On Thursday, Tesla shareholders approved CEO Elon Musk’s pay package worth as much as $878 billion, an outcome that was widely expected. Musk received 75% approval in the vote. The compensation plan will hand over that wealth in 12 tranches of stock, provided various milestones are hit over the next decade. The vote occurred at […]
No, Pro-Trump Hackers Didn’t Hack Zohran Mamdani’s Election Night Party
Did you see claims on Tuesday that Zohran Mamdani’s election night party was sabotaged by pro-Trump hackers? Someone who supports President Donald Trump was supposedly able to project a pro-MAGA message to the crowd before Mamdani spoke. But like so much of what goes viral on social media these days, it’s total nonsense. Mamdani was […]
Elon Musk Tells Joe Rogan That He Will Demo a Flying Car by End of Year
Billionaire oligarch Elon Musk appeared on the latest episode of Joe Rogan’s podcast on Friday. And while much of the conversation covered topics we’ve heard before, Musk decided to drop some news about something he wants to demo by the end of the year: a flying car. Stop us if you’ve heard this one before—from […]
Elon Musk Wades Into the Debate Over Robotaxis Killing Cats. Guess Which Side He’s On
In between trying to become the world’s first trillionaire, expanding his defense contracting business, fighting the “woke mind virus,” feuding with Sam Altman, and overseeing half a dozen tech companies, Elon Musk has somehow found the time to wade into the debate over whether it’s good or bad that a rogue Waymo robotaxi (by the […]
Key Tesla Investor Says It Will Be Voting Against Making Elon Musk a Trillionaire
Elon Musk is hoping to make himself the world’s first trillionaire with an obscene Tesla pay package that would—over the course of several years—make him exponentially richer, despite the fact that he’s already the richest person on the planet. However, for Musk to get the money, Tesla’s investors will have to approve it at the […]
The Last Remnants of Twitter Are Being Phased Out at Elon Musk’s X
Twitter flew the coup, and the company is about to close the window on its potential return for good. Over the weekend, the official X Safety account posted that it will require any user who is currently using a security key as their two-factor authentication method to re-enroll because those keys are tied to the […]
Elon Musk’s Version of Wikipedia Is Live. Here’s What the Difference Is
Grokipedia, Elon Musk’s alternative to Wikipedia, sparked to life on Monday afternoon. Then it went dark again. Then it sparked to life again Monday evening. As of this writing, it is up. In terms of style, it looks like Wikipedia with its optional dark mode turned on. Based on a very brief review, it contains […]
Elon Musk Couldn’t Care Less About Poverty
Tesla held its third-quarter earnings call on Wednesday, and CEO Elon Musk seemed particularly focused on getting his $1 trillion payday. But before the world’s wealthiest man made the case for why he deserves to be the first trillionaire, he wanted to make sure you understand one thing: He’s going to help abolish poverty. “We’re […]
‘Corporate Terrorists’ May Stand in the Way of Elon Musk’s Trillionaire Status, He Claims
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is facing the possibility of becoming the world’s first trillionaire if investors vote in favor of an unprecedented $1 trillion pay package on November 6. In the company’s third quarter earnings call on Wednesday, Musk made the case that he wasn’t actually in it for the money but that he needed […]
Signal President Spars With Elon Musk Over Trust in Private Messengers
On Monday, a major outage at Amazon Web Services affected a large number of websites and apps, including end-to-end encrypted messenger Signal. In response, X Executive Chairman and Chief Technical Officer Elon Musk claimed that he no longer trusts Signal. “I don’t trust Signal anymore,” Musk stated, plainly. To be clear, the centralized infrastructure upon […]