Year: 2018

Thai authorities and representatives for Elon Musk are discussing the possibility of using resources from Musk’s companies to help rescue the boys’ soccer team that is trapped in a cave, Bloomberg first reported. According to the publication, Musk may offer Tesla’s Powerwall home batteries or technology from SpaceX or The Boring Company to help locate and rescue the team, though Thai officials have not announced whether they will use Musk’s resources. …read more […]

Shares of Nvidia (NVDA) gained about 2.3% on Thursday as rumors of the company’s upcoming gaming GPU launch continue to heat up. …read more […]

Musk went after Business Insider’s Linette Lopez asking her if she’s ever provided him short seller Jim Chanos with material non-public information about Tesla? and also asking her in an earlier tweet if she “compensated or promise to compensate Martin Tripp – the Tesla whistleblower’ for inside information about Tesla?”

Following Musk’s tweets, Business Insider US editor in chief Alyson Shontell said in a tweet of her own, that Business Insider does not compensate sources, did not do so here, that is stands by Lopez’s reporting and invite Elon Musk or anyone from Tesla to further discuss what …read more […]

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned Thursday amid ethics investigations of outsized security spending, first-class flights and a sweetheart condo lease. With Pruitt’s departure, President Donald Trump loses an administrator many conservatives regarded as one of the more effective members of his Cabinet. In a resignation letter released to media outlets, Pruitt expressed no regret for any actions he had taken since being tapped by Trump to lead EPA last year. …read more […]

The biotech’s share price dropped on no news — but perhaps plenty of worries. …read more […]

The Trump administration’s decision to use DNA testing to help reunite children separated from their parents at the Mexican border is sparking concerns among privacy advocates about how data will be used. The Department of Health and Human Services is analyzing the DNA of some of the nearly 3,000 separated children in U.S. custody, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said Thursday in a conference call with reporters. The agency is also testing adults who claim to be a child’s parent to verify familial relationships. …read more […]

BTIG Research boosts its price target on the social networking juggernaut. …read more […]

Starbucks says an employee in Philadelphia has been fired after reportedly mocking a customer with a stutter. The coffee chain says the behavior did not reflect the experience customers should have and the employee is no longer with Starbucks. A person on Facebook posted Sunday that his friend stuttered when giving his name, and that the barista made light of it verbally and then spelled the name with extra letters. …read more […]