jam Musk’s Starlink Over Taiwan
A group of researchers in China may have found a way to disrupt Starlink communications, creating a massive airborne barrier to jam signals that jump from one satellite to the next. The new study, published in China’s peer-reviewed journal Systems Engineering and Electronics, simulates a detailed attempt to jam a constellation of 10,000 satellites across an […]
11 Things Grok Says Elon Musk Does Better Than Anyone
Who’s the best at everything in the world? That would be Elon Musk, of course. At least that’s the answer you’ll get when you ask his AI chatbot Grok. The downside to programming your robot to say that you’re the best at everything means that it will tell users you’re the best at drinking piss, […]
Grok Says Elon Musk Is Smarter Than Einstein and More Fit Than LeBron James
Elon Musk has been pretty open about the fact that he’s been working to “fix” Grok anytime the AI chatbot gives an answer he doesn’t like. But we all know that his fixes are just transparently an effort to make Grok agree with him. With every new tweak, Grok gets creepier and more flattering to […]
Elon Musk’s Company Town Just Voted to Hand SpaceX a $7.5 Million Tax Refund
It’s only been a few months since Elon Musk got his dream company town, and Starbase is proving to be well worth it for the rocket billionaire. The Starbase City Commission nominated two SpaceX projects for the Texas Enterprise Zone tax-break program, propping the company for a hefty $7.5 million tax refund, according to local […]
Elon Musk’s xAI Is Getting a Fancy 500-Megawatt Data Center in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia appears to be fully engaged in a MAGA-washing campaign, buddying up to the Trump administration and its hangers-on to improve its image for billionaires to do business there. It appears to be working. At a US-Saudi investment forum hosted on Wednesday, Elon Musk announced that his AI startup, xAI, will build a 500-megawatt […]