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Elon Musk Says Even If Every Billionaire In America Was Taxed At 100%, It 'Barely Makes A Dent' In The National Debt — Everyone Has To Pay

For years, politicians have floated a simple fix for America's swelling debt: tax billionaires harder and the problem starts to disappear. Elon Musk has argued the math does not work that way. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO pushed back on the idea that confiscating billionaire wealth could meaningfully close the government's fiscal gap. "Even if you tax every billionaire in America at 100%, it barely makes a dent in the national debt," Musk wrote in a post on X in 2023. "In the end, the government wil

Tesla CEO Elon Musk raises eyebrows with unsettling comment about Cybertruck: 'Erratic messaging'

"This is going to get canceled sooner than later." Tesla CEO Elon Musk raises eyebrows with unsettling comment about Cybertruck: 'Erratic messaging' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Elon Musk Faces Trial Over His Tweets Before Twitter Purchase

A federal trial in San Francisco opens this week examining Elon Musk’s 2022 attempt to walk away from his agreement to buy Twitter and its market impact. Investors allege the Tesla CEO sought to ...

Tesla worker sues company after being attacked by Austin mass shooter

65-year-old Tesla staffer suing Elon Musk’s company for failing to protect her from Austin mass shooter - Lillian Mendoza Brady said that she was working with Ndiaga Diagne at the Tesla factory in Aus ...

Jeff Bezos' Amazon urges FCC to prevent Elon Musk's SpaceX proposal to launch a million satellites

Jezz Bezos-founded Amazon.com Inc. AMZN has urged the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reject Elon Musk-led ...

Google just gave Sundar Pichai a $692M pay package

Most of it is tied to performance, including new stock incentives linked to Waymo and Wing, its drone delivery venture.

Grammarly’s ‘expert review’ is just missing the actual experts

A recently-added feature in Grammarly purports to improve users’ writing with help from the world's great writers and thinkers — and some tech journalists, too.

OpenAI robotics lead Caitlin Kalinowski quits in response to Pentagon deal

Hardware executive Caitlin Kalinowski announced today that in response to OpenAI's controversial agreement with the Department of Defense, she’s resigned from her role leading the company's robotics team.

PopSockets founder David Barnett talks about building a viral business

David Barnett, founder of PopSocket, stops by Equity to talk about scaling the business and what he's learned as a leader.

OpenAI delays ChatGPT’s ‘adult mode’ again

The feature, which will give verified adult users access to erotica and other adult content, had already been delayed from December.

Elon Musk’s Grok Adds Fact-Check Button to Fight Viral Misinformation

Elon Musk’s xAI introduces a Grok fact-check button on X that lets users verify viral posts instantly, aiming to curb misinformation and misleading AI-generated content.

Elon Musk quietly sees net worth soar to new record figure

South Africa-born entrepreneur Elon Musk has extended his lead as the world’s richest person, with his net worth approaching $850 billion.

What is Grok's fact-check button? Elon Musk posts about Grok's AI feature that claims to verify information

As AI-generated content blurs reality, Elon Musk's Grok AI launched a fact-checking feature to verify online posts. However, ...

Karpathy’s March of Nines shows why 90% AI reliability isn’t even close to enough

“When you get a demo and something works 90% of the time, that’s just the first nine.” — Andrej KarpathyThe “March of Nines” frames a common production reality: You can reach the first 90% reliability with a strong demo, and each additional nine often requires comparable engineering effort. For enterprise teams, the distance between “usually works” and “operates like dependable software” determines adoption.The compounding math behind the March of Nines“Every single nine is the same amount of wo

Robinhood’s startup fund stumbles in NYSE debut

The fund currently offers retail investors exposure to eight startups, including Mercor, Ramp, and Stripe, with plans to expand its portfolio.

Anthropic launches Claude Marketplace, giving enterprises access to Claude-powered tools from Replit, GitLab, Harvey and more

San Francisco startup Anthropic continues to ship new AI products and services at a blistering pace, despite a messy ongoing dispute with the U.S. Department of War.Today, the company announced Claude Marketplace, a new offering that lets enterprises with an existing Anthropic spend commitment apply part of it toward tools and applications powered by Anthropic's Claude models but made and offered by external partners including GitLab, Harvey, Lovable, Replit, Rogo and Snowflake.According to

Elon Musk Is Open To Seeing a Real Life ‘Jurassic Park’

Elon Musk is on board with the idea of having a real-life Jurassic Park. While he didn’t offer to fund the idea himself, he is hoping that someone else will. His promotion of the idea has garnered a lot of attention from other users, both in favor of and against the concept. Elon Musk shares […] The post Elon Musk Is Open To Seeing a Real Life ‘Jurassic Park’ appeared first on Reality Tea.

14 Luxuries That Prove Elon Musk Is Only Frugal on Paper

Elon Musk often talks about living simply. He’s claimed to sell most of his real estate, sleep in a small prefab home, and focus only on work and innovation.

Can Elon Musk's Starbase shut down a public beach? TX Supreme Court to decide

Opponents say the "beach closures to facilitate the very risky, hazardous activity puts the public in danger." ...

“Such Awkwardness”: Elon Musk’s Estranged Daughter’s Viral Paris Fashion Week Appearance Ignites Fierce Debate

Vivian Jenna Wilson, the estranged daughter of billionaire Elon Musk, turned heads when she attended the Acne Studios Fall/Winter show in Paris on March 3, Tuesday. While many praised her growing modeling career and striking look, others quickly flooded comment sections with criticism and controversy. The 21-year-old model attended the Acne Studios Fall/Winter presentation during Paris Fashion Week, where she sat front row alongside actresses Leslie Bibb and Rosanna Arquette.