Tag: elon musk

Posted on

Greece Facing "Population Collapse" As Unexpected Deaths Soar. Elon Musk Reacts

Greece’s population is expected to fall drastically by 2050.
The population decline in Greece has reached alarming levels, and it could become the world’s first country to suffer “population collapse”, a new report has said. This started a debate on social media, with billionaire Elon Musk joining in and expressing concern. The report paints a scary picture claiming that heart failure, stroke, blood clots and cancer among otherwise healthy young people have caused the mortality rates to […]
Greece Facing "Population Collapse" As Unexpected Deaths Soar. Elon Musk Reacts

Posted on

Musk Will Charge New X Users 'Small Fee' For Posting, Tweet Suggests – Forbes

X owner Elon Musk suggested Monday new users on the social network formerly known as Twitter will need to pay a small fee to use basic functions on the platform—a change he says is needed to combat a bot problem that has plagued the site for years.
It is unclear when the fee will be implemented. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Musk’s tweet, which was a reply to speculation about charging new accounts a small annual fee to post, like, bookmark and reply, didn’t specify when […]
Musk Will Charge New X Users 'Small Fee' For Posting, Tweet Suggests – Forbes

Posted on

Virgin Media O2 to use Elon Musk's Starlink to boost rural mobile signals – The Telegraph

Operator turns to billionaire to improve coverage amid delays to £1bn government upgrade

Rural communities are in line for a coverage boost after Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) struck a deal to use Elon Musk’s Starlink satellites.
The telecoms group has begun using Starlink’s low earth orbit (LEO) satellite technology to deliver mobile connections to remote locations, such as the Scottish Highlands.
Mr Musk’s company operates a network of roughly 5,000 satellites, which orbit 350 miles […]
Virgin Media O2 to use Elon Musk's Starlink to boost rural mobile signals – The Telegraph

Posted on

Elon Musk Says New X Users Will Need To Pay For Posting On Platform – NDTV

Several X users lost followers as the social media platform kicked off the exercise to remove bots.
In a dampener for new X users, Elon Musk has announced they may be charged for posting content on the social platform. In reply to an X user, the Tesla and SpaceX CEO said that unfortunately, “a small fee for new user write access is the only way to curb the relentless onslaught of bots.”
“Current AI (and troll farms) can pass ‘are you a bot’ with ease,” Musk posted.
He further said that the […]
Elon Musk Says New X Users Will Need To Pay For Posting On Platform – NDTV

Posted on

How Elon Musk helped usher in the age of 'working from cruise ship' – The Telegraph

Living on a cruise ship can be cheaper than staying on dry land, and new high-power satellites are making remote work easier too

Watching sunrises over opened laptops, answering emails in the spa and taking lunch breaks in the pool are just some of the bonuses of the new trend of working remotely from a cruise ship while sailing the world.
But it’s not all plain sailing – struggling with a poor signal, high Wi-Fi bills and hunting for power sockets can be the downsides.
Travel agent […]
How Elon Musk helped usher in the age of 'working from cruise ship' – The Telegraph

Posted on

Elon Musk Leaked Email Confirms Tesla Layoffs As Execs Exit | Entrepreneur

Less than two weeks after Tesla announced its first year-over-year delivery drop since 2020, CEO Elon Musk sent an internal email to staff stating that the company would cut at least 10% of its global workforce.
Musk’s memo, sent at close to midnight PST on Sunday in California, explained that “there has been duplication of roles and job functions in certain areas” and that the layoffs would happen “for cost reductions and increasing productivity.”
Tesla executives, including senior vice […]
Elon Musk Leaked Email Confirms Tesla Layoffs As Execs Exit | Entrepreneur

Posted on

Elon Musk to cut 14,000 Tesla jobs amid electric car slowdown – The Telegraph

Billionaire says 10pc reduction ‘must be done’ after first fall in sales in four years

Tesla is cutting more than 14,000 jobs in the biggest layoffs in its history, as Elon Musk’s car company reckons with slowing demand for electric cars and aggressive competition from cut-price Chinese rivals.
In an internal email, Mr Musk told staff he had made the “difficult decision to reduce our headcount by more than 10pc globally”. Tesla employs roughly 140,000 people, meaning thousands […]
Elon Musk to cut 14,000 Tesla jobs amid electric car slowdown – The Telegraph

Posted on

Elon Musk Agrees With Jamie Dimon's Warning Of Political Polarization 'Creating Risks That …

JP Morgan Chase & Co. (NYSE:JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon's annual shareholder letter is a moment investors await to understand the thinking of one of the world's most influential bankers.
While there has been speculation of Dimon entering politics, with him even gaining the support of billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman to run for president, JP Morgan shared in a statement that "Jamie has no plans to run for office" and that "he is very happy in his current […]
Elon Musk Agrees With Jamie Dimon's Warning Of Political Polarization 'Creating Risks That …

Posted on

Javier Milei and Elon Musk Bond Over Markets – Reason Magazine

Argentine President Javier Milei and Tesla CEO Elon Musk met for the first time this past weekend. Although the two had been exchanging messages over Musk’s X platform (formerly Twitter) for some time, they decided to take their bromance a step further by meeting at Tesla’s headquarters in Austin, Texas. 
During their meeting the two “agreed on the need for free markets and defend the ideas of freedom,” the Argentine government said in a statement. “The President and the businessman spoke in […]
Javier Milei and Elon Musk Bond Over Markets – Reason Magazine

Posted on

Tesla Will Lay Off More Than 10% of Workers – The New York Times

Along with the departure of a senior executive, the cuts added to signs of turmoil at the electric car company.
Signs of turmoil at Tesla multiplied on Monday after the electric car company told employees it would lay off more than 10 percent of the work force to cut costs and a longtime senior executive announced his resignation.
The job cuts, amounting to about 14,000 people, come as the company faces increasing competition and declining sales.
“As we prepare the company for the next phase […]
Tesla Will Lay Off More Than 10% of Workers – The New York Times