Elon Musk’s year of dizzying ascents hit a new apex Monday as the Tesla co-founder passed Bill Gates to become the world’s second richest person.
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Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX launched four astronauts on a flight to the International Space Station on Monday, Nasa’s first full-fledged mission sending a crew into orbit aboard a privately owned spacecraft.
As real artificial intelligence technology advances toward Hollywood’s imagined versions, the question of moral standing grows more important. If AIs have moral standing, it could follow that they have a right to life.
At Tesla’s Battery Day event in September, CEO Elon Musk set himself an ambitious target: to produce a $25 000 electric car in three years. Hitting that price is seen as critical to deliver a true, mass-market product.
Tesla’s upcoming quarterly report could put another US$3-billion in CEO Elon Musk’s pocket. That’s R50-billion at the time of writing.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX won a $149-million contract to build missile-tracking satellites for the Pentagon, the US Space Development Agency said on Monday.
Investors slashed $50-billion from Tesla’s market value on Tuesday despite CEO Elon Musk’s promise to cut electric vehicle costs so radically that a $25 000 car that drives itself will be possible within three years.
Elon Musk and his team are preparing to outline new steps in Tesla’s drive to become a more self-sufficient company less reliant on suppliers at its “Battery Day” event on 22 September. It’s part of a well-established pattern.
Tesla shares slumped in US pre-market trading on Tuesday after the electric vehicle maker missed out on being included in the S&P 500 Index, taking investors who had bet on its entry to the benchmark by surprise.
For decades, the Mercedes S-Class has defined the gold standard in luxury sedans. But as consumers gravitate toward SUVs and electric cars define cutting-edge technology, Daimler must prove its flagship remains relevant.