The US Department of Justice has applied to the EU's General Court to intervene in Elon Musk's and X's legal challenge against a €120m EU fine issued in December 2025 over the platform's blue tick verification badges. The DOJ argues the European Commission overstepped its jurisdiction in applying the fine to an American company. The European Commission responded that it has a strong case based on X's alleged breach of the Digital Services Act.
bbc.co.uk
· 2026-09-25
Tesla held an invite-only launch event in Sparks, Nevada, marking the start of high-volume production of its Tesla Semi truck, first unveiled as a concept in 2017. Vehicle engineering VP Lars Moravy confirmed the long-range version will travel roughly 500 miles per charge, with a standard version rated at about 325 miles. Elon Musk appeared only in a pre-recorded video, having skipped the event to attend a White House state dinner.
wired.com
· 2026-09-25
Tesla held a ribbon-cutting for its first high-volume Semi manufacturing facility in Sparks, Nevada, nearly a decade after unveiling the heavy-duty electric truck. The company has already secured commitments including a 2,500-truck order from industry coalition ZET SCALE and a 500-truck order from trucking firm Einride, with deliveries beginning this month.
cnbc.com
· 2026-09-24
Bleecker Street Media has released the official trailer for Musk, a documentary by Alex Gibney that premiered at the Venice International Film Festival two weeks ago. The film remains on track for a US theatrical release despite earlier rumors that international distributor Universal Pictures was hesitant to release it abroad, and despite Elon Musk reportedly threatening a defamation lawsuit and calling the film a hit piece.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-09-24
A trailer has dropped for 'Musk', a nearly four-hour documentary directed by Alex Gibney, complete with a ten-minute intermission. The film covers Musk's leadership of DOGE, his alignment with the MAGA movement, Tesla self-driving incidents, and allegations that he used Starlink to influence the 2024 presidential election. Musk has publicly attacked Gibney on X and threatened to sue him for defamation.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-24
In a California state trial over alleged racist treatment of more than 6,000 Black workers at Tesla's Fremont factory, company attorneys argued the n-word can function as a 'term of respect and endearment.' The trial's first witness also testified that Tesla's senior counsel misrepresented themselves as state representatives before the case began, according to Electrek.
futurism.com
· 2026-09-24
Data center developers are facing long waits for gas turbines needed to power AI infrastructure, prompting new entrants including startup Parallax and Elon Musk to move into power generation. The shortage has intensified interest in alternative manufacturing approaches, such as 3-D printing, that could speed up turbine production.
wsj.com
· 2026-09-24
Amy Laurent, founder of a high-end matchmaking firm, says clients increasingly hesitate to date men who work in tech, citing broader public anger at companies like Meta, Amazon and Elon Musk-linked ventures over issues from social media addiction to labor practices and AI's societal effects. Laurent says she now preemptively addresses women's reservations when introducing tech-employed male clients as matches.
wired.com
· 2026-09-24
Elon Musk's companies, including Tesla, SpaceX and X, have concentrated major new capital projects—such as chip foundries, rocket launch facilities and data centers—across Sunbelt states. State governments are reportedly competing to attract these investments, which represent billions of dollars in planned spending.
wsj.com
· 2026-09-24
California's Civil Rights Department began presenting its case against Tesla on Monday, alleging years of racist harassment at the company's Fremont assembly plant, including swastikas, Confederate flag imagery, and slurs directed at Black workers. The lawsuit, filed in 2022 after complaints dating back to 2012, also claims Black employees received unequal pay and fewer advancement opportunities than colleagues. Tesla has denied wrongdoing and called the suit misguided, while its attorney argued the N-word was used casually among workers rather than as an insult.
cnet.com
· 2026-09-24
According to a court filing reported by the Financial Times, OpenAI has disclosed that it was disappointed by weak iPhone user uptake of ChatGPT following its 2024 integration into Apple Intelligence. The filing states that a month after launch, adoption was already slow, prompting OpenAI to lower its projections for weekly active users, and by summer 2025 the company concluded the integration was significantly underperforming expectations.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-09-23
Tesla has reopened reservations for its long-delayed Roadster, requiring a $5,000 refundable deposit followed by an additional $45,000 wire transfer within 10 days. The company plans to unveil the car's pricing, specifications and production timeline at an event near Waco, Texas on October 1, having first taken $50,000 deposits for the same car back in 2017.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-09-23
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