Elon Musk

Is Google Co-Founder Divorcing His Wife For Elon Musk?

Tesla owner Elon Musk reacted to a Wall Street Journal report that alleged he had an affair with the wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin. But Elon Musk denied the allegation saying that he and Sergey were friends and he had seen Nicole Shanahan twice in three years and both times with many other people around. Nothing romantic, Musk tweeted on the WSJ report.

HIGHLIGHTS

• WSJ alleged Elon Musk had an affair with Nicole Shanahan
• Sergey Brin had filed for divorce with Nicole Shanahan in January
• Elon Musk had also broken up with his singer girlfriend Grimes
• Tesla boss also apologized to Mr. Brin for the affair according to eyewitnesses

What Did Wall Street Journal Report About Elon Musk?

The WSJ reported that Elon Musk had an affair with Nicole Shanahan, wife of his friend and Google co-founder Sergey Brin. The report further said that … Read the rest

Elon Musk Could Walk Away From Twitter Deal Due To This Reason

Elon Musk’s latest comments on the Twitter deal put his intentions of buying the social media giant in doubt. The Tesla and SpaceX exploration chief hinted at a “very significant” question about the number of fake users on the social network during the Qatar Economic Forum last month.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Elon Musk said he feared an abundance of fake accounts on Twitter
• The Tesla chief could end the deal by paying a $1 billion breakup fee
• Musk’s comments had a direct impact on Twitter shares that sled further

Why Is Elon Musk Concerned About Fake Accounts On Twitter?

The richest man in the world had previously said that he could walk away from the Twitter deal over concerns of fake accounts on social media. Also, he believes that fake accounts are abundant. But Musk has been unable to find the percentage of fake accounts despite being given access to internal data.

Twitter executives peg the percentage of fake accounts at less than 5% but Elon Musk believes the number to be much higher than what is claimed by Twitter executives.

What Did Elon

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Is Death Under Mysterious Circumstances Just Another Tweet By Elon Musk?

Tesla CEO Elon Musk in his latest tweet said about dying under “mysterious circumstances”. And it is the first time that he has indicated a risk to his life and his followers are connecting his fear to the Ukraine war.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Elon Musk tweets about death under “mysterious circumstances”
• His company SpaceX Starlink is providing military communication equipment to Ukraine
• Speculations are that he faces threat from Russia for helping Ukraine
• The post elicited mixed responses from Twitter users

What Is Disturbing In His Tweet?

Musk said that he would be held responsible for supplying the fascist forces in Ukraine with military communication equipment. He further said that he will be held accountable like no adult – no matter how much he would play the foo.

What Is The Truth Behind Russian Threat?

The communication equipment Musk talked about in his tweet was … Read the rest

Elon Musk Buys Twitter At $44bn But The World Isn’t Happy

Elon Musk finally sealed the Twitter deal at $44bn to get control of the social network with more than 200 million users and growing. Tesla chief who has a frequent critic of Twitter in the past said that the platform had not lived up to its potential as a platform for “free speech”.

How The Twitter Deal Finalized?

On 4 April, Elon Musk emerged as the single largest shareholder of the social media group. On 14 April, he offered to buy all Twitter shares for $54.20 each in a takeover bid. But the Twitter board opposed the attempt by making it expensive for Elon Musk. But the initial transaction faded after shareholders warmed to Musk’s offer of putting $21bn of his own money and taking rest of the amount as loan from financial institutions including Morgan Stanley. Twitter confirmed the sale and said that it would be closed in 2022.

History Of Twitter

Launched in 2006, Twitter boasts of 217 million daily active users and a market cap of nearly $40bn. But its co-founder Jack Dorsey stepped down as CEO in November 2021. He made … Read the rest

Tesla Delays Launch Of New Models Amid Supply Chain Woes

While rising demand for electric vehicles has increased Tesla’s profit to a record $5.5 billion in 2021, the electric carmaker calls it a bigger feat as it made 87% deliveries and scored a 71% ($53.8 billion) rise in revenues despite the global semiconductor shortage.

No Immediate Relief From Supply Chain Woes To Tesla

No Immediate Relief From Supply Chain Woes To Tesla

In a press release, Tesla stated that the company planned to boost production to achieve the target of 50% annual growth. But it maintained that the stability of the supply chain would play a crucial role in the growth.

Tesla’s press release further stated that their factories had been running below capacity due to supply chain anomaly and that the problem would continue in 2022.

Elon Musk Has Hope

Elon Musk Has Hope

Musk said that the new semiconductor capacity could plug the demand and supply gap by the end of 2022 or early 2023. But he also hinted at other issues that could surface in 2022. Elon Musk was speaking to analysts and investors during a conference call.

No New Products This Year

Elon Musk's Tesla Rides

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Tim Cook Speaks Up His Mind Over Elon Musk, Tesla, Parler App, And The Capitol Attack

Tim Cook held a long talk with the New York Times “Sway” podcast where he spilled beans over the claim of Elon Musk selling Tesla to apple, blocking controversial Parler social media app, and much more.

Here’re excerpts of that interview….

Tim Cook has been worked in different capacities with Apple Inc. in his 23 years career. He remained CEO of the company for nearly a decade

On Elon Musk and Tesla

Tim Cook said that he thought that Tesla had done an unbelievable job of establishing and keeping the lead for a long time in the EV space. He didn’t give any hint on buying Tesla but said that they investigated many things internally and many of them never saw the light of day.

On removing Parler from the App store

Tim Cook said that that was a straightforward decision because the app weren’t adhering to the guidelines of the App Store. He said that one couldn’t incite violence or allow people to incite violence. He further said that he hoped that the app would come back.

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