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According to explosive allegations in a new book, Elon Musk once demanded to be made CEO of software megacorporation Apple.

Elon Musk Reportedly Demanded to Be Made CEO of Apple

By Jon Christian

A photo shared by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk shows SpaceX employees laying out the pipes for a 29 Raptor rocket engine configuration of its Super Heavy booster.

Elon Musk Shows Off Pic of Monstrous Super Heavy Booster Engine System

By Victor Tangermann

The Boring Company tells drivers in its Las Vegas loop to call Elon Musk "awesome," "inspiring," and a "great leader" if passengers ask.

Elon Musk Employees Are Instructed to Tell People He’s “Awesome” and “Inspiring”

By Dan Robitzski

On Monday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk shared a Wall Street Journal report, which showed that US population growth rates are grinding to a halt.

Elon Musk: Population Collapse Is “Potentially the Greatest Risk to the Future of Civilization”

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk took a jab at Apple when asked about Tesla's plans to open up its Supercharging network to third parties during this week's Q2 earnings call.

Elon Musks Criticizes “Some Companies,” Then Fake-Coughs and Mutters “Apple”

By Victor Tangermann

Blue Origin has an ingenious plan to cut costs for its spaceflight program that's basically to copy whatever SpaceX does.

Advisers Reportedly Begged Jeff Bezos Not to Copy Elon Musk So Much

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk Warns That Each Cybertruck Could Cost “Literally a Million Dollars”

Elon Musk Warns That Each Cybertruck Could Cost “Literally a Million Dollars”

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla's solar energy subsidiary, Tesla Energy, reportedly asked its team of more than 20 employees to scan social media posts to find customer complaints.

Tesla Is Reportedly Trying to Make People Delete Mean Posts About Elon Musk

By Victor Tangermann

"I think modern nuclear power plants are safe contrary to what people may think," Tesla CEO Elon Musk said during a conference this week.

Elon Musk Says It’s Totally Possible to Build “Extremely Safe” Nuclear Plants

By Victor Tangermann

During a conference on Wednesday, Elon Musk said that Tesla has caused him more suffering than anything else in his life.

Elon Musk Says Tesla Has Caused Him More Suffering Than Anything Else in His Life

By Victor Tangermann

At a blockchain conference today, Elon Musk revealed that "most likely, Tesla would resume accepting Bitcoin," but on one condition.

Oops, Elon Musk Says Tesla Might Start Taking Bitcoin Again

By Victor Tangermann

Jeff Bezos's spaceflight company Blue Origin completed its first crewed mission. Meanwhile, experts debate why the rocket looks so "anthropomorphic."

Scientists Ponder Why Jeff Bezos’ Rocket Looks like a Giant Dong

By Dan Robitzski

Jeff Bezos's great Eureka moment: why don't we take all the bad, emitting stuff and stick it in space out of harm's way?

Jeff Bezos Says Now He’s Gonna Pollute Space, Too

By Victor Tangermann

Jeff Bezos Couldn’t Qualify for Normal Astronaut Wings, So Blue Origin Invented Its Own

Jeff Bezos Couldn’t Qualify for Normal Astronaut Wings, So Blue Origin Invented Its Own

By Victor Tangermann

It's debatable whether Blue Origin CEO Jeff Bezos managed to get to outer space today. Was it all a marketing stunt to appeal to the ultra wealthy?

Jeff Bezos Heads Toward Space, Turns Back Before He Gets There

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk Brutally Mocks Jeff Bezos for Spaceship That Can’t Reach Orbit

Elon Musk Brutally Mocks Jeff Bezos for Spaceship That Can’t Reach Orbit

By Victor Tangermann

It wouldn't surprise Tesla CEO Elon Musk if his company's latest offering, the Cybertruck, will flop.

Elon Musk Says the Cybertruck Might Flop But He Doesn’t Care

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk's court proceedings ground to a screeching halt when things took an unexpected turn in court today. Somebody threw up in court.

Man Vomits During Elon Musk Court Appearance, Which Is Honestly Understandable

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk Denounces “Those Who Attack Space”

Elon Musk Denounces “Those Who Attack Space”

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk testified today in a lawsuit over his car company's 2016 acquisition of SolarCity, a publicly traded solar energy company.

Elon Musk Goes to Court, Calls Opposing Attorney a “Bad Human Being”

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla is rolling out the "Full Self-Driving" v9 beta update. Elon Musk is warning drivers not to put too much faith in it and to "be paranoid."

Elon Musk Warns Drivers Not To Trust New “Full Self-Driving” Update

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musks' Boring Company has been hard at work tunneling away under Hawthorne, California. But they never informed the community that they would do so.

Experts Say Elon Musk’s Florida Tunnel Might Be a Soggy Mess

By Tony Ho Tran

The United Launch Alliance is planning to use two of Blue Origin's BE-4 rocket engines to build its Vulcan rocket. But the engine is years late.

There’s Reportedly Massive Drama Inside Jeff Bezos’ Wannabe Space Company

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk once again criticized Bitcoin, arguing that the underlying technology of Dogecoin is better suited for scalability.

Elon Musk Slams Bitcoin’s Underlying Technology

By Dan Robitzski

In a Wednesday tweet, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk suggested that a Starship "itself" could serve as the "structure for a new giant telescope."

Elon Musk Suggests Turning a Starship Into a Giant Space Telescope

By Victor Tangermann

"Baby Doge, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo," the billionaire wrote in a Thursday tweet, a song presumably about the synonymous alternative cryptocurrency.

Elon Musk Tweets About Dogecoin Knockoff, Sending It Skyrocketing

By Victor Tangermann

After once again delaying the launch of the next Tesla Full Self-Driving beta, Elon Musk said he was surprised by how hard making autonomous cars can be.

Elon Musk Says He’s Surprised to Discover That Self-Driving Cars Are Difficult

By Dan Robitzski

In a Saturday tweet, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk suggested that Starship might be a potential solution to the growing space junk problem.

Elon Musk Says New Spacecraft Will “Chomp Up” Space Junk

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla is hiring a "customer support specialist" that is meant to "escalate complaints [...] and address social media escalations directed at the CEO."

Elon Musk Joins Call to Free Britney Spears

By Tony Ho Tran

According to documents obtained by The Wall Street Journal, Tesla failed to preapprove CEO Elon Musk's tweets, as it was required to do by a court order.

Elon Musk Suggests That a Brain Parasite Is Forcing Humans to Create Superhuman AI

By Tony Ho Tran

Richard Branson just announced that he's going to travel to space on a Virgin Galactic rocket, beating Jeff Bezos to space by nine days.

Mischievous Richard Branson Slams Accelerator, Will Go to Space 9 Days Before Jeff Bezos

By Dan Robitzski

In a planet-scale swing, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk berated ULA CEO Tony Bruno on Twitter this morning — not even a full 24 hours after joking around with him.

Elon Musk Bitterly Feuds With CEO He Was Joking With Literally Yesterday

By Victor Tangermann

Following Virgin Orbit's successful launch of seven satellites earlier this morning, CEO Richard Branson threw a jab at the competition.

Richard Branson Roasts Jeff Bezos Going to Space: “Jeff Who?”

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk agreed to have aa chat with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey at a Bitcoin event on July 21, according to a recent Twitter exchange.

Elon Musk Is in Bitcoin Talks With the CEO of Twitter

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's new house is a $50,000 prefabricated house that's only about 400 square feet, located at SpaceX's Boca Chica site.

Elon Musk’s New House Is a $50,000 Shack

By Victor Tangermann

In a light-hearted exchange on Twitter, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk offered to give rocket competitor, the United Launch Alliance (ULA), a leg up.

Elon Musk Offers to Bring a “Few Spare Engines” to Rocket Competitor

By Victor Tangermann

Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain-computer interface startup, has been without a president for almost an entire quarter -- and it's unclear what's going on.

Did Elon Musk Quietly Fire the President of Neuralink?

By Simon Spichak

SpaceX head Elon Musk revealed today that he likes to go on social media to check in on the progress his company is making on Starship.

Elon Musk Says He Goes on Twitter to Check on Starship’s Progress

By Victor Tangermann

Stock market company Public.com decided to give Tesla CEO Elon Musk a gift for his 50th birthday on Monday: a terrifying, life-sized bronze statue.

Bronze Statue of Elon Musk Looks Nothing Like Elon Musk

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to express his frustration in not being able to fly spacecraft "from one space station to another."

Elon Musk Criticizes NASA, Says Spaceships Should Fly Between Space Stations

By Tony Ho Tran

According to a recent tweet by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the space company's first prototype of its Starship booster Super Heavy is "almost done."

Elon Musk: First SpaceX Starship Booster Prototype “Almost Done”

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX has made big progress towards building its first flightworthy prototype of its Starship booster called Super Heavy.

Elon Musk Shares New Pic of Giant Starship Rocket Booster

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk is firing back — and pointing to his time at digital payment company PayPal for credentials in the world of cryptocurrency.

Elon Musk Brags That He Understands Cryptocurrency Because of PayPal

By Jon Christian

Remember Anonymous? Now They’re Threatening Elon Musk

Remember Anonymous? Now They’re Threatening Elon Musk

By Tony Ho Tran

A new Change.org petition is politely asking Amazon and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos to please stay in space forever after he takes off next month.

Petition: Please Keep Jeff Bezos in Space Forever

By Victor Tangermann

A Canadian fusion energy company is set to break ground on a large-scale nuclear fusion demonstration plant in Culham, UK — and it's being funded by richest man in the world

Jeff Bezos Is Helping Build a Fusion Power Plant in the UK

By Victor Tangermann

Just weeks after news emerged Elon Musk paid zero dollars in federal income tax over several years, the billionaire has decided sell his last home.

Elon Musk: “Decided to Sell My Last Remaining House”

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk Says Tesla Will Accept Bitcoin Again, on One Condition

Elon Musk Says Tesla Will Accept Bitcoin Again, on One Condition

By Dan Robitzski

The Bitcoin Mining Council, a group of miners trying to make crypto more sustainable, left a prominent figure in the industry behind: Elon Musk.

Sustainable Bitcoin Mining Group Disavows Elon Musk

By Dan Robitzski

Elon Musk finaly showed off the new Tesla Model S Plaid playing the game "Cyberpunk 2077" during a brief demo event on Thursday.

Elon Musk Plays Cyberpunk 2077 on Tesla’s In-Car Console

By Dan Robitzski

The Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne said that he'd love to work with Elon Musk to host the first-ever concert in space.

Rock Band Pleads for Elon Musk to Send Them to Space for Concert

By Dan Robitzski

Rumors are spreading that Virgin Galactic CEO Richard Branson will attempt to beat rival and Blue Origins CEO Jeff Bezos to space this summer.

Richard Branson Is Reportedly Racing to Go to Space Before Jeff Bezos

By Victor Tangermann

According to IRS data obtained by ProPublica, some of the wealthiest people in the world paid extremely little in federal income taxes over the years.

IRS Leak Shows Elon Musk Paid $0 in Federal Income Tax in 2018

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk isn't afraid of Anonymous — or, at least, of folks on the internet who claim to be associated with the hacktivist organization.

Elon Musk Mocks “Anonymous” For Threatening Him

By Victor Tangermann

Just two weeks after officially stepping down as Amazon's CEO on July 5, Jeff Bezos is ready for a vacation to the edge of space.

Jeff Bezos Says He’s Going to Space in About a Month

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk Says Money Isn’t Real

Elon Musk Says Money Isn’t Real

By Tony Ho Tran

In a series of cryptic tweets, Tesla CEO Elon Musk announced that he has broken up with cryptocurrencies.

Elon Musk Says He’s Broken Up With Cryptocurrency

By Victor Tangermann

The Tesla CEO sent shares of Samsung Publishing soaring by more than ten percent at one point by tweeting about the popular children's song "Baby Shark."

Elon Musk Tweets About “Baby Shark,” Causing Financial Chaos

By Victor Tangermann

According to documents obtained by The Wall Street Journal, Tesla failed to preapprove CEO Elon Musk's tweets, as it was required to do by a court order.

SEC Report: Tesla Failed to Control Elon Musk’s Tweets

By Victor Tangermann

According to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, the space company could be launching Starship spacecraft from an ocean spaceport as soon as next year.

Elon Musk: SpaceX Will Be Launching From Floating Platforms by 2022

By Victor Tangermann

Brain computer interface pioneer Miguel Nicolelis says that Elon Musk's Neuralink is all theatre and no substance with underwhelming tech.

Neuroscience Pioneer Slams Elon Musk’s Neuralink Claims

By Dan Robitzski

According to Bloomberg, Tesla is collaborating with Luminar, a LIDAR company "fool's errand" in 2019 — despite Elon Musk calling it a "fool's errand."

Elon Musk Said Tesla Would Never Use This Tech That It’s Now Using

By Victor Tangermann

Sanders is trying to block legislation that would essentially guarantee a $10 billion payout for SpaceX rival Blue Origins.

Bernie Sanders Just Did Elon Musk a Huge Favor

By Dan Robitzski

CEO Elon Musk took to Twitter to argue that top Bitcoin miners should reveal how much renewable energy they are using.

Elon Musk: Bitcoin Miners Should Prove They’re Using Green Energy

By Victor Tangermann