45 h. ago Ménage dans la bureaucratie: Legault veut éliminer des milliers d’emplois dans la fonction publique

Même s’il se défend d’être un émule d’Elon Musk, le premier ministre François Legault promet d’éliminer des milliers d’emplois.

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3 d. ago Musk loses crown as world’s richest to software giant Larry Ellison in new Bloomberg ranking

NEW YORK (AP) — Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison wrested the title of the world’s richest man from longtime holder Elon Musk early Wednesday, according to wealth tracker Bloomberg, as stock in his software giant rocketed more than a third in a stunning few minutes of trading. A college dropout, the 81-year-old Ellison is now worth […]

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3 d. ago Musk’s title of richest person challenged by Oracle’s Ellison

New York (AFP) — Billionaire Elon Musk is at risk of losing his title of world’s wealthiest person to Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, whose software giant stands poised for massive AI riches. Ellison, 81, amassed more than $100 billion in additional wealth Wednesday as Oracle shares skyrocketed after the nearly 50-year old company forecast massive […]

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5 d. ago MDA Space caught off guard by EchoStar’s deal cancellation, CEO says

Shares of MDA Space Ltd. fell sharply Monday as the high-tech manufacturer lost a recently announced contract with EchoStar Corp. EchoStar cancelled the deal as it separately announced an agreement to sell its spectrum licenses to SpaceX for about US$17 billion in cash and shares, as the Elon Musk-founded SpaceX pushes further into providing satellite-based […]

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6 d. ago 4.8 magnitude earthquake strikes off B.C.’s central coast, no damage expected

Earthquakes Canada said a magnitude 4.8 earthquake struck early Sunday morning about 200 kilometres off the central coast of British Columbia.

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8 d. ago Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain chip implanted into two quadriplegic Canadian patients

Two Canadian patients with spinal cord injuries have received Neuralink brain implants that have allowed them to control a computer with their thoughts. They are part of the first clinical trial outside of the United States to test the safety and effectiveness of Elon Musk’s Neuralink wireless brain chip, which he introduced to the public […]

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9 d. ago Tesla dangles unprecedented $1 trillion pay package to Elon Musk

Musk must raise Tesla's market cap to $8.5 trillion as one of conditions of receiving payout

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9 d. ago Elon Musk pourrait devenir le premier trillionnaire au monde grâce à une offre de Tesla

Elon Musk pourrait devenir le premier trillionnaire au monde si une offre de rémunération globale est approuvée par les actionnaires de Tesla.

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9 d. ago 2 Toronto hospital patients get Elon Musk’s Neuralink implants in Canadian 1st

Two Toronto hospital patients are now the first Canadians to have Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain chip implanted in the country.

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1 week ago John Ivison: The Liberals’ EV mandate will see Canada’s carmakers paying billions to Elon Musk

Carmakers that don’t hit Ottawa's arbitrary target — which will be all of them except Tesla — will have to buy credits from Tesla to comply

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2 w. ago Tesla asks court to throw out big damage award in crash by arguing comments about Musk misled jury

NEW YORK (AP) — The car company run by Elon Musk asked a federal court Friday to dismiss massive damages awarded to victims of a deadly crash, arguing that their lawyers had misled the jury by improperly bringing up the billionaire during the trial. The filing in Miami federal court seeks to overturn the $243 […]

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2 w. ago Tesla sales plunge again in Europe as anger at Musk keeps buyers away for 7th month in a row

NEW YORK (AP) — Europeans angry at Elon Musk still aren’t buying his cars months after the billionaire predicted a “major rebound” in Tesla sales, data released Thursday shows. Tesla sales plunged 40% in July in the 27 European Union countries compared with the year earlier even as sales overall of electric vehicle soared, according […]

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2 w. ago SpaceX’s Starship deploys 8 dummy satellites, splashes down into Indian Ocean — as planned

NASA has ordered two Starships to land astronauts on the moon later this decade, and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk's ultimate goal is Mars

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2 w. ago Après une série d’explosions, «Starship» de SpaceX signe un retour réussi

Les précédents ratés avaient semé des doutes sur les avancées de la mégafusée d’Elon Musk.

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2 w. ago U.S. Coast Guard seized record 76,000 pounds of drugs this summer off Central and South America

MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard seized more than 75,000 pounds (34,000 kilograms) of illegal drugs this summer from boats far out to sea in the Pacific and Caribbean, which the service called its largest-ever haul worth nearly half a billion dollars. The Coast Guard worked with the Department of Defense on these seizures, […]

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2 w. ago Elon Musk accuses Apple and OpenAI of stifling AI competition in antitrust lawsuit

Elon Musk on Monday targeted Apple and OpenAI in an antitrust lawsuit alleging that the iPhone maker and the ChatGPT maker are teaming up to thwart competition in artificial intelligence. The 61-page complaint filed in Texas federal court follows through on a threat that Musk made two weeks ago when he accused Apple of unfairly […]

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2 w. ago Musk’s SpaceX megarocket faces crucial new test after failures

WASHINGTON —  Elon Musk’s SpaceX is gearing up for the next test of its Starship megarocket on Sunday, after a string of recent failures that has prompted some observers to question its viability. The world’s most powerful launch vehicle is set to lift off from the company’s Starbase in southern Texas at 6:30 p.m. local […]

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3 w. ago Musk’s X reaches tentative settlement with former Twitter workers in $500 million lawsuit

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk’s X has reached a tentative settlement with former employees of the company then known as Twitter who’d sued for $500 million in severance pay. The parties disclosed the deal in a Wednesday court filing asking for a scheduled Sept. 17 hearing in the case to be postponed. The San […]

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3 w. ago Billionaire Elon Musk spotted in Bella Bella, B.C., over weekend

Airport shuttle driver Sean Carter has lived in the remote northern British Columbia community of Bella Bella for almost nine years and says the small coastal village occasionally gets a celebrity visit.

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3 w. ago Elon Musk, world’s richest man, spotted in Bella Bella, B.C., on weekend visit

Airport shuttle driver Sean Carter has lived in the remote northern British Columbia community of Bella Bella for almost nine years and says the small coastal village occasionally gets a celebrity visit. Maybe a movie star or former athlete on a fishing trip. But nothing too high profile. He said that was why he initially […]

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