Elon Musk

16:31

Space exploration

SpaceX Starship returns to landing pad from orbit, acing test for reusable rockets

SpaceX's spacecraft on Saturday returned from a 22-hour voyage in orbit and descended for the first time into the grasp of giant mechanical arms at the Texas tower it was launched from a day earlier, a catch that is essential to the company's decade-long effort to develop a fully reusable rocket.

09:32

Space travel

Elon Musk's SpaceX launches Starship rocket but fails to recover booster

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has launched its latest Starship flight into orbit, but failed to recover the rocket’s giant booster. The 15th test flight lifted off from Starbase in the U.S. state of Texas on Friday (13 November).

07:03

Musk and Democrats

Why Elon Musk may be the biggest loser of the U.S. midterm elections

Elon Musk was not on the ballot in Tuesday’s U.S. midterm elections, but he emerged as one of the biggest losers after Democrats swept to victory, threatening his political influence and exposing his business empire to greater scrutiny.

16:52

Explainer

What is going on with SpaceX's Starlink and Starshield in Ukraine?

Ukraine's military has been hit this month by restrictions on Starshield, the military version of SpaceX's Starlink satellite communications system. Its receivers stopped functioning when mounted on fast-moving objects such as drones, jeopardising some combat and air defence missions.

09:34

Military Tech

Ukraine says satellite services back to required speeds amid dispute with Musk

Ukraine says Starlink and Starshield services have returned to required speeds after more than a week of restrictions that disrupted military operations, as SpaceX CEO Elon Musk accused Kyiv’s forces of using the satellite system for prohibited drone strikes.

08:44

AI

Court halts Minnesota ban on AI-generated fake nude images

A U.S. federal appeals court has temporarily halted Minnesota’s ban on AI-generated fake nude images after Elon Musk’s xAI challenged the law as unconstitutional.

16:09

Space Energy Debate

Data centres in orbit: Can AI really be powered from space?

Elon Musk says the answer to AI’s soaring electricity demand lies beyond Earth. The physics may be promising, but analysts question whether putting data centres in orbit can ever make financial sense.

23:21

SpaceX

SpaceX Starship reaches orbit for first time, deploys 26 Starlink satellites

SpaceX’s next-generation Starship rocket reached orbit for the first time on Monday despite an unexpected engine shutdown, deploying 26 new Starlink satellites before ending its shortened test flight with a controlled touchdown in the Pacific.

06:15

AI

Musk, Zuckerberg, Huang push Trump against tougher AI rules

Some of the world’s most powerful technology executives are lobbying U.S. President Donald Trump over artificial intelligence regulation, exposing growing divisions within the industry over how governments should respond to rapidly advancing AI.

11:29

Norway spacex

Norway wealth fund reveals $1.22 billion SpaceX stake

Norway’s $2.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund has revealed a 0.05 per cent stake in SpaceX worth $1.22 billion, marking its first reported holding in Elon Musk’s space company.

07:16

Artificial intelligence

SpaceX revenue surges as Starlink and AI drive growth

SpaceX has reported a sharp rise in quarterly revenue, fuelled by strong demand for its Starlink satellite internet service and rapid growth in its artificial intelligence (AI) business.

10:29

Social media ban

Musk’s X says Australia social media crackdown undermines international law

Elon Musk's X accused Australia of trying to give its internet regulator unfair information-gathering powers and undermining U.S. law with plans for tougher enforcement of a teen social media ban.

14:24

Space exploration

SpaceX aborts Starship launch after engine failure delays 13th flight test

SpaceX's Starship rocket aborted its 13th flight test just seconds before liftoff in Texas on Thursday after some of its 33 engines failed to start. CEO Elon Musk said the company is likely to make another launch attempt early next week.

14:19

Space Tech

Rocket Lab to buy Iridium in $8bn deal to expand global space network

Rocket Lab has agreed to acquire Iridium Communications in an $8 billion deal, giving the space company a global satellite communications network and accelerating its expansion beyond launch services. The acquisition marks a major step in its ambition to become a fully integrated space business.

05:17

Fraud Case

Judge orders Musk to testify in lawsuits over $1 million voter giveaway

A federal judge has ordered Elon Musk to testify under oath in two proposed class-action lawsuits accusing him of misleading voters in swing states with his $1 million-a-day giveaway ahead of the 2024 U.S. election.

05:38

Lawsuit

Tesla sued after Texas grandmother killed in alleged Autopilot-related crash

Tesla has been sued by the family of a 76-year-old Texas woman who was killed when a driver using the company’s Model 3 driver-assistance system crashed into her suburban Houston home, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday (23 June).

20:55

Elon Musk

Elon Musk becomes first trillionaire with SpaceX IPO

SpaceX made a historic entrance into the Nasdaq on Friday, surging over 20% in its first day of trading and lifting its valuation to more than $2 trillion. Investors flocked to the world’s largest IPO, betting on Elon Musk’s sprawling empire spanning rockets, AI and beyond.

06:56

Musk's SpaceX

Musk's SpaceX prices record $75 billion IPO at $135 a share

SpaceX has made history with the largest initial public offering ever in the United States, pricing its shares at $135 each and achieving a market valuation of $1.77 trillion.

18:27

Canada

Grok AI lacks safeguards against harmful deepfake generation, says watchdog

Canada’s Privacy Commissioner has found that xAI’s Grok chatbot and its parent company X Corp. violated federal privacy law by launching an AI image-generation tool without adequate safeguards, enabling the creation and distribution of non-consensual sexualised deepfakes.

18:27

View from the UK

UK military begins using SpaceX's Starshield network

The United Kingdom has begun using SpaceX's Starshield satellite network for military operations, according to people familiar with the matter, marking one of the first known deployments of the secure government-focused system outside the U.S.

07:41

Explainer

SpaceX IPO revives debate over dual-class share structures

The dual-class share structure outlined in SpaceX’s initial public offering (IPO) filing, which gives chief executive Elon Musk outsized control, has reignited one of Wall Street’s longest-running debates over corporate governance.

09:42

Space

SpaceX completes successful Starship V3 test flight

SpaceX has completed a successful test flight of Starship V3, the largest and most powerful rocket in history.

18:46

SpaceX

SpaceX IPO bombshell: $1.9bn losses ahead of Musk’s trillionaire moment

Financial documents released on Wednesday (20 May) ahead of SpaceX going public - in what is expected to be Wall Street’s biggest ever listing - revealed the firm made operating losses of $1.94 billion, despite Elon Musk being tipped to become the world’s first trillionaire.

10:12

Space

FAA tells Elon Musk's SpaceX to boost reliability for extra launches

Elon Musk’s SpaceX will have to improve its reliability before receiving approval for its target 10,000 launches annually within five years, Bryan Bedford, Head of the U.S. civil aviation agency, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), has said.