Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $43 billion
Billionaire founder of Tesla launches hostile bid for the social media company, saying it "needs to be transformed."
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Billionaire founder of Tesla launches hostile bid for the social media company, saying it "needs to be transformed."
"I use my tweets to express myself." In 2018, Elon Musk told Lesley Stahl about his use of Twitter, which at the time led to a charge of securities fraud from the SEC. Musk is now offering to buy Twitter for $43 billion.
Elon Musk has offered to buy 100% of Twitter — saying, the platform "has extraordinary potential. I will unlock it." Musk is offering to pay $54.20 a share for the company's stock, nearly $10 higher than the current price per share. CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger explains what this could mean for Twitter stock holders.
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The mission commander and his three crewmates are plowing through a full slate of research and public outreach.
The complaint accuses Musk of violating a regulatory deadline, allowing him to continue buying shares at a cheaper price.
CBS News tech reporter Dan Patterson joined CBS News' Tanya Rivero to talk about Elon Musk's decision to not join Twitter's board of directors after all.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk declined an offer to join Twitter's board of directors over the weekend. The news came after the world's richest man bought a 9.2% stake in the social media company, prompting questions about the frequent Twitter critic's future influence at the company.
Musk purchased a 9.2% stake in Twitter worth nearly $3 billion, becoming its largest shareholder.
The first non-government, privately-funded crew docked at space station Saturday for NASA-sanctioned research.
As its biggest shareholder, the billionaire business magnate could reshape the social media platform. Here's how.
Shares of Twitter soared by more than 20% after Elon Musk disclosed his 9.2% stake in the company, making him its largest shareholder. Brian Sozzi, editor-at-Large and anchor for Yahoo Finance Live, joined Tanya Rivero to discuss the announcement.
The Tesla CEO — and Twitter power user — is expected to press the social media platform on content moderation and free speech.
Tesla CEO, who has raised questions about the social media platform's policies, is purchasing 9.2% of Twitter's shares.
To meet rising demand, SpaceX plans three rideshare missions per year to give small satellites access to space.
Elon Musk's SpaceX has been working with the Ukrainian government to supply high-speed Internet to the country via his company's Starlink satellites. Sorin Adam Matei, associate dean of research and director of the FORCES Initiative at Purdue University, joins CBS News' Elaine Quijano to discuss.
Apparently referring to COVID-19 variants, Musk said, "Covid-19 is the virus of Theseus. How many gene changes before it's not Covid-19 anymore?"
Methane is 85 times more powerful than carbon dioxide when it comes to planet-warming properties. Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are contributing to an effort to monitor it leaking from oil and gas sites. Ben Tracy reports.
SpaceX has sent Starlink terminals to Ukraine to help keep the embattled nation connected to the western world
From Satellite internet to vodka bans, several american companies and organizations are finding inventive ways to offer assistance to citizens of Ukraine. Marci Gonzales has the scoop.
The California rocket builder has now launched 2,137 Starlinks as it populates a global network.
Monkeys at the UC Davis primate center had chips made by Neuralink implanted in their brains. Animal rights activists allege the research is abusive and sometimes ends in death.
SpaceX's Starship is the most powerful rocket ever built.
SpaceX fired off its third Falcon 9 of 2022 on Tuesday, boosting another 49 Starlink internet satellites into orbit as the company continues building out a globe-spanning network of commercial broadband relay stations. Watch the launch.
The Council on American-Islamic Relations calls Tesla's new location in the city at the heart of the crackdown on Uyghur Muslims "economic support for genocide."