5 h. ago Elon Musk’s 2018 Tesla pay package restored by Delaware court

Decision from state supreme court on deal once worth $56bn overturns ruling that prompted angry Musk backlashElon Musk’s controversial $56bn pay package from Tesla was reinstated by the Delaware supreme court on Friday, two years after a lower court struck down the vast compensation deal as “unfathomable”.The decision comes less than two months after Tesla shareholders approved a new plan that could be worth $1tn to Musk, already the world’s richest person, in a decade’s time. It overturns a ruling which had prompted a furious backlash from Musk. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Elon Musk’s massive 2018 Tesla pay package restored by Delaware court

Decision from state supreme court on deal once worth $56bn and now worth some $139bn overturns ruling that prompted angry Musk backlashElon Musk’s controversial $56bn pay package from Tesla was reinstated by the Delaware supreme court on Friday, two years after a lower court struck down the vast compensation deal as “unfathomable”.The reinstated pay package could be worth as much as $139bn today, according to the New York Times. The decision comes less than two months after Tesla shareholders approved a new plan that could be worth $1tn to Musk, already the world’s richest person, in a decade’s time. Musk’s fortune currently stands at an estimated $600bn. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Starlink satellite is out of control and ‘tumbling’ to Earth

Any collision in orbit could have catastrophic consequences

Politics

21 h. ago Jeffrey Epstein attended dinner with tech billionaires three years after he was convicted of sex crimes

House Democrats released 68 photographs from Epstein's estateon Thursday, including images taken at the Edge Group's annual dinner in 2011.

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26 h. ago Inside the billionaires' dinner of elite tech moguls as new Epstein files dump unveils photos of ritzy event

House Democrats released 68 photographs from Epstein's estateon Thursday, including images taken at the Edge Group's annual dinner in 2011.

Culture

28 h. ago Inside the billionaires' dinner with Epstein, Bezos, Musk and Brin as new photos of the event are released from pedophile's estate

House Democrats released 68 photographs from Epstein's estateon Thursday, including images taken at the Edge Group's annual dinner in 2011.

Economics

33 h. ago BRYONY GORDON: I know the real reason so many have taken against Sydney Sweeney... it's not what you think and it plagues me too

Sydney Sweeney of course knows the effect her cleavage has on everybody - one of the great joys of having larger breasts is that they tend to show up juvenile men like Elon Musk.

Politics

47 h. ago Elon Musk is blasted on social media over 'pathetic' comments about Sydney Sweeney's breasts

Elon Musk stirred up the ire of X users on Tuesday with a bizarre post inspired by Sydney Sweeney's breasts.

Politics

56 h. ago The Guardian view on Australia’s social media ban: dragging tech companies into action | Editorial

Children under the age of 16 needed protecting and the moral argument wasn’t winning. Government regulation can change the terms of debateOn 10 December, the world watched as Australia enacted the first social media ban for under-16s. Whether it will have the desired effect of improving young people’s lives we are yet to find out. But what the ban has achieved already is clear.Many politicians, along with academics and philosophers, have noted that self-regulation has not been an effective safeguard against the harms of social media – especially when the bottom line for people like Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk depends on keeping eyes on screens. For too long, these companies resisted, decrying censorship and prioritising “free speech” over moderation. The Australian government decided waiting was no longer an option. The social media ban and similar regulation across the world is now dragging tech companies kicking and screaming toward change. That it has taken the force of the law...

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57 h. ago Susie Wiles interview might be a useful distraction from how poorly things are going for Americans

The incendiary quotes don’t disguise how dissatisfied people are about jobs, inflation or the cost of livingThis was originally published in This Week in Trumpland; sign up to receive it in your inbox every WednesdaySo it appears Susie Wiles, the White House chief of staff, agrees with many of us: she thinks Donald Trump’s cabinet is bonkers.From that bombshell Vanity Fair interview, which featured some truly terrifying close-up photos, we learned that Wiles considers JD Vance to have been “a conspiracy theorist for a decade”. She believes Elon Musk to be an “odd, odd duck”. Russell Vought, head of the Office of Management and Budget, is, in Wiles’ view, “a right-wing absolute zealot”.“If we’re judging by these numbers, Americans are completely dissatisfied with the way things are happening in this country.” Continue reading...

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58 h. ago The major takeaways from Vanity Fair’s interviews with Trump ‘ice maiden’ Susie Wiles

White House chief of staff labels JD Vance a ‘conspiracy theorist’ and Elon Musk an ‘avowed ketamine’ user in revealing interviews throughout the president’s chaotic year in office

Politics

65 h. ago Vanity Fair writer fires back at Trump administration over claims of Susie Wiles ‘hit piece’: ‘Everything is on tape’

Susie Wiles claimed in the Vanity Fair interview that Elon Musk uses ketamine and that Trump has the personality of an alcoholic

Events

69 h. ago From ‘odd’ Musk to ‘painful’ tariffs: key takeaways from interviews with Trump’s chief of staff

Susie Wiles has spoken to Vanity Fair magazine in a series of 11 interviews that she has since dismissed as a ‘hit piece’The president’s chief of staff Susie Wiles has given her own, unvarnished thoughts about Donald Trump’s administration, in a series of interviews published by Vanity Fair magazine, revealing details and opinions that presidential aides usually save for memoirs long after they have left power.From calling out attorney general Pam Bondi over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case, to criticising Elon Musk over the dismantling the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Wiles has offered an unusually candid look inside the White House, after maintaining a low profile for much of Trump’s term. Continue reading...

Politics

2 d. ago Elon Musk’s X wins appeal to lift block on Australians seeing Charlie Kirk shooting footage

In successful challenge, X argued the video wasn’t excessively offensive and was an objective record of a ‘public event of historical and political significance’Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian classification review board has overturned a decision to block Australians seeing footage of the shooting of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk on social media after Elon Musk’s X appealed against the ruling sought by the eSafety commissioner.After Kirk’s death at Utah Valley University on 10 September, the eSafety commissioner applied to the board to have video of the shooting classified in Australia. The video was ruled to be “refused classification”, which allowed eSafety to serve notices on social media platforms ordering them to geo-block the posts from view for Australia-based users. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Elon Musk’s X Corp sues social media startup over effort to claim ‘Twitter’ brand

Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion in 2022 and rebranded the social media platform to X

Technology

3 d. ago Trump's White House in chaos over chief of staff's 'hit piece' on Epstein and Elon Musk

Susie Wiles' explosive Vanity Fair interview has thrown Trump's White House into chaos, with the chief of staff now calling the article a "hit piece"

Events

3 d. ago Trump’s White House chief rips Elon Musk for USAID cuts ‘no rational person’ could support

Wiles calls Elon Musk an ‘avowed’ ketamine user who kept sleeping bag in his office

Politics

3 d. ago Trump’s ‘ice maiden’ Susie Wiles unloads on president’s agenda in candid interviews with Vanity Fair

White House chief of staff labels JD Vance a ‘conspiracy theorist’ and Elon Musk an ‘avowed ketamine’ user in revealing interviews throughout the president’s chaotic year in office

Politics

3 d. ago Donald Trump's team in chaos over top aide's explosive interview on Epstein, alcohol and Elon Musk

Susie Wiles posted on X for the first time in more than a year in order to push back against Vanity Fair's profile of her - an indication the article is sparking tumult inside the White House

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4 d. ago Elon Musk’s net worth hits estimated $600bn as SpaceX prepares for IPO

Startup valuation, likely to go public at $800bn, will bolster Musk’s wealth to an estimated $677bn, according to ForbesElon Musk on Monday became the first person ever worth $600bn, according to Forbes. The news comes on the heels of reports that his SpaceX startup was likely to go public at a valuation of $800bn.Musk, who was the first to surpass $500bn in net worth in October, owns an estimated 42% stake in SpaceX, which is preparing to go public next year. No other person has hit the $500bn mark. Continue reading...

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