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JUST IN: “You Can Now Buy Tesla With Bitcoins” – Elon Musk

John Ogunsemore Mar 24, 2021 0

Tesla Founder, Elon Musk disclosed Wednesday the company has started accepting Bitcoin as payment for its cars.Musk stated this in a tweet, which marks the second time this year that the company is audaciously backing the world's…

Tech

Moments After Successful Landing, SpaceX’s Starship Rocket Explodes

Faith Mar 4, 2021 0

After a very successful landing, the newest prototype of Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket Starship exploded at its facilities in Boca Chica, Texas.Despite the unfortunate conclusion to this latest test flight, Starship serial number 10, or…

Business

Elon Musk Seeks To Create City Of Starbase In South Texas

Faith Mar 3, 2021 0

American billionaire, Elon Musk has shown interest in building new city called Starbase at SpaceX's launch facilities in Texas.The business magnate shared the news via Twitter on Tuesday, revealing his plans to create his own Texas…

Economy

Elon Musk’s comment sends Bitcoin crashing by 17%

John Ogunsemore Feb 24, 2021 0

Bitcoin shed as much as 17 percent of its value Tuesday in apparent response to a comment by Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, over the weekend.The world's most valuable cryptocurrency has witnessed an unprecedented rise in value in recent times as…

Tech

Elon Musk Offers $100m For Best Carbon Capture Technology

Faith Jan 22, 2021 0

Elon Musk has promised a $100 million prize for development of the “best” technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions.Elon Musk, who recently surpassed Amazon’s Jeff Bezos to become the world’s richest person, didn’t provide any more…

Business

Elon Musk reacts as photo of him doing mechanic work emerges

John Ogunsemore Jan 11, 2021 0

Elon Musk may be the richest person in the world at the moment but there was a time in his life when he got replacement parts for his car from a junkyard.The Tesla chief executive disclosed this in a tweet on Monday after a photo…

Tech

Signal becomes top free app on App store as more users look away from WhatsApp

John Ogunsemore Jan 11, 2021 0

Signal has risen to become the top free app on the Google and Apple stores as more people look towards the secure messaging platform.This followed users' increasing discontentment with Facebook-owned WhatsApp due to a change in their…

Business

You’re spending too much time in meetings – World’s richest man advises CEOs

John Ogunsemore Jan 8, 2021 0

World's richest man, Elon Musk says CEOs must reduce the time expended on meetings and PowerPoint presentations.According to him, most company bosses are too pre-occupied and spent most of their days on discussions in conference rooms…

Business

Tesla Founder Elon Musk Becomes World’s Richest Man

John Ogunsemore Jan 7, 2021 0

Tesla co-founder, Elon Musk has become the richest man in the world, surpassing Amazon founder, Jeff Bezos on the Bloomberg Billionaire's Index, which is the ranking of the world’s 500 wealthiest people.The 49-year-old rallied to first…

Tech

Elon Musk Advises People To Ditch WhatsApp, Opt For Signal

Faith Jan 7, 2021 0

Tesla billionaire Elon Musk has urged people to dump WhatsApp and switch to Signal after being told to share personal data with Facebook, its parent company.On Wednesday, WhatsApp announced that its users will be expected to share…

Tech

‘I Considered Selling Tesla To Apple’ – Elon Musk Reveals

Faith Dec 23, 2020 0

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has revealed that he once considered selling the electric car maker to Apple. In a tweet on Tuesday, Elon Musk said he reached out to Apple CEO Tim Cook “to discuss the possibility of Apple acquiring Tesla (for…

Tech

World’s second richest man Elon Musk dumps California, moves to Texas

John Ogunsemore Dec 8, 2020 0

World's second wealthiest man, Elon Musk has dumped California for Texas, saying his stay in the former was not the greatest use of his time.He made the disclosure in an interview with the Wall Street Journal's Editor-in-Chief, Matt…

Autos

Tesla Now Sells Tequila In A Thunderbolt Bottle For $250

Adeyemi Dabiri-Adejobi Nov 6, 2020 0

Tesla Inc (TSLA) has added Tequila as a merchandise offering on its online store. The electric automaker is taking orders for its “Teslaquila” in select states in the United States.SEE ALSO: Nissan to Increase Output, Rollout 9 New…

News

Elon Musk Demonstrates New Human-Computer Brain Tech with Pigs

Tony Abu Momoh Sep 3, 2020 0

According to Elon Musk, the pigs were used in the demonstration in order to attract the right brains to Neuralink to help develop the interface technology between the human brain

Entertainment

Elon Musk Re-Thinks His Decision To Endorse Kanye West’s Presidential Bid

Faith Jul 12, 2020 0

Tesla CEO, Elon Musk might be re-thinking about his decision to endorse his long time friend, Kanye West’s presidential bid.Earlier on, Kanye West announced that he’s running for president with the “full support” of his close friend,…

Tech

Elon Musk Officially Becomes Richer Than Warren Buffett

Faith Jul 11, 2020 0

Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk has officially become richer than Warren Buffet as he becomes the seventh richest person in the world.According to Bloomberg, Elon Musk's fortune increased by more than $6 billion on Friday after Tesla's stock…

Economy

Musk Says Time to Break Up Amazon, Fueling Bezos Feud

Oladipupo Ehindero Jun 5, 2020 0

Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said it’s “time to break up Amazon” in a tweet Thursday, escalating a rivalry with Amazon.com Inc.CEO Jeff Bezos, another billionaire investing in space exploration. “Monopolies are wrong,” Musk…

Metro

SpaceX launches US Astronauts into Space For First time in 9 Years (Video)

Tony Abu Momoh May 30, 2020 0

The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has made history by launching Astronauts into space for the first time in Nine years in collaboration with private space company, SpaceX.NASA Astronauts, Bob Behnken…

Business

US Billionaires Get $434b Richer As Unemployment Grows To 39 million Amid Coronavirus Crisis

Faith May 22, 2020 0

US billionaires are cashing out amid coronavirus pandemic as they have gotten $434 billion richer even though about 39 million people have lost their jobs.According to a report by Forbes, between March 18 and May 19, the total net worth…

Business

Livid Elon Musk Vows to move Tesla Head quarters to Nevada or Texas amid lockdown

Adebusola Oyerinde May 10, 2020 0

Tesla CE, Elon Musk on Saturday has threatened to move the California headquarters of the company to Nevada or Texas “immediately.” He made this public in a message on his personal Twitter account.Via the same communication…

Entertainment

Tom Cruise, NASA In Talks Over Film To Be Shot In Outer Space

Faith May 6, 2020 0

Hollywood actor, Tom Cruise is reportedly teaming up with NASA to work on a movie which will be shot in outer space.NASA’s administrator, Jim Bridenstine made the announcement via a tweet on Tuesday.He tweeted: “Nasa is excited to…

Foreign

I’m surprised CNN still exists – Elon Musk

John Ogunsemore Apr 16, 2020 0

Tesla CEO, Elon Musk has bashed popular Cable News Network (CNN) for allegedly spreading fake news about his donation of 1,000 ventilators to the state of California.The billionaire entrepreneur had in March said he had obtained the…

Government

Nigerian Government Apologizes For Begging Elon Musk For Ventilators

Faith Apr 2, 2020 0

Nigeria’s government has apologised to Nigerians for begging South African billionaire businessman, Elon Musk for ventilators.This comes after the government had been scrutinized for publicly begging Tesla founder, Elon Musk for 100-500…

Tech

‘Facebook Is Lame’- Says Tech Guru, Elon Musk

Faith Feb 11, 2020 0

Engineer and technology entrepreneur, Elon Musk seems not to be a fan of Facebook as he took a jab at the social media platform.Musk made this known while reacting to a Twitter post by Sacha Baron Cohen who is calling for Facebook to be…

Tech

Israel seeks to be fourth country to land on moon in upcoming mission

Fatima Sule Feb 19, 2019 0

An unmanned Israeli spacecraft will on Friday morning be launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, with the main target of embarking on the country’s first-ever mission to the moon.If “Beresheet” (Genesis) reaches its destination, Israel…

World

SpaceX set to identify first paying passenger for moon trip

News Agency of Nigeria Sep 17, 2018 0

SpaceX has signed the world’s first private passenger to fly around the moon and will announce details on Monday, the company said.The individual will travel in a giant spacecraft that SpaceX has designed to fly to Mars.SpaceX said…

World

SpaceX to reveal identity of passenger on world’s first private trip around the moon

Sadiya Hamza Sep 14, 2018 0

SpaceX said it will reveal the identity of person it chose as passenger on a first trip around the moon on Monday.The hard-charging rocket firm, run by billionaire Elon Musk, announced the news from its official Twitter handle.The…

Tech

Elon Musk and Other Tech Leaders Want to Put an End to Killer Robots

Femi Famutimi Aug 22, 2017 0

Tesla head Elon Musk and other leaders in the fields of AI and robotics have signed a letter calling on the United Nations to ban lethal autonomous weapons, otherwise known as “killer robots.”In the letter they said; “Once developed,…

Autos

Tesla driver dies in first fatal crash while using autopilot mode

Kelechi Uchenna Jul 1, 2016 0

The first known death caused by a self-driving car was disclosed by Tesla Motors on Thursday.The company revealed the crash in a blog post and said it informed the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) of the…

Autos

Tesla Model 3 electric car orders accelerate to 276,000

Kelechi Uchenna Apr 4, 2016 0

Tesla founder and chief executive Elon Musk says pre-orders of the firm's much-anticipated Model 3 electric car currently total 276,000. The California-based firm unveiled the five-seater car - its lowest-cost vehicle to date - on…

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