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SpaceX Launches 60 Satellites for Elon Musk’s Starlink Internet Constellation

With one launch in the books and potentially dozens still to go, SpaceX has begun its build-out of the ambitious Starlink internet constellation—a series of interconnected satellites designed to deliver high-speed internet to paying customers around the globe. The 60 Starlink satellites, each weighing 500 pounds (227 kg), were released to low Earth orbit (LEO)…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

Elon Musk’s Boring Company Secures $48.6 Million Contract in Las Vegas Despite Embarrassing Demonstration in L.A.

The city of Las Vegas has approved a $48.6 million contract for Elon Musk’s Boring Company to build an underground transit line that’s scheduled to be completed by January 2021, just in time for the Consumer Electronics Show. But it remains to be seen whether Musk’s high-speed transportation concept can really live up to the…

Tech News Matt Novak

Report Finds a Tesla Navigate on Autopilot Function May Pose Serious Safety Risks Without Driver Engagement

A newer Tesla feature to allow its cars to switch lanes automatically may present safety risks for drivers who aren’t actively engaged while the setting is enabled, according to findings by Consumer Reports. Through its own independent testing on highways with a Model 3, Consumer Reports encountered a number of issues with the function offered…

Tech News Catie Keck

Everything You Need to Know About Elon Musk’s Satellite Launch Tomorrow

Elon Musk is a busy guy, and the latest project on his plate involves launching 60 satellites into space tomorrow. The launch is part of his company SpaceX’s Starlink plan—an ambitious attempt to bring high-speed, low-latency internet to anyone in the world. The gist of it is as follows. Starlink centers around using low earth…

Tech News Victoria Song

Elon Musk Is Going to Trial Over Bad ‘Pedo Guy’ Tweet

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is set to head to trial later this year over a series of bad tweets in which he described a diver as “pedo guy” after the man criticized his plan for saving a young soccer team trapped in a cave system in Thailand. The news comes after Vernon Unsworth—who helped in…

Tech News Catie Keck

Here’s Everything Jeff Bezos Said to Convince Humanity That Space Colonies Are the Future

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the wealthiest man on the planet, gave an hour-long presentation yesterday about his plans for humanity’s future living on the moon and in space colonies. It was a bit like watching a monologue from a sci-fi movie in a lot of ways. And now you can finally view the entire presentation…

Space & Spaceflight Matt Novak

Elon Musk Reaches Deal With the SEC Requiring Tougher Oversight of His Bad Tweets

Elon Musk has reached a deal with the Securities and Exchange Commission following a dispute over his bad tweets and what he can—or more specifically, can’t—share on the platform after he was accused of violating the terms of an earlier agreement. It now looks like Musk will (for real) have to clear some of his…

Tech News Catie Keck

Stuff Elon Musk Said About Tesla Autonomous Cars on Monday, Ranked

On Monday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk spoke at a company investor day focused on autonomy, relaying news that Tesla had switched to a self-driving computer designed by in-house engineers and dropping some big promises about what, exactly, the future of its Autopilot feature and autonomous driving will look like. And boy, it’s a doozy. This…

Tech News Tom McKay

Elon Musk Lives to Tweet Another Day

Elon Musk’s prolonged battle with the SEC over his tweets reached a tentative conclusion on Thursday. For now, he’s still allowed to post and you better believe he will excercise that right. After being accused of contempt over a series of tweets, Elon Musk exited federal court on Thursday with a judge’s order to meet…

Tech News Patrick Howell O'Neill

SpaceX Successfully Test-Fires Its ‘Starhopper’ Prototype Spacecraft in Texas

Spaceflight company SpaceX test-fired the engines of its prototype Starship vehicle on Wednesday at its Boca Chica, Texas, test facility, the Verge reported, in a “static fire” configuration that saw the spacecraft tethered to the ground. SpaceX calls the prototype vehicle in question a “Starhopper,” and it is meant to test various technologies that the…

Space & Spaceflight Tom McKay

Tesla Pays Out $86,000 in Settlement Over Hazardous Waste and Air Pollution [Update]

The Environmental Protection Agency slapped electric car manufacturer Tesla with an $86,000 settlement for violating “hazardous-waste and air-emissions standards” at its Fremont, California-based production facility, the San Francisco Chronicle reported on Monday. According to the Chronicle, the EPA said inspections in 2017 conducted alongside California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control and Bay Area Air Quality…

Earther Tom McKay

We Regret to Inform You Elon Musk Has Released a Rap Single About Harambe

If there’s something absolutely no one other than Elon Musk woke up this weekend thinking, it is “Elon Musk should release a rap single about Harambe, the tragically slain gorilla that became a meme nearly three years ago, after which said meme subsequently got treaded into the ground, and more than a few people began…

Biology Tom McKay

Elon Musk Is Still Fighting the SEC in Court Over His Bad Tweets

Tesla CEO Elon Musk really, really wants to keep tweeting without any other adults looking over his shoulder, despite a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission last year ordering him not to send out tweets that could affect Tesla’s stock without getting pre-approval from company officials. At issue is a Feb. 19 tweet in…

Tech News Tom McKay

The SEC Says Elon Musk’s Rationale for Continuing to Send Out Bad Tweets ‘Borders on the Ridiculous’

Last year, Tesla CEO Elon Musk sent out a baffling tweet saying that he had “funding secured” to take the company private at a share price of $420 (which some readers may recognize as the weed number). It turned out no such deal had been finalized, the Securities and Exchange Commission slapped Musk with fraud…

Tech News Tom McKay

President Trump Says ‘I Don’t Trust Some Computer to Drive Me Around’ According to New Report

A whopping 71 percent of Americans don’t trust autonomous cars to drive them around, according to a new survey by AAA. And it looks like the most famous man in America stands with the 71 percent. President Donald Trump has said, “I don’t trust some computer to drive me around,” according to a new report…

Tech News Matt Novak

Elon Musk to SEC: You Can’t Make Me Never Tweet

On Monday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk filed his response to an SEC request to that a federal court hold him in contempt for violating a settlement agreement. In the filing, Musk argues that restrictions on his tweeting amount to an “unconstitutional power grab” by the SEC and that he didn’t even violate the agreement anyway.…

Tech News Rhett Jones

Tesla Investors Are Suing Over Elon Musk’s Bad Tweets

At what point is it time to just log the hell off? Following news that Elon Musk may be in it again with the Securities and Exchange Commission for firing off a bad tweet, Bloomberg reported Friday that a group of institutional investors in Musk’s electric car company Tesla are suing to bar Musk from…

Tech News Catie Keck

SpaceX and NASA Launch Test Flight of Crew Dragon Capsule to ISS

Aerospace company SpaceX and NASA launched the uncrewed Dragon spacecraft in the early hours of Saturday morning from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking a significant step forward in NASA again being able to send astronauts to space without the assistance of its international partners. “I proudly congratulate the SpaceX and NASA teams for…

Space & Spaceflight Catie Keck

The SEC Wants Elon Musk Held in Contempt of ‘420’ Tweet Settlement, Over Yet Another Bad Tweet

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has once again gotten himself into trouble over a tweet. Last year, the Securities and Exchange Commission struck a settlement with Musk requiring him to pay tens of millions in fines and resign as Tesla’s chairman over a disastrous tweet in which he claimed he had “funding secured” to take the…

Tech News Tom McKay

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Is Greenlit for March 2 Unmanned Mission to the ISS

NASA has given the green light for Elon Musk’s SpaceX to launch the first unmanned test of its seven-seat Crew Dragon capsule on March 2 after passing a full day of reviews, bringing the space agency one step closer to replacing the retired Space Shuttle program after years of delays and ending its dependency on…

Space & Spaceflight Tom McKay

SpaceX Launches 60 Satellites for Elon Musk’s Starlink Internet Constellation

Elon Musk’s Boring Company Secures $48.6 Million Contract in Las Vegas Despite Embarrassing Demonstration in L.A.

Report Finds a Tesla Navigate on Autopilot Function May Pose Serious Safety Risks Without Driver Engagement

Everything You Need to Know About Elon Musk’s Satellite Launch Tomorrow

Elon Musk Is Going to Trial Over Bad ‘Pedo Guy’ Tweet

Here’s Everything Jeff Bezos Said to Convince Humanity That Space Colonies Are the Future

Elon Musk Reaches Deal With the SEC Requiring Tougher Oversight of His Bad Tweets

Stuff Elon Musk Said About Tesla Autonomous Cars on Monday, Ranked

Elon Musk Lives to Tweet Another Day

SpaceX Successfully Test-Fires Its ‘Starhopper’ Prototype Spacecraft in Texas

Tesla Pays Out $86,000 in Settlement Over Hazardous Waste and Air Pollution [Update]

We Regret to Inform You Elon Musk Has Released a Rap Single About Harambe

Elon Musk Is Still Fighting the SEC in Court Over His Bad Tweets

The SEC Says Elon Musk’s Rationale for Continuing to Send Out Bad Tweets ‘Borders on the Ridiculous’

President Trump Says ‘I Don’t Trust Some Computer to Drive Me Around’ According to New Report

Elon Musk to SEC: You Can’t Make Me Never Tweet

Tesla Investors Are Suing Over Elon Musk’s Bad Tweets

SpaceX and NASA Launch Test Flight of Crew Dragon Capsule to ISS

The SEC Wants Elon Musk Held in Contempt of ‘420’ Tweet Settlement, Over Yet Another Bad Tweet

SpaceX’s Crew Dragon Is Greenlit for March 2 Unmanned Mission to the ISS

‘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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