US Ambassador Says Canada Chose to Close Its Market to SpaceX

The US ambassador to Canada says Ottawa has made "a conscious decision" to move away from SpaceX, and that Elon Musk will probably find other people to do business with. Pete Hoekstra made the comments on October 20 at Space Canada's SpaceBound conference in Gatineau, Quebec, a few weeks after Prime Minister Mark Carney said...
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John Malone Predicts SpaceX Will Put Up to $10 Billion Into Skydance

John Malone thinks SpaceX is about to put $8 billion to $10 billion into Skydance, the newly combined owner of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, in a deal that would ease the studio's debt and give Starlink a way into Hollywood content distribution. Neither company has announced anything, and for now this is one well-connected...
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Tesla App Finally Goes Big Screen With iPad and iPhone Duo Support

Tesla's mobile app is rolling out with its first layout designed for bigger screens, covering the iPad, Apple's new iPhone Duo foldable, and Android tablets and foldables. That's according to Tesla designer Alex Guichet, who works on the human interface for Tesla Energy and Tesla Charging. He posted on X on October 21 at 8:46...

Starlink Mini Price Drops to $149 in the US Ahead of the Holidays

The first-generation Starlink Mini is now selling for US$149 on Starlink's US website, a discount from its typical US$249 price, as SpaceX gets ready for a holiday sales push that could also put its newer dish models in front of more shoppers. During SpaceX's third-quarter earnings call on October 21, CFO Bret Johnsen said the...

SpaceX Will Become the First $10 Trillion Company, Says Peter Diamandis

Peter Diamandis, one of SpaceX’s early investors, says SpaceX will become the first company in the world worth $10 trillion, and later the first worth $100 trillion. That’s according to CNBC, where the XPRIZE Foundation founder joined “Squawk on the Street” on Wednesday morning, a day after SpaceX reported its third quarter results. “I posted […]

Texas City Weighs Three Cybertrucks for Its Police Department

Hutto City Council wants to know what it would cost to put three Tesla Cybertrucks to work for the Hutto Police Department and other city departments, and it has directed city staff to run a cost comparison for a three-vehicle test. That's according to Community Impact, which reported on October 19 that the comparison will...