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Elon Musk Admits He Lied to Tesla Customers’ Faces for Years About Self-Driving

During Wednesday's earnings call, Tesla CEO Elon Musk reiterated that millions of Tesla cars on the road can't drive ...

Elon Musk Reveals Launch Timeline for Tesla’s Optimus Robot—and What It Will Actually Do

As Tesla continues to showcase its humanoid robot Optimus in increasingly public settings, from the Boston Marathon to a ...

The unflattering secrets revealed in Elon Musk’s latest legal feud

Court filings have revealed cringey texts, emails or private diary entries of Musk, Sam Altman, other OpenAI founders and ...

Tesla delays Roadster debut again as Musk teases 'month or so' unveiling

Tesla is aiming to be able to debut its Roadster electric sports car "in a month or so," CEO Elon Musk told investors.

SpaceX IPO underscores Musk’s grip on board and pay decisions

SpaceX’s IPO filing shows how Elon Musk can retain control while going public — and what that means for investors.

Elon Musk Hides Tesla Optimus V3 Details as Humanoid Robot Production Nears Launch, But Why?

Tesla is ramping up Optimus V3 production while Elon Musk keeps key robot upgrades secret to prevent competitors from copying the technology.

Elon Musk says copycats are why Tesla can't unveil Optimus sooner

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he expects production for Optimus, the humanoid robot, to start around late July or August.

The unflattering secrets revealed so far in Elon Musk’s latest legal feud

Hundreds of court filings have revealed cringey texts, emails or private diary entries of Musk, Sam Altman, other OpenAI ...

Will Elon Musk's New SpaceX and Tesla Joint Venture Disrupt This AI Semiconductor Giant?

Elon Musk appears to be on a path to combine all of his companies into a single entity. After a series of mergers, SpaceX, ...

Elon Musk's Tesla invested $2 billion into SpaceX, Q1 2026 earnings show

Tesla Inc.‘s TSLA ties to Elon Musk-led SpaceX just got deeper with a new investment in the commercial space flight company ...

Elon Musk Says Roadster Will Be Tesla’s Only ‘Manually Driven Car’ Long Term: TDS

“It’s going to make sense for our whole lineup to be different autonomous vehicles of different sizes,” Tesla CEO Elon Musk said during the automaker's earnings call.

Authorities arrest special forces soldier who allegedly made $400k on Polymarket bet involving Maduro operation

The soldier is accused of using classified government information to inform a wager on the prediction market Polymarket.

Redwood Materials loses COO amid layoffs, restructuring

Former Tesla executive Chris Lister is retiring, and at least three other VPs have left Redwood around the recent restructuring, TechCrunch has learned.

These are the countries moving to ban social media for children

Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including cyberbullying, social media addiction, and exposure to predators.

Bret Taylor’s Sierra buys YC-backed AI startup Fragment

Sierra, the AI customer service agent startup founded by technologist Bret Taylor, announced today that it has acquired the YC-backed French startup Fragment.

Meta is cutting 8,000 jobs to pay for AI. It is also asking the survivors to train their replacements.

Summary: Meta is cutting approximately 8,000 employees (10% of its workforce) beginning 20 May, cancelling 6,000 open roles, and planning additional cuts for H2 2026. The layoffs, announced via an internal memo from HR head Janelle Gale, are structural rather than performance-based, reorganising teams into AI-focused “pods” while Meta spends $115-135 billion on AI infrastructure […]This story continues at The Next Web

Instagram tests a new ‘Instants’ app for sharing disappearing photos

The app lets users share disappearing photos with their friends that can be viewed only once and remain available for 24 hours.

High gas prices are not saving Tesla. They are just slowing the bleeding.

Summary: US petrol prices passed $4/gallon for the first time in four years (+30% YoY), driven by the Iran conflict and Strait of Hormuz disruption. Tesla delivered 358,023 vehicles in Q1 2026, up 6% against a weak comparison quarter but missing estimates by 7,600 units. Consumer EV interest is rising (Edmunds: 23.8% consideration) but overall […]This story continues at The Next Web

SoftBank wants to borrow $10 billion against its OpenAI stake. The spread tells you what the banks think.

Summary: SoftBank is seeking a $10 billion margin loan backed by its OpenAI shares at SOFR + 425 basis points (~7.88%), a two-year term with one-year extension. The loan sits atop a $40 billion bridge loan from March and brings SoftBank’s total OpenAI commitment to ~$64.6 billion for a ~13% stake. At OpenAI’s $852 billion […]This story continues at The Next Web

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