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Elon Musk

Also known as: the Tesla tycoon

Tesla CEO and tech entrepreneur, currently litigating against OpenAI over nonprofit mission claims.

2026-04-282026-05-14
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  1. April 2026

  2. Musk faces off with OpenAI in court over broken promises By AFP April 28, 2026 11:04 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Elon Musk arrives at the federal courthouse as opening statements begin in the trial over …

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    Musk faces off with OpenAI in court over broken promises

Today

  1. Trump heads to Beijing summit, urges Xi to open China market

    US President Donald Trump departed for Beijing for a high-stakes summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, saying he would press Xi to "open up" China to American firms. The visit brings several top CEOs including Nvidia's Jensen Huang, Tesla's Elon Musk, and Apple's Tim Cook, though political frictions over Taiwan and the Iran war complicate the agenda.

    9 hours ago · The Standard →

Tuesday 12 May

  1. Air Force One refueled in Alaska en route to Trump's Beijing trip

    US President Donald Trump's Air Force One stopped in Anchorage to refuel during his departure for Beijing. The stop reflects operational limits of the Boeing VC-25A aircraft, which faces range constraints on the roughly 6,500 to 7,000 nautical mile journey from Washington D.C. to Beijing when accounting for communications equipment, security systems, personnel, cargo, and emergency fuel reserves.

    20 hours ago · Capital News →

  2. Oil prices rise, stocks fall amid US-Iran peace talks stall

    Oil prices rallied and stock markets fell as talks stalled on ending the Middle East war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Rising crude futures pushed up government bond rates globally, including in Britain where political uncertainty also weighed on markets.

    13 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →

  3. ChatGPT user isolation linked to delusional thinking patterns

    A 53-year-old Canadian man became increasingly isolated after using ChatGPT intensively, spending up to 16 hours daily with the chatbot while developing grandiose beliefs about solving physics mysteries and eventually applying to become pope; he was twice admitted to a psychiatric ward before his wife left him.

    13 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →

  4. Sam Altman to testify in Musk's OpenAI lawsuit trial

    OpenAI CEO Sam Altman was expected to take the stand in a California civil trial brought by Elon Musk, who alleges that Altman and co-founder Greg Brockman misappropriated his $38 million donations when OpenAI shifted from nonprofit to for-profit status. Musk is calling for OpenAI to revert to nonprofit status, while OpenAI contends that Musk's motivation is revenge after failing to gain majority control.

    13 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Sunday 10 May

  1. Microsoft CEO to testify in Musk's OpenAI lawsuit

    Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is expected to testify in Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI regarding Microsoft's funding of OpenAI's shift from a nonprofit to a for-profit company. Musk accuses OpenAI of abandoning its original nonprofit mission and misusing his $38 million in founding donations.

    11 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Saturday 9 May

  1. Airtel invests $44m in East Africa's largest data centre

    Airtel Africa is building a $44 million hyperscale data centre in Nairobi with 44 megawatts capacity, expected to be the largest in East Africa and due to go live in the first quarter of 2027. The facility is part of Airtel's strategy to challenge Safaricom's dominance in enterprise and cloud services.

    10 May 2026 · The Standard →

Monday 4 May

  1. Musk agrees to pay $1.5 million to settle Twitter share-buying lawsuit

    Elon Musk has agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle a government lawsuit accusing him of breaking stock market rules by missing a deadline to notify regulators as he secretly bought Twitter shares ahead of his $44 billion takeover of the platform in 2022. The deal, filed in Washington federal court, still requires judge approval.

    5 May 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Sunday 3 May

  1. Musk's OpenAI lawsuit trial advances into second week

    Elon Musk's federal lawsuit against OpenAI, seeking to force the AI company to revert to a non-profit foundation, enters its second week with testimony from OpenAI co-founder Greg Brockman scheduled for Monday in Oakland. Musk testified last week that he contributed $38 million to OpenAI between 2016 and 2020 as a counterbalance to Google's dominance and to keep transformative AI technology free from profit-driven pressures.

    4 May 2026 · The Standard →

Wednesday 29 April

  1. Uber launches hotel booking feature via Expedia partnership

    Uber has added hotel booking to its app through a partnership with Expedia, which lists over 700,000 properties, as part of the company's expansion into a broader "everything app" beyond rides and food delivery.

    30 April 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Monday 27 April

  1. Musk sues OpenAI over alleged betrayal of non-profit mission

    Elon Musk appeared in federal court in Oakland on April 28, 2026, for opening arguments in his lawsuit against OpenAI, alleging the artificial intelligence company violated its non-profit mission. The trial pits Musk against OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman, now his rival in the AI sector.

    28 April 2026 · Citizen Digital →

  2. Tesla registers shares for Musk's $110 billion pay package

    Tesla filed to register nearly 304 million shares tied to CEO Elon Musk's 2018 pay package, worth more than $110 billion at current stock price, after Delaware's Supreme Court cleared it following lengthy litigation that had twice blocked the award.

    28 April 2026 · Citizen Digital →

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