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• Elon Musk sued for £209 billion over alleged Dogecoin pyramid scheme Musk has previously posted several tweets in favour of the cryptocurrency calling it his ‘favourite’ coin (Picture: Reuters)Elon Musk is being sued for $258 billion (£209 billion) for allegedly running a pyramid scheme to support the cryptocurrency. On Thursday, a Dogecoin investor Keith Johnson filed a complaint accusing Musk of racketeering for hyping Dogecoin and driving up its price, only to then let the price tumble. The lawsuit blamed the SpaceX and Tesla owner of using ‘his pedestal as World’s…
• SpaceX fires employees who criticized Elon Musk’s behavior SpaceX’s Elon Musk provides an update on Starship on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, near Brownsville, Texas. SpaceX has fired five employees after they wrote and circulated an internal letter that was critical of Musk, the rocket maker’s founder and CEO.Miguel Roberts, The Brownsville Herald via Associated Press SpaceX has fired five employees after they wrote and circulated an internal letter that was critical of the rocket maker’s founder and CEO Elon Musk, whose public behavior they described as a “distraction”…
• Elon Musk wonders if TikTok is ‘destroying civilization’ Despite comparing TikTok to a mental illness, Musk praised its implementation (Picture: AFP / Reuters)Elon Musk is thinking out loud on Twitter again and this time he is questioning if TikTok is ‘destroying civilization’. ‘Is TikTok destroying civilisation? Some people think so. Or perhaps social media in general,’ Musk tweeted over the weekend. The billionaire’s tweet came after he brought up the short-form video app at last week’s company-wide town hall meeting with Twitter staff for the first time since his…
• Elon Musk’s daughter applies to legally change name to sever ties with father: ‘I no longer wish to be related to him’ Elon Musk hasn’t commented on the name change (Picture: Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)Elon Musk’s daughter has applied to legally change her name, partly because she she wants to sever ties with her father. The 18-year-old, formerly known as Xavier Alexander Musk, has asked to change her gender recognition from male to female and change her name. In the court documents, filed at the Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, Musk’s daughter cited the reason for the…
• Elon Musk says he’s leaning toward casting presidential vote for Ron DeSantis in 2024, if he runs Although Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has yet to announce if he will run for president in 2024, if he does, he may have the support of the world’s richest man. Early on Wednesday morning, billionaire and Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Twitter that he is leaning toward DeSantis for president. The Twitter exchange started when Musk responded to a story about Republican Mayra Flores winning a special election for Texas’s 34th Congressional District. “I voted for Mayra Flores –…
• NHTSA: Nearly 400 crashes of automated tech vehicles reported, most with Teslas A driver charges his Tesla vehicle at a super charging station in Parsippany, New Jersey. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is giving its first close examination of crashes involving Teslas and other vehicles that have partially automated driving systems. Getty Images DETROIT — Automakers reported nearly 400 crashes over a 10-month period involving vehicles with partially automated driver-assist systems, including 273 with Teslas, according to new statistics from U.S. safety regulators. But the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration cautioned…
• "The Greatest Flip Ever": Last Year A Billionaire Paid $94 Million For A Florida Mansion. He Just Flipped It For… Jim Clark is a Silicon Valley legend. In 1982, while holding down a day job as a professor at Stanford's graduate school, Jim and a few of his students founded Silicon Graphics Inc. (SGI)> By the early 1990s, SGI was the leading producer of visual effects and 3-D imaging for Hollywood films and the tech world. At it's peak in the mid-1990s, SGI earned $3-4 billion per year in revenue, but Jim left the company in January 1994 after a…
• Vince McMahon addresses fans on WWE SmackDown hours after stepping back as CEO and chairman amid misconduct allegations Vince McMahon appeared live on SmackDown (Picture: WWE)Vince McMahon started WWE SmackDown on Friday by welcoming fans to the show with a brief message. The 76-year-old businessman has been replaced by his daughter Stephanie McMahon as CEO and chair until the conclusion of the board’s investigation into his and head of talent relations John Laurinaitis’ alleged misconduct. Hours later, Mr. McMahon – who will retain his creative ‘role and responsibilities’ in WWE – came out in front of the live crowd…
• River North group wants better infrastructure around proposed casino, but who pays? A view of Bally’s River West casino, planned for a riverside site at Chicago Avenue and Halsted Street.Provided For watchers of the planned Chicago casino, a list of demands this week by the River North Residents Association is worth keeping an eye on. According to Sun-Times reporters Fran Spielman and Mitchell Armentrout, the group hit the city — and casino operator Bally’s — with a series of proposed changes aimed at making the gaming center planned for the already traffic-congested…
• Warren Buffett's final charity lunch draws record $19M bid An anonymous bidder has shelled out a record $19 million for a private lunch with billionaire Warren Buffet at a steakhouse in New York City. The meal with the Berkshire Hathaway CEO was offered on an eBay auction to benefit the San-Francisco-based charity GLIDE, which helps homeless people and those in poverty. The winner can bring up to seven guests. Buffett has raised $53 million for GLIDE since the auction began in 2000. The charity earned the philanthropist billionaire's support…