Tesla announced global workforce reductions of "more than 10%" in an internal email Monday to staff from CEO Elon Musk, according to electric-vehicles.com, a specialist outlet, in a report later covered by Reuters.Newsweek has not seen the original email and was unable to verify its content. Tesla did not respond to a request for comment.The ContextThe reported layoffs come amid a tough start to the year for Elon Musk and his electric-vehicle company. Quarterly results released at the beginning...
A former NASA physicist warned that prominent constellations of low-cost satellites, like Elon Musk's Starlink, could disrupt Earth's magnetosphere, exposing all life on the planet to harmful cosmic radiation.A new study by Dr. Sierra Solter-Hunt uses new estimates suggesting that SpaceX, Elon Musk's company, burns over 2,755 pounds (1.3 tons) of debris from its wireless internet satellites into Earth's atmosphere each hour. This process is said to create a layer of conductive particles in...
X likely hopes to avoid liability with disclaimer that Grok "can make mistakes."
In a brief email to staffers on Wednesday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company sent incorrect severance packages to some employees who lost their jobs.
Deputy opposition leader says she backs eSafety commissioner ‘100%’. Follow the day’s news liveThousands gather for dawn services and marches to mark Anzac Day around AustraliaGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastHundreds gather in Sydney for Anzac Day dawn serviceAAP has the details on Sydney’s dawn service where hundreds of people – including veterans – gathered under a full moon and clear skies for a solemn service in the CBD.You who have loved will...
The news that the truck's accelerator pedal can get stuck and cause a crash
Tens of thousands of Tesla employees will be impacted by the company's latest layoffs. Tesla senior vice president Drew Bagliano and policy chair Rohan Patel are also leaving the company.
Follow the day’s news liveElon Musk’s X v Australia’s online safety regulator: untangling the tweet takedown ordersGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAnglicare says government spending eight times more on private investors than building housing itselfThe Anglicare Australia executive director, Kasy Chambers, says the government must step up and intervene, instead of leaving housing to the private sector:We found that the government spends eight times as much...
Simon Porte Jacquemus has announced he has welcomed twins with husband Marco Maestri on Monday.
Elon Musk may be living on borrowed time as CEO of Tesla, as the Cybertruck stalls and the stock falls. Why price cuts won't help.
X just announced a smart TV app for streaming video. Or, more accurately, that it claims it's building one, with absolutely no launch date mentioned. The appropriately-named X TV wants to be “your go-to companion for a high-quality, immersive entertainment experience on a larger screen.” By high-quality entertainment, X likely means that one Tucker Carlson video where he’s really impressed by grocery carts in Russia. That’s not a joke. Carlson is featured prominently in the little teaser video....
“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face — forever.”