The tech billionaire's attorney has put documentarian Alex Gibney and his production company on legal notice, claiming the Oscar-winning director defamed Musk in his nearly four-hour documentary.
NPR•Bobby Allyn10 SeptThe tech billionaire's attorney has put documentarian Alex Gibney and his production company on legal notice, claiming the Oscar-winning director defamed Musk in his nearly four-hour documentary.
NPR•Bobby Allyn10 SeptThe tech billionaire's attorney has put documentarian Alex Gibney and his production company on legal notice, claiming the Oscar-winning director defamed Musk in his nearly four-hour documentary.
NPR•Bobby Allyn10 Sept
The Boring Company has closed a $3 billion Series D funding round led by the United Arab Emirates, valuing Elon Musk’s tunneling venture at $23 billion. That’s roughly four times its 2022 valuation of about $5.7 billion. And most of the case for it sits in tunnels the company hasn’t dug yet. more…
Electrek•Fred Lambert10 Sept
Tech mogul calls director Alex Gibney a ‘bitter old man’ who has ‘zero integrity’ in series of posts on X Elon Musk has issued an angry tirade at the film-maker behind a four-hour documentary about his life and influence, labelling the director Alex Gibney a “bitter old man” who has “zero integrity”. Gibney, who has previously made films about the collapse of Enron, WikiLeaks and Vladimir Putin, premiered his Musk documentary at the Venice film festival this week. He said he believed the world’s richest man was “extremely dangerous” . Continue reading...
The Guardian•Michael Savage Media editor10 SeptTech mogul calls director Alex Gibney a ‘bitter old man’ who has ‘zero integrity’ in series of posts on X Elon Musk has issued an angry tirade at the film-maker behind a four-hour documentary about his life and influence, labelling the director Alex Gibney a “bitter old man” who has “zero integrity”. Gibney, who has previously made films about the collapse of Enron, WikiLeaks and Vladimir Putin, premiered his Musk documentary at the Venice film festival this week. He said he believed the world’s richest man was “extremely dangerous” . Continue reading...
The Guardian•Michael Savage Media editor10 Sept
The UAE led a $3 billion round lifting the Musk Boring Company valuation to $23 billion, 4 times its 2022 mark.
BeInCrypto•Phil Haunhorst10 Sept
The Elon Musk-backed Grok AI predicts BTC could hit a quarter of a million dollars by January 1, 2027, a figure sure to excite the Bitcoin community. The model predicts BTC could reach between $200,000 and $ 250,000 by the end of 2026.Grok AI points to prior cycles showing diminishing percentage returns as market cap […]
Elon Musk is sowing 'deliberate division' via his social media platform X that will be catastrophic unless regulated, the mother of one of the 14 confirmed children fathered by the world’s richest man has warned. In Musk, a new documentary by veteran film-maker Alex Gibney, former Maga influencer Ashley St Clair says Musk told her in a text message he wanted to have a child with her because he needed to have 'a legion of children before the civil war'. The couple had a son in 2024 but have since separated. St Clair says Musk’s team offered her a $40m lump-sum payment and a monthly stipend of $100,000 in return for her signing a non-disclosure agreement but withdrew the offer after she refused to sign it Elon Musk told ex-girlfriend he needed ‘a legion of children before the civil war’ Continue reading...
The Guardian9 Sept
Alex Gibney’s marathon documentary delivers numerous eye-raising insights into the broligarch’s business deals, early idealism and apocalyptic appetite for fathering children Veteran documentarian Alex Gibney’s film about the richest broligarch on the planet has been one of the most eagerly anticipated films at the Venice film festival this year. The Oscar-winning 72-year-old, who has in previous films taken on the US military, the Catholic church, Vladimir Putin and Scientology, has been investigating the tech tycoon’s ascent and speaking to people in his orbit since late 2022, before his Maga turn and Trump 2.0. The result clocks in at just under four hours and presents a comprehensive answer to how on earth one man managed to amass so much money and political influence. It is shocking less for any individual new pieces of information Gibney has unearthed than for its totality. Here are six things the film tells us: Continue reading...
The Guardian•Philip Oltermann in Venice8 Sept
Tesla is now asking businesses whether they’d like to buy and operate their own fleets of Cybercab robotaxis on its network. It’s the same pitch Elon Musk has been making since 2019: buy the cars, put them to work, and earn money while you sleep. There’s one problem with it. And it never happened, and you shouldn’t fall for it now. If running a fleet of Cybercabs were actually profitable, Tesla wouldn’t sell you a single one. more…
Electrek•Fred Lambert7 Sept
Elon Musk answers Bernie Sanders on X, saying his wealth sits in SpaceX and Tesla stock rather than cash.
BeInCrypto•Phil Haunhorst6 Sept
The hacker never needed Musk’s account. One borrowed reaction created enough legitimacy.
AMBCrypto•Lennox Gitonga5 Sept
Tesla's self-certification strategy could reshape regulatory norms, impacting the future of autonomous vehicle production and market dynamics.
CryptoBriefing•Editorial Team4 Sept
A SpaceXAI-backed buildout of massive data centers in Southaven, Mississippi, near the Tennessee border is rattling nearby residents with round-the-clock noise from gas turbines and fears of toxic emissions. The NAACP is pursuing legal action against SpaceXAI subsidiary MZX Tech, while a community petition has gathered more than 1,400 signatures as families report worsening asthma. […]
Bitcoin.com News•Guest Author3 Sept
Musk's PAC funding may boost Collins' campaign, but high Democratic win odds suggest limited impact on Senate control dynamics.
CryptoBriefing•Estefano Gomez3 Sept
Disclosure of Musk’s first independent expenditures followed his meeting with Speaker Mike Johnson.
Anthony Armstrong — no relation to Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong — most recently served as CFO across xAI, X.AI Corp., and X Corp.
The Block•Jason Shubnell2 Sept
Tesla's Cybercab launch could disrupt the autonomous vehicle market, challenging competitors' sensor strategies and impacting ride-hailing economics.
CryptoBriefing•Editorial Team2 Sept
Elon Musk Grok AI predicts that while Ethereum (ETH) could hit some big targets by the end of 2026, the chatbot predicts modest gains by January 1, 2027, something that ETH maxis won’t want to hear. ETH is currently trading for $2,450, down around -0.5% over the past 24 hours and -1.5% over the past..
99Bitcoins•Alex Ioannou2 Sept