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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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Business, Technology
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Businessman
Solar energy
How Elon Musk’s space-based AI vision sparked a Chinese solar stock frenzy
Musk’s pursuit of space-based data centres has drawn attention to China’s solar industry, sparking market rallies – and calls for caution.
6 Feb 2026 - 8:52AM
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Electric & new energy vehicles
China’s first ‘Tesla killer’, flying car makers eye lift-off date: 7 EV reads
4 Feb 2026 - 3:00PM
France
France raids X offices, summons Musk over child pornography and deepfake probe
3 Feb 2026 - 8:40PM
SpaceX
Elon Musk merges xAI into SpaceX in record-setting deal
The deal is the biggest M&A transaction of all time, with a combined company valuation of US$1.25 trillion.
3 Feb 2026 - 11:00AM
Donald Trump
‘Total loser’: Trump vows to sue Trevor Noah over Grammys Epstein comment
Trump warns Trevor Noah to ‘get his facts straight’ after 2026 Grammys monologue linked the president to the disgraced Jeffrey Epstein.
2 Feb 2026 - 4:45PM
Robotics
‘Optimus chain’: Chinese suppliers form backbone of Tesla’s humanoid robot plans
Tesla’s pivot to producing humanoid robots is expected to engage a network of key Chinese component makers.
1 Feb 2026 - 2:00PM
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Robotics
Forget soulless humanoid robots like Tesla’s Optimus. This one’s more Wall-E
Fauna Robotics’ humanoid robot Sprout is an attempt to start a focus on ‘approachable’ robots inspired by Wall-E and BB-8, not Terminator.
31 Jan 2026 - 7:15PM
Sexual harassment and assault
Final set of Epstein files released, with mentions of Trump, Musk and Lutnick
The batch contains over 3 million pages of documents, 2,000 videos and 180,000 images.
31 Jan 2026 - 6:39PM
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Electric & new energy vehicles
How Tesla’s AI shift is prompting Chinese rivals to expand tech offerings
As Tesla diversifies into humanoid robots and self-driving cars, its Chinese competitors are also moving into flying cars, robots and chips.
30 Jan 2026 - 1:12PM
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Robotics
China’s humanoid robot sales to double this year as costs fall: Morgan Stanley
The US investment bank revises its China robot sales forecast to 28,000 units this year, while it sees parts prices falling 16 per cent.
30 Jan 2026 - 6:10PM
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China jobs
With AI in the driving seat, China moves to rein in job displacement risks
China’s central government unveils plans for policy to reduce industrial labour pains caused by widespread use of artificial intelligence.
29 Jan 2026 - 7:00PM
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Trending in China
Why tech billionaires enjoy rock star treatment in China compared to the US
From personal foibles to that particular look or ability to charm, the business success of global moguls can rest on setting a narrative.
29 Jan 2026 - 2:13PM
Electric & new energy vehicles
Tesla reports first ever annual revenue decline as China’s EV giants zoom ahead
Tesla’s vehicle production fell 7 per cent year on year in 2025, as Elon Musk signals company will pivot to humanoid robots.
29 Jan 2026 - 5:18PM
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European Union
EU opens probe into Musk’s Grok over sexual AI deepfakes
Brussels targets X with a new probe into ‘digital undressing’, vowing to protect women and children from illegal AI content.
26 Jan 2026 - 7:50PM
South Korea
South Korea begins investigation into Grok, sexually exploitative images
Grok is estimated to have generated around 3 million sexually explicit images between December 29, 2025, and January 8 this year.
25 Jan 2026 - 6:18PM
US-China relations
Can Musk’s Starship upend the strategic order? A Chinese think tank warns it may
Report warns the transporter could help the US military move troops and equipment in space and calls for a ‘proactive’ response.
23 Jan 2026 - 8:01PM
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China energy security
In Davos debut, Musk highlights key China advantage in AI race
China’s energy supply edge was also at the heart of a panel discussion on clean energy in Europe.
23 Jan 2026 - 3:34PM
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Mainland China
China’s rocket start-ups push the envelope as IPOs gather pace
A policy-backed push to build commercial space champions is reshaping China’s IPO pipeline, with regulators signalling faster pathways.
23 Jan 2026 - 3:30PM
Mainland China
The Chinese satellites SpaceX says were on collision course with Starlink
As orbits become more crowded and littered with debris, the US operator is having to move its devices to dodge damage.
23 Jan 2026 - 1:56AM
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Hong Kong society
Elon Musk’s mother reveals hopes, fears for future at Hong Kong fertility forum
Dietitian and model Maye Musk shares views at Global Fertility Crisis Forum, organised by Yuwa Population Research Institute.
23 Jan 2026 - 1:11PM
United States
Bezos’ Blue Origin to deploy thousands of satellites to rival Musk’s Starlink
The TeraWave plan coincides with a rush to build data centres in space that can meet the soaring demand for large-scale AI data processing.
22 Jan 2026 - 1:42PM
US-China trade war
Beijing-Ottawa deal reinforces China’s dominance in EV industry, analysts say
New agreement is set to significantly boost Chinese carmakers’ global expansion and offers easier entry into the North American EV market.
22 Jan 2026 - 5:54AM
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Asean
As more nations block Grok for obscene content, calls for Asean-wide curbs mount
The Philippines should push the fight against deepfakes high on the Asean agenda as the bloc’s chair, analysts say.
21 Jan 2026 - 5:20PM
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Aerospace
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Chinese rivals to Musk’s Starlink wrestle with rocket constraints
The slow pace of Chinese rocket launches is hampering efforts to create alternatives to SpaceX’s Starlink and damping the government’s drive to pare reliance on US technology.
21 Jan 2026 - 12:45PM
SCMP Highlights
Chinese carmakers eye Western markets, China-EU dispute progress: 7 EV reads
From a widening gap in US-China electric vehicle markets to Xiaomi’s refreshed SU7, here are seven EV stories you may have missed.
21 Jan 2026 - 12:30PM
Japan
Japan arrests man for selling AI-generated celebrity porn
A 31-year-old in Japan arrested for using generative AI to create and sell 520,000 explicit images of celebrities for US$70,000 in profit.
20 Jan 2026 - 7:05PM
Robotics
China’s Unitree ships over 5,500 humanoid robots in 2025, surpassing US peers
The Hangzhou-based firm’s output far outstripped the roughly 150 units each shipped by Tesla, Figure AI and Agility Robotics last year.
19 Jan 2026 - 8:15PM
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Malaysia
Impulse control: Malaysia’s social media ban targets teen minds
The government is threatening to pull the plug on social media for under-16s after a spate of youth violence linked to life online.
18 Jan 2026 - 8:00AM
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