"Fun" fact: #ElonMusk's compensation plan, expected to be approved by the combination of retail shareholder enablers and the fact that many major market funds don't vote their shares, would be enough to pay 6-figure salaries to all ~14000 recently laid-off employees for 40 years.
US-Milliardär #Elon#Musk auf Kuschelkurs mit rechten Parteien wie der #AfD?
... er würde von einem Erfolg der angeblichen Patrioten vermutlich mehr profitieren als "der kleine Mann" in Deitschland.
"The first invasive brain chip that Neuralink embedded into a human brain has malfunctioned, with neuron-surveilling threads appearing to have become dislodged from the participant's brain, the company revealed in a blog post Wednesday." #Musk
If Musk will have his way, expensive spend thrift space con will convert earth into the perfect lab for a Mars colony, then we can save on the travel expenses
#Musk has made no secret of his interest in the far-right Alternative for #Germany (#AfD).
The party’s co-leader Alice #Weidel invited Musk to her office after the #Tesla co-founder criticized an extremist Muslim group that held a demonstration in #Hamburg. “Surely demanding overthrow of the government in Germany is illegal,” Musk had written on the platform #X, which he owns.
"US prosecutors: examining whether Tesla committed securities or wire fraud by misleading investors & consumers about its EVs’ self-driving capabilities. Tesla’s Autopilot & Full Self-Driving systems assist with steering, braking & lane changes -but aren't fully autonomous. While #Tesla has warned drivers to stay ready to take over driving, the DOJ is examining other statements by Tesla & Musk suggesting its cars can drive themselves." https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-autopilot-probe-us-prosecutors-focus-securities-wire-fraud-2024-05-08/
#EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry #Breton slapped down a last-ditch German effort to suspend the #IRIS2 satellite communications network — a European rival to #Elon#Musk's #Starlink system.
#Germany's Vice-Chancellor Robert #Habeck, who also serves as economy and climate minister, wants to delay the launch due to worries over what he called an “exorbitant” price tag.
@w7voa
"Autocratic states and other actors, however, have used cyber and digital tools to threaten international peace and stability, harm others, exert malign influence, and undermine the exercise of human rights. An innovative, rights-respecting international cyberspace and digital technology policy strategy is foundational to U.S. strategic, security, economic, and foreign policy interests." #trump #musk #russia #china #iran
Tesla’s relationship with India has also suddenly become tense. Musk’s trip to China appeared to be an implicit snub of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On April 10, Musk had promised to visit India, fuelling hopes about an announcement to build a $3bn electric car plant, only to drop out 10 days later citing “very heavy Tesla obligations”. Nine days after that, he appeared in Beijing.
Longer term, experts are also worried about more clashes between his commercial interests in China and Beijing’s heavy-handed controls on free speech and any criticism of the government. Critics in the US claim he operates a double standard over China and its politics.
During his time in China, Musk used X — despite the platform being banned in the country — to share an audio clip of comedian Jerry Seinfeld bemoaning the negative influence of “the extreme left” and “PC crap” on television comedy. “Make comedy legal again!” Musk wrote, apparently unaware that his hosts in Beijing have recently cracked down on the art form."
#Musk appears to support the far-right & #antisemitism so much that he reinstated Fuentes:
Nick Fuentes, leader of the anti-semitic "groyper" mvt, will be reinstated to X -Musk announced Thurs.
“Very well, he will be reinstated, provided he doesn't violate the law, & let him be crushed by the comments & Community Notes,” Musk said. “It's better to have anti whatever out in the open to be rebutted than grow simmering in the darkness.”