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- Opinion
- Publishing
Now Elon Musk is attacking Wikipedia
In the Tesla CEO’s world, no media source can be considered trustworthy, particularly those that criticise him.
- Dave Lee
This Month
- Opinion
- Investment banking
Why expenses are a fraught form of fraud
The Citi sandwich case shows why some rule-benders get a lot more sympathy than others. If a company wants to fire someone, the easiest way to do it is to go through their expenses.
- Pilita Clark
- Analysis
- The Breakdown
What Musk’s high-stakes plan to charge for tweeting really means
X, formerly known as Twitter, is charging $US1 a month for New Zealand and Philippines users to post in an experiment that could go global. So what’s Elon thinking now?
- Nick Bonyhady
OpenAI is in talks to sell shares at $136b valuation
The artificial intelligence start-up behind ChatGPT is negotiating the transaction, known as a tender offer, with potential investors, say sources.
- Gillian Tan
Musk reveals Cybertruck delivery date
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has revealed Cybertruck electric pickup truck deliveries would begin next month.
- Akash Sriram, Hyunjoo Jin and Joseph White
Elon Musk’s X rolls out annual fee for new users
The $US1 fee for the social network formerly known as Twitter is being rolled out in New Zealand and the Philippines as a test.
- Kelvin Chan
Is America’s hottest property market a bubble?
Austin has the fastest-growing office sector in North America, but some question whether the Texan city can absorb so much space.
- Rachel Siegel
- Opinion
- Global economy
This is the epicentre of the next financial blow-up
A staggering $US350 billion of low-cost loans taken out by highly geared companies have to be refinanced in the next three years.
- Karen Maley
Australia slaps Elon Musk’s X with a $600,000 fine
The eSafety Commissioner has issued Google an official warning and fined Elon Musk’s X $610,500.
- Tess Bennett
Ozempic short-selling wave storms ASX
Alarm bells are ringing on Wall Street about the toll of the diabetes drug, which is also used to treat weight loss and has flattened CSL’s valuation.
- Carrie LaFrenz
- Opinion
- Social media
How Elon Musk could beat his latest defamation lawsuit
The billionaire is no stranger to the courts when it comes to comments he’s made on social media.
- Stephen Carter
EU extends disinformation warning to Zuckerberg after Hamas attack
Companies that fail to comply with the European Union’s Digital Services Act could face fines as high as 6 per cent of annual revenue or even be banned from the bloc.
- Jillian Deutsch
Tesla is having to slash prices due to Musk’s politics, says fundie
The cuts to shift stockpiles mean the company’s cars now rival cheap petrol vehicles, but they could cost it $US1.2 billion a year, says at least one investor.
- Tom Randall
EU threatens Musk with fines over Israel-Hamas disinformation on X
The EU has warned Elon Musk that there will be consequences if X doesn’t do more to moderate illegal content and disinformation related to the Israel-Hamas war.
- Graham Starr
- Opinion
- Psychology
What high performers like Rory McIlroy are learning from Stoicism
Philosopher Marcus Aurelius may have been around in the third century BC, but he’s all the rage with the 1 per cent in the 21st century.
- Guy Kelly
China’s BYD set to snatch Tesla’s global EV crown
Elon Musk’s carmaker shipped fewer electric vehicles than expected in the latest quarter, though it held fast to its 2023 target of 1.8 million.
- Danny Lee
September
The power of data: Forget Twitter, the party’s moved to WhatsApp
As Australians lose interest in sharing their opinions on social media platforms, they are instead jumping into group chats.
- Mark Di Stefano
- Opinion
- Review
The new Musk bio is more love letter than personal history
The entrepreneur’s much-anticipated biography has interesting anecdotes but is too uncritical of its flawed subject.
- Mark Di Stefano
- Opinion
- Social media
Elon Musk is veering into antisemitism
A disproportionate number of prominent X accounts seem to share its owner’s trollish right-wing persona.
- David French
Musk, Gates, Pichai meet behind closed doors on AI
Silicon Valley titans gathered with Congress leaders in Washington to grapple with the risks of Artificial Intelligence.
- Updated
- Cecilia Kang
