News about Elon Musk
Elon Musk drew attention to the update to the Grok Imagine image generator—Grok Imagine 2.0—with a single brief message: “Grok Imagine.” This was prompted by a post from visual AI expert Min Choi, who demonstrated the model’s new capabilities using a series of ten examples.
Elon Musk drew attention to the demographic situation in the European Union, noting the threat of extinction facing Western nations amid declining birth rates. The entrepreneur commented on UN statistics showing a decline in the fertility rate in the world’s largest economies since 1950 and a decrease in the population of Western nations.
SpaceX’s stock price has fallen by half since its post-IPO peak.
A steak and eggs, a McDonald’s burger, or skipping breakfast altogether—the breakfast habits of the world’s wealthiest entrepreneurs turned out to be much simpler than one might expect.
Elon Musk raised the possibility of a merger between Tesla and SpaceX, stating that the ties between the two companies are growing ever closer. The Tesla CEO noted that the number of joint projects with the space company continues to grow, but emphasized that any decisions of this magnitude must go through official corporate procedures.
Elon Musk, the world’s first trillionaire, has once again weighed in on the debate over digital platforms’ cultural policies. The catalyst was the description of the classic film *Gone with the Wind* in the Netflix catalog, where the movie is characterized as a Civil War-era epic “known for its racism.”
Elon Musk has once again drawn attention to one of the most ambitious technological concepts—harvesting solar energy in space. In his view, if humanity learns to harness this resource on an industrial scale, the economic value of such technology will exceed the size of Earth’s entire modern economy.
Major investment banks have begun publishing their first full-scale valuations of SpaceX shares following the end of the IPO lock-up period.
The new version of the Grok 4.5 artificial intelligence system took first place in the independent Harvey Legal Agent Benchmark (LAB).
Neuralink announced the first use, as part of clinical trials, of a method for implanting electrode threads through the intact dura mater.
The world’s richest man even celebrated his 55th birthday in his own unique way—Elon Musk stated on X the day before that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) had helped fund the “revolution,” “which sparked the war between Russia and Ukraine.”
Elon Musk, the world’s first trillionaire, celebrates his birthday on June 28. In 2026, he will turn 55. Born in Pretoria, South Africa, he has been interested in computers and entrepreneurship since childhood: at age 12, he created a video game and sold it to a computer magazine. Musk later moved from South Africa, became a Canadian citizen, and went on to build a career in the United States. On June 12, Forbes declared him a trillionaire with a previously unimaginable fortune of $1 trillion.
Starlink is expanding the use of satellite internet as a tool for reliable connectivity: the service will be used to provide backup connectivity for emergency services in Puerto Rico, while simultaneously entering the passenger aviation market through a partnership with Iberia.
Elon Musk, the founder of Tesla and SpaceX, took first place on Forbes’ Real-Time Billionaires list of the world’s wealthiest individuals, with a net worth of $1.1 trillion. His net worth exceeds the combined net worth of his four closest competitors on the list.
Elon Musk, the owner of SpaceX, xAI, Tesla, and the social media platform X, has surpassed $1 trillion in net worth. He has thus become the world’s first trillionaire.
Indian authorities have postponed the final approval of the commercial launch of the Starlink satellite internet service. The reason for this was additional checks by security agencies amid reports of the company’s terminals being used in areas of armed conflict, which raised concerns in New Delhi about control over satellite communications.
The Hungarian low-cost carrier will start equipping its planes with satellite internet from 2027. Ryanair and EasyJet have so far rejected the technology because of the cost.
Billionaire Ilon Musk has ingeniously raised the degree of discussion around his company SpaceX and its role not only in the American (and global) economy, but also in the lives of ordinary Americans.
Banks overseeing the deal have given notice to exclude clients from Hong Kong and China from the offering due to regulatory risks and compliance difficulties. Sources close to the situation said the underwriters involved in SpaceX’s $75 billion initial public offering have been advised not to accept orders from Hong Kong and Chinese investors. The decision was made because of U.S. restrictions on the export of critical technologies.
Ten top subordinates of US President Donald Trump have interests in Ilon Musk’s space company SpaceX or its merger with his own AI startup xAI.
