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☆ Elon Musk is on track to become the world’s first trillionaire very soon
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Matt Egan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —Elon Musk’s sprawling empire — spanning everything from electric vehicles and social media to space rockets and miniature brain implants — may soon make him the world’s first trillionaire. Now, Musk could become the world’s first trillionaire, a milestone that Informa Connect Academy says he’s on track to hit by 2027. The EV maker founded by Musk has become the world’s most valuable auto company, with a price tag of about $710billion. Musk owns another 303 million stock options linked to his epic and controversial compensation package, which was struck down by a judge but then revived and approved by shareholders. As Bloomberg notes, Musk owns about 42% of SpaceX, a private company valued in June at a whopping $210 billion.

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☆ Elon Musk's X is a financial 'disaster,' co-authors of new book 'Character Limit' say
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailElon Musk's X is a financial 'disaster,' co-authors of new book 'Character Limit' sayNew York Times technology reporters and co-authors of 'Character Limit' Kate Conger and Ryan Mac join CNBC's "Squawk on the Street" to discuss their new book examining Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter, how the controversial figure has changed his stance politically over the past several years, and more.

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☆ Trump pivots from second apparent assassination attempt to more incendiary claims
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-17 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Ex-President Donald Trump responded to a second apparent assassination attempt that he blames on incendiary political rhetoric by inflaming the situation even more. He accused President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris of inviting assassins to target him when they warn that he is a threat to democracy. But Trump’s claims that Biden and Harris bear direct culpability underscore the extreme nature of his own political instincts. Biden and Trump had a telephone conversation, and the president conveyed his relief that his erstwhile rival was safe. And when he refused to concede that he lost the 2020 election, Trump called supporters to Washington, DC, and told them to “fight like hell” or they wouldn’t have a country anymore.

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☆ Where the race stands with 50 days to go: From the Politics Desk
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( The Politics Desk | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

In today’s edition, senior political editor Mark Murray breaks down where the polling stands 50 days out from Election Day. Plus, we look at how Donald Trump is dispensing with unity in his response to the apparent second assassination attempt against him. Where the 2024 race stands with 50 days to goBy Mark MurrayJust 50 days out from the 2024 presidential election, Democrats are in a stronger place than they’ve been in this entire year because of their switch in candidates, but the contest remains close. In turning so fast to Biden and Harris, Trump skipped past appeals for sympathy and even a perfunctory call for calm or unity. Some Trump allies believe that the campaign squandered an opportunity for unity following the first assassination attempt.

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Elon Musk said his now-deleted X post about how “no one is even trying to assassinate” Vice President and Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden was intended to be a joke. The tech billionaire’s comment came after what the FBI is investigating as an “apparent assassination” attempt on former President Donald Trump on Sunday. Musk, who owns X, had posted a response to a user who had asked, “Why they want to kill Donald Trump?” Musk, who took over X — then Twitter — in October 2022, has been known to elevate debunked conspiracy theories on the platform. Musk on Monday also responded to a post from Donald Trump Jr. on X about the former president. “The incitement to hatred and violence against President Trump by the media and leading Democrats needs to stop” Musk wrote.

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He said their rhetoric is responsible for threats and violence against him, even though they routinely denounce political violence and did so on Sunday. In turning so fast to Biden and Harris, Trump skipped past appeals for sympathy and even a perfunctory call for calm or unity. The Secret Service fired at a suspect, who fled and was quickly apprehended by police. "I am thankful that former President Trump is safe." The area around Trump International Golf Club was secured after an apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Sunday.

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☆ Larry Ellison says he and Elon Musk 'begged' Jensen Huang for GPUs over dinner
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Larry Ellison said he and Elon Musk begged Nvidia's Jensen Huang for more GPUs at a dinner. Ellison also discussed Oracle's AI ambitions, including building a supercomputer with Nvidia GPUs. AdvertisementLarry Ellison really, really wants to get his hands on more Nvidia GPUs. The Oracle cofounder and chairman said he had dinner with Elon Musk and Nvidia chief Jensen Huang at Nobu in Palo Alto, where the longtime friends were "begging" Huang for GPUs. On Oracle's earnings call last week, Ellison said: "I would describe the dinner as me and Elon begging Jensen for GPUs."

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☆ Elon Musk deletes X post about Biden, Harris assassination threats after backlash
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Marc Piasecki | Getty ImagesTesla CEO and X majority owner Elon Musk wrote and then deleted a Sunday post on X that appeared to question why there weren't more assassination threats made against President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Musk, who has 197.8 million listed followers on X, posted the message shortly after a second apparent assassination attempt against Republican former President Donald Trump. The post was prompted by an X user who asked, "Why they want to kill Donald Trump?" "Well, one lesson I've learned is that just because I say something to a group and they laugh doesn't mean it's going to be all that hilarious as a post on X," Musk posted at 2:58 a.m. E.T. The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment on Musk's post.

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☆ United inks deal with Elon Musk's SpaceX to offer free WiFi on flights
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

United Airlines will soon offer free WiFi via Elon Musk's Starlink service on all its flights. United is the latest airline to use Starlink, after Hawaiian airlines and regional carrier JSX. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementUnited Airlines is turning to Elon Musk's satellite service to offer free WiFi on its flights. The airline announced on Friday it had struck a deal with SpaceX and will soon provide free WiFi on all its aircraft using the company's satellite internet provider, Starlink.

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☆ Elon Musk deletes post questioning the Trump assassination attempt
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( David Goldman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Elon Musk deleted a post Monday morning that questioned why former President Donald Trump has faced two apparent assassination attempts in recent months while President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have not encountered any. “And no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala 🤔,” Musk wrote in the now-deleted X post. However, Musk subsequently responded to a similar post, replying with a thinking face emoji to a photo that noted the four presidents who preceded Trump faced no assassination attempts when Trump has apparently encountered two. CNN requested comment from the Secret Service, which is tasked with investigating perceived threats against the president and vice president – sometimes even if they are made in jest. Musk endorsed Trump for president after an assassination attempt in July, and he hosted Trump last month in an interview on X.It’s part of a rightward shift for Musk that has gained steam in recent years.

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☆ Elon Musk says he's learned a lesson
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Donald Trump survived what appears to be a second assassination attempt on Sunday. Elon Musk then posted on X, asking why there have been no assassination attempts on Biden or Harris. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! In a now-deleted post, Musk questioned why there have been no assassination attempts on President Joe Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris. The FBI is now probing what it says appears to be a second attempted assassination of Trump.

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☆ Mark Cuban says he would buy both Fox News and X if he had an in
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Mark Cuban says he would take over Fox News and X, formerly Twitter, if he could. Fox News is too expensive and Elon Musk is unlikely to sell X, Cuban told Wired's Lauren Goode. Advertisement"Shark Tank" star Mark Cuban says he would buy Fox News and X if he could. "If I had enough money to do it, which I don't, I'd buy it in a heartbeat," Cuban said of purchasing Fox News. Buying Fox News, Cuban said earlier in his interview, would serve as an antidote to a demographic he calls the "Fox News generation."

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☆ Larry Ellison becomes world's second-richest man, dethroning Jeff Bezos as Oracle stock surges
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Annie Palmer | In Annierpalmer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Larry Ellison, chairman and co-founder of Oracle Corp., speaks during the Oracle OpenWorld 2017 conference in San Francisco on Oct. 1, 2017. Oracle shares surged more than 6% on Monday, continuing their recently rally and propelling Chairman Larry Ellison to become the world's second-richest person, snatching the title from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Bezos, who had been the second-richest person on and off since 2016, is worth $202 billion. The stock surge caused Ellison to briefly pass Bezos as the world's second-richest person on Friday, before the Amazon founder reclaimed the title. Oracle said last week that it would partner with Amazon's cloud computing unit to enable its database services on dedicated hardware.

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☆ I'm running out of things to say about Elon Musk and his terrible tweets
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Peter Kafka | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewDid Elon Musk just tweet something terrible on Twitter? Did Elon Musk then realize it was so terrible — even by his standards — that he needed to delete that tweet? "Elon Musk says he's learned a lesson," as my colleagues at Business Insider put it. But, as always, it doesn't matter who Elon Musk has working on his Twitter ads business as long as Elon Musk keeps tweeting. AdvertisementAlso: A reminder that in addition to owning Twitter and using it to tweet terrible things, Elon Musk is the world's richest man and has enormous power.

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☆ Vance blames liberal rhetoric for apparent assassination attempt against Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Kit Maher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —JD Vance on Monday blamed liberal rhetoric for the apparent assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump over the weekend. “I’d say that’s pretty strong evidence that the left needs to tone down the rhetoric, and needs to cut this crap out,” he continued. “But in particular, the people telling you that Donald Trump needs to be eliminated. “The U.S. Secret Service is aware of the social media post made by Elon Musk and as a matter of practice, we do not comment on matters involving protective intelligence,” a Secret Service spokesman told CNN. The Secret Service later said the suspect had no line of sight on the former president.

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But increasingly concerned Republicans fear the Trump team is firing blanks. So I just think that’s super overblown criticism by people who don’t know what they’re talking about.”‘Some groups are better than others’Concerns over Republican field efforts are nothing new. Large-scale conservative canvassing efforts, these Republicans explained, were plagued with issues including fraudulent and untrustworthy data entries. The senior Trump campaign official said the campaign was not caught off guard by Turning Point having a more limited scope, saying it has been working closely with the organization. “You gotta remember, Donald Trump got more votes for a sitting president than ever before in history,” this person said.

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☆ Insider Today: The unstoppable Sam Altman
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

If you're sick of me running the Sunday edition for Matt Turner, I have good news: He's back next week. On the agenda today:This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. AdvertisementThe first in-person meeting between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump had plenty of fireworks . (JD Vance, Trump's running mate, isn't worried .) AdvertisementBusiness Insider spoke to some middle managers who said the stress was enough for them to consider asking for a demotion.

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☆ Elon Musk has beef with the FAA. The agency still puts in a lot of work for him.
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A SpaceX spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment sent during the weekend. AdvertisementIn an interview on Monday at the All-In Summit, Musk mocked the FAA for the time it has taken the agency to approve SpaceX launches. An FAA spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment sent during the weekend. Unfortunately for the FAA, Musk isn't doling out any points for trying. Murray defended his office against claims from SpaceX and Musk that the agency was needlessly delaying the launch of Starship.

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☆ SpaceX's Polaris Dawn crew returns to Earth victorious, making huge gains in Elon Musk's plans to send humans to Mars
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewSpaceX's Polaris Dawn crew successfully returned to Earth on Sunday, bringing Elon Musk one step closer to his dream of settling Mars. They donned new SpaceX spacesuits that had never been tested in orbit, opened their ship to the vacuum of space, and conducted the first-ever commercial spacewalk. On top of that, they exposed themselves to high levels of space radiation, much higher than what astronauts aboard the International Space Station undergo in the same time period. People traveling to Mars would be exposed to immense amounts of space radiation for months. So the Crew Dragon spacecraft flew through two donuts of intense radiation surrounding Earth, called the Van Allen belts.

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☆ Elon Musk's Tesla and 18 other stocks can soar if Trump wins — but investors in these 19 companies should be cheering for Harris
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( James Faris | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Here are 19 stocks that will do best if Republicans sweep, and 19 others to buy if Democrats win. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! Either Donald Trump will take back the Oval Office, or Vice President Kamala Harris will get the promotion of a lifetime. Throughout 2024, Business Insider has rounded up ideas about the intersection of the election and markets from firms like Bernstein, Goldman Sachs, and Barclays, plus investing legends like Steve Eisman. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

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☆ Elon Musk's battle for free speech is getting expensive
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-15 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Still, the seizure indicates that Musk will face significant financial costs to sustain battles over his stated goal of protecting free speech online. Like the US, Brazil has enshrined speech protections in its constitution, but the Brazilian government has wider discretion to ban certain kinds of speech than the US government. The battle between Musk and de Moraes has escalated for months, leading to the seizure of funds from X and SpaceX. It didn't even have a chance to defend itself," The Associated Press reported Brazilian jurist Lênio Streck said on social media.

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☆ How AI images of cats and ducks powered the pet-eating rumor mill
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( David Ingram | David Ingram Is A Tech Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

The rumor mill about immigrants attacking household pets got its start in thinly sourced anecdotes shared at government meetings and on social media. Some of the images shared by social media users were openly prejudiced, showing Black people chasing after cats. These images and videos often create a more engaging and shareable post — regardless of whether they’re based in truth. There were cats holding military-style rifles to defend themselves, cats holding up political signs, cats and ducks sitting side-by-side, AI-generated humans holding cat-related signs and cats and ducks being cuddled by Trump. At least two of the widely viewed AI videos of Trump and animals were made using the software of Chinese AI startup MiniMax, according to watermarks on the videos.

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☆ SpaceX Polaris Dawn spacewalk: Why it was a historic milestone
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Jackie Wattles | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn crew is beginning its fifth day in orbit, having marked a few record-setting milestones on a historic journey — including the world’s first commercial spacewalk. Polaris Dawn crew member and SpaceX engineer Sarah Gillis emerges from the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule during the first commercial spacewalk on Thursday. The Polaris Dawn mission's Crew Dragon capsule is seen Wednesday 870 miles (1,400 kilometers) above Earth — the farthest humans have traveled since the Apollo program over 50 years ago. The riskiest part of the journey may be over, but the Polaris Dawn crew still has a key milestone ahead: coming home. Polaris Dawn mission commander and Shift4 Payments CEO Jared Isaacman is seen anchored to a ladder dubbed the "skywalker" by SpaceX during his spacewalk.

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☆ Elon Musk's ideas about government efficiency are all wrong, political scientists say
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

But two political scientists told Business Insider that Musk's desire to run the US government like a private business — an approach many private sector professionals have supported for decades — isn't as foolproof as the CEO might think. AdvertisementTrump, a businessman turned politician, based much of his first presidential campaign on the notion that his experience in the private sector would guide his approach to politics. "In the private sector, the motive is profit. "But inefficiency in the private sector isn't the same." Advertisement"A business isn't really self-correcting, at least not as easily as government is," Crouse said.

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☆ United Airlines to offer free Wi-Fi using Starlink from Elon Musk's SpaceX
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-13 | by ( Leslie Josephs | Michael Sheetz | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

United Airlines said Friday that it plans to offer inflight Wi-Fi for free using Starlink from Elon Musk’s SpaceX on its hundreds of jetliners, the biggest inflight internet deal yet for the satellite service provider. The team-up comes as airlines have been investing in faster inflight Wi-Fi, sometimes offering it for free, in a bid to attract higher-paying customers like business travelers. Delta Air Lines announced in early 2023 that onboard internet would be free for members of its SkyMiles loyalty program. Hawaiian Airlines, which has a deal with Starlink, also offers complimentary inflight Wi-Fi. JetBlue Airways has offered free Wi-Fi for years.

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