Elon Musk’s Boring Company raises $113M for tunnels, with Musk investing the most A newly reported investment round has brought in $112.5 million for the Boring Company, the venture that billionaire techie Elon… Read More
Elon Musk admits that Tesla relied on ‘excessive automation,’ says ‘humans are underrated’ Tesla relied too much on robots, and not enough on humans. That’s what Elon Musk admitted on Friday, tweeting that… Read More
Elon Musk’s SpaceX aims to raise $500M as it makes progress on its Big F’n Rocket Elon Musk’s SpaceX is aiming to raise up to $507 million in a new funding round, according to documents filed… Read More
TLDR: Congress releases Zuckerberg’s testimony, ?ear-cleaning headphones, ?Elon Musk shows off SpaceX tool [Editor’s Note: TLDR is GeekWire’s daily news rundown, hosted by Starla Sampaco. Watch today’s update above, subscribe to GeekWire on YouTube for every… Read More
What a tool! Elon Musk shows off what SpaceX will use to build BFR spaceship To build a big frickin’ spaceship, you need a big frickin’ rack to put it on. And SpaceX has the… Read More
Elon Musk touts scary movie about AI as an ‘immortal dictator’ – and it’s free! If you want to get really scared about the future, you could see “A Quiet Place” this weekend at your… Read More
Elon Musk turns Tesla’s troubles into April Fools’ joke — but flamethrowers are real Between Model S recalls and Model 3 production snags, Tesla has been having a hard time lately — but not as… Read More
Bezos, Musk and more: Space billionaires take the spotlight in books and on TV Space is hard: That used to be the excuse for explaining why sending people into space would always be something… Read More
Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain-chip venture reportedly looks into rodent experiments If Neuralink, the brain-chip company backed by billionaire Elon Musk, ever wants to hook up minds and machines, it’ll have… Read More
Elon Musk takes the wraps off the Boring Company’s next product line: bricks What do you do for an encore after you’ve sold 20,000 flamethrowers? If you’re billionaire Elon Musk, you sell rocks.… Read More
Elon Musk Q&A: First Mars spaceship is being built, with flight tests set for 2019 SpaceX is building its first Mars transport vehicle, also known as the BFR, and “making good progress” toward short-hop test… Read More
Elon Musk shifts focus of his grand tunnel vision from cars to walkers and cyclists Tesla cars riding electric-powered tracks? Forget about it, at least for now. Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla and founder… Read More
Elon Musk enlists Tesla’s all-electric Semi trucks to ship Tesla’s battery packs “Eat Your Own Dog Food” is an aphorism referring to the Microsoft tradition of using its own software products, but it… Read More
Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi takes up Elon Musk’s challenge on flying cars vs. tunnels Pop up some more popcorn: Billionaire Elon Musk has gotten himself into another CEO vs. CEO challenge, this time with… Read More
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai endorses SpaceX’s plan for satellite broadband service SpaceX’s plan to beam broadband services to America and the world via its Starlink satellite constellation got a big thumbs-up… Read More
Elon Musk’s Boring Company and 3 other firms vie to build Chicago airport tunnel The Boring Company, created by billionaire Elon Musk to revolutionize the market for tunnels and flamethrowers, is one of four… Read More
Good news for Starman: Spacefaring Tesla Roadster will miss Mars and asteroids It took a day or two, but astronomers have figured out where the Tesla Roadster launched into deep space aboard… Read More
Elon Musk marvels at Falcon Heavy’s triumph, looks ahead to bigger rocket CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — SpaceX’s billionaire founder, Elon Musk, says that even he was surprised by how successful the first flight… Read More
Internet users – including Donald Trump – are over the moon about SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket didn’t blow up on the launch pad, but it did blow up the internet. More than… Read More
Watch ‘Starman’ drift: SpaceX’s Tesla reaches the ultimate cruising altitude and rides off into space This might be the ultimate space oddity. High above his home planet, where millions of people are no doubt sitting… Read More
Elon Musk explains why SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket is risky – and revolutionary CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Launching the Falcon Heavy rocket is arguably one of the riskiest operations that SpaceX has ever… Read More
Jeff Bezos wishes SpaceX ‘best of luck’ with Falcon Heavy – and Elon Musk replies with a smooch All eyes are on Elon Musk as his company SpaceX gets ready to launch its first Falcon Heavy rocket from… Read More
SpaceX’s Elon Musk adds a ‘Starman’ to the Tesla Roadster he’s sending into space CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — When SpaceX launches a Tesla Roadster sports car into deep space atop its very first Falcon… Read More
Elon Musk sells 20,000 Boring Company flamethrowers, plus free fire extinguishers Even if billionaire Elon Musk ever decides to pack it in as CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, he can point… Read More
No joke: Elon Musk’s Boring Company delivers on promise of $500 flamethrower We thought Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, was kidding when he promised that his tunneling venture,… Read More
It’s a date! SpaceX’s Elon Musk sets Falcon Heavy rocket’s huge first launch for Feb. 6 The world’s most powerful rocket finally has a date for its debut: Feb. 6. In a tweet, SpaceX CEO Elon… Read More
A car for Mars: Elon Musk shows Tesla Roadster revving up for Falcon Heavy liftoff After a flurry of speculation, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is showing off his midnight cherry-red Tesla Roadster sports car as… Read More
Podcast Week in Geek Podcast: Elon Musk’s race to Mars takes some unexpected turns Depending on how you see it, Elon Musk is either an innovative genius building the future of mankind or a… Read More
Boeing’s Dennis Muilenburg says he’ll beat SpaceX to Mars; Elon Musk says ‘Do it’ So what does SpaceX CEO Elon Musk think of Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg’s claim that the first people to set… Read More
Elon Musk says his Boring Company will bid to build a transit ‘loop’ for Chicago A loop to the Loop? It could happen: Billionaire Elon Musk says he’s willing to build an express transit system… Read More
