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Musk Threatens to Sue Director Over Doc — 'Musk' Already Scores 100% on Rotten Tomatoes Before It Even Hits Theaters
Director Alex Gibney, known for tackling Enron, Scientology, and Elizabeth Holmes, now turns his camera on Elon Musk. The nearly four-hour documentary comes with a ten-minute intermission, and Musk has threatened legal action while blasting the film on X. It currently sits at a perfect 100% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Nitter, XCancel Shut Down One After Another — Legal Pressure Seen as Key Factor Behind Closure of X Viewing Tools
Nitter and XCancel, third-party services that let people browse X posts without an account, have both recently ceased operations — and both point to the same underlying cause: legal action from X.
The Steering-Wheel-Free Taxi Has Arrived: Tesla Cybercab Officially Picking Up Passengers in Austin
Tesla has opened up ride-hailing in Austin through its Robotaxi app, though riders currently can't request a specific vehicle type—45 Cybercabs are mixed in with a fleet of 314 that's mostly made up of Model Ys.
Musk Sends NVIDIA's Most Advanced Chips to Space, and Orbit Is the Least of Starmind's Problems
SpaceX has filed with the FCC to launch up to a million satellites for its Starmind project, with the first batch of AI1 satellites set to run on NVIDIA's Vera Rubin GPUs. But radiation exposure and cost issues could make the 2027 launch timeline far tougher than it sounds.
Tesla Robotaxi in Austin Reportedly Goes Fully Driverless, Timing Lines Up Right Before Cybercab Reveal
Data from a tracking site shows all 170 Robotaxi trips in Austin over the past two weeks had no safety driver on board, involving 54 vehicles. The number isn't coming from Tesla or Musk — it's from a grassroots app.
X's Algorithm Loves "Replies" to Angry Posts: Stanford Study Says Democratic-Leaning Users Get Provoked More Often
A study published in PNAS tracked 715 US X users and found the platform's algorithm favors content that triggers angry replies—with users who identify as Democratic supporters being noticeably more affected. The reason behind this remains unclear.
SpaceX Buys Cursor for $6 Billion — What It's Really Buying Is a GPU Fleet
A rocket company buying an AI coding tool looks like a cross-industry acquisition on paper, but Cursor itself put it bluntly: what it wants is SpaceX's "largest GPU fleet in the world."
X Wants You to Check If You've Been Shadowbanned Yourself — But the Answer's Buried in a JSON File
X has added an "under the hood" page in its settings menu, letting a small group of test users download about a month's worth of visibility-limiting records, while also open-sourcing more of its recommendation algorithm code. But what you actually get is a chunk of code, not a straight answer for every single post.
Cybercab Doesn't Need the Internet to Drive, But Tesla Gave It a Satellite Antenna Anyway
A gold Cybercab prototype has surfaced at Giga Texas with a Starlink V5 antenna hidden in its roof, hitting download speeds over 375 Mbps. It's not for self-driving—it's for fleet management.
X Scraps Old Payout System, Rolls Out New Rules on Sept 8 — Creators Must Prove Content Is Original First
X is launching Original Content Rewards on September 8, replacing the controversial creator payout program that's been in place since Musk took over. This isn't a tweak to the revenue split — it's a complete redefinition of what content even counts.
SpaceX's First-Ever Earnings Call Buries X's Ad Business in a Single Line — Revenue Down to a Third From Three Years Ago
SpaceX just dropped its first earnings report as a publicly traded company, and X's ad revenue made a surprise cameo: $367 million, compared to $1.08 billion in the same quarter of 2022. The numbers speak for themselves.