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Elon Musk answers Tesla pricing question with anti work-from-home rant

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Elon Musk answers Tesla pricing question with anti work-from-home rant Illustration by Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty ImagesOn Tesla’s Q3 earnings call, CEO Elon Musk said people who work from home take advantage of the people who cannot work from home and are “detached from reality.” In the middle of talking about rising interest rates and their effect on the affordability of vehicles, Musk launched into a disc…

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X accused of illegally firing employee who criticized Elon’s return-to-work plan

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X accused of illegally firing employee who criticized Elon’s return-to-work plan The VergeCNBC reports that the National Labor Relations Board alleged, in a complaint filed Friday, that X violated labor law when it fired an employee who criticized the company. Elon Musk bought the company, then known as Twitter, in October and threatened to fire workers who didn’t return to in-person office work. After Yao Yue encouraged oth…

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Elon Musk is stonewalling the SEC, and now he’s getting sued

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Elon Musk is stonewalling the SEC, and now he’s getting sued Illustration by Laura Normand / The VergeThe US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is suing Elon Musk over his refusal to testify in an investigation into Musk’s purchase of Twitter stock in 2022. According to the SEC’s complaint, Musk was scheduled to appear for testimony on September 15th after receiving a subpoena. However, “two days be…

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X stops showing headlines because Elon Musk thinks it will make posts look better

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X stops showing headlines because Elon Musk thinks it will make posts look better Illustration: The VergeX, formerly Twitter, is no longer showing headlines on articles shared on the platform. Instead, X is only showing the article’s lead image and the domain it will link you to. The change is present on the iOS app for myself and another Verge staffer. You can see the differences between the X iOS app and X on the web in th…

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Grimes sues Elon Musk after saying he won’t let her ‘see my son’

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Grimes sues Elon Musk after saying he won’t let her ‘see my son’ Photo by Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagicGrimes is suing Elon Musk to establish a “parental relationship” with one of their three children, according to the New York Post. Details of the lawsuit remain under seal, but TMZ speculates that it revolves around their youngest child, Tau, after Grimes said that Musk will not allow her to visit one of their ch…

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Elon Musk sued for defamation for falsely identifying man as neo-Nazi protestor

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Elon Musk sued for defamation for falsely identifying man as neo-Nazi protestor Illustration by Laura Normand / The VergeElon Musk, the billionaire owner of X (formerly known as Twitter), is being sued for defamation over posts he made falsely accusing a man of pretending to be a neo-Nazi to stir up a “false flag” operation earlier this year. The suit was filed in Texas court Monday by Ben Brody, a 22-year-old California ma…

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How the Elon Musk biography exposes Walter Isaacson

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How the Elon Musk biography exposes Walter Isaacson The limits of myth-making are apparent in Walter Isaacson’s new biography. | Illustration by William Joel / The VergeThe trouble began days before the biography was even published. CNN had a story summarizing an excerpt of Walter Isaacson’s Elon Musk that claimed Musk had shut down SpaceX’s satellite network, Starlink, to prevent a “Ukrainian sn…

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