Elon Musk

The biggest microcode attack in our history is underway

Opinion When your state machines are vulnerable, all bets are off

Software10 Feb 2025 | 154

Judge says US Treasury ‘more vulnerable to hacking’ since Trump let the DOGE out

Order requires destruction of departmental data accessed by Musky men

Public Sector10 Feb 2025 | 56

Does DOGE have what it takes to actually tackle billions in US govt IT spending?

Comment (updated) Tesla’s DIY ERP legend meets the messy reality of entrenched federal contracts

Public Sector08 Feb 2025 | 274

Musk's move fast and break things mantra won't work in US.gov

Opinion 248-year-old democracy is not a tech startup

Public Sector07 Feb 2025 | 264

DOGE geek with Treasury payment system access now quits amid racist tweet claims

Final update We did Nazi see that coming

Public Sector07 Feb 2025 | 222

Federal judge tightens DOGE leash over critical Treasury payment system access

Final update Lawsuit: 'Scale of intrusion into individuals' privacy is massive and unprecedented'

Public Sector06 Feb 2025 | 28

Dems want answers on national security risks posed by hiring freeze, DOGE probes

Updated Are cybersecurity roles included? Are Elon's enforcers vetted? Inquiring minds want to know

Security06 Feb 2025 | 35

Tesla sales crash in Europe, UK. We can only wonder why

Somewhat stale range of Muskmobiles, competition from China, Elon being Elon, or all of the above?

Personal Tech06 Feb 2025 | 215

DOGE latest: Citrix supremo has 'read-only' access to US Treasury payment system

CEO of Cloud Software a 'special government employee' probing for Team Elon

Public Sector05 Feb 2025 | 26

FBI's secret UFO hunters fear Trump's January 6 purge will send them into orbit

Maybe Musk just wants the alien space tech that definitely doesn't exist?

Public Sector04 Feb 2025 | 53

OpenAI, Microsoft urge judge to toss out Musk's 'fact-free' lawsuit

Updated Lawyers argue billionaire's 105-page complaint 'lurches from theory to theory'

AI + ML04 Feb 2025 | 16

Musk’s DOGE ship gets ‘full’ access to Treasury payment system, sinks USAID

Who better to trust trillions of dollars, SSNs and other sensitive info with than Elon

Public Sector03 Feb 2025 | 275

Ontario responds to Trump tariff by pitching Starlink deal into the trash

Updated Canadian province 'won't do business with people hellbent on destroying our economy'

Networks03 Feb 2025 | 103

Tesla's numbers disappoint again ... and the crowd goes wild ... again

Boy who's cried wolf on autonomous driving for years swears 'there's a damn wolf this time'

Offbeat30 Jan 2025 | 173

White House asks millions of govt workers if they would be so kind as to fork right off

Unions fear federal staff purge and RTO will spark chaos for Americans

Public Sector29 Jan 2025 | 106

Trump tells Musk to 'go get' Starliner astronauts

SpaceX was already planning to return 'virtually abandoned' astros. Did Elon forget?

Science29 Jan 2025 | 93

Musk torches $500B Stargate AI plan, Altman strikes back

Updated OpenAI boss tell world's richest man money is there to fund infrastructure project

AI + ML23 Jan 2025 | 79

This is how Elon's Department of Government Efficiency will work – overwriting the US Digital Service

Tycoon's auditors to probe Uncle Sam's IT with full access to unclassified data

Public Sector21 Jan 2025 | 171

EU demands a peek under the hood of X's recommendation algorithms

Commission insists the timing has nothing to do with Musk meddling in German politics ahead of election

Personal Tech17 Jan 2025 | 93

SEC sues Elon Musk for allegedly screwing investors out of $150M before Twitter takeover

Plus: SpaceX rocket re-entries spark airline delays

Bootnotes15 Jan 2025 | 54

HPE may have bagged $1B order from Elon Musk's X for AI servers

That's Cray cray

HPC14 Jan 2025 | 28

Tesla, Musk double down on $56B payday appeal

What could be the motivation for continuing to fight the case?

CxO09 Jan 2025 | 75

Elon Musk's galactic ego sows chaos in European politics

Opinion Leaders miffed at 'unacceptable interference'

Offbeat07 Jan 2025 | 340

Eight things that should not have happened last year, but did

Opinion 2024's Tech Fail Roll Of Dishonor

Bootnotes01 Jan 2025 | 116

Starlink direct-to-cell is coming to Ukraine

Cell towers not required when messaging on Musk's finest

Networks01 Jan 2025 | 19

Musk's lawyer asks SEC to quit pestering the shy and retiring billionaire

Won't someone think of Elon? Ah, who are we kidding - none of this will matter in a month

Personal Tech13 Dec 2024 | 79

Indian police demand Starlink identify alleged drug smugglers

Elon Musk's satellite internet service asked to explain who used its service to navigate to remote islands

Networks11 Dec 2024 | 34

Tesla sued over alleged Autopilot fail in yet another fatal accident

With two legal wins and one secret settlement on the books, the odds are in the automaker's favor

Offbeat10 Dec 2024 | 132

Elon Musk tops US political donor list with $270M+ for Team Trump

Plus, xAI scores another $6B to fuel Tesla tycoon's war on OpenAI

Public Sector07 Dec 2024 | 127

Altman to Musk: Don't go full supervillain – that's so un-American

OpenAI chief says he doesn't think Elon will unleash political powers to zap AI competition

AI + ML05 Dec 2024 | 51

Trump wants SpaceX customer Jared Isaacman as next NASA boss

Billionaire space tourist and mate of Elon pledges Americans will get to Mars

Science04 Dec 2024 | 41

Judge again cans Musk's record-setting $56B Tesla package

'Even if a stockholder vote could have a ratifying effect, it could not do so here,' says Delaware Chancellor

Bootnotes03 Dec 2024 | 39

Musk seeks injunction to stop OpenAI morphing into for-profit company

Politics, electric cars, rockets, and social media not enough to keep some individuals busy

AI + ML02 Dec 2024 | 17

Musk agrees with fan that worries over orbital Starlink traffic a 'silly narrative'

Forget the 10x programmer. How about 10x satellites?

Networks25 Nov 2024 | 63

Neuralink brain chips head for the Great White North

Canadian volunteers wanted for mind-meld trials

AI + ML21 Nov 2024 | 14

Brazil hooks up with Chinese satellite broadband service that doesn't operate yet

After beefing with Elon Musk, comms minister wants to diversify product choice

Networks21 Nov 2024 | 9

Study suggests X turned right just in time for election season

Significant uptick in visibility for Musk, Republican account posts from July 13

Personal Tech20 Nov 2024 | 187

Musk, America PAC sued for allegedly rigging $1M election prize

This was pretty inevitable after its lawyers admitted in court that the giveaway wasn't random

Offbeat18 Nov 2024 | 70

Musk also wants to fight Microsoft in legal grudge match with OpenAI

House of GPT says suit is 'baseless and overreaching'

AI + ML15 Nov 2024 | 21

Tesla Cybertruck, a paragon of reliability, recalled again

And there's no OTA patching your way out of faulty drive inverter MOSFETs

Bootnotes14 Nov 2024 | 53

SpaceX Starship moved to launchpad for 6th flight test

Yes, the heat shield has been tweaked. But there's also a banana for scale

Science14 Nov 2024 | 16

Starlink finally files proper paperwork to operate in India

Government both excited and cautious about benefits of Muskband

Personal Tech14 Nov 2024 | 4

All bark, no bite? Musk's DOGE unlikely to have any real power

Comment 'Department of Government Efficiency' expected to do little more than suggest changes, Congress will still decide

Public Sector14 Nov 2024 | 194

Judge decides not to block Musk's $1M election giveaway

America PAC tells judge winners were preselected, raising a whole new set of legal questions

Legal05 Nov 2024 | 69

We know what Musk will probably dress up as this year: A victim

Updated Mr X ordered to show at Halloween hearing over election lottery as his lawyers file docs to dodge it

Offbeat31 Oct 2024 | 152

Musk, Bezos need just 90 minutes to match your lifetime carbon footprint, says Oxfam

Between jets, yachts and investments in destructive companies, billionaires are speed running the apocalypse

Off-Prem30 Oct 2024 | 87

Musk claims Cybertruck has become profitable at last

Third quarter results recharge Tesla's stock price

Personal Tech24 Oct 2024 | 46

Major publishers sue Perplexity AI for scraping without paying

We sell that to OpenAI – how dare you steal it and make stuff up

AI + ML22 Oct 2024 | 16

Musk's $1M election lottery raises serious legal concerns, says Pennsylvania governor

C'mon, do you really think ol' Elon’s handing out all that cash, day after day?

Personal Tech21 Oct 2024 | 129

Tesla FSD faces yet another probe after fatal low-visibility crash

Musk’s camera-only approach may not be a great idea after all?

Offbeat18 Oct 2024 | 124

X to allow third parties to train their AI models with social media users' data

Another raft of reasons to ponder your social media presence

Personal Tech18 Oct 2024 | 46

Server-maker Wiwynn expands $61M lawsuit against X

Finds two more reasons Musk should have known he was on the hook for datacenter kit

Legal18 Oct 2024 | 21

Elon Musk's disaster relief promises: Should we believe the hype?

Opinion When you look behind the headlines, you'll find unfulfilled commitments

Networks17 Oct 2024 | 95

Elon Musk's X isn't important enough to feel the full force of EU regulation

DMA gatekeeper status denied, meaning X can carry on without extra compliance chores

Public Sector17 Oct 2024 | 75

First time's the charm: SpaceX catches a descending Super Heavy Booster

Mechanical chopsticks on the launch tower grab a returning rocket and Starship splashes down on target

Science13 Oct 2024 | 186

Cards Against Humanity campaigns to encourage voting, expose personal data abuse

Up to $100 for planning to vote and a public smear – how is this not illegal?

Offbeat10 Oct 2024 | 125