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Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI could raise around US$3 billion from investors, giving the company a value of $18 billion. -
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has accused Telecom Italia (TIM) of obstructing the rollout of its high-speed Starlink satellite internet service in Italy according to a report from Bloomberg.
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Elon Musk has announced that his AI company, xAI, will release its first-ever language model as open-source software.
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OpenAI has publicly hit back at a lawsuit launched by Elon Musk last week, saying it will move to dismiss claims brought forward by the billionaire that the company had abandoned its founding mission.
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On Friday, it emerged that Elon Musk had filed a lawsuit accusing OpenAI and its chief executive Sam Altman of a breach of contract.
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The European Union (EU) has launched an investigation into Elon Musk-owned X (formerly known as Twitter) to target areas around illegal content and disinformation.
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A Ukrainian official has slammed Elon Musk after claims emerged that the SpaceX owner ordered engineers to switch off Starlink satellites near Crimea to prevent a Ukrainian offensive on Russia.
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With the “euphoria” surrounding social media platforms, now is the opportune”time to launch a rival to Twitter according to Paolo Pescatore, TMT analyst at PP Foresight.
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX might be worth US$137 billion, three times as much as he paid for Twitter in October 2022.
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Deutsche Telekom’s T‑Mobile US is to use SpaceX’s Starlink satellite network to expand coverage across rural parts of the US – and SpaceX wants to attract other mobile operators around the world.
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has rejected Starlink’s application for US$885 million in federal subsidies that would see it provide satellite internet to rural areas.
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Nigerian customers of SpaceX’s Starlink service will pay only US$99 for their starter kit, only a sixth of the $599 that US customers have to pay.
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Twitter plans to sue Elon Musk after he pulled out of a deal to buy Twitter for US44 billion on Friday.
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The Philippines will be the first country in south-east Asia to be served by SpaceX’s Starlink satellite service, the government has announced.
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Elon Musk and his launch company SpaceX are rescuing OneWeb in a deal to launch the rest of the company’s satellites.
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Last month’s volcano destroyed or damaged more than 80km of subsea cable connecting the Pacific islands of Tonga to Fiji.
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX is in negotiations with Fiji’s telecoms operator Fintel to establish a ground station in the country as it helps restore internet connectivity.
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SpaceX’s Starlink satellite service is offering a faster service, at 150-500Mbps, with deliveries starting in the second quarter of this year.
