The labor board is accused of violating worker rights
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has said that it’s “confident” in a US Supreme Court ruling on the unconstitutionality of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRB). The board had filed complaints against Amazon and Elon Musk-led SpaceX after they were found to have violated employee rights by not collectively negotiating with their labour unions. The court will hear the cases on Monday.
America PAC has created an election denial pool on X
The America PAC’s Election Integrity Community group augments the work of other election-denying groups, like former Trump adviser Cleta Mitchell’s Election Integrity Network, CNN reported. It’s a parallel anti-election, anti-democracy campaign “designed to sow confusion and lay the groundwork for baseless objections to elections after Election Day,” it added. Earlier, Elon Musk posted on X, saying, “Oh you mean the ‘Election Integrity’ Team?”
Social media platforms have given up
Several people have accused Elon Musk’s company X of using social media platforms to spread misinformation and fake news ahead of the upcoming US presidential election. The claims were made by a former X employee who said he was fired last year for reporting fake news and spreading conspiracy theories on X. Another ex-employee tweeted, “I was fired for reporting fake news on X.”
People will be able to vote for $1 million
Elon Musk’s $1 million prize money is clearly illegal if people aren’t registered to vote, Richard Hasen, a professor at UCLA, said. “I don’t think it would be likely that he would suffer such a serious fine,” Hasen added. Two people have already won the prize money after signing Musk’s America PAC petition backing the Constitution.
Silicon Valley tycoons became Trump’s biggest donors
Billionaires Elon Musk and Nelson Peltz, who have donated over $45 million to Republican presidential nominee Trump’s ‘Make America Great Again’ campaign, are the 12th richest people in the US. Musk has contributed $46 million to the pro-Trump Preserve America PAC, making him the most generous among Trump’s donors. Peltz has donated $12.3 million to the Trump 47 political action committee.
There are five things to know about what will be unveiled tonight by the electric car company
Tesla CEO Elon Musk in an interview with The New York Times said that the demand for a fully self-driving car will be higher when it helps people make money off their personal vehicles by lending them out. He added that self-driving cars are expected to be 10-20 times safer than human-driven vehicles.
The robotaxis is ready for roll out
Tesla CEO Elon Musk said self-driving cars are Boundary Problems for him. He added that he believes Tesla’s software can drive a vehicle without human help much of the time, but it’s not reliable enough to drive unassisted all of the time. Musk further said that he believes demand for Tesla’s self-sufficient software will go up when it is fully self-sufficient.
Is the man a national security risk?
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk tweeted about the alleged assassination attempt of former US President Donald Trump, calling it “racially hateful”. “There are two different kinds of people – those who don’t want to be in power…those who have a hatred for people of colour,” he added. Earlier, Trump had said the assassination attempt was “a much better result” than in June.
Why it’s hard to fully block X in Brazil
Billionaire Elon Musk-led messaging platform Starlink has said that some of its users in Brazil began blocking Telegram within 24 hours of receiving a court order to do so in April. However, the block wasn’t implemented by all ISPs in Brazil nor was it implemented in the same way, Starlink added. “This suggests lack of coordination between providers,” it further said.
X has an antitrust lawsuit against advertisers
Following Elon Musk’s post on the lawsuit filed by X and Check My Ads against Rumble over ads, Linda Yaccarino, CEO of right-wing video site Rumble said she was “shocked by the evidence that there had been a systematic illegal boycott against X.” She said, “Bose to boycott and destroy.” Musk had posted that there could be criminal liability under RICO Act.