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Musk Responds to a Mass Exodus at xAI

He says move is a necessary part of reorganizing, though some see 'deeper tensions'

(Newser) - Elon Musk says the recent exodus at xAI was necessary, rather than a sign of dissatisfaction. In a post Wednesday, the billionaire SpaceX owner said his artificial intelligence startup, now folded into SpaceX , was "reorganized" to move faster, a shift he said meant "parting ways with some people....

Musk Says He Plans to Build Factories on the Moon

Plan includes lunar 'mass driver' to launch AI satellites into orbit

(Newser) - Elon Musk's pivot from Mars to the moon is recent, but he's not short on enthusiasm. He told xAI staff Tuesday the company, which he has merged with SpaceX , "has to go to the moon" and build a lunar factory to crank out AI satellites—and a...

In Fundraising Race, GOP Is Winning by a Lot

Republicans' cash surge, super PACs, and court ruling worry Democrats

(Newser) - Democrats may be headed into the 2026 midterms with momentum—but Republicans are the ones with the cash . New filings show the GOP's main party committees and top House and Senate super PACs entered the year with about $320 million on hand, more than double Democrats' $137 million after...

Musk: SpaceX Shifts Focus From Mars to Moon

He says lunar city could happen in under a decade, while Mars city would take more than 20 years

(Newser) - Elon Musk just quietly rewrote his space dream—this time with a lunar address instead of a Martian ZIP code. As the Super Bowl kicked off Sunday, the SpaceX CEO posted on X that his company has "already shifted focus to building a self-growing city on the Moon,"...

Musk Helps Ukraine Hit Russia in Its 'Achilles' Heel'

SpaceX's Starlink cuts off satellite internet access to Russia on the war's battlefields

(Newser) - Russian soldiers on the front lines in Ukraine are suddenly finding their Starlink connections dark, and Moscow's pro-war bloggers say it's no glitch. At Ukraine's request, Elon Musk's SpaceX has tightened control of its satellite internet service, blocking unregistered terminals inside Ukraine and cutting off what...

Kimbal Musk Shows Up 140 Times in Epstein Files

Emails show frequent contact, island invitation sent to younger brother of Elon, who's also in the files

(Newser) - Kimbal Musk's name pops up quite a lot in the newest Jeffrey Epstein document dump —about 140 times, per the latest release from the Justice Department. The newly public emails, spanning 2012 to 2015, show Elon Musk's younger brother exchanging messages with Epstein and associates about parties,...

Grok Deepfake Probe Just Got More Serious in Paris

Prosecutor's office carries out raid on X.com's offices there amid deepfake, algorithm accusations

(Newser) - French officials are taking a much closer look at X.com. The Paris prosecutor's office said on Tuesday that its cybercrime unit, with assistance from Europol, has raided the offices of Elon Musk's social media platform there as part of a probe launched in January, per CNN . Prosecutors...

Musk Merges SpaceX, xAI
Musk Merges
2 of His Companies
Feb 2, 2026 6:15 PM CST

Musk Merges 2 of His Companies

SpaceX, xAI folded into 'vertically-integrated innovation engine' ahead of IPO

(Newser) - Elon Musk is rolling two of his biggest bets into one $1.25 trillion moonshot. Musk said Monday he's folding rocket company SpaceX and artificial intelligence startup xAI into a single operation he calls "the most ambitious, vertically-integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth," tying together rockets,...

Musk, Gates, Trump All Appear in Latest Epstein Files Dump
Trump Appears
in New Epstein
Files 'Thousands
of Times'
THE RUNDOWN
Jan 31, 2026 11:30 AM CST

Trump Appears in New Epstein Files 'Thousands of Times'

Elon Musk, Bill Gates also pop up, while survivors insist: 'This is not over'

(Newser) - Elon Musk's past efforts to distance himself from Jeffrey Epstein are taking a hit from newly released government documents. A fresh batch of DOJ files tied to the Epstein investigation includes a series of emails showing Musk not only in regular contact with Epstein, but at times asking to...

Tesla Is Ending Production of Model S, Model X

Musk says California factory will be converted to make Optimus robots

(Newser) - Tesla's annual profit plunged to its lowest level since the pandemic five years ago as it lost the title of the world's biggest electric vehicle maker to a Chinese rival and boycotts hammered sales. The EV company run by Elon Musk reported Wednesday that net income last year...

Elon Musk's Possible Birthday Gift: a $1.5T IPO

SpaceX is weighing listing that could raise $50B, eclipse Saudi Aramco's IPO

(Newser) - SpaceX may be about to test a new financial frontier. The rocket and satellite company founded by Elon Musk is weighing an initial public offering that could value it at roughly $1.5 trillion, with timing that's as symbolic as it may be strategic, per the Guardian . Musk is...

Europe Opens an Investigation Into Elon Musk's Grok

AI bot continues to come under fire over sexualized images

(Newser) - Elon Musk's latest trouble over Grok isn't done. European regulators launched a formal inquiry on Monday into sexualized images generated by the AI bot on Musk's X platform, reports Reuters . The European Commission—the executive arm of the European Union—will examine whether X failed to abide...

NYT Does the Math on Grok's Sexualized Image Count

AI tool produced at least 1.8M sexualized images of women over 9 days, analysis

(Newser) - Elon Musk's homegrown chatbot just got hit with some very unwelcome math. The New York Times reports that Grok, the AI tool integrated into X, appears to have publicly churned out at least 1.8 million sexualized images of women in nine days, according to a Times analysis of...

Ryanair Boss Thanks Musk for the Bump in Bookings

Michael O'Leary mocks Musk's bid, cites EU foreign ownership limits

(Newser) - Elon Musk can poll X users all he wants, but Ryanair's chief says the Tesla billionaire won't be buying his airline anytime soon. At a Wednesday press conference, Michael O'Leary dismissed Musk's online musing about acquiring Ryanair, saying a takeover would be blocked by European rules...

DOJ: DOGE Workers May Have Misused Social Security Data

DOJ says pro-Trump group sought SSA data for voter fraud push

(Newser) - Federal officials say a tiny team inside the controversial Elon Musk-linked Department of Government Efficiency may have stepped over the line with Social Security data, NBC News reports. In a new court filing, the Justice Department told a federal judge in Maryland it was alerted that two members of the...

After Spat With CEO, Musk Proposes Buying Ryanair

Airline mocks billionaire with 'Great Idiots' seat sale

(Newser) - Elon Musk, budget airline boss? The Tesla and SpaceX chief is publicly toying with the notion of buying Ryanair after a spat with the Irish airline's combative boss, Michael O'Leary, the Guardian reports. The row started when O'Leary was asked if he'd join European rivals Lufthansa...

Billionaires' Wealth Has Shot Up 81% in 5 Years
Billionaires' Wealth Has
Shot Up 81% in 5 Years
new report
Jan 20, 2026 6:05 AM CST

Billionaires' Wealth Has Shot Up 81% in 5 Years

Fortunes grew 16% last year alone, according to Oxfam charity report

(Newser) - Billionaires are entering 2026 wealthier and more numerous than ever, even as global poverty progress stalls, according to a new Oxfam report timed to the World Economic Forum in Davos. The charity says billionaire wealth hit a record $18.3 trillion last year, climbing 16% or $2.5 trillion, with...

Elon Musk Makes a Big Move in Kentucky Senate Race

Billionaire backs pro-Trump candidate to replace McConnell with $10M donation

(Newser) - Elon Musk is opening his checkbook early for the 2026 midterms, dropping $10 million into a Kentucky Senate race that will determine who replaces Mitch McConnell. Axios was the first to report the billionaire's contribution on behalf of Nate Morris, which it describes as "stunning." Morris, 45,...

Elon Musk's xAI Sued by Mom of One of His Kids

Ashley St. Clair alleges that chatbot allowed sexual alterations to X photos

(Newser) - Ashley St. Clair, the mother of one of Elon Musk's children, is taking his artificial intelligence company xAI to federal court, accusing it of enabling sexualized deepfake images of her and then failing to stop them. In a lawsuit now in the Southern District of New York, St. Clair...

Pentagon Embraces Musk's Controversial Grok AI Chatbot

Even as it draws global outcry

(Newser) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google's generative AI engine in operating inside the Pentagon network, as part of a broader push to feed as much of the military's data as possible into the developing technology, the AP...

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