Elon Musk
UK denies going easy on terrorist social media content
Technology companies could face fines of up to 10 per cent of their revenue and have their CEOs imprisoned under new UK laws.
- by Latika Bourke
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Comedy
Raising a baby is hard, but naming one is harder
In a world overflowing with Charlottes and Charlies, Oscars and Olivers, choosing a baby name is an impossible task.
- by Thomas Mitchell
Tesla’s profits plunge 44 per cent after it cuts prices to boost sales
Tesla’s profit slumped in the third quarter after the carmaker cut prices to maintain its dominance of the market for electric cars.
- by Jack Ewing
Frances Haugen blew the whistle on Facebook two years ago. This is what happened next
The former Facebook employee, in Australia for South by Southwest, says online platforms invested heavily in safety after her disclosures, only to wind them back.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Space
How do you break Australia’s satellite drought? Hitch a ride with Elon Musk
Australia’s first research satellite in 20 years is heading to space in a bid to boost the nation’s cosmic sovereignty.
- by Angus Dalton
Ukraine’s parliament mocks Elon Musk, as antagonism between billionaire, Kyiv grows
Ukrainian officials criticised Musk earlier in the war for suggesting that they should consider giving up land for peace, a position that Kyiv has rejected.
- by Max Hunder
Elon Musk threatens to put Twitter behind a paywall
Elon Musk said that a small monthly service fee for using X could help fight off the “vast army of bots” on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.
- by Isabella Ward and Marissa Newman
New Elon Musk biography as plodding and humourless as the man himself
What Walter Isaacson’s biography of Elon Musk lacks is insight into the world’s richest man.
- by Gideon Haigh
Enter Dojo: Tesla’s AI supercomputer could be a $777b game changer
Tesla shares have soared after a bullish report from Morgan Stanley about the company’s planned Dojo supercomputer.
- by Abhishek Vishnoi and Subrat Patnaik
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Babies
First rule of naming babies – make sure Elon Musk isn’t the father
A boy named Zed would surely be better than X and Y. Oh, and Techno Mechanicus.
- by Jenna Price