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Elon Musk Smoking Joe Rogan’s Weed Somehow Ended Up Costing Taxpayers $5 Million

Last year, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk went on YouTube host Joe Rogan’s show and smoked some weed. That was unfortunate, because SpaceX happens to be a U.S. military contractor with security clearances, and the U.S. government does not like marijuana—and in this instance, it disliked it so much it spent $5 million to…

Space & Spaceflight Tom McKay

Elon Musk: NASA Can Share SpaceX’s IP With Literally Anybody, ‘No Charge’

During an event with NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine on Thursday, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk publicly stated that the agency can share SpaceX’s intellectual property with whomever it wants—not that NASA seems especially eager to. Bridenstine and Musk met at the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, in an effort to ease growing tension between the aerospace…

Space & Spaceflight Jennings Brown

Elon Musk: ‘I’m a Fucking Idiot’

Elon Musk admitted he is a “fucking idiot” for smearing a British cave diver that helped save a dozen kids as a “child rapist” in an email to a BuzzFeed reporter, court documents in the ensuing defamation trial show. A refresher: Last year, 12 kids and their soccer team coach were trapped in a cave…

Tech News Tom McKay

Federal Safety Regulators Say They’re Looking Into Reports of Tesla Smart Summon Crashes

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) isn’t so thrilled with Tesla’s rollout of a feature that automatically summons the company’s vehicles in parking lots, telling Reuters they are investigating resulting crashes. The smart summon feature, launched last week as part of Tesla’s optional $6,000 “Full Self Driving” package, allow a user to use an…

Tech News Tom McKay

Elon Musk Unveils His Gigantic Starship Prototype, Says It’ll Be Flying Within Months

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled the towering Mk1 prototype of his Starship space vehicle on Saturday evening in Boca Chica Village, Texas, announcing that the craft will be ready to fly within the next few months. According to the New York Times, Musk claimed that within one or two months the 164-foot-tall, 200-ton…

Space & Spaceflight Tom McKay

How to Watch SpaceX’s Big Starship Event Saturday

The prototype SpaceX CEO Elon Musk will present on today sounds like something straight out of science fiction: its long-hyped Starship Mk1 spacecraft, a next-generation rocket the company describes as “a fully, rapidly reusable transportation system designed to carry both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars, and anywhere else in the solar…

Tech News Alyse Stanley

Elon Musk: I Was Using the Other Definition of ‘Pedo Guy,’ You See

It’s a common misconception that words have meaning—specifically that “pedo guy,” for all intents and purposes, would refer to a man (guy) who harbors or acts on sexual attraction towards children (pedophile.) In this simple confusion of terms, you would be excusably but insurmountably wrong, argues Elon Musk in a recent court filing. This bit…

Tech News Avery Ellis

Tesla Malfunction Locks Out Owners Who Depended on App for Entry, Forces Them to Scramble for ‘Keys’

Some Tesla users who rely on the app to gain entry to their Model 3 were temporarily unable to get into their electric cars on Labor Day. The Next Web reported that a number of people tweeted out their frustrations on Monday when they were “locked out” of their car due to phone app issues.…

Tech News Jennings Brown

Locals Warned That ‘Malfunction’ During Test at SpaceX Facility Could Shatter Windows

Residents in Boca Chica Village, Texas, near a SpaceX facility in Brownsville received a warning from the Cameron County Office of Emergency Management that tests of the company’s Starhopper prototype on Aug. 26 could break windows in their homes, according to the Brownsville Herald. The alert stated that flight testing activities from 4:00 p.m. to…

Space & Spaceflight Tom McKay

New York Times Publishes Anti-Google Rant, Doesn’t Mention the Author Is a Facebook Board Member [Updated]

The New York Times published an anti-Google screed by billionaire Peter Thiel last night but failed to mention a fun fact that readers might find relevant: Thiel sits on the board of Facebook, one of Google’s largest competitors. Thiel first blasted Google as “treasonous” last month, saying that the FBI and CIA should investigate the…

Tech News Matt Novak

News of an Employee’s Death at a Tesla Facility Renews Spotlight on History of Safety Concerns

Tesla confirmed Tuesday that the body of one of its employees was found at the company’s Gigfactory last week and police are currently investigating the incident, Business Insider reported. The body of Michael Johnston, 61, was found on the Nevada factory’s third floor on July 22, the Storey County Police Department told the site. (A…

Tech News Alyse Stanley

SpaceX Aborts First Attempted Flight Test of ‘Starhopper’ Prototype After Engines Fire

A week after a fireball erupted from the base of SpaceX’s prototype “StarHopper” rocket during a static-fire test at the company’s Boca Chica, Texas facility, the company’s first “untethered” test launch of the craft was aborted after encountering technical difficulties on Wednesday, CNBC reported. During the test, the rocket was supposed to fire its engines…

Space & Spaceflight Tom McKay

Tesla Posts Record Deliveries in Q2 2019, But Still Lost $408 Million

Electric car giant Tesla had its stock plunge over 10 percent in after-hours trading after posting a $408 million loss in Q2 2019—despite shipping record numbers of cars, CNBC reported on Wednesday. The company produced about 87,000 cars in the quarter and shipped some 95,200 of them throughout the quarter, per the Verge, and generated…

Tech News Tom McKay

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Says It’s Created Brain-Reading ‘Threads,’ Surgical Robot That Inserts Them

On Tuesday evening in San Francisco, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk finally shed some light on what Neuralink, his company that has raised $158 million to develop “ultra high bandwidth brain-machine interfaces to connect humans and computers,” has been up to since its launch in 2017. In the livestreamed announcement, Musk expressed his long-held…

Health Tom McKay

We Might Finally Find Out What Elon Musk’s Neuralink Has Been Up To

Neuralink, the super-secretive neuroscience company co-founded by Elon Musk to develop “ultra high bandwidth brain-machine interfaces to connect humans and computers,” has evidently decided to show some of its hand. In a rare tweet from the Neuralink account on Twitter this week, the company announced that it will be hosting an event in San Francisco…

Tech News Catie Keck

Elon Musk’s Version of The Onion Could’ve Been Amazing

Elon Musk and two former Onion writers began developing Thud, a satire company in 2017. The eccentric billionaire tech CEO gave the project $2 million and asked for virtually nothing in financial returns. It could have been an ambitious and hilarious endeavor, but then Musk reportedly backed out due to his fears of how it…

Tech News Jennings Brown

All the Cool Things Going to Space Tonight Aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket

In a launch Elon Musk is calling the most difficult yet for his company, SpaceX will attempt to deposit 24 satellites into three different orbits around Earth. Here’s everything you need to about tonight’s launch, including how to watch. The launch from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida is scheduled for 11:30 p.m. ET, with…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

No, This Not-a-Law Probably Won’t Ban Elon Musk’s Stupid Not-a-Flamethrower

Earlier this month, New York’s state senate passed S1637, a bill to establish “the crime of criminal possession of a flamethrower,” described by some as a ban on Elon Musk’s Not-A-Flamethrower. Here are some things you should know about that proposal: It was introduced by Senator John E. Brooks of the state’s 8th district, which…

Tech News Avery Ellis

Satellite Constellations Like SpaceX’s Starlink Could Cause Major Problems, Astronomy Group Warns

Members of the American Astronomical Society are speaking out about the potential for large satellite constellations, such as SpaceX’s Starlink network, to interfere with scientific observations of space. In a statement issued today, the AAS said we need to re-think this technology before it’s too late. On May 23, SpaceX delivered 60 Starlink satellites to…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

There Is Absolutely No Reason to Trust the Safety Record of Tesla’s Autopilot System

Tesla has long lurked in a category of its own in the self-driving car race; where Uber and Google’s Waymo are building fully autonomous vehicles essentially from the ground up, Elon Musk’s electric car company is slouching towards autonomy through a series of increasingly sophisticated updates to its semi-autonomous Autopilot system. Because Teslas are not…

Artificial Intelligence Brian Merchant

Elon Musk Smoking Joe Rogan’s Weed Somehow Ended Up Costing Taxpayers $5 Million

Elon Musk: NASA Can Share SpaceX’s IP With Literally Anybody, ‘No Charge’

Elon Musk: ‘I’m a Fucking Idiot’

Federal Safety Regulators Say They’re Looking Into Reports of Tesla Smart Summon Crashes

Elon Musk Unveils His Gigantic Starship Prototype, Says It’ll Be Flying Within Months

How to Watch SpaceX’s Big Starship Event Saturday

Elon Musk: I Was Using the Other Definition of ‘Pedo Guy,’ You See

Tesla Malfunction Locks Out Owners Who Depended on App for Entry, Forces Them to Scramble for ‘Keys’

Locals Warned That ‘Malfunction’ During Test at SpaceX Facility Could Shatter Windows

New York Times Publishes Anti-Google Rant, Doesn’t Mention the Author Is a Facebook Board Member [Updated]

News of an Employee’s Death at a Tesla Facility Renews Spotlight on History of Safety Concerns

SpaceX Aborts First Attempted Flight Test of ‘Starhopper’ Prototype After Engines Fire

Tesla Posts Record Deliveries in Q2 2019, But Still Lost $408 Million

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Says It’s Created Brain-Reading ‘Threads,’ Surgical Robot That Inserts Them

We Might Finally Find Out What Elon Musk’s Neuralink Has Been Up To

Elon Musk’s Version of The Onion Could’ve Been Amazing

All the Cool Things Going to Space Tonight Aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy Rocket

No, This Not-a-Law Probably Won’t Ban Elon Musk’s Stupid Not-a-Flamethrower

Satellite Constellations Like SpaceX’s Starlink Could Cause Major Problems, Astronomy Group Warns

There Is Absolutely No Reason to Trust the Safety Record of Tesla’s Autopilot System

‘Butt Birth’-ing Rhinoceros from Ace Ventura Sequel Sold at Auction for a Whopping $60,000

The Ryan Gosling Sci-Fi Streak Will Continue Until Morale Improves

Study Challenges Popular Theory on Why Primordial Bugs Were So Darn Huge

Ewan McGregor and Anne Hathaway’s Mystery’s Sci-Fi Film Has Its First Trailer

Scientists Just Found the Salt Limit That Pushes Your Heart to the Breaking Point

White House Social Media Just Had Its Covfefe Moment

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