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Trump’s DOJ intervenes to keep Musk’s xAI gas turbines polluting Memphis

17 June 2026 at 16:30

The US Department of Justice has asked a federal court to throw out a Clean Air Act lawsuit against Elon Musk’s xAI, arguing that the company’s unpermitted gas turbines near Memphis are a matter of β€œnational, economic, and energy security.”

The move puts the Trump administration in court alongside Musk to defend dozens of methane-burning turbines that have been running without air permits in one of the most polluted regions of the country.

SpaceX compra a Cursor por 60 mil milhΓ΅es de dΓ³lares depois de ultrapassar o valor da Amazon em bolsa

17 June 2026 at 09:07

A SpaceX confirmou a aquisiΓ§Γ£o da Anysphere, criadora do popular editor de cΓ³digo com IA Cursor, num negΓ³cio realizado totalmente em aΓ§Γ΅es. Γ‰ a concretizaΓ§Γ£o de uma opΓ§Γ£o firmada em abril e que chega quando as aΓ§Γ΅es da empresa dispararam mais de 48% desde o preΓ§o de entrada em bolsa.

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Survey Sunday: do you still believe in Elon Musk?

14 June 2026 at 19:30

Last week, we ran a sidebar survey asking ifΒ ElectrekΒ readers still believed in Elon Musk’s vision of a self-driving, robot-built future on Mars. After receiving more than 3,000 responses, here’s what you told us you think about the world’s first trillionaire.

The world’s first trillionaire is a killer

12 June 2026 at 19:46
Elon Musk makes a gesture at the inauguration
Hm! | Photo: Kristen Radtke / The Verge; Getty Images

Elon Musk's SpaceX IPO will probably make him the richest person to ever walk the planet. And while his mountain of horrible personal conduct could fill multiple books, one fact in particular stands out: A year ago, Musk's actions directly led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. He did it knowingly. And, worse - gleefully.

This is not a serious person, but his abuse of the world is deadly serious. In the first months of President Donald Trump's second term, the Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) destroyed the US Agency for International Development, whose mission was a boon to public health around the globe. M …

Read the full story at The Verge.

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