Elon Musk has written a blog post explaining why he said he might take Tesla private at $420 a share on Twitter. "Funding secured," he declared in the tweet. But after reading Musk's new post, the only conclusion to be drawn is that funding was, in fact, not secured. And that could spell serious trouble…
WASHINGTON — A new voter ID law could shut out many Native Americans from the polls in North Dakota. A strict rule on the collection of absentee ballots in Arizona is being challenged as a form of voter suppression. And officials in Georgia are scrubbing voters from registration rolls if their details do not exactly…
Late Sunday night to early Monday morning will mark the peak of the annual Perseid meteor shower, arguably the most popular and dramatic meteor shower around. An average 60 meteors per hour are expected to streak across the sky, a spectacle that will be enhanced this year by a darkened crescent moon. NASA says the…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former White House aide and reality television participant Omarosa Manigault Newman played a recording in a TV interview on Sunday of her dismissal and indicated she had other recordings from her time in the Trump administration. "I have to protect myself and I have no regret about it," Omarosa said on NBC's…
In January, the outgoing chief executive of ZeptoMetrix, Gregory R. Chiklis, sued the company in New York State Supreme Court, accusing the company of financial irregularities, including paying “phantom employees” annual salaries of $500,000. Mr. Chiklis also said that Mr. Collins “unilaterally” made most decisions. The case was later settled, and Mr. Chiklis did not…
Good evening, Cyber Saturday readers. A number of tech companies excised the rantings and ravings of Alex Jones, a pundit known for promulgating deranged conspiracy theories, from their digital repositories this past week. On his website, InfoWars, Jones has been known to push baseless, detestable claims; for example, that the Sandy Hook massacre was a…
President Donald Trump tweeted Saturday to condemn "all types of racism" and violence ahead of Sunday's "Unite the Right" rally in Washington, DC. Sunday's event marks the anniversary of last year's violent clash between white supremacists and counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia that started over the removal of a Confederate statue. "The riots in Charlottesville a…
The deepening standoff raised questions of whether the two strong-willed leaders were risking even broader chaos as they vied for the upper hand in a widening diplomatic dispute largely focused on individual personalities. An evangelical preacher, Mr. Brunson, who has lived in Turkey for 23 years, is one of about 20 Americans, including a NASA…
Here’s your week in review, in haiku. 1. Charlottesville trembles; unite-the-white, say pundits. Kanye eats (Jim) crow. 2. Guessing the Gates’s might skip the “update” note this holiday season 3. With elan, Musk moves markets, not board members. Four- twenty unfriendly? 4. The hate in our mouths grows bigger online, while…
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has taken an unusual approach to potentially taking the company private. Joe Skipper / Reuters Tesla is in early discussions with some potential investors about the possibility of taking the company private, Bloomberg reported on Friday. According to the publication, the company is looking for several investors rather than seeking a…
