NEW YORK: Calling him a “clown, genius, edgelord, visionary, industrialist, showman,” Time magazine has named Tesla CEO Elon Musk as its Person of the Year for 2021. Musk, who is also the founder and CEO space exploration company SpaceX, recently passed Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as the world’s wealthiest person as the rising price of… Continue reading Time magazine’s "Person of the Year" is Elon Musk
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Billionaire Launches Startup to Reprogram Human Gene Expression
Image by Getty Images/Futurism Billionaire Coinbase founder Brian Armstrong has launched a new “epigenetic reprogramming” company, called NewLimit, with the goal of greatly extending the human lifespan. Armstrong is collaborating with Blake Byers, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur with a Stanford PhD in bioengineering, to stop aging in its tracks. “NewLimit will start by deeply interrogating… Continue reading Billionaire Launches Startup to Reprogram Human Gene Expression
New Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Alleges Disgusting Behavior at Tesla Factory
Is Tesla’s Fremont factory a “frat house”? Lawsuit Madness Tesla has been hit with a sexual harassment suit by a factory worker — for the second time in two weeks. As Reuters and others report, a woman who worked on the assembly line at Tesla’s Fremont, California factory said she suffered “sexual harassment on a near-daily… Continue reading New Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Alleges Disgusting Behavior at Tesla Factory
Factbox-Tesla’s Musk sells shares worth nearly $13 billion
Dec 13 (Reuters) – Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has sold nearly $13 billion worth of shares since early November when the world’s richest person polled Twitter users about offloading 10% of his stake in the electric-car maker. The billionaire sold another 934,091 shares for $906 million on Monday to pay for… Continue reading Factbox-Tesla’s Musk sells shares worth nearly $13 billion
Musk sells Tesla shares worth $906.5 million – filings
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends the Tesla Shanghai Gigafactory groundbreaking ceremony in Shanghai, China January 7, 2019. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo Dec 13 (Reuters) – Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has sold another 934,091 shares of the electric vehicle maker worth $906.5 million, U.S. securities filings showed on Monday. He also exercised stock… Continue reading Musk sells Tesla shares worth $906.5 million – filings
The Station: Intel eyes an IPO for Mobileye and how Elon influenced Autopilot
The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every weekend in your inbox. Hello readers: Welcome to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B. This… Continue reading The Station: Intel eyes an IPO for Mobileye and how Elon influenced Autopilot
Kronos hit with ransomware, warns of data breach and ‘several week’ outage
HR management platform Kronos has been hit with a ransomware attack, revealing that information from many of its high-profile customers may have been accessed. UKG, Kronos’ parent company, said the vital service will be out for “several weeks” and urged customers to “evaluate and implement alternative business continuity protocols related to the affected UKG solutions.”… Continue reading Kronos hit with ransomware, warns of data breach and ‘several week’ outage
Tesla releases new charger faceplates that matches car colors – holiday gift for Tesla owners?
Tesla has released a new product today – Wall Connector faceplates that match its vehicle paint colors. Is it a perfect holiday gift for Tesla owners? Tesla’s Wall Connector – which is used as a home charging station and for the automaker’s Destination Charging network – is a very popular charging station due to its… Continue reading Tesla releases new charger faceplates that matches car colors – holiday gift for Tesla owners?
Researchers trigger new exploit by renaming an iPhone and a Tesla
Security researchers investigating the recently discovered and “extremely bad” Log4Shell exploit claim to have used it on devices as varied as iPhones and Tesla cars. Per screenshots shared online, changing the device name of an iPhone or Tesla to a special exploit string was enough to trigger a ping from Apple or Tesla servers, indicating… Continue reading Researchers trigger new exploit by renaming an iPhone and a Tesla
Tesla expands system to prevent gas cars from ICEing Superchargers
If there’s one thing that will make a greenie see red, it’s pulling up to a public charging stall only to find that it’s been ICEd out by a gas-burning vehicle (which always seems to be a giant truck or SUV with bellicose bumper stickers). In 2019, Tesla began testing anti-ICEing devices that pop up… Continue reading Tesla expands system to prevent gas cars from ICEing Superchargers