Elon Musk

Electric Vehicles

Outsold By BYD and Toyota, Tesla Finds Allies Among Retail Investors

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BYD’s aggressive international ambitions have set off alarm bells among the western auto manufacturers and governments.

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Economics

Just How Certain is a Recession, Anyway?

Policy uncertainty, particularly around how tariffs will ripple through the economy, continued to stoke recession fears last week.

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Regulation

Lina Khan May Be Gone, But Big Tech is Still in the FTC’s Crosshairs

Last week, the FTC moved forward with two pending cases from the strict Lina Khan era of antitrust enforcement.

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Regulation

Will Delaware Overhaul Shareholder Rights Laws?

Hey look, Elon Musk is at the center of a controversy that has nothing to do with DOGE, the Hatch Act, or exploding rockets.

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Electric Vehicles

Farewell (For Now, At Least) to Tesla’s $700 Billion Trump Bump

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Tesla’s stock closed down for a record seventh consecutive week on Friday, and has nearly erased a $700 billion post-election rally.

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Big Tech

Starlink, Apple, and T-Mobile Bring Satellite Service to Smartphones

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The trio will allow any T-Mobile iPhone user running iOS 18.3 (and presumably future versions) to tap the Starlink network.

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CIO Upside

Trump Administration Set to Ramp Up AI Development – Never Mind the Risks

With less safety regulation and more infrastructure, AI companies are ready to sprint.

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Social Media

TikTok Restored Services in the US. Now What?

After a brief blackout period from late Saturday, TikTok began restoring services to US users on Sunday morning.

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Technology

The State of the Billionaire Space Race

Blue Origin is going slower than SpaceX, but it also nailed a massive rocket launch on the first try. Jeff Bezos is back in the space race.

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Social Media

The TikTok Ban Looms But Nobody Can Agree On What That Means

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The clock is ticking on TikTok. Or is it? And if it is, whose hand is on the alarm setting as of this morning?

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