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Elon Musk and Putin talks ramped up during Twitter takeover: WSJ

Elon Musk and Putin talks ramped up during Twitter takeover: WSJ

Ev Richard

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has engaged in secret talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin since late 2022, according ...

Alphabet’s self-driving unit Waymo closes .6 billion funding round

Alphabet’s self-driving unit Waymo closes $5.6 billion funding round

John Ray

A Waymo autonomous self-driving Jaguar taxi drives along a street on March 14, 2024 in Los Angeles, California.  Mario Tama ...

Uber offers option of only full-electric vehicles, launches AI chatbot

Uber offers option of only full-electric vehicles, launches AI chatbot

John Ray

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on Tuesday announced that the company is updating its platform with new sustainability-minded features, including an ...

Elon Musk’s X expected back online in Brazil ahead of elections

Elon Musk’s X expected back online in Brazil ahead of elections

Ev Richard

The Federal Supreme Court (STF) in Brazil suspends Elon Musk’s social network after it fails to comply with orders from ...

Elon Musk’s X and Starlink face daily fines in Brazil for ban evasion

Elon Musk’s X and Starlink face daily fines in Brazil for ban evasion

Ev Richard

Elon Musk, left, and Brazil Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes. Reuters (L) | Getty Images (R) Elon Musk’s X ...

FDIC rule would make banks keep fintech customer data after Synapse debacle

FDIC rule would make banks keep fintech customer data after Synapse debacle

Mickey Vernon

Tsingha25 | Istock | Getty Images The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Tuesday proposed a new rule forcing banks to ...

Tesla Semi fire needed 50,000 gallons of water to extinguish

Tesla Semi fire needed 50,000 gallons of water to extinguish

Ev Richard

Tesla Semi. Courtesy: Tesla A single-vehicle collision last month involving a Tesla Semi electric truck took 50,000 gallons of water ...

Elon Musk’s Starlink says it will block X in Brazil

Elon Musk’s Starlink says it will block X in Brazil

Ev Richard

Jaque Silva | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Starlink, the satellite internet service owned and operated by SpaceX, ...

X blocked in Brazil after supreme court panel upholds suspension order

X blocked in Brazil after supreme court panel upholds suspension order

Lawrence Booth

Jaap Arriens | Nurphoto | Getty Images A panel of Brazil’s federal supreme court justices voted unanimously to uphold orders ...

Blockchain startup Story raises funds from a16z to stop IP theft by AI

Blockchain startup Story raises funds from a16z to stop IP theft by AI

John Ray

Generative AI models require huge amounts of training data to enable their systems to produce advanced outputs. But the data ...