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A new book argues Elon Musk is the architect of a new world view
A new book argues that Elon Musk has an influence in the 21st century similar to what Henry Ford had in the 20th. He's not just a businessman, but the architect and proponent of a world view. Historian Quinn Slobodian and tech writer Ben Tarnoff make this argument in a new book called Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed. In today’s episode, Slobodian speaks with Morning Edition’s Michel Martin about the parallels between Muskism and Fordism, Musk’s upbringing in South Africa under apartheid and the metamorphosis of his politics.To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's book coverage, sign up for Book of the Day+ at plus.npr.org/bookoftheday
Elon Musk humiliated Jeff Bezos in the ugliest space feud yet
What started as a quiet rivalry between two billionaire space dreamers has turned into one of the ugliest feuds in tech. Elon ...
How Could The Uwe Boll Movie About Murdering Immigrants Starring Disgraced Actor Armie Hammer Get Any Worse? Elon Musk Could Get Involved
Uwe Boll is best known for making a string of dire video game tie-in movies during the 00s, the likes of BloodRayne , Alone ...
Armie Hammer’s Controversial Citizen Vigilante Gains Global Release After Elon Musk Boost
Armie Hammer’s controversial thriller, Citizen Vigilante, has secured a global release after Quiver Distribution acquired worldwide rights to the film, excluding four territories. The deal came after Elon Musk promoted the film on X. Elon Musk’s promotion on X helped Armie Hammer’s much-banned film Citizen Vigilante secure worldwide distribution SpaceX founder, Elon Musk, took to […] The post Armie Hammer’s Controversial Citizen Vigilante Gains Global Release After Elon Musk Boost appeared first on Reality Tea .
Elon Musk’s massive AI data center sparks fight over who can enforce clean air laws
A lawsuit over unpermitted gas turbines used to power a data center for Elon Musk’s company xAI Corp. and its AI assistant Grok has become an unexpected test for the US government’s authority over air pollution.
Elon Musk is bashing MacKenzie Scott's giving once again
Elon Musk took fresh aim at MacKenzie Scott's giving to progressive causes, as he faced backlash for spearheading cuts to US ...
Elon Musk Attacked MacKenzie Scott’s $26 Billion Giving Strategy—but the Data Tells a Completely Different Story
The Tesla and SpaceX CEO’s swipe at the philanthropist’s giving model turned a viral X post into a larger fight over power.
Elon Musk Reclaims Trillionaire Status After Making a Mind-Boggling $62 Billion in a Single Day
Elon Musk has reclaimed his trillionaire status after SpaceX and Tesla shares surged, adding about $62bn to his fortune in a single day and highlighting the wild volatility behind his record wealth.
UK regulator proposes letting developers steer users off Apple and Google payments
Britain’s competition regulator has decided that the cheapest place to buy a digital subscription should not be the one place an app is forbidden from mentioning. On Tuesday the Competition and Markets Authority proposed allowing UK app developers to steer users toward payment options outside Apple and Google’s stores, a change aimed squarely at the […]This story continues at The Next Web
Crypto exchange OKX wants AI agents to hire and pay each other
OKX is bringing together payments, identity and reputation into a marketplace for AI agents.
iPhone 18 Pro supplier list and parts exposed in Tata data leak
The most tightly held document in consumer electronics is the bill of materials, and a chunk of Apple’s appears to be sitting on the dark web. Files posted by the ransomware group World Leaks contain component lists, supplier names, and photographs tied to the unreleased iPhone 18 Pro, stolen from Tata Electronics, Apple’s manufacturing partner […]This story continues at The Next Web
Google’s GV bets $30M on a stock exchange for space
The space industry can build rockets. Moving money around them is the hard part. A new startup called Nebex wants to fix that, and Google’s venture arm is backing it with $30mn. GV, formerly Google Ventures, led the seed round, Bloomberg reported. Nebex also opened a banking relationship with JP Morgan. The company is the […]This story continues at The Next Web
Straiker raises $64M to secure the AI agents running your company
AI agents are pouring into companies, and most security tools were never built to watch them. Straiker wants to fix that. The startup has just raised $64mn to police a workforce that does not clock in. The Series A was revealed first by Axios. It takes the Mountain View company’s total funding to $85mn. Marathon […]This story continues at The Next Web
Chrome is putting things on your computer you never agreed to
Your browser has been busy on your behalf. This week brought two reminders that Chrome can put things on your machine you never agreed to. One came from Google. One came from an impostor. Both used the same quiet machinery. Chrome runs on billions of devices, which makes it one of the most powerful pieces […]This story continues at The Next Web
The Supreme Court just made it harder for police to track your phone
Your phone keeps a minute-by-minute diary of where you go. The US Supreme Court has now ruled that police cannot simply demand it. In a major win for digital privacy, the court said geofence searches need a warrant. The 6-3 decision lands on a practice that has quietly spread through US policing. When investigators have […]This story continues at The Next Web
Meituan open sources LongCat-2.0, the 1.6T, near-frontier agentic coding model that's been leading OpenRouter — trained entirely on Chinese chips
A few hours ago, Chinese delivery app company Meituan officially unveiled LongCat-2.0 on GitHub, Hugging Face, and its native platform, unmasking the model as the computational engine behind "Owl Alpha," the anonymous stealth model that has spent the last two months commanding global developer charts on OpenRouter. Developed to fundamentally disrupt closed-source enterprise dominance in autonomous software engineering, the 1.6-trillion-parameter Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) system brings a
The AI jobs debate just got messier
A new report finds "high-intensity AI adopters” saw headcount increase 10.2%. Among those companies, entry-level headcount rose by 12%, countering the rhetoric that AI kills junior jobs.
Vibe coding platform Base44 launches own model as AI startups seek defensibility
Wix-owned vibe coding platform Base44 has started rolling out its own AI model — with hopes that it will eventually outperform frontier models.
Elon Musk turned 55 and celebrated with a rocket-shaped cake, Lego, and a giant sword
Elon Musk celebrated his 55th birthday with his mother and Shivon Zilis, the mother of four of his children.
SoftBank CEO offers stinging critique of Musk’s AI bet
SoftBank Group (SFTBY) chief executive Masayoshi Son told shareholders this week that Elon Musk’s plan to build data centers in orbit is a losing bet, Fortune reported. Son, who has committed billions to on-the-ground AI infrastructure, framed the dispute as a question of timing and cost, not of ...