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Latest news on billionaire Elon Musk, owner of X (formerly Twitter) and the founder of SpaceX, Tesla and The Boring Company.
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28 Jun 1971
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European Space Agency astronaut Luca Parmitano does a spacewalk at the International Space Station in November 2019. Photo: Nasa via dpa
United States

Nasa reveals Artemis III astronauts in next step towards moon landing

The crew will orbit Earth while practising docking their Orion capsule with two lunar landers.

US-China tech war

SpaceX IPO: views from the ground

US-China tech war

SpaceX IPO set to lift industry in push for space-based AI, solar power: report

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Electric & new energy vehicles

China’s EV giants challenge Tesla in race to commercialise humanoid robots

After years of competing with Tesla in electric vehicles and self-driving technology, Chinese manufacturers are targeting humanoid robots.

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Shaping up: Chinese EV manufacturers including BYD and Xpeng are now accelerating plans to mass-produce humanoid robots. Photo: Kyodo
Artificial intelligence

China launches space computing hub as SpaceX gears up for historic IPO

New institute highlights Beijing’s bid to leapfrog energy bottlenecks and underscores how tech race with US is moving off-planet.

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SCMP Highlights

Chip prodigy returns to China, hybrid crop grown in desert: 7 science highlights

From the world’s first parallel processor to doubts over Elon Musk’s Starship, here are some highlights from SCMP’s recent science reporting.

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Britain

UK Sikhs defend right to carry sacred dagger after student murder backlash

Critics of the religious practice claim that a ‘two-tier’ policing framework protects British ethnic minorities at the expense of others.

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People hold images of victim Henry Nowak as they take part in a protest in Southampton on Tuesday following the murder of Nowak by Vickrum Digwa. Photo: AFP
Britain

Clashes erupt in UK city over racially charged case of handcuffed dying student

Police face investigation for handcuffing 18-year-old Henry Nowak as he lay ⁠dying due to a racism accusation.

IPO

Editorial | SpaceX IPO lift-off could test global equity bull run

Set to be the largest stock debut in history, the SpaceX initial public offering could indicate the depth of investor confidence in the AI boom.

Crime

Life sentence for UK Sikh man who falsely claimed his dying victim racially abused him

Court sentences Vickrum Digwa to 21-year minimum for the murder of Henry Nowak, whose handcuffing by police sparked a fierce backlash.

Vickrum Digwa, 23, has been jailed for the killing of 18-year-old student Henry Nowak. Photo: Hampshire and Isle of Wight constabulary
Technology

Opinion | For SpaceX, global dominance may not be written in the stars

Space is not an ordinary, commercial, open market but a strategic domain tied directly to sovereignty, security and industrial policy.

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The SpaceX Starship and super heavy booster creates sound waves as it lifts off on its 12th test flight from the SpaceX launch complex in Starbase, Texas, US, on May 22. Photo: Reuters
SCMP Highlights

China doubts Musk’s Starship future; ex-TSMC chip prodigy returns: 7 highlights

From Taiwan actress facing backlash to Hong Kong principal resigning over school trip row, here are highlights from SCMP’s recent reporting.

Space

Blue Origin rocket explodes on launch pad during engine-firing test

Jeff Bezos’ space venture hit with a major setback in New Glenn rocket ‘anomaly’.

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SCMP Highlights

Xpeng builds driverless cabs; Tesla launches FSD in China: 7 EV reads

From the oil shock fuelling BEV sales to Chery’s plans to sell 1 million cars abroad, here are seven EV stories you may have missed.

Xpeng’s first robotaxis roll off its production line. Photo: Handout
United States

US moon base plans revealed for what Nasa chief calls ‘the grand return’

US space agency outlines multiphase blueprint, awarding contracts for landers, buggies and drones.

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An artist’s concept of Nasa's plans for its moon base. Photo: Nasa via TNS
Science

Concerns mount in China’s space sector that Musk’s Starship will be a failure

Is the world’s most powerful rocket hitting a wall similar to the engineering limitations experienced decades ago by the Soviet N1?

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2026 Xi-Trump summit

Double standards? How North American conservatives viewed 2 China trips

The North American right cast Trump’s Beijing visit as ‘deal-making diplomacy’ while attacking the Canadian leader for ‘hedging with China’.

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Trending in China

China ‘crazy boss’ shares AI images of self as woman, aims to be world’s richest

Flamboyant entrepreneur who describes Elon Musk as his ‘arch rival’ faces accusations of ‘arrogance’ from tech competitors.

Yu Hao, the founder of the Chinese tech firm Dreame, has been dubbed “crazy boss” for his eccentric online stunts. Photo: QQ.com
IPO

How Hong Kong investors can gain exposure to SpaceX’s record-breaking US$75b IPO

Options for potential exposure include brokerages offering access to US stocks, buying into SpaceX’s partners, and exchange-traded funds.

Hong Kong stock market

SpaceX share sale won’t drain Hong Kong IPO boom, JPMorgan says

Bank sees strong demand for Chinese AI, robotics and healthcare listings despite SpaceX’s projected record-breaking IPO in the US.

US-China tech war

A cloud above the clouds: US, China jockey for position in computing space race

China could be a leading player in the new technological battlefield, but the US has a substantial lead in essential tools such as reusable rockets.

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Illustration: Henry Wong
United States

SpaceX launches its biggest, most beefed-up Starship yet on test flight

CEO Musk hopes the rocket will get people to Mars one day, but he must first beat Bezos’ Blue Origin to help Nasa put astronauts on the moon.

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SpaceX’s Starship makes a test flight from Starbase, Texas, on Friday. Photo: AP
Robotics

Inside the Chinese auto-glass maker whose chairman sat beside Elon Musk

Fuyao Glass, which holds 35 per cent of the world market for automotive glass, banks on automation to cement its position.

2026 Xi-Trump summit

Selfies and symbolism: behind the scenes from Xi’s summit with Trump, Putin

From the Beijing Great Hall’s fancy ceiling to Elon Musk’s son’s bag, little details stole the spotlight in Xi’s summit with Trump and Putin.

Artificial intelligence

Pair charged in US under new law for creating AI celebrity porn

Arrests mark some of the earliest prosecutions under the Take It Down Act as the US cracks down on explicit ‘deepfakes’.

A promotional display for the Take It Down Act, which criminalises the online distribution of non-consensual sexual imagery. Photo: AP
IPO

Hong Kong set to be ousted by Nasdaq as world’s biggest IPO market

International investors remain interested in Hong Kong tech listings due to attractive valuations, UBS and JPMorgan say.

Nasdaq is set to become the world's biggest IPO market this year with the SpaceX listing. Photo: Reuters
Electric & new energy vehicles

Tesla’s FSD launch in China heats up competition with domestic EV makers

The long-awaited roll-out received approval from regulators a week after Tesla CEO Elon Musk visited China as part of a US delegation.

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2026 Xi-Trump summit

Why Elon Musk’s post spotlighting Chinese infrastructure has reignited a debate

Video featuring vast Chongqing East Railway Station draws millions of views within hours, but some criticise apparent AI-generated footage.

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