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The footballers from the "Wild Boars" club are being discharged a day earlier than previously announced, with authorities hoping a question and answer session will satisfy -- at least temporarily -- the intense media speculation that has accompanied their epic underground ordeal. (Photo: AFP)

Thai cave boys discharged from hospital ahead of press conference

Called 'Sending the Wild Boars Home' and broadcast on major television channels, the session will last for about 45 minutes.

18 Jul 2018 4:04 PM

Musk later deleted the tweets and did not immediately respond to a request for comment through Tesla. (Photo: File)

British caver may take legal action against Elon Musk for 'pedo' tweet

Vernon Unsworth, who provided mapping knowledge of cave to rescuers, said Musk's prototype had 'absolutely no chance of working'.

16 Jul 2018 1:38 PM

Thai rescue team members walk inside a cave where 12 boys and their soccer coach are trapped since June 23, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, Thailand.

Thai rescue: A job well done

Trade wars faded into the background as such an operation shone like a beacon of light.

11 Jul 2018 2:45 AM

The company also fired dozens of solar customer service staffers at call centres in Nevada and Utah.

Tesla to close a dozen solar facilities in nine states

Tesla declined to comment on which sites it planned to shut down.

22 Jun 2018 10:58 AM

The employee has been alleged to leak company data to third parties (Image source: AP)

Elon Musk accuses employee of leaking data and hindering operations

The company is investigating whether the employee was working with any outside organizations

19 Jun 2018 8:51 AM

Musk promises that the project will be 100 percent privately funded.

Musk's Boring Company approved to build high-speed system in Chicago

The City of Chicago has selected Musk’s Boring Company to build a high-speed commuter system to from Loop to O’Hare International Airport.

14 Jun 2018 12:28 PM

The sun shines off the rear deck of a roadster on a Tesla dealer’s lot in the south Denver suburb of Littleton, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Tesla lays off 3,600 workers in a bid to post a profit

CEO Elon Musk says in an e-mail to workers, that the cuts amount to about 9 percent of the company’s workforce of 40,000.

13 Jun 2018 11:47 AM

The lawsuit accused the board of corporate waste and Musk, the company’s chief executive officer and chairman, of unjust enrichment. The lawsuit is seeking class-action status. (Photo: AP)

Shareholder lawsuit attacks Musk's pay, seeks to overhaul Tesla board

As per lawsuit, Elon Musk’s multi-billion dollar compensation package should be rescinded and the board of Tesla should be overhauled.

11 Jun 2018 1:14 PM

Boring says the tunnel would serve as an experimental proof-of-concept site to demonstrate ideas for a traffic-easing system Musk wants to build to rapidly whisk individual cars and small groups of pedestrians from place to place beneath the surface.

Elon Musk brings technology charm offensive to Los Angeles tunnel plan

Musk planned to make a personal appearance at a public event in Los Angeles to answer questions from residents about his tunnelling plans.

18 May 2018 10:04 AM

A Tesla spokesman said: “We are deeply saddened by this accident, and we are working to establish the facts of the incident and offer our full cooperation to local authorities.”

Tesla crash may have triggered battery fire: Swiss firefighters

The crash, which happened on Thursday, is one of several accidents to affect Tesla Inc vehicles in recent days.

15 May 2018 7:51 AM

Elon Musk promises free rides through tunnel, but to where?

Elon Musk is promising the public “free rides” through the first high-speed passenger tunnel drilled beneath Los Angele.

13 May 2018 1:16 PM

In a series of tweets, Musk announced his decision and made it clear that he is serious about it (Photo: AFP)

Elon Musk tweets that he wants to start a candy company and its going to be amazing

Meanwhile Twitter couldn’t contain its excitement over candies made by none other than Elon Musk as he got thousands of retweets.

07 May 2018 9:37 AM

Astronauts onboard the ISS will thaw the frozen sperm to see if sex in space would lead to successful reproduction. (Photo: Pixabay)

NASA sends human sperm to space to see if astronauts can conceive in space

Carried on Elon Musk’s SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, sperm will be used for experiments to see how space, low gravity affect male sex cells.

12 Apr 2018 1:58 PM

The driver, 38, died at a nearby hospital shortly after the vehicle hit a concrete highway divider near Mountain View, California.

US safety agency criticises Tesla crash data release

Tesla Model X involved in the crash had activated its Autopilot system moments before the March 23 mishap.

02 Apr 2018 10:54 AM

The fatal crash and vehicle fire of the Tesla near Mountain View, California, involved two other cars and delayed traffic for hours. The 38-year-old Tesla driver died at a nearby hospital shortly after the crash.

Tesla says crashed vehicle had been on autopilot prior to accident

Tesla also said vehicle logs from the accident showed no action had been taken by the driver soon before the crash.

01 Apr 2018 7:54 AM

Musk aims to make rockets as reusable as commercial aeroplanes, bringing down the cost of spaceflight and boosting efficiency. (Photo: SpaceX)

Elon Musk’s Falcon 9 deploys 10 satellites, but loses its nose

The nose was said to “impact water at high speed,” with Elon Musk not confirming successful recovery.

31 Mar 2018 2:06 PM

Though the interview of MSNBC is scheduled to air on April 6th, the network has released few clips this week, in which Tim Cook bashed against Facebook.

Tim Cook reprimand Facebook’s business model

At a town hall event in Chicago, CEO criticises Facebook for monetising users’ personal information.

30 Mar 2018 7:03 PM

A user from New Zealand was curious enough to look into is Facebook data, only to find something amiss. He had downloaded his Facebook data using the ‘download archive’ option available on the social platform.

Facebook allegedly records data from calls, texts on Android phones: Report

Facebook deined the allegations stating that they never sell this data, and does not collect the content of your text messages or calls.

26 Mar 2018 4:05 PM

Elon Musk called his father Errol a 'terrible human being' in 2017. (Photo: File)

Elon Musk's estranged father has baby with 30-yr-old stepdaughter

Elon's father, Errol Musk, the South African businessman has reportedly fathered a 10-month-old son with his stepdaughter Jana Bezuidenhout.

26 Mar 2018 3:16 PM

Takedown: Musk-Mark catfight amid data theft fallout

Musk had a touchy relationship with Zuckerberg due to their opinions on technology such as AI.

26 Mar 2018 1:46 AM

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