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Despite plenty of optimism, a striking number of Elon Musk's xAI's cofounders are jumping ship amid restructuring efforts.

Cofounders Fleeing Elon Musk’s xAI

By Victor Tangermann

A yellow-tinted wooden catapult with wheels is shown against a dark red grid background. The catapult's arm is holding a realistic, grayscale image of the moon in its sling.

Erratic Elon Musk Tells Employees to Build Massive Catapult on Moon

By Frank Landymore

Elon Musk appeared to have had a major change of heart, putting a Mars city on hold. He's been going through it ever since.

Elon Musk Going Through It After Putting Mars City on Ice

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Joi Ito and others are sitting around a rectangular dining table with a white tablecloth in a dimly lit room. The table has several glasses of water and wine, plates, and cutlery. Two pendant lights hang above the table, casting light on the center. Musk is highlighted by a red circle.

Photo Shows Elon Musk at Jeffrey Epstein Dinner

By Frank Landymore

The image shows a close-up of Elon Musk's face on the right side, with a yellowish-green tint and a textured effect. On the left side, there is a red background displaying a partially redacted email conversation dated Saturday, September 22, 2012, between Kira D and Jeffrey Epstein. The email mentions organizing a massage and references "elon MUSK" in the text. Some parts of the email are blacked out for privacy.

Internet Sleuths Just Found Something About Elon Musk Getting a Massage in the Epstein Files

By Frank Landymore

Tesla's shares have been plummeting since the DOJ's release, implicating CEO Elon Musk and his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.

Tesla Stock Plummeting Since Musk Busted in Epstein Files

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk is shown in a black and white photo. He is wearing a dark sweater over a striped collared shirt and looking to the right. The background is bright yellow with a large red circle featuring a grid pattern behind his head.

Elon Laments That in Spite of His Obscene Wealth, He Still Can’t Find Happiness

When an X account asked Grok to find the "probability" that NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani is somehow related to Epstein, it had a baffling answer.

Grok’s Analysis of Whether Mamdani Is Related to Epstein May Be the Single Most Amazing AI Response We’ve Ever Seen

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk is lashing out on X about the latest Epstein files, accusing the media of lying and making increasingly desperate sounding defenses.

Elon Musk Not Doing Well After Epstein Files Reveal

By Frank Landymore

Tesla's shares plummeted when trading resumed on Monday, dropping over 3.5 percent in early trading following Elon Musk's Epstein revelations.

Tesla Stock Took a Beating After Elon Musk’s Epstein Island Revelations

By Victor Tangermann

Newly released documents show how Elon Musk extensively communicated with Jeffrey Epstein to plan parties and trips to his island.

Elon Musk Emailed Extensively With Jeffrey Epstein, Asking to Visit His Notorious Island

By Frank Landymore

As Reuters reports, Elon Musk is hoping to merge his AI startup, xAI, with SpaceX — a baffling plan that raises plenty of questions.

Elon to Merge SpaceX and xAI

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Musk revealed that the company's factory in Fremont, California, would be transformed into a production facility for robots.

Elon Musk Shutting Down Tesla Car Factory to Manufacture Robots Instead

By Victor Tangermann

After a bizarre screening of the first-lady's documentary "Melania," American tech titans have been tongue-tied.

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Tech Execs Weirdly Silent After Private Screening of “Melania” Documentary

Users on online prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket are making big bucks off of Musk's track record for making wrong predictions.

Elon Musk Haters Have Found a Hilariously Easy Way to Make Money on Polymarket

By Victor Tangermann

In light of plummeting sales and shrinking profits, Tesla has killed its Autopilot suite in the United States and Canada for good.

Tesla Kills Autopilot After Storm of Criticism, Paywalls Basic Features

By Victor Tangermann