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In a significant development for Elon Musk’s Neuralink project, the tech billionaire made an announcement yesterday regarding the startup’s successful implantation of a brain chip into a human subject. This marks a major milestone for the project. In a recent post on X (formerly Twitter), Musk shared some news without …

Musk says X, formerly Twitter, will add video to Spaces, its live audio chat feature. Musk claimed X will launch the feature by year’s end, “certainly by early next year.” Musk said SpaceX is adding video as a feature. It’ll be easy to turn the video on or off.” If …

Tesla is launching its long-awaited Cybertruck electric pickup. The boxy car is Tesla’s first new model since 2020’s Model Y. At a 2019 event, Tesla CEO Elon Musk showed off an early version of Cybertruck, which accidentally smashed two windows while demonstrating its durability. Find answers to common questions about …

Elon Musk’s implantable brain wave reading chip company, Neuralink, has raised $43 million in venture capital, according to an SEC filing. According to this week’s filing, the company increased its early August tranche, which Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund led, from $280 million to $323 million. The filing lists 32 investors. …

X, formerly Twitter, has redefined its “Public interest expectations” policy to define newsworthy posts that can be kept up despite platform rules. The company no longer requires 100,000 followers for newsworthy posts. The previous policy limited newsworthy posts to verified accounts. Since Elon Musk’s X allows people to get verified …

On Monday, Twitter’s new owner received a new lawsuit from Elon Musk, who has been suing frequently. Musk was sued for defaming a California man after the owner of X (formerly Twitter) claimed he was a federal agent undercover with a Pacific Northwest neo-Nazi organization. Rose City Nationalists had their …

Elon Musk said he canceled a Ukrainian military strike on Russia by refusing to use Starlink. The billionaire claims the decision was made to avoid being “complicit in a major act of war,” but it raises serious questions about oligarchs’ military roles. CNN reported it, citing Walter Isaacson’s upcoming Musk …

Twitter started paying creators a part of the ad money offered in their answers last week to keep its most prominent tweeters in the face of rising competition from Instagram Threads and others. Despite the program’s large payments, some designers complained to Twitter owner Elon Musk over the weekend. Musk …

Linda Yaccarino, Twitter’s new CEO, denies that Instagram Threads’ July 5 launch is hurting Twitter traffic. However, Meta’s 100 million-plus user rival appears to worry the company. On Monday, users reported that Twitter appears to be selectively blocking links to Threads.net’s website in Twitter searches, making it harder to find …

Tesla beat Wall Street delivery estimates in the second quarter of 2023 due to price cuts and the Biden administration’s federal electric vehicle tax credits. The Elon Musk-owned EV maker produced 479,000 units and delivered 466,140. That’s up 10% from the first quarter’s 422,875 Tesla EVs and 83% year-over-year. Delivery …