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Elon Musk has proven to be the world’s greatest salesman. Will he make that the best salesman in the Universe?

Master of the universe: Musk wants to take data centres to space

He’s already the world’s richest man. His latest move is making Elon Musk look increasingly like the poster boy for extreme universal capitalism.

  • Elizabeth Knight

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Some former workers at SpaceX and elsewhere have questioned his absence from his companies.

The world’s richest person’s fortune could double instantly

Elon Musk could be about to become the world’s first trillionaire as rumours swirl about the future of his space company.

  • Tom Maloney
AI researcher Geoffrey Hinton.

My scary night in Georgetown with the ‘Godfather of AI’

I cast aside my prejudices about artificial intelligence to hear what one of its creators had to say. Had he unleashed Frankenstein’s monster, or can we co-exist?

  • Michael Koziol
The Digital Freedom Project has launched a High Court challenge to the government’s under-16 social media ban.

High Court challengers of teen social media ban want Musk, Google to fund case

A group run by a Libertarian NSW MP has put forward two teenagers to act as plaintiffs in a bid to stop the teen social media ban from beginning next month.

  • Brittany Busch

The November 22 edition

The Gold Coast rocket developer with Elon Musk in his sights | The Glock-carrying librarian | Putting the fun in funerals | The chase for our southern lights

Adam Gilmour, co-founder & CEO at Gilmour Space Technologies south of Brisbane.

Adam wants to live on the moon – and he’s spending millions to get there

In a Gold Coast factory, former banker and gymnast Adam Gilmour is working on a rocket design that could take a slice of Elon Musk’s SpaceX business.

  • Liam Mannix
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E-Safety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant.

‘Noted zealot’: eSafety Commissioner called to testify before US Congress

The commissioner has repeatedly clashed with Elon Musk’s X over take-down orders, while the summons says she “directly threatens American speech”.

  • Nick Newling and Paul Sakkal
President Donald Trump shakes hands with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

For good customers, Trump rolls out the red carpet. The rest get a tongue-lashing

By day, the president was shrugging off state-sanctioned murder. By night, he was in his element, hosting a lavish reception for the Saudi crown prince and big-name guests.

  • Michael Koziol
Elon Musk speaks by video link to the AfD campaign launch in Germany on January 25. Photo: Bloomberg

Europe turns on Elon Musk as he blasts EU over digital rules

The world’s richest man’s enthusiastic support for right-wing populists also appears to be acting as a heavy brake on Tesla sales.

  • David Crowe
When Elon Musk launched Grokipedia on October 27, the world’s richest man promised nothing less than “the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.”

We tried Elon Musk’s Wikipedia clone. It’s as racist as you’d expect

The world’s richest man promised the truth. Instead, we get conspiracy theories, plagiarism and distortions about Australia Day, Indigenous Australians and Hitler.

  • David Swan

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