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Christiaan Hetzner

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Volkswagen’s successor to its iconic 1960s bus scoops up prestigious award in rare win for struggling carmaker

The ailing German brand, facing plant closures at home and declining sales of its once vaunted EVs, hopes the ID. Buzz can revitalize consumer...

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Elon Musk aims to reignite Tesla’s fading momentum by making Model Y look like the CyberCab

Much is riding on the refreshed Model Y, slated to launch in March. The six-year-old crossover accounts for two out of every three Teslas sold.

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Deadly LA wildfires to cost over $50 billion in damages, becoming one of the worst natural disasters in U.S. history

The damage is expected to far exceed the $16 billion in economic losses from Maui's wildfires two years ago. Weather now accounts for almost all of...

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Tesla board that gave itself nearly $1 billion in excess compensation must now return money

Tesla directors settled a nearly five-year long legal dispute that represents the latest critique of the board's lax governance under Robyn Denholm.

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Tesla feature that allows drivers to summon parked cars using their phones faces U.S. safety probe 

A potentially faulty driverless car feature found in roughly 2.6 million Tesla cars on U.S. roads highlights the risks associated with CEO Elon...

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Sam Altman’s sister has taken her graphic claims he sexually abused her to court—‘utterly untrue’ responds the CEO of OpenAI

Ann Altman is asking for $150,000 in damages, alleging her brother repeatedly abused her over the course of roughly nine years

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Lucid Motors’ moment of truth nears as it readies launch of its first SUV, which drives farther than any Tesla on a single charge

The company recently announced it met its full-year target to build 9,000 Air EVs amid a challenging market.

07.01.2025 3

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Tesla battery cell partner CATL threatens to sue Pentagon after landing on ‘blacklist’

A key partner for Elon Musk’s Tesla is threatening to sue the U.S. government over the Pentagon’s decision to blacklist it from federal...

07.01.2025 4

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Sam Altman says Elon Musk won’t abuse his political power to target competitors, but cautions he ‘may turn out to be proven wrong’

Elon Musk has been testing the limits of his political influence ever since Trump was elected, but he may stop short of using the full force of the...

06.01.2025 1

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Elon Musk won’t abuse his political power to target competitors, says rival OpenAI boss Sam Altman—but cautions he ‘may turn out to be proven wrong’

Elon Musk has been testing the limits of his political influence ever since Trump was elected, but he may stop short of using the full force of the...

06.01.2025 4

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Recession bites as German jobs market faces slowdown ahead of early general election

Germany’s labour market remains stable despite economic challenges, as voters prepare for February’s early general election.

03.01.2025 2

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Cybertruck bomber and New Orleans terrorist shared several commonalities including both renting their vehicles from Turo and serving at the same army base

Authorities continue to examine any possible link that the two deceased suspects were co-conspirators planning coordinated attacks, though nothing...

03.01.2025 7

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Tesla enters new year with laundry list of promises to fulfill after shocking market with its first-ever annual sales decline

Elon Musk's carmaker enjoyed an epic bull run since Trump's election—now he needs to prove he can in fact deliver on his 2025 milestone targets.

03.01.2025 2

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Elon Musk reveals why he is endorsing Germany’s populist far-right despite ties to neo-Nazi scene — ‘Does that sound like Hitler to you?’

Only the anti-establishment Alternative for Germany can save the country from collapse, the world's richest man wrote in a Sunday column that has...

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Startup that went viral for ‘firing stressed employees’ claims it was stunt gone wrong—now they’re offering massages and spa sessions to staff

An Indian company says an email informing staff that admitted to burnout had been fired was in reality part of an elaborate ruse to raise awareness...

10.12.2024 2

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Leaked video shows UnitedHealth CEO defending practices that prevent ‘unnecessary’ care

CEO Andrew Witty said his management team was acting in the interest of all stakeholders by staving off an implied worst-case scenario of systemic...

09.12.2024 4

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Meet John Elkann, the enigmatic billionaire heir fighting to save Jeep parent Stellantis

To get a better idea of how 48-year-old John Elkann ticks, Fortune spoke to the author that chronicled his family's turbulent history.

08.12.2024 6

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Boeing’s plea deal shot down by judge because the independent monitor would be a DEI hire

The scandal-plagued aerospace group has thirty days to come up with a new plan with the Justice Department.

06.12.2024 3

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Jeff Bezos wants to be judged by how rich he’s made investors—‘I’ve created something like $2.1 trillion of wealth for other people’

Bezos would prefer to be on lists that rank entrepreneurs by their contribution to society, not their personal fortune alone.

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Bill Gates wants to help ‘make sense of the world around you’ this Christmas with his holiday reading list

The Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist recommends four works of non-fiction largely grouped around technological progress and its impact on...

04.12.2024 3

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Tesla fumes over Delaware judge’s final ruling to block paying Elon Musk ‘what he’s worth’

After Elon Musk's CEO pay package currently worth over $100 billion in stock was struck down once more, Tesla will argue its case before the...

03.12.2024 10

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Elon Musk pledges ‘maximum transparency’ in new DOGE role, complete with suggestion box and leaderboard for worst examples of government waste

Elon Musk plans to make the process of eliminating government waste as transparent and interactive as possible: 'The entertainment value will...

13.11.2024 10

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Duolingo’s new eyerolling emo chatbot Lily briefly replaces CEO on investor call to showcase its AI technology

With her long purple hair obstructing half her face and matching lilac-colored eyeshadow, the chatbot looked, acted and sounded like a bored teenager

07.11.2024 10

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Trump sues CBS for $10 billion alleging its editing of Harris interview is election interference

CBS denies the claims.

01.11.2024 3

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Musk has nothing to fear from Philadelphia’s lawsuit into vote buying, says election law expert

"I don’t think he’s in any serious amount of trouble, and if Trump wins, he’s obviously not in any trouble at all."

29.10.2024 8

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Elon Musk reportedly in ‘regular contact’ with Putin

Musk has held repeated talks with high-ranking Kremlin officials, including an official responsible for spreading disinformation on social media.

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Hedge fund icon who predicted Black Monday crash warns that no matter who wins—Trump or Harris—inflation is coming: ‘We are going to be broke’

Buy gold and Bitcoin, the October 1987 crash oracle Paul Tudor Jones recommends.

23.10.2024 10

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New Nobel Prize winner, AI godfather Geoffrey Hinton, says he’s proud his student fired OpenAI boss Sam Altman

The 76-year-old argued it’s ‘unfortunate’ that Altman has put profits over AI safety.

09.10.2024 1

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Sam Altman says it’s relentless and all-consuming to run OpenAI teams after shock CTO departure

“I obviously won’t pretend it’s natural for this one to be so abrupt, but we are not a normal company,” Altman told staff in a letter he...

26.09.2024 2

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Elon Musk calls for release of Telegram founder Pavel Durov as arrest sparks debate whether X owner may be next 

The CEO of right-wing YouTube rival Rumble says France 'crossed a line' arresting Durov, while Trump impeachment witness warns Musk should be...

26.08.2024 2

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Elon Musk’s crusade against California is seeing Tesla sales in the Golden State plummet while demand for Rivian EVs soar

Musk does not appear to be doing Tesla any favors by constantly agitating against left-leaning issues popular among his mainly progressive customers.

19.07.2024 5

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