Sep 28 SpaceX's supersized Starship launches into orbit for the first time but flight ends early By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press The spacecraft reentered over the Pacific and splashed down north of Hawaii three hours after blasting off from Texas. The company had been aiming for a 10-hour flight, spanning six full laps around Earth, to prove its readiness for NASA’s… Continue reading
Sep 15 Tech CEOs call for AI regulation. Trump and Congress are not rushing to act By Steven Sloan, Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press The technology industry's increasingly urgent warnings about the potential harm of artificial intelligence are slamming into political intransigence in Washington, offering a fresh test of the federal government's willingness and ability to confront what may become a defining issue of… Continue reading
Aug 26 Zelenskyy gives Ukraine's Order of Freedom award to Musk for Starlink's role in war effort By Associated Press Starlink has become deeply embedded in Ukraine’s military operations, with commanders and soldiers relying on satellite connectivity to communicate and coordinate operations. Continue reading
Jul 23 Earnings at Musk's Tesla fall as spending on research cuts into profit from selling cars By Alex Veiga, Associated Press While the core car business had a solid quarter, Tesla is now focused on building out the infrastructure and AI software that underpins its robotaxis and robotics businesses, which Musk has said are the future of the company. And doing so requires a… Continue reading
Jun 12 Elon Musk could become the world's first trillionaire with SpaceX's IPO By Bernard Condon, Associated Press Elon Musk may never colonize Mars as promised, but enough investors consider the SpaceX founder to be a sort of miracle man that they'll help him reach another fantastic goal Friday when he takes the rocket company public. Continue reading
Jun 11 Watch 6:13 Why SpaceX is rocketing toward largest IPO in stock market history By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas SpaceX, the rocket company founded by Elon Musk, will be going public and is expected to become the largest IPO in stock market history. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Ron Insana. Continue watching
Jun 11 What to know about the stabbing that set off fiery riots in Northern Ireland By Brian Melley, Associated Press A savage knife attack on a Northern Ireland street set off two nights of fiery riots stoked by anti-migrant rhetoric. Continue reading
Jun 03 SpaceX plans to raise up to $75 billion in an IPO that would be the largest ever and could make Elon Musk a trillionaire By Bernard Condon, Associated Press SpaceX says it plans to raise up to $75 billion when it goes public this month, setting the stage for the largest-ever stock market debut and putting Elon Musk on course to becoming the world's first trillionaire. Continue reading
May 21 SpaceX reveals plans for what could be the biggest-ever initial public offering By Bernard Condon, Associated Press Elon Musk announced plans Wednesday for one of the biggest stock sales ever by taking public a space company that is currently losing billions of dollars a year. Continue reading
May 18 Watch 5:54 Jury throws out Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman By Geoff Bennett, Ryan Connelly Holmes A federal judge in California dismissed a lawsuit from Elon Musk against the maker of ChatGPT after a jury found that he exceeded the statute of limitations. Musk had claimed that OpenAI betrayed its original mission of developing artificial intelligence… Continue watching