Tesla boss Elon Musk said in an interview late Sunday that a monkey has been wired up to play video games with its mind by a company he founded called Neuralink. CNBC reports: Neuralink put a computer chip into the monkey’s skull and used “tiny wires” to connect it to its brain, Musk said. “It’s not an unhappy monkey,” he said…
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Elon Musk Grills Robinhood CEO Over GameStop Trading Freeze: ‘The People Demand Answers’
Elon Musk had just wrapped up a wide-ranging 90-minute interview on the audio chat app Clubhouse early on Monday, when he threw the hosts a curveball. “Do you want to hear the real story from Vlad [from] Robinhood about what happened on the Street with GameStop?” Musk asked. He advised the moderators to click on Robinhood CEO Vladimir Tenev so he…
Discord Bans the r/WallStreetBets Server As Subreddit Goes Private
According to The Verge, Discord has banned the r/WallStreetBets server for allowing “hateful and discriminatory content after repeated warnings.” It did not ban the server for financial fraud. We have also learned that Reddit’s WallStreetBets subreddit has been set to private. Here is Discord’s full statement: The server has been on our Trust & Safety team’s radar for some time due…
GameStop Jumps After Hours As Elon Musk Tweets Out Reddit Board That’s Hyping Stock
Tesla CEO Elon Musk seemed to rally behind GameStop’s epic surge on Tuesday, tweeting out a link to the Reddit board that’s largely hyped the stock. CNBC reports: Shares of GameStop, which jumped 92.7% Tuesday, were up more than 60% in after hours trading following Musk’s tweet, which linked to the “wallstreetbets” Reddit chat room that has more than 2 million…
Barbs fly over satellite projects from Musk, Bezos
A spat erupted Tuesday between Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk as the tech titans’ space firms exchanged barbs over their rival satellite internet projects being evaluated by regulators. Source: https://phys.org/news/2021-01-barbs-satellite-musk-bezos.html…
More Companies Are Joining ‘Tech Exodus’ From California
This week Digital Reality data center services announced it was also relocating its headquarters from the San Francisco Bay Area to Texas, citing factors like a low cost of living and “supportive business climate”. (Though it will still maintain a “significant” presence in the Bay Area.) And Align Technology (makers of the Invisalign orthodontic dental aligners) also announced it had relocated…
Musk: Mars settlers could trade in ‘Marscoin’
People living on Mars could one day leave regular currency behind in favor of Mars-based cryptocurrencies. The question of whether or not future off-w… Source: https://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/343045/musk-mars-settlers-could-trade-in-marscoin…
SpaceX Cargo Dragon succeeds in 1st autonomous undocking
SpaceX’s CRS-21 Cargo Dragon undocked from the International Space Station’s Harmony module on January 12, 2021, succeeding in the world’s first-ever autonomous undocking and testing of several new vehicle upgrades. Source: https://earthsky.org/space/space-x-cargo-dragon-1st-autonomous-undocking-jan-2021…
SpaceX’s next idea: Catch Super Heavy boosters with the launch tower
SpaceX is getting closer and closer to realizing the design for its Starship and Super Heavy launch system. Once complete, it will be the world’s first fully reusable launch system and will facilitate trips to low Earth orbit (LEO), the moon and Mars. Construction began on the system’s booster element (Super Heavy) this past summer and, according to a recent tweet…
Elon Musk Urges Followers to Drop Facebook for Signal
What’s the world’s richest man up to? Digital Trends reports: Tech CEO Elon Musk has urged his almost 42 million Twitter followers to use secure messaging app Signal instead of Facebook products. In a series of tweets, Musk shared a meme referencing Facebook’s role in the spread of misinformation leading to the attack on Congress this week and suggested people should…