Category: Elon Musk

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You Too Can Hire an 'Etsy Witch' to Curse Elon Musk | WIRED

In the days following the presidential election, Riley Wenckus was angry. Specifically, she was angry at billionaire X owner Elon Musk for the role he played in president-elect Donald Trump’s victory.
“I was feeling really existential about what I can do,” she says. “You know, he is the richest man on earth.”
So Wenckus turned to a solution she’d used for other personal problems in the past: She hired a witch to curse him. Afterward, Wenckus took to TikTok, posting a video in which […]
You Too Can Hire an 'Etsy Witch' to Curse Elon Musk | WIRED

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Musk and Ramaswamy say DOGE will target $500 billion in spending. Here's where they …

Billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are sharing details about how their newly created Department of Government Efficiency — which isn’t an official government department — plans to take aim at paring federal spending, with the two writing in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece on Wednesday that they are aiming to cut $500 billion in annual spending.
The announcement of DOGE has raised a host of questions, from whether Musk and Ramaswamy will have the authority to make changes […]
Musk and Ramaswamy say DOGE will target $500 billion in spending. Here's where they …

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Jeff Bezos says Elon Musk's claims are '100% not true' after the Tesla CEO reignites their feud

Elon Musk has taken aim at Jeff Bezos once more, reigniting the war of words between two of the world’s richest people.
In an X post on Thursday, Musk said Bezos had told people to dump their shares in his companies because Donald Trump was bound to lose the presidential election. Hours later, Bezos replied that the claim was “100% not true.”
Business Insider was unable to confirm the veracity of Musk’s post.
Musk, the CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, spent more than $130 million supporting Trump’s […]
Jeff Bezos says Elon Musk's claims are '100% not true' after the Tesla CEO reignites their feud

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Elon Musk's very humble $50,000 home where he really lives – realestate.com.au

Elon Musk has denied claims he is building a $53.2 million “compound” in Austin, TX, insisting he lives in a low-key home near Brownsville. (Photo by Apu Gomes/Getty Images)
Billionaire Elon Musk has denied reports that he is building a $35 million (A$53.25m) Austin, TX, compound where he plans to house all 11 of his children — instead focusing his attention on the neighbourhood of Brownsville, where his SpaceX headquarters is located and where he owns an incredibly humble $50,000 family […]
Elon Musk's very humble $50,000 home where he really lives – realestate.com.au

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Box CEO Aaron Levie Says Democrats Should Embrace Elon Musk – Business Insider

Many members of the Democratic party and billionaire Elon Musk have had a contentious relationship in recent years, but Aaron Levie, cofounder and CEO of the cloud services company Box, thinks that should change.
In an interview with Business Insider, Levie explained why he thinks Democrats should make an effort to embrace Musk, and how he thinks it would benefit American innovation.
“You want to support innovation and progress and technological advancements on either side,” Levie said, adding […]
Box CEO Aaron Levie Says Democrats Should Embrace Elon Musk – Business Insider

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Elon Musk predicts a wave of resignations if federal employees are forced to go to the office

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, the heads of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which for now only exists in the virtual world, plan to slash federal regulations and carry out mass layoffs of civil servants. The richest man in the world and his fellow billionaire have outlined their plans for a drastic government overhaul in an article in The Wall Street Journal
Elon Musk fired three out of four employees after buying Twitter, but that led to a series of network failures and a […]
Elon Musk predicts a wave of resignations if federal employees are forced to go to the office

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Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy Eye 5-Day Office Week For Federal Workers – NDTV

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy – President-elect Donald Trump’s picks to lead the newly formed task force to review government spending – said they will push for eliminating work-from-home policies for federal workers, an idea that could spark clashes between the new administration and government employee unions.
“Requiring federal employees to come to the office five days a week would result in a wave of voluntary terminations that we welcome: If federal employees don’t want to show up, […]
Elon Musk, Vivek Ramaswamy Eye 5-Day Office Week For Federal Workers – NDTV

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How Elon Musk Became a Kingmaker | TIME

Hang on a minute. Whom did we just elect? The Republican ticket had two names at the top: Donald Trump and J.D. Vance. But parts of this delirious November created the impression that someone else has taken hold of our collective destiny.
We already knew him in various roles—the guy who bought Twitter and fired more than half its staff, the inventor who brought the space program back to life, the carmaker whose new trucks make kids stop and stare on the sidewalk. All of a sudden, Elon Musk […]
How Elon Musk Became a Kingmaker | TIME

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Meet the Crypto Cronies Getting Cozy With Trump – Rolling Stone

The cryptocurrency industry made no secret of its preference for Donald Trump as a presidential candidate in 2024, and backed him to the tune of millions of dollars. High rollers in tech and venture capital who routinely blasted President Joe Biden for a crypto fraud crackdown facilitated by his Securities and Exchange Commission chairman, Gary Gensler, reliably took up the line that a Trump administration promised a far better future for digital assets and the platforms on which they are […]
Meet the Crypto Cronies Getting Cozy With Trump – Rolling Stone

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Elon Musk faces UK parliament grilling over riots – POLITICO.eu

Move risks escalating a growing war of words between the Musk and the Labour government.
LONDON — Tech billionaire Elon Musk could soon be hauled before the U.K. parliament to answer for his platform X’s part in stoking the riots that tore through the country this summer.
Chi Onwurah, chair of parliament’s Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, told POLITICO she wanted Musk — picked for a top job in Donald Trump’s incoming U.S. government — and other tech executives […]
Elon Musk faces UK parliament grilling over riots – POLITICO.eu