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Elon Musk’s SpaceX said on Tuesday that it raised $346.2 million in a new round of funding, a day before it launches two American astronauts to the International Space Station. The private rocket company’s launch of its first crewed mission on Wednesday from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida will put an end to the …
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Goodbye, X Æ A-12. Hello, X Æ A-Xii. Grimes and Elon Musk have changed their baby boy’s name, the “Miss Anthropocene” singer said, after it failed to comply with California law. The 32-year-old new mom shared the news on Instagram after a follower asked her what the baby’s new name was. “X Æ A-Xii,” she …
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A 25-year-old skin care consultant gets several text messages and calls each day meant for Tesla CEO Elon Musk, all because AT&T assigned her the billionaire’s old phone number. Lyndsay Tucker, who works at a Sephora in San Jose, Calif., was unwittingly given Musk’s old digits as a college student. Suddenly, she began receiving a …
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he’s “not worried” about Elon Musk making good on his threat to move Tesla out of the state. Newsom said he isn’t concerned about the billionaire Tesla CEO leaving California “any time soon” despite a recent dustup over the reopening of the electric-car maker’s Bay Area plant. “I’ve had a …
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk defied state and county orders by restarting the Tesla auto plant in Fremont, California, after filing a lawsuit against Alameda County for being forced to stop production (Tesla was the only US automaker to be shuttered). Musk’s decision showcases the growing tensions among economic freedom, public health, and shrinking public confidence …
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Lilly Wachowski, the younger half of the sibling duo behind the Matrix movies, ripped entrepreneur Elon Musk and White House adviser Ivanka Trump on Sunday for mentioning the “red pill,” a reference to a key symbol in the trilogy. In the original Matrix, reality as we know it is an illusion maintained by machines, a computer program into …
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Well, Thanksgiving will be fun… The journalist mother of the singer Grimes appears to have lashed out at Elon Musk — the father of her new grandson — in a series of tweets. Sandy Garossino tweeted — then deleted — criticism of the Tesla founder for “blaring [men’s rights activist] bulls–t on Twitter,” just weeks …
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For anyone wondering what newborn X Æ A-12 Musk should be called, grandma Maye Musk can shed some light: “I call him X.” The model and mother of Elon Musk, the 48-year-old CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, is used to watching her son’s escapades hit the headlines. But even by his standards, the past few weeks have …
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Tesla is getting closer to unveiling its first-ever “million mile” car battery. The electric automaker by early next year plans to roll out Model 3 sedans containing a new lower-cost, longer-life battery in China, according to Reuters. The upgraded batteries, which CEO Elon Musk has long teased investors and rivals with, are designed to last …
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“Jay Leno’s Garage” returns May 20 on CNBC (10 p.m.) — with all-new episodes, celebrities and wild car rides. Guests include Adam Carolla, Matt LeBlanc, Rob Riggle, Tim Allen, Fabio and Elon Musk — who took Leno for a drive he won’t soon forget. “He was terrific,” Leno tells The Post about Musk, the billionaire …