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News Articles: Elon Musk

Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at a conference in Paris on June 16, 2023. Musk's record compensation package as Tesla CEO was recently rejected by a court as excessive, in a decision that pivoted in part on how much sway Musk has over his company.

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  • Business

Elon Musk is synonymous with Tesla. Is that good or bad for shareholders?

"Musk is Tesla and Tesla is Musk," one analyst wrote in a recent note. Musk's reign has catapulted the car company to enormous success. But it also carries serious risks, a judge recently concluded.

February 09, 2024
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By:
  • Camila Domonoske
Tesla CEO Elon Musk waves as he arrives at the annual political festival Atreju, organized by the Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy political party, in Rome, Dec. 16, 2023.

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  • Business

Elon Musk cannot keep Tesla pay package worth more than $55 billion, judge rules

Elon Musk is not entitled to landmark compensation package awarded by Tesla's board of directors that is potentially worth more than $55 billion, a Delaware judge ruled Tuesday.

January 31, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Elon Musk, who owns X, Tesla and SpaceX, speaks at the Vivatech fair, June 16, 2023, in Paris.

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  • Technology

Elon Musk restores X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones

Elon Musk has restored the X account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones following a poll on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

December 10, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Elon Musk, who owns X, formerly known as Twitter, is facing an advertiser backlash on the platform, which is reliant on advertising revenue.

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  • Technology

Advertiser backlash may pose mortal threat to Elon Musk's X

Advertising insiders say their clients are worried about the fallout if they place ads on X.

December 07, 2023
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Tesla's Cybertruck, pictured here during its design reveal in Hawthorne, Calif., in 2019, is finally rolling out of factories a full two years after the initial delivery target.

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  • Business

After a 2-year delay, deliveries of Tesla's Cybertruck began Thursday

Between its polarizing polygonal design and plenty of production hiccups, the Cybertruck has had a long and rocky road to release. Its fate on the electric pickup market remains unclear.

December 01, 2023
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By:
  • Emily Olson
An "X" sign rests atop the company headquarters in downtown San Francisco, on July 28, 2023.

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  • Technology

Musk's X sues Media Matters over its report on ads next to hate groups' posts

Elon Musk's social media company X, formerly called Twitter, filed a lawsuit against the liberal advocacy group Media Matters for America on Monday.

November 21, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
SpaceX's mega rocket Starship launches for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on Saturday.

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  • Space

A 'successful failure': SpaceX's Starship achieves liftoff, loses contact mid-flight

The rocket cleared the launchpad and separated from its booster, surpassing the first attempt. But minutes later, controllers lost contact with the vehicle.

November 18, 2023
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By:
  • Geoff Brumfiel
IBM, Disney and Lionsgate are among the companies that've stopped advertising on X after a report said its ads were appearing alongside material praising Adolf Hitler and Nazis.

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  • Business

Disney, Comcast and Apple join advertiser exodus from Elon Musk's X over antisemitism

A advertiser backlash has begun to snowball on X since Elon Musk endorsed an antisemitic post on the site and a watchdog group say the company was placing ads next to pro-Nazi content.

November 18, 2023
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn and
  • Emily Olson
Walter Isaacson, left, and Michael Lewis are authors and friends from New Orleans. Their new books are about billionaire Elon Musk and fallen crypto executive Sam Bankman-Fried respectively.

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  • Author Interviews

As Walter Isaacson and Michael Lewis wrote, their books' heroes became villains

What happens when the hero you plan to write about becomes a villain in much of the public's eye? We asked bestselling authors Michael Lewis and Walter Isaacson about Sam Bankman-Fried and Elon Musk.

October 18, 2023
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  • David Folkenflik
Israeli troop reinforcements take position at the border with Gaza in southern Israel on Monday. Social media and messaging apps have been flooded with false and out of context images since fighting started this weekend.

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  • World

Video game clips and old videos are flooding social media about Israel and Gaza

"This is propaganda 101. You flood the gap, especially in those early hours, with content that suggests a certain narrative," said one observer.

October 12, 2023
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Elon Musk is pictured in May in Paris. A California man says he was harassed after Musk amplified posts on X that falsely said he was involved in a confrontation between far-right protesters.

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  • Law

Elon Musk is being sued for libel for accusing a man of having neo-Nazi links

A picture of Ben Brody, 22, began circulating on social media, accusing him of being involved in a brawl between right-wing extremist groups. Brody says he made several attempts to clear his name.

October 04, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
A newly constructed X sign is seen on the roof of the headquarters of the social media platform previously known as Twitter, in San Francisco, on July 29, 2023. Elon Musk killed off the Twitter logo on July 24, 2023, replacing the world-recognized blue bird with a white X. San Francisco city authorities forced the company to take down the sign right away for permitting reasons.

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  • Technology

Elon Musk sues disinformation researchers, claiming they are driving away advertisers

X, the company formerly known as Twitter, is suing the Center for Countering Digital Hate, which has documented the spread of hate speech and viral falsehoods on social media.

August 01, 2023
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
The new X sign is installed Friday on the roof of the San Francisco headquarters of Twitter, which is being rebranded as "X." Elon Musk killed off the Twitter logo on Monday, replacing the world-recognized blue bird with an X as the tycoon accelerates his efforts to transform the floundering social media giant.

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  • Technology

After rebranding, X took @x from its original Twitter owner and offered him merch

Gene X Hwang owned @x on Twitter. Until Elon Musk rebranded the platform and took the handle.

July 29, 2023
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By:
  • Kai McNamee
A large metal "X" sign is seen on Friday on top of the downtown San Francisco building that housed what was once Twitter.

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  • Technology

'X' logo installed atop Twitter building, spurring San Francisco to investigate

City officials say replacing letters or symbols on buildings requires a permit for design and safety reasons. The installation is part of Elon Musk's effort to rebrand the social media platform.

July 29, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Top Meta executive Adam Mosseri has said that the company's new Twitter competitor Threads does not need the "negativity" of news and politics on the platform.

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  • Technology

Meta's Threads wants to become a 'friendly' place by downgrading news and politics

Mark Zuckerberg has pitched Meta's Twitter clone as a more "friendly" place for online discourse. Executives say breaking news and politics will not be the emphasized. But is that realistic?

July 12, 2023
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
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