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Oh what a feeling, Tesla knocks Toyota off top spot

Tesla’s Model 3 is now Australia’s highest-selling sedan, ending a decades-long run by the Toyota Camry as a bigger trend takes shape, new figures show.

David Swan

CES 2023Technology

Twitter malaise a boon for Reddit

Advertisers fleeing Twitter under Elon Musk are finding a safer home at Reddit, according to one of its top executives.

David Swan in Las Vegas

Lithium demandMining & Energy

(FILES) This file photo taken on March 12, 2021 shows a worker with car batteries at a factory for Xinwangda Electric Vehicle Battery Co. Ltd, which makes lithium batteries for electric cars and other uses, in Nanjing in China's eastern Jiangsu province. - Lithium, cobalt and nickel, the metals that are essential to the manufacture of the electric batteries that will replace the combustion engines that contribute to global warming, are so sought after that Europe is preparing to open mines and refineries to try to reduce its dependence on imports. (Photo by AFP) / China OUT

Tesla alters Piedmont lithium deal

The lithium developer’s revised deal with Elon Musk’s electric carmaker will bring forward potential revenues, but now includes a third party and cuts offtake and overall returns.

Valerina Changarathil

WSJMarkets

AUSTIN, TEXAS - JANUARY 03: Tesla cars are seen on a lot at a Tesla dealership on January 03, 2023 in Austin, Texas. Tesla's quarterly earnings fell short of Wall Street's expectations and its 2022 delivery target, losing approximately $675 billion in market valuation. CEO Elon Musk suggested that 2022's economic interest rates hurt vehicle demand. Brandon Bell/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Brandon Bell / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

Tesla smashed in first 2023 session

Elon Musk’s electric carmaker has continued its dismal performance into 2023, marking its first new year trading day with a 12 per cent fall.

Caitlin McCabe

MotoringMotoring

Pics of the 2014 LaFerrari for John Connolly’s column

The anti-Musk hyperbole has more energy than a Tesla

There’s been a public pile-on of Chief Twit Elon Musk of late. Judging by Tesla’s performance, his reputation is rubbing buyers the wrong way.

John Connolly

Business

(FILES) In this file photo taken on March 14, 2019, Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks during the unveiling of the new Tesla Model Y in Hawthorne, California. - Employee departures multiplied at Twitter on November 17, 2022, after an ultimatum from new owner Elon Musk, who demanded staff choose between being

Musk ‘open to’ Substack buy

The tech billionaire says he is open to connecting digital short posts platform Twitter with the newsletter start-up and challenge traditional media.

Callum Jones

COMMENTARYTechnology

How to make the most of LinkedIn

A guide to surviving and thriving on the business world’s favourite social network.

The Economist

The TimesThe Times

(FILES) This file photo illustration taken on August 05, 2022, shows a cellphone displaying a photo of Elon Musk placed on a computer monitor filled with Twitter logos in Washington, DC. - Twitter suspended December 15, 2022, the accounts of more than a half-dozen journalists who had been writing about the company and its new owner Elon Musk. Some of the journalists had been tweeting about Twitter shutting down an @ElonJet account that tracked flights of the billionaire's private jet and about versions of that account hosted at other social networks. (Photo by SAMUEL CORUM / AFP)

Even by Elon Musk’s standards it’s been a mad time

As a new year dawns, the billionaire must decide how he wants to allocate brain time. What’s it going to be?

Callum Jones

Twitter falloutThe Times

Musk presents his bank backers with $US44bn headache

The dramatic takeover of the social media group has potentially left Musk’s bankers with a huge bill.

Ben Martin and Katie Prescott

The Wall Street Journal

(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 28, 2022 the Twitter sign is seen at their headquarters in San Francisco, California. - Twitter suspended December 15, 2022, the accounts of more than a half-dozen journalists who had been writing about the company and its new owner Elon Musk. Some of the journalists had been tweeting about Twitter shutting down an @ElonJet account that tracked flights of the billionaire's private jet and about versions of that account hosted at other social networks. (Photo by Constanza HEVIA / AFP)

Musk invokes Twitter succession without clarity on successor

Billionaire owner assembles team to keep platform running while questions on top job go unanswered.

Alexa Corse

wealthThe Wall Street Journal

(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 10, 2022 Elon Musk gestures as he speaks during a press conference at SpaceX's Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas. - Twitter suspended December 15, 2022, the accounts of more than a half-dozen journalists who had been writing about the company and its new owner Elon Musk. Some of the journalists had been tweeting about Twitter shutting down an @ElonJet account that tracked flights of the billionaire's private jet and about versions of that account hosted at other social networks. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP)

Elon Musk’s finances get more complicated

The billionaire’s borrowing power has shrunk with Tesla’s share price decline, just as Twitter pressures ramp up.

Tim Higgins

electric vehiclesThe Wall Street Journal

The Tesla Model Y electric car is unveiled during Tesla's official launch event in Bangkok on December 7, 2022. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

Tesla shares head for worst year ever

Wall Street is bristling over weakening demand for Elon Musk’s electric vehicles.

Rebecca Elliott and Nate Rattner

MARKETSThe Wall Street Journal

The Tesla Model Y (L) and the Tesla Model 3 (R) electric cars are unveiled during Tesla's official launch event in Bangkok on December 7, 2022. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

Tesla short-sellers finally come good

Reversal of fortunes for Elon Musk’s company has been music to the ears of the stock’s many detractors.

Jack Pitcher

Big techThe Times

(FILES) In this file photo taken on February 10, 2022 Elon Musk pauses and looks down as he speaks during a press conference at SpaceX's Starbase facility near Boca Chica Village in South Texas. - A Twitter account that tracked flights of Elon Musk's private jet was grounded on December 14, 2022 despite the billionaire's talk of free speech. (Photo by JIM WATSON / AFP)

Burning through cash, Twitter ‘is a plane flying into ground’: Musk

After revealing the company is tearing through $4.5bn a year, Elon Musk says he’ll step down as CEO as soon as he finds someone ‘foolish enough’ to replace him.

Helen Cahill and Callum Jones

big techTechnology

Elon Musk will resign as Twitter CEO

The billionaire is now looking for ‘someone foolish enough to take the job’ at the social media platform, as shares in his other company Tesla plummet.

David Swan

The Times

Musk hedges as Twitter quitter

Elon Musk appears to have created the biggest job vacancy in Silicon Valley. But will anyone apply?

Mark Sellman

CommentaryFinancial Services

(FILES) This file photo illustration taken on August 5, 2022, shows a cellphone displaying a photo of Elon Musk placed on a computer monitor filled with Twitter logos in Washington, DC. - Twitter announced Sunday it would no longer allow users to promote their accounts on several rival social media platforms including Facebook and Instagram, but the site's mercurial owner Elon Musk appeared to backtrack on the new policy just hours later. (Photo by SAMUEL CORUM / AFP)

Where Musk went wrong with Twitter

The billionaire has often talked up the concept of failing fast. He may just set a record pace for the social media platform.

Eric Johnston

StockheadStockhead

Dogecoin really doesn't seem to be enjoying any pre-Christmas cheer. Picture: Getty Images

Elon Musk’s favourite coin in the Dogehouse

Dogecoin is dragging the chain and losing plenty, quite possibly because of the actions of one of its greatest fans, Elon Musk.

Rob Badman

Technology

Twitter poll: Musk must step down as CEO

Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s Twitter poll results are out and 57.5 per cent respondents say he should go, casting new uncertainty on the social media platform.

Alexa Corse

Technology

Aussie start-up banned by Musk’s Twitter

A local start-up hits out after finding itself effectively banned under policy changes by Twitter owner and CEO Elon Musk.

David Swan

techTechnology

‘Should I step down?’: Musk polls users on Twitter

The billionaire Tesla founder has abided by previous Twitter polls, and is now putting his own future at the social media platform up to a vote.

David Swan

tumultuous changesTechnology

Musk removes tweets promoting rival platforms

Twitter also warns it could temporarily lock or permanently suspend accounts that violated its ruling against ‘free promotion’ of rivals.

Alexa Corse

COMMENTARYThe Wall Street Journal

(FILES) In this file photo taken on April 14, 2022 a phone screen displays the Twitter account of Elon Musk with a photo of him shown in the background, in Washington, DC. - The Twitter accounts of several journalists suspended after Musk accused them of endangering his family were reinstated on December 17, 2022, but some said the billionaire owner offered full use of the platform only if they deleted posts about tracking his location. Musk had drawn anger and warnings from the EU and UN after suspending the accounts of more than a half-dozen prominent journalists from The New York Times, CNN, The Washington Post and other outlets. (Photo by Olivier DOULIERY / AFP)

Musk’s hypocrisy becoming tiresome

Relying on a public online poll isn’t an ideal method to make a major content moderation decision, but that seems to be exactly what just happened at Twitter.

Tae Kim

techTechnology

Elon Musk bans critical journalists from Twitter

The reporters, from the New York Times, CNN and more, had been tweeting about the billionaire’s private jet.

David Swan

Pivotal lawsuitThe Times

Elon Musk reached agreement to buy Twitter only three weeks after first revealing that he held a 9 per cent stake. Picture: Getty Images/The Times

Blow for Musk after court rules against Twitter

The German court ruled Twitter had a duty to track down and delete offensive posts, a possible setback to Elon Musk’s ambition to turn Twitter into a hub of free speech.

Oliver Moody

RIP @ELONJETInternet

Twitter suspends accounts sharing live locations, including the tracker of Elon Musk’s private jet

Twitter Inc. said it will suspend accounts dedicated to sharing someone’s live location, after one account in particular had gained traction for tracking the private jet of Elon Musk.

Joseph De Avila

World

Twitter grounds Musk jet tracker

The billionaire free speech supporter says ‘doxxing’ real-time location information was ‘a physical safety violation’.

AFP

Billionaires’ battleLife

(FILES) This file photo taken on June 16, 2022, shows French luxury group LVMH Chairman and Chief Executive Bernard Arnault as he attends an LVMH event at the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair in Paris. - French Bernard Arnault and his family top the Forbes list of the world's richest people, ahead of Elon Musk. (Photo by Eric PIERMONT / AFP)

Elon blocked: Musk loses crown as world’s richest man

Bernard Arnault has surpassed Elon Musk on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The Louis Vuitton owner is a world apart from Musk’s publicity-courting, tech bro persona.

Anna Murphy

‘Prosecute/Fauci’World

This combination of file pictures created on December 11, 2022, shows Tesla CEO Elon Musk (L) during the unveiling of the new Tesla Model Y in Hawthorne, California on March 14, 2019; and Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Dr. Anthony Fauci during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing in Washington, DC, on June 30, 2020. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN and Al Drago / various sources / AFP)

Elon Musk lashes out at Anthony Fauci

The billionaire Twitter owner’s post went viral, receiving over 800,000 likes within 11 hours but also sparking swift criticism.

AFP

San FranciscoThe Times

Esther Crawford, Twitter’s director of product management, was photographed wearing an eye mask while tucked up in a sleeping bag on an office floor.

Musk happy for Twitter staff to sleep on the job

Elon Musk has installed queen-sized mattresses in converted Twitter conference rooms so employees can sleep at work.

The Times

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