Investors should be wary of Tesla’s robotaxi hype
The pay-off from fully self-driving cars is likely to take much longer than expected
The pay-off from fully self-driving cars is likely to take much longer than expected
New laws stalled in Upper House after criticism by backbenchers, Senators, free speech groups and tech billionaire Elon Musk
Tesla chief executive’s donations place him among Republican candidate’s top financial backers in tight White House race
Starship is the centrepiece of Elon Musk’s ambitions of sending people to the moon and Mars
Musk is the focus of a quasi-messianic cult that believes he will save humanity by building a self-sustaining civilisation on Mars. But he will die, on Earth, as he was born
Tesla expects the cybercabs to cost under $30,000 and to become available before 2027
Government plans to push through remaining stages of legislation without hate speech elements against backdrop of dispute over meaning of terms used
‘Maestro’ was working in Rathdowney, Co Laois but now heads a unit of Special Operations Forces on the frontline near Donetsk
Owner of X joins Trump on stage in Butler, Pennsylvania, where former president was shot at in July
Trump narrowly escaped being shot in the head in Butler on July 13th
The arrest of the deeply private Russia tech titan has put the spotlight on illegal activity on Telegram, a preferred tool of the Irish far right. But Durov insists he is a defender of free speech
Planet Business: Slippage at Nike, the man who backed California’s blocked AI safety bill and Silicon Valley’s growing legion of Trump fans
Gavin Newsom agreed with leading AI companies that the legislation would have stifled innovation
US billionaire had been criticised for posts on X regarding violent, racist anti-immigration riots
The great migration from Elon Musk’s X has seen users, especially progressives, retreat into one particular silo at Bluesky
The Bill became a lightning rod for the debates over limits on free speech
The mixed martial arts fighter admires Putin and Trump, has Elon Musk’s seal of approval and says he is logical choice to be next president of Ireland despite appearing to have a poor grasp of the role
California’s Gavin Newsom has until September 30th to decide whether to sign legislation that will reach far beyond the state
Social media giant – now known as X – ordered to pay award of €550,131 to former executive Gary Rooney
Any claim that anyone is to be a trillionaire any time soon is not credible
Elon Musk-led company completes latest and riskiest bid to push the boundaries of commercial space flight
Privately funded five-day mission blasts off from Nasa’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida
We may be repelled by those who decry censorship, but we must not let rights that are fundamental to liberal democracy become a partisan issue
Trend follows widespread concern about companies appearing next to controversial material
If Elon Musk has hurt his car company’s brand, it’s not showing yet
Indictment of Telegram founder Pavel Durov raises the stakes in evolving debate over responsibility for online content
The electric vehicle group’s founder is more likely to be in the news these days for his hard-right ramblings than for EVs
Planet Business: SpaceX’s ‘reliable’ Crew Dragon, the highest-earning tennis players and a first-class error at Qantas
Internet providers in Brazil will be told to block social media platform as Musk misses deadline to appoint legal representative in the country
Judge Alexandre de Moraes says moves against platform are part of fight to protect democracy from misinformation and hateful content
Constant warnings about the technology’s power prime early users for disappointment
Durov was travelling aboard his private jet at Bourget airport outside Paris when arrested by police
Pioneer inventors including Buckminster Fuller imagined a technology-driven future directed towards sustainability but it is a future that has been forgotten
Four rules for exiting the site formerly known as Twitter
Is the combative entrepreneur fanning the flames of far-right politics or is he just ‘an angry man screaming into a hurricane’?
Shifting back to X may may political sense, but it won’t help Trump Media’s shareholders
Planet Business: Disney prepares to defrost Frozen franchise, a change of judge in Musk’s advertiser lawsuit, and artists who have objected to Donald Trump using their music
The billionaire’s actions undermines the contention that social media companies provide a value-neutral servic
Owning a media lodestar can be the ultimate ego trip as Elon Musk demonstrated with his travesty of an ‘interview’ with Donald Trump
Algerian Olympic champion boxer files criminal complaint in France against X over alleged ‘cyber-harassment'
Former US president lauds Russian leader while being profoundly hostile to the European Union
Trump may have looked active on the campaign trail compared to Biden, but he must be intimidated by the energy and organisation of Harris’s storming three weeks
Record WRC award after Twitter offered €22,834 severance to senior Irish Twitter staffer who was deemed by company to have resigned
Discussion on X hit by technical issues which platform’s owner blamed on a ‘massive’ cyberattack
The eejits who get caught have been hooked by algorithms engineered by social media companies
Former president, who was banned from Twitter in 2021, could provide boost to the platform
Elon Musk’s antics are turning off the most obvious customers for his cars
Trump cheerleading, inflammatory comments on British race riots and suing advertisers are all damaging to image of Tesla founder and X owner
Planet Business: Another acquisition target for Mars, Elon Musk’s advertiser lawsuit and the new name for Twickenham
Global Alliance for Responsible Media said it does not have resources to fight suit and continue operating
Alliance of green and orange sectarian supremacists in Belfast shows fascism is on the march and is leveraging the new global weapon of mass destruction: gullibility
Outcry over unchecked antisemitic content and commentary on X sparked many big advertisers to pull ads from the platform
Taoiseach said he would ‘never be deterred’ from job by threats and intimidation online
British prime minister says protesters causing harm will face ‘full force of law’
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices