Articles about Elon Musk – Page 2 of 11

Seattle startup founder lobbies for seat on SpaceX craft that will take civilian crew to orbit

The founder of a bootstrapped Seattle startup who launched his company on Kickstarter is looking to hitch a ride to… Read More

Tech tycoon buys SpaceX flight to orbit, sets aside seats for sweepstakes winner (and a fellow techie)

A billionaire CEO who also happens to be a trained jet pilot is buying a days-long flight to orbit aboard… Read More

Tesla stock surge helps power Elon Musk past Jeff Bezos as richest person in the world

Update, Thursday, 4:15 p.m. PT: According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Elon Musk’s net worth late Thursday stood at $195… Read More

SpaceX’s Starship flies high-altitude test that ends with a bang — and with congrats from Jeff Bezos

SpaceX put its Starship super-rocket through its first high-altitude test today — and although the flight ended in a fiery… Read More

‘He has no clue’: Elon Musk offers blunt criticism of Bill Gates’ take on electric trucks

While Elon Musk plans to keep on (electric) truckin’, don’t expect him to pick up a hitchhiking Bill Gates. The… Read More

With Elon Musk’s help, ‘Three Little Pigs’ demonstrate Neuralink’s brain implant

With grudging assistance from a trio of pigs, Neuralink co-founder Elon Musk showed off the startup’s state-of-the-art neuron-reading brain implant… Read More

The $200 billion man: Jeff Bezos crosses into new territory as Amazon’s stock surge fuels riches

Jeff Bezos crossed into new billionaire territory on Wednesday with another surge in Amazon stock that pushed the CEO’s net… Read More

Bill Gates leads $85M investment in Kymeta as satellite broadband venture preps for key rollout

Bill Gates is boosting his bet on next-generation satellite broadband technology, leading a new $85 million funding round for Kymeta… Read More

Public health officials do a reality check on Elon Musk’s tweets about COVID-19 tests

Billionaire Elon Musk knows his stuff when it comes to rockets or electric cars. But does that translate into epidemiological… Read More

Elon Musk tweets, ‘Time to break up Amazon’ as he defends author in dispute over COVID-19 book

Elon Musk jumped to the defense of an author on Twitter on Thursday who was claiming that his book submission… Read More

After seeing milestone launch, President Trump hails space effort as a force for ‘pride and unity’

President Donald Trump held up America’s space effort as a unifying endeavor for a divided nation after becoming only the… Read More

President Trump tweets support for Elon Musk as Tesla reopens Calif. car factory amid pandemic

Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s dispute with county authorities over the reopening of the company’s California car factory was injected into… Read More

NASA confirms it’s working with Tom Cruise (and SpaceX?) to make a movie on space station

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine has confirmed in a tweet that the space agency is working with movie star Tom Cruise… Read More

Jeff Bezos and Satya Nadella join White House’s coronavirus industry groups

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and President Donald Trump aren’t exactly the best of friends, but that didn’t stop the White… Read More

Gov. Inslee on President Trump and COVID-19: ‘We need to make decisions based on science, reality’

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, appearing on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday morning, called for better federal coordination to… Read More

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says there’s nothing to fear from Starlink broadband satellites (and no spin-out)

Will SpaceX’s Starlink broadband satellite constellation ruin astronomy? Will it threaten the telecom industry? Will SpaceX spin out Starlink anytime… Read More

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk touts Starlink satellites and robotic fighter jets at Air Warfare Symposium

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk took a rare deep dive into the workings of his company’s Starlink broadband satellite operation in… Read More

Billionaire beef: Elon Musk charged up over Bill Gates’ purchase of an electric Porsche over a Tesla

Elon Musk seems unhappy about fellow uber rich person Bill Gates’ choice in vehicles. Gates revealed in an interview with… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Amazon’s real HQ2; Iowa caucus tech fallout; augmented reality at the ballpark

Here’s what we’re talking about this week on the GeekWire Podcast. Amazon’s second headquarters may be closer to Seattle than… Read More

‘He does good at rockets’: President Trump pays tangled tribute to Elon Musk’s tech triumphs

President Donald Trump is said to be closely watching the impeachment proceedings on Capitol Hill, but he’s also watching what… Read More

NASA's Jim Bridenstine in SpaceX Crew Dragon simulation

NASA’s chief and SpaceX’s Elon Musk mend fences – and give ‘best guess’ for Crew Dragon’s big flight

NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine visited SpaceX’s headquarters in California today, for what was seen as an opportunity to smooth over… Read More

SpaceX’s Elon Musk lays out a fast and furious plan for Starship super-rocket

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk set a revved-up timeline tonight for testing and building a fleet of Starship rocket ships that… Read More

SpaceX’s Starhopper test rocket takes one giant leap, marking new step toward Mars

A prototype rocket that looks more like a water tower took a 500-foot-high hop today in Texas, blazing a methane-fueled… Read More

Podcast

Headphones, AI, and humanity: What these ‘AirMuffs’ say about the future of technology

These newly released wireless Bluetooth headphones from Seattle startup Human are getting mixed reviews for their appearance, and their initial… Read More

German team registers the top speed (again) in Elon Musk’s Hyperloop pod race

The name may have changed, but the result is the same: For the fourth time in a row, a German… Read More

They choose to avoid the moon: Anti-space event in Seattle urges Bezos and others to focus on Earth

Daniel Smith is over the moon. As in, he’s kind of done hearing about it and the hype surrounding Saturday’s… Read More

SpaceX reports raising a billion dollars for Starlink and Starship space projects

On the heels of a successful 60-satellite launch, SpaceX says it has raised more than $1 billion for its Starlink… Read More

SpaceX’s Elon Musk says ‘goodness’ will come from twice-delayed Starlink launch

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says the launch of 60 Starlink satellites is aimed at spreading “fundamental goodness” in the form… Read More

Elon Musk with XPRIZE executives and winners

Backed by Elon Musk, Global Learning XPRIZE awards $10M to two tech teams

Two educational companies shared the $10 million top award in the Global Learning XPRIZE, a contest backed by Elon Musk,… Read More

Elon Musk reveals how to stuff 60 Starlink satellites on SpaceX’s Falcon rocket

We now know how many of SpaceX’s Starlink broadband data satellites, developed in Redmond, Wash., can be crammed into the… Read More