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SpaceX CEO and multibillionaire Elon Musk said that American sanctions against Russia prevented the connection of the Starlink satellite Internet service near the annexed Crimea at the request of the Ukrainian military. This was reported by Business Insider on Wednesday, September 13. “If I had received a request from the president – from the American […]
On the night of Wednesday, September 13, SpaceX’s Starlink global satellite internet network experienced an unexpected outage. This has affected users in many countries. The communication problems lasted for about an hour, after which the network was restored, but users in the affected regions were left without access to the satellite Internet. According to Channel […]
Member of the US Senate Armed Services Committee Elizabeth Warren is demanding a US Congressional investigation into SpaceX after its founder, multibillionaire Elon Musk, confirmed the disruption of the operation of Ukrainian troops in Crimea using Starlink satellite internet, Bloomberg reported on Monday, September 11. “Congress needs to investigate what exactly happened and whether we […]
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk says he did not instruct his employees to shut down the Starlink satellite network off the coast of occupied Crimea. He pointed out that the Starlink network allegedly did not work in that area. Earlier, it was reported that Musk tried to turn off Starlink to prevent an attack by the […]
The meme cryptocurrency Dogecoin was created with Elon Musk’s money. Coingape journalists found a mention of this in an excerpt from the billionaire’s biography published by the WSJ. The author of the businessman’s biography is V. Isaacson. Musk’s connection to the Dogecoin project came from his brother. The billionaire discussed with Kimball Musk the idea […]
A study by the European Commission found that the current policy of Twitter owner Elon Musk (now Company X) has led to Russian propaganda about Ukraine reaching more people than before the war. Despite measures taken by major social media companies, including Meta, to counter the spread of Russian propaganda, Russian disinformation against Ukraine is […]
Elon Musk calls his transgender child Vivian a “communist” who believes that “anyone rich is evil” and accuses Santa Monica’s private high school, Crossroads, of brainwashing her. This was reported by the Daily Mail. Elon Musk spoke about his painful estrangement from his transgender son, calling him a “communist.” Last year, Musk’s 19-year-old son Xavier […]
Tesla CEO Elon Musk held a broadcast on the X social network demonstrating the latest version of Full Self-Driving. However, after 20 minutes, the autopilot confused the traffic lights and almost drove into the oncoming lane. The broadcast lasted 45 minutes and was conducted using a smartphone. Musk himself was probably sitting in the driver’s […]
Elon Musk will have to fork out several tens of millions of dollars. The reason was a tweet that contained misleading information. Billionaire Elon Musk has been involved in high-profile scandals several times over his statements on social media. Some of them can cost him millions of dollars. This was reported by Channel 24 with […]
According to journalists, US Defense Department spokesman Colin Kahl learned last October that the billionaire had held talks with the Kremlin chief. In a telephone conversation with Pentagon officials about providing satellite internet to the Ukrainian army, entrepreneur Elon Musk mentioned that he had personally spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin. This is reported by […]