Trump’s advisor Navarro escalates war of words, launches fresh attack on Musk
New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s Trade Advisor Peter Navarro on Monday launched a sharp attack on Elon Musk’s social media platform X and criticised India for buying Russian oil, calling it “blood money”. In a post, Navarro used an expletive and claimed that India did not purchase Russian oil in large […]
Immensely grateful to Musk: CEO Linda Yaccarino resigns from X
New Delhi, July 9 (IANS) Linda Yaccarino on Wednesday announced she is stepping down as the CEO of Elon Musk-owned social media platform X, two years after joining the firm. In a statement on her X handle, Yaccarino said she is “immensely grateful to Musk”. “After two incredible years, I’ve decided to step down as […]
A massive cyberattack hits X, tracing those behind it: Elon Musk
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) Elon Musk on Monday said a massive cyber attack has hit his X social media platform, that disabled millions of users across the globe, including in India, from accessing the popular platform. The X platform went down in a massive global outage as users were unable to access the micro-blogging […]
OpenAI is not for sale, Board tells Elon Musk
San Francisco, Feb 15 (IANS) Sam Altman-run OpenAI on Saturday rejected billionaire Elon Musk’s offer to buy the nonprofit company for $97.4 billion. In a statement on X social media platform, Bret Taylor, Board Chair of OpenAI, called Musk’s bid “an attempt to disrupt his competition.” “OpenAI is not for sale, and the board has […]
Honour to meet PM Narendra Modi, says Elon Musk
New Delhi, Feb 14 (IANS) It was an honour to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said billionaire Elon Musk on Friday, after the duo met and discussed on a host of issues like space, mobility, technology, and innovation. “It was an honour to meet,” PM Modi, said to Musk in a post on social media […]
PM Modi meets Elon Musk ahead of bilateral with Trump
Washington, Feb 13 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday received Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of Tesla and SpaceX and a key advisor to President Donald Trump. Musk called on the Prime Minister at the Blair House, the US government facility less than 100 metres from the White House where he would hold talks […]
USAID headquarters closed on Monday, Musk says aid agency should be ‘shut down’
Washington, Feb 3 (IANS) Elon Musk, the tech billionaire who heads an agency entrusted by US President Donald Trump to increase the efficiency of the federal government, said on Monday that he wants to shut down US Agency for International Development (USAID), an autonomous body of the State Department that is one of the world’s […]
Elon Musk, Sam Altman fight over Stargate on social media
San Francisco, Jan 23 (IANS) The xAI owner Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman are fighting on X about Stargate, the enormous infrastructure project to build data centres for OpenAI across the US. OpenAI said on Tuesday that it would team up with SoftBank and Oracle to build multiple data centres for artificial intelligence […]
OpenAI announces $500 bn AI project, Musk says ‘they don’t actually have the money’
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) As Sam Altman-run OpenAI announced the Stargate Project which intends to invest $500 billion over the next four years building new AI infrastructure in the US — with SoftBank, Oracle and MGX — Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday said “they don’t actually have the money”. According to […]
Indian global outreach group meets Elon Musk in Texas
Washington, Jan 18 (IANS) An Indian global outreach group was hosted by Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and a close advisor to President-elect Donald Trump, at the SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas on Friday. The delegation of Indian entrepreneurs, authors, and business leaders had an “invigorating” and “meaningful dialogue” with Musk, who owns X, […]
