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Elon Musk
Latest news on billionaire Elon Musk, owner of X (formerly Twitter) and the founder of SpaceX, Tesla and The Boring Company.
Born
28 Jun 1971
Industry
Business, Technology
Job Title
Businessman
Elon Musk arrives for US President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of the US Congress in Washington on March 4. Photo: AFP/Getty Images/TNS
US-China relations

Trump dismisses reports Musk to get Pentagon briefing on US-China conflict plans

Beijing ‘will not even be mentioned or discussed’, American leader says, as world’s richest man slams ‘maliciously false information’.

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Science

How China is solving the nightmare that killed Elon Musk’s Hyperloop

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Artificial intelligence

Musk’s xAI joins Microsoft-BlackRock US$30 billion AI fund

Donald Trump

White House accuses US judges of ‘usurping’ Trump’s authority

Donald Trump and his allies escalate their attacks against judges who have ruled against his administration.

White House Press Secretary Karoline on Wednesday. Photo: EPA-EFE
United States

Judge ‘offended’ but does not bar Musk’s Doge from US Institute of Peace

Judge criticises the way in which Doge staff entered USIP’s headquarters with help of police.

US-China relations

China-US trust issues threaten hope of diplomatic backchannel: Joerg Wuttke

Former president of EU Chamber of Commerce in China says it is ‘completely nonsense’ to believe the US can pull Russia from Beijing’s orbit.

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Electric & new energy vehicles

Xpeng says robotics industry will get bigger than automotive sector

Xpeng plans to mass produce humanoid robots and flying cars for the consumer market by the end of next year.

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Workers at an Xpeng factory in Guangdong province. Photo: Xinhua
Science

Chinese breakthrough challenges Elon Musk’s verdict on paralysed patients

Patients with spinal cord injuries have been offered the chance to walk again after the success of a Chinese trial.

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Technology

Opinion | Forget Doge, it’s Musk’s Tesla that looks in need of a rescue

Once an audacious pioneer in electric cars, Tesla is being out-competed by cheaper, more innovative rivals and suffering by association with Musk.

Donald Trump

US judge bars Musk, Doge from further efforts to shut down USAID

Elon Musk’s actions likely violated the US Constitution, judge Theodore Chuang says.

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Elon Musk has been leading Donald Trump’s government cost-slashing efforts. Photo: AP
Donald Trump

US Chief Justice Roberts rebukes Trump over call for judge’s impeachment

Roberts defends judiciary’s independence against Trump attacks, emphasises impeachment is not for judicial disagreements.

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Donald Trump’s bid to amass power in the executive has increasingly raised fears he will openly defy the judiciary, triggering a constitutional crisis. Photo: Reuters
Robotics

China’s Shenzhen Dobot excites investors with US$27,500 humanoid

The Hong Kong-listed company has begun taking pre-orders for the robot, with mass production expected by mid-2025.

United States

US Institute of Peace says Doge has broken into its building

Trump targeted the organisation and a few others in an executive order that aims to shrink the size of the federal government.

US-China relations

China’s Global Times praises Trump cuts to Voice of America, Radio Free Asia

US media broadcasters have long drawn criticism from Beijing over reporting critical of mainland government’s human rights record.

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The Voice of America headquarters near the US Capitol in Washington on Monday. Photo: EPA-EFE
Canada

On Balance | How the allure of US exceptionalism is fading for Canada

Disillusioned by the Trump administration’s tariff war, more Canadians are seemingly looking at their national differences as strengths.

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Canadian prime minister-designate Mark Carney gestures to the press in Ottawa, Canada, on March 10. Carney was sworn in as prime minister on March 14. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

DeepSeek’s success lies in singular focus on innovation, AI scientist says

Hong Kong PolyU’s Yang Hongxia says China’s DeepSeek is purely engaged in AI model development.

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United States

US Senate passes bill to avert shutdown, House Democrats turn on Schumer

The top Senate Democrat backed down on blocking the Republican bill, exposing a rift with party members hoping to stand up to Trump.

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Donald Trump

US expels South African ambassador, saying he ‘hates’ Trump

Trump has cut US financial aid to South Africa, citing disapproval of its land policy and of its World Court genocide case against Israel.

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South Africa’s Ambassador to the US Ebrahim Rasool speaks at the his country’s embassy in Washington in December 2013. Photo: AP
Donald Trump

Meet McLaurine Pinover, the Trump employee posting ‘influencer’ content at work

McLaurine Pinover, communications director at the US agency responsible for laying off thousands of federal workers, has been posting OOTD pics from work – and it’s not gone down well.

Electric & new energy vehicles

Tesla plans cheaper model to put brakes on China sales slide

The US company’s share of the world’s largest EV market has dropped to 4.3 per cent from more than 16 per cent in 2022.

United States

Outside In | Elon Musk and the worrying political reach of the super-rich

This unprecedented empowerment of the US ‘political donor class’ risks jeopardising the proper functioning of democracy.

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Elon Musk speaks at US President Donald Trump’s first cabinet meeting in Washington on February 26. Photo: Reuters
Robotics

UBTech debuts US$41,000 humanoid as robot frenzy grips China

Standing at 1.7 metres, the Tien Kung Xingzhe can walk 10km per hour and navigate various terrains, including sand and snow.

UBTech Robotics has launched a life-size research-purpose humanoid robot, Tien Kung Xingzhe. Photo: Handout
Electric & new energy vehicles

Tesla pins hope on refreshed Model Y to revive faltering sales in China

Orders for the revamped model, which starts from US$36,292 have crossed 200,000 units, according to Chinese tech site 36kr.

United States

Nasa and SpaceX delay flight that was to retrieve stranded US astronauts

Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been stuck in space for nine months after a trip on Boeing’s faulty Starliner.

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United States

US shutdown looms as Democrats say they will block Republican spending bill

But such a move would risk shifting some of the blame for an increasingly shaky US economy from Trump onto the rival party.

Democratic Senate leader Charles Schumer speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. Photo: AP
US-China relations

US needs H-1B visas for tech race with China, says Democrat ‘glad’ Trump agrees

Highly skilled foreign workers cited as vital, especially in quantum computing, much to some Republicans’ chagrin.

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US congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, an Illinois Democrat, serves on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party. Photo: Reuters
Artificial intelligence

Opinion | AI is no longer a mere investment, but a matter of sovereignty

As the US-China race for primacy in artificial intelligence heats up, nations must boost their capabilities or fall behind in the global divide.

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China-EU relations

Europe’s Trump dilemma: must it de-risk from both the US and China at once?

Brussels presses on with building buffers against Beijing despite growing calls in Europe to cut ties with Washington.

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