Pour one out for the tech bros — or at least for their dating lives. Though working in tech used to be considered a romantic flex for male suitors — with prestigious titles, flexible hours and sky-high salaries — young, rolling-in-it tech bros recently wailed to Wired magazine that no one wants them anymore. One … Read more
Call it a California gold rush. The Golden State is home to 85 of America’s wealthiest people, according to Forbes’ annual ranking of the country’s 400 richest, which features tech titans, entrepreneurs and billionaire families. The 2026 list has a record $8 trillion in combined wealth, with 34 newcomers joining the elite club. The price … Read more
Like mother, like son. Elon Musk is known for having no permanent residence, preferring to crash at friends’ places or in spartan temp lodgings. His 78-year-old mother, Maye Musk, reveals that she’s also comfortable roughing it. She grew up camping in the Kalahari Desert and was couch-surfing until she was 60. “If I have a … Read more
Plug in, cash out? Some California Tesla owners could be in line for up to $350 from a class-action settlement over Supercharger “idle fees” — but they’ll need to move fast. The lawsuit centers on fees charged when a Tesla stayed plugged into a busy Supercharger after it had finished charging. Sign up for the … Read more
Elon Musk is threatening to sue over documentarian Alex Gibney’s new movie about him, saying the film’s insinuation that Musk influenced the 2024 election in President Trump’s favor reeks of defamation. Musk’s high-profile lawyer Alex Spiro blasted Gibney’s film in a new letter, addressing the head of the production company behind it. Spiro zeroed in … Read more
Elon Musk sent dozens of self-driving Cybercabs without steering wheels or brake pedals onto the streets of Austin, Texas, on Thursday, betting that Americans will overcome their fears of rides with “no control” and hop inside. The rollout of the gold-colored Teslas, which give passengers no way to take control in an emergency, comes as … Read more
Elon Musk postponed a live interview Friday on CNBC just before it was set to begin – leaving tech journalist Julia Boorstin hanging on air. “We hope he will give us a new time for this interview. But we’ve just heard that he is postponing,” Boorstin said on the live show around noon Eastern Time. … Read more
Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin is reportedly kicking off a $10 billion fundraising round that values the rocket company at $130 billion, hot on the heels of last month’s historic IPO for Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The deal, reported by DealBook, would expand Blue Origin’s investor base beyond the deep-pocketed Bezos for the first time, reducing his … Read more
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Thursday the 2026 Tesla Model Y is the first vehicle model to pass the agency’s new advanced driver assistance system tests. The tests have recently been added to the agency’s New Car Assessment Program. The models that passed are Model Y vehicles manufactured on or after Nov. 12, 2025. … Read more
FICTION Tana French (Viking) In the final installment of French’s acclaimed Cal Hooper trilogy, a girl who was set to marry into a powerful family goes missing in a small Irish village and is found dead in a river. As Hooper — the former Chicago detective who moved to Ireland to supposedly retire and relax … Read more
A devastated father in Iceland says he was stripped of his parental rights after speaking out against his 11-year-old autistic son’s sex change — a case that has drawn international attention, including from billionaire Elon Musk — as he accuses the courts of prioritizing progressive ideology over a parent’s right to protect their child. Alexandre Rocha, … Read more
Tesla unveiled a cheaper Cybertruck variant in the US late Thursday and slashed the price of its most-expensive model, Cyberbeast, as the electric-vehicle maker struggles to find buyers for its pickup trucks. The Cybertruck was touted by CEO Elon Musk as a futuristic competitor to mass market pickup trucks from legacy brands such as Ford, but multiple recalls and quality control … Read more
Steak ‘n Shake recently began rolling out colossal American flags at its locations as numerous businesses embrace patriotic themes. The chain announced last week that it would install the Stars and Stripes at locations across the U.S. The flags will be as large as possible while still complying with local regulations. “The flag installations have begun … Read more
All the lights are on him. “In Whose Name?” offers a rare look at Kanye West during the most tumultuous years of his life. Directed by first-time filmmaker Nico Ballesteros, the unauthorized documentary follows the controversial rapper across six years and 3,000 hours of footage — that’s ultimately edited down to 106 minutes. The filming, which … Read more
Walt Disney has resolved a legal dispute with actor Gina Carano over her firing from the “Star Wars” streaming TV series “The Mandalorian,” a spokesperson for Disney unit Lucasfilm said on Thursday. Disney removed Carano from “The Mandalorian” in 2021 over social media posts that the company at the time called “abhorrent and unacceptable” for “denigrating people based on their … Read more
Elon Musk had high praise for the diner and electric vehicle (EV) charging station that Tesla is creating in Los Angeles. The Tesla CEO said early Monday morning on X that he “just had dinner at the retro-futuristic @Tesla diner and Supercharger.” “Team did great work making it one of the coolest spots in LA!” he wrote. … Read more
Can you taste the tears, hear the heartstrings pulling, and smell the codependency, kids? It can mean only one thing: from June 20 to July 21, 2025, the sun is shining into the shallows of Cancer. People born under the stars of the crab are intuitive, nurturing, and deeply protective of their soft underbellies and … Read more
Tesla is set to begin a test of its long-promised robotaxi service on schedule in Austin, Texas, by the end of June, Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Tuesday, even as the company faces questions from a US regulator on safety. The electric vehicle maker will roll out about 10 self-driving cars in some parts of the city, Musk said in an interview … Read more
One man is taking “be fruitful and multiply” to a whole new level. Rob Albon has devoted his life to supporting a controversial effort by the world’s richest person, Elon Musk. Albon, who lives in a modest home in England, has nowhere near the wealth or name-recognition of the tech billionaire, but he has thoroughly … Read more
Meet Elon Musk’s doppelgänger – a singer from Luxembourg who says his uncanny resemblance to the tech entrepreneur is “not a compliment”. Hugo One, 28, is regularly mistaken for Musk – who runs Tesla – and says he gets stopped while at the supermarket, bars and queues for nightclubs and doesn’t enjoy the comparison. Hugo … Read more