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Elon Musk's PAC giveaway raises legal concerns

Elon Musk is giving away big bucks to random voters who sign a petition from his political action committee. But there's a catch — and it's raising concerns about possible campaign finance ...

A vote for Donald Trump is a vote for Elon Musk

Donald Trump's potential administration could benefit from Elon Musk's efficiency efforts, as he could be put in charge of a government efficiency commission to cut down on bureaucracy and save ...

Politics - The Hill - October 22

TechScape: Elon Musk’s global political goals

Plus: World of Warcraft, polling and cats. • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here . Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m Blake Montgomery, technology news editor at the ...

World - The Guardian - October 22

Elon Musk’s riskiest bet yet: Donald Trump

The billionaire entrepreneur has gone all-in behind the Republican candidate. If he wins, the prize could be substantial influence over the administration

Business - Financial Times - October 21

Elon Musk Plots His Final Moves for Trump

With less than two weeks until Election Day, the richest person in the world is throwing himself into the effort to elect the former president.

Top stories - The New York Times - October 24

Elon Musk's Secret Conversations With Vladimir Putin

Regular contacts between world’s richest man and America’s chief antagonist raise security concerns. Topics include geopolitics, business and personal matters.

World - The Wall Street Journal - October 25

The Elon-ction + Can A.I. Be Blamed for a Teen’s Suicide?

The 2024 election has a new main character.

Tech - The New York Times - October 25

Elon Musk’s money and the battle for Pennsylvania – video

Pennsylvania is set to be this election’s most vital swing state, with the world’s richest man injecting tens of millions of dollars into the race to help Donald Trump win. With just days before ...

World - The Guardian - 5 days ago

Why a Memphis Community Is Fighting Elon Musk’s Supercomputer

Residents say Mr. Musk’s data center for artificial intelligence is compounding their pollution burden and adding stress on the local electrical grid.

Tech - The New York Times - 4 days ago

Why Elon Musk's Robotaxi Dreams Are Premature

Tesla is pushing to build true self-driving vehicles by 2026. The way its CEO wants to do it seems risky.

Tech - The Wall Street Journal - 3 days ago

What's at stake for Elon Musk in the presidential election?

Musk, the world's richest person, has sought to help elect Donald Trump.

A Recent Timeline of Elon Musk Going All In on Trump

Over the past month, Elon Musk has put himself in position to take the credit for a Donald Trump win—or the blame for a loss.

Tech - Wired - Yesterday

Netflix third-quarter subscribers barely beat estimates as ad-tier members jump 35%

Netflix's ad-tier memberships jumped 35%. The company is on track to launch the service in Canada in the coming quarter and more broadly in 2025.

Business - CNBC - October 17

Tesla shares jump on profit beat, Musk's prediction of at least 20% 'vehicle growth' next year

Tesla reported better-than-expected profit in its third-quarter earnings report on Wednesday.

Business - CNBC - October 24

Alphabet shares rise on earnings beats boosted by cloud revenue

Google parent Alphabet reported third-quarter earnings that beat on top and bottom lines.

Business - CNBC - 6 days ago

Meta misses on user growth, warns of 2025 jump in AI spending

Meta reported weaker-than-expected user numbers and warned of a significant acceleration in its infrastructure expenses in 2025 in its third-quarter earnings.

Business - CNBC - 5 days ago

Amazon shares pop on earnings beat, cloud growth

The company's cloud and advertising units showed strong growth.

Business - CNBC - 4 days ago

Here's the weather expected for Halloween night

Weather in the Northeast will be warmer than usual during Halloween, a change from what's usually a cold night for families who will be out trick-or-treating. CBS News' Lana Zak breaks down what's ...

Valencia floods: 'There is mud everywhere here'

The BBC's Nicky Schiller says the La Torre area of the city has been completely devastated.

State of 2024 race with 1 day to Election Day

With Election Day hours away, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are making their final push in a race that voters will likely decide in a few key battleground states. ...

Elon Musk Plays a Familiar Song: Robot Cars Are Coming

Tesla’s Robotaxi event excites the faithful betting on the company’s future in robotics, while underwhelming those watching from afar.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 12

Britain hosts an international investment summit and denies snubbing Elon Musk

Britain’s new Labour Party government is announcing $82 billion in investment in U.K. artificial intelligence, life sciences, infrastructure and technology at a business summit

World - ABC News - October 14

'Elon, can I have my designs back please', says I, Robot director after Tesla launch

Alex Proyas, who directed the 2004 Will Smith film, compared his film to Tesla's new vehicles.

Elon Musk was not barred from UK investment summit, says cabinet minister

SpaceX owner would be invited in future if he had investment streams the UK could bid for, says Peter Kyle. Elon Musk would be welcome at future UK investment summits if and when he had investment ...

World - The Guardian - October 14

Elon Musk battles Indian billionaires over satellite internet spectrum

Starlink head in spat with owners of Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel mobile networks who call for space bandwidth auctions

World - Financial Times - October 16

Elon Musk gave $75m to his pro-Trump group in three months

America Pac said to be doing bulk of Trump’s voter turnout work in battleground states, which may give Musk leverage. Elon Musk has donated roughly $75m over the last three months to his pro-Donald ...

World - The Guardian - October 16

Elon Musk commits $70 million to boost Donald Trump

Elon Musk, the tech mogul who is the world’s richest man, plunged more than $70 million of his personal fortune into helping Donald Trump and other Republicans win in November’s election, making ...

Tech - ABC News - October 16

Elon Musk commits $70 million to boost Donald Trump

Elon Musk, the tech mogul who is the world’s richest man, plunged more than $70 million of his personal fortune into helping Donald Trump and other Republicans win in November’s election, making ...

Elon Musk’s SpaceX accuses California of political bias over launch limits

Company sues after coastal commission cited CEO’s spread of misinformation on X in rejecting company’s proposal. Elon Musk ’s SpaceX has sued a California commission in federal court, accusing it ...

World - The Guardian - October 16

Elon Musk makes big push to get Trump elected again

Elon Musk, the world's richest man, stepped up his support of former President Donald Trump with new campaign appearances and by giving tens of millions of dollars to help the Trump campaign. NBC ...

Politics - NBC News - October 16

Elon Musk Commits $70 Million to Boost Donald Trump

The billionaire tech mogul has become one of the biggest GOP donors through his America PAC.

Business - Inc. - October 17

Battle of the billionaires: Harris deploys Mark Cuban as Elon Musk stumps for Trump

As Elon Musk steps up his work on behalf of former President Donald Trump, Kamala Harris is calling in her own billionaire, Mark Cuban.

Politics - NBC News - October 17

Elon Musk promotes election fraud conspiracy theories at Pennsylvania rally

At a town hall near Philadelphia, Elon Musk referenced a false conspiracy theory about Dominion Voting Systems allegedly rigging U.S. elections. He questioned why the systems were used in places ...

Politics - NBC News - October 18

US probing Elon Musk's Tesla over self-driving systems

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's evaluation is the first step toward a potential recall of 2.4 million Tesla vehicles

Musk under fire over $1mn prize offer for voters who sign petition

Pennsylvania governor says officials should consider whether billionaire’s raffle breaches electoral law

Business - Financial Times - October 20

Why Elon Musk’s $1 Million Giveaways Could Be Troublesome

Legal experts question the billionaire’s plan to hand out huge payments in battleground states as part of a get-out-the-vote drive.

Business - The New York Times - October 21

Conspiracy theories and a $1m check: a night at Elon Musk’s surreal election giveaway

Musk’s latest ploy to assist Trump to win the US election has been to give away $1m every day to a member of the public. US politics live – latest updates Standing before a large US flag, ...

World - The Guardian - October 21

Mark Cuban says 'It's the Harris campaign vs. Elon,' not Trump

Mark Cuban discussed Elon Musk and Donald Trump while advocating for Kamala Harris as a more pro-business presidential candidate.

Business - CNBC - October 21

‘Blade Runner 2049’ Producers Sue Elon Musk Over ‘Robotaxi’ Imagery

Alcon Entertainment, the Hollywood company behind “Blade Runner 2049,” said it had denied a request to use images from the movie but that Mr. Musk did so anyway.

Business - The New York Times - October 21

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