One of the most controversial pieces of the short-term government funding bill that Elon Musk helped tank last week was a provision that would have allowed members of Congress to receive a modest salary increase.
As Musk argued against the so-called “continuing resolution” in a stream of posts on X, he said that lawmakers were set to receive a 40% salary increase if the bill passed.
In reality, it would have at most been a $6,600 pay bump for rank-and-file members of the House and Senate, or […]
Congress Was Set to Get a Modest Raise. Then Elon Musk Stepped in. – Business Insider
Elon Musk Takes Aim at MacKenzie Scott Over 'Concerning' Charity Gifts – Business Insider
Elon Musk has taken aim once again at MacKenzie Scott over the billionaire’s charitable giving.
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO shared on Monday an X post written by John LeFevre criticizing Scott. The author and ex-banker’s post sounded the alarm on Scott’s gifts to nonprofits focused on issues such as racial equity, social justice, immigration protections, and LGBTQ+ rights.
Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos, has donated over $19 billion to more than 2,450 nonprofits since 2019 via […]
Elon Musk Takes Aim at MacKenzie Scott Over 'Concerning' Charity Gifts – Business Insider
Elon Musk's strange debut as a federal budget negotiator – Los Angeles Times
In the wake of a successful effort to kill a year-end spending bill and replace it with more limited legislation to keep the government open, Elon Musk declared victory last week on X (formerly Twitter), the social media platform he owns:
“Your actions turned a bill that weighed pounds into a bill that weighed ounces!” he crowed. “You are the media now. VOX POPULI VOX DEI.”
The stopgap funding measure will largely delay major spending decisions until after Donald Trump’s inauguration, […]
Elon Musk's strange debut as a federal budget negotiator – Los Angeles Times
Elon Musk's xAI supercomputer gets 150MW power boost despite concerns over grid impact …
xAI’s massive data center fuels debate on energy sustainability
Elon Musk’s xAI supercomputer has taken a major step forward with approval for 150 megawatts of power from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
This approval significantly boosts the facility’s energy supply, enabling it to run all 100,000 of its GPUs concurrently, a feat previously limited by available power.
However, this massive energy demand has raised concerns among local stakeholders regarding the impact on […]
Elon Musk's xAI supercomputer gets 150MW power boost despite concerns over grid impact …
Elizabeth Warren slams Elon Musk's role in upending spending bill – The Boston Globe
Senator Elizabeth Warren on Saturday condemned billionaire Elon Musk for derailing a bipartisan government funding bill that included a significant package of health care policies.
“Last time I checked, nobody voted for Elon Musk to run the federal government,” Warren said in a statement Saturday. “But this week, he seemed to think that was his job. And Donald Trump appeared to agree with him.”
“In their next plan, [House Republicans] got rid of proposed funding for research on […]
Elizabeth Warren slams Elon Musk's role in upending spending bill – The Boston Globe
How 2024 made Elon Musk the world's most powerful unelected man – The Guardian
A timeline of events in the year of Elon Musk shows how omnipresent he has become, how his X feed has become as unavoidable as Donald Trump’s was
Hello, and welcome to Techscape. I’ve been pondering screen-time and isolation after I suffered through a recent bout of Covid. Even a few days of seclusion coupled with lengthy, uninterrupted spates of staring at screens were enough to return me to the state of mind in which I spent most of 2020. I hope all of you reading have a wonderful winter […]
How 2024 made Elon Musk the world's most powerful unelected man – The Guardian
Don Lemon spars with TikToker over 'President Musk' accusation: 'We don't trust you'
Don Lemon was caught in a verbal war against a TikToker over Elon Musk’s influence on President-elect Donald Trump.
The ex-CNN host spoke to various people in New York City over the weekend about the claim Democrats were pushing that the X CEO was the shadow “President Musk” over Trump based on Musk leading an online conservative opposition to a bipartisan deal to avoid a partial government shutdown.
“Who is the real president-elect, you think?” […]
Don Lemon spars with TikToker over 'President Musk' accusation: 'We don't trust you'
Tuesday briefing: What Reform UK might get from Elon Musk's $100m – The Guardian
In today’s newsletter: With rumours of the political party courting a game-changing investment, people are asking not only what they might do with the money, but what the tech titan might get in return
Good morning. I don’t know how long Elon Musk spent mulling over his rumoured suggestion that he might give $100m to Reform, but since it amounts to about 0.02% of his total wealth, I imagine it will have taken about as much time as most people spend mulling over a Christmas book token for […]
Tuesday briefing: What Reform UK might get from Elon Musk's $100m – The Guardian
Who voted for Elon Musk? – The Boston Globe
Until last week’s budget debacle, Elon Musk was a warm-up act for President-elect Donald Trump.
Like the many adulatory openers at Trump rallies and Republican gatherings, he amped up the crowd — but strictly in preparation for the main act. While Democrats like to flash star power at events — A-listers, movie stars, and pop icons — in today’s Republican Party, Trump is
But the rise of Musk as a political figure means that another successful, powerful businessman is potentially […]
Who voted for Elon Musk? – The Boston Globe
Meet the power players at Elon Musk's xAI, the startup taking on OpenAI with its Grok chatbot
Elon Musk’s startup xAI is one of the newer players in the artificial intelligence race, but that hasn’t stopped it from bringing in top talent and soaring to a valuation of $50 billion in just 16 months.
Launched by Musk in July 2023 to take on OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, xAI’s lofty goal is to “understand the universe.”
The startup began with a team of 12 people who, prior to joining Musk’s latest moonshot, worked at the likes of Google DeepMind, Tesla, OpenAI, and Microsoft. It has […]
Meet the power players at Elon Musk's xAI, the startup taking on OpenAI with its Grok chatbot