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Elon Musk reclaims trillionaire status as Tesla, SpaceX shares surge
Forbes estimated Musk’s wealth at $1 trillion on Monday, marking a $30.6 billion increase from Friday as shares in his companies continued to rise.
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Technology
Elon Musk ranks Grok 4.6 ahead of GPT-5.6 and claude opus 5
The comparison comes as developers compete to produce increasingly capable AI models while keeping the cost of using them manageable for consumers, businesses and developers
Global Affairs
Namibia blocks Starlink over local shareholding rules
Namibian law mandates that at least 51% of any telecommunications company must be owned by local shareholders, a policy aimed at promoting economic participation by citizens and correcting historical inequalities.
Global Affairs
Elon Musk found to have misled twitter investors, Jury rules
The jury, however, concluded that some of Musk’s public claims about problems with Twitter’s user metrics and suggestions that he might abandon the $44 billion deal were deliberately misleading.
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French offices of Elon Musk’s X platform raided by Paris cybercrime unit
Both X chairman Musk and former X chief executive Linda Yaccarino have been summoned to appear at hearings in April, while X employees will be questioned as witnesses, according to the Paris prosecutor.
Technology
Tesla profits slide as costs rise and AI spending grows
Tesla’s revenues also declined, falling 3.1 percent to Sh3.2121 trillion. The company said the drop was driven by softer demand for vehicles alongside higher operating expenses.
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Malaysia and Indonesia block Musk's Grok over explicit deepfakes
The South East Asian countries said Grok could be used to produce pornographic and non-consensual images involving women and children.
Global Affairs
Trump to ask Elon Musk’s Starlink to help restore internet in Iran
Trump praised Musk’s Starlink satellite service as a potential tool to bypass restrictions, reviving a partnership that has seen periods of both cooperation and public fallout.
Technology
Linda Yaccarino steps down as CEO of social media platform X
Yaccarino thanked Musk for entrusting her with the responsibility of protecting free speech, turning the company around, and transforming X into the "Everything App".
Global Affairs
Starlink deploys free internet to support Texas flood rescue operations
The catastrophic floods, which hit the region on July 5, have so far claimed at least 50 lives, with dozens still unaccounted for.
Global Affairs
Billionaire Musk launching new political party
The billionaire announced on his social media platform X that he had set up the America Party, billing it as a challenge to the Republican and Democratic two-party system.