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World markets
Miners, tech stocks buoy ASX after Tesla boosts Wall Street
Miners and tech companies drove the ASX higher after US stocks set records on Wall Street, with Tesla leading the way.
- by Millie Muroi
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7News YouTube channel hacked, broadcasts AI Elon Musk crypto scam
Subscribers to 7News’ YouTube channel have been shown a live-streamed AI-generated Elon Musk cryptocurrency scam.
- by Calum Jaspan and David Swan
Opinion
Renewables
Your Tesla could make your toast. Why doesn’t it?
One of the most important technologies for a clean power grid is sitting idle in your garage.
- by David Fickling
Opinion
Pay
So Musk wants his former employees’ money back. Is that legal?
Can an employer ask you to pay back wages? And more importantly, should they?
- by Victoria Devine
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Executive pay
‘I do deliver’: Elon Musk jubilant as Tesla shareholders approve $84 billion pay deal
Tesla shareholders have voted to restore Elon Musk’s controversial pay package, but the fight might not be over for the mercurial billionaire.
- by Hyunjoo Jin, Ross Kerber and Akash Sriram
No, a remote Amazon tribe is not addicted to porn
An article by The New York Times about the arrival of Starlink internet in the rainforest took on a life of its own. In a few days, the web was rife with misinformation.
- by Jack Nicas
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Social media
Elon Musk chases ‘overpayments’ from Australia’s sacked Twitter staff
Social media platform X says a currency conversion error resulted in former Twitter staff being overpaid their entitlements.
- by Calum Jaspan
Opinion
Opinion
It’s high noon for Musk as his $80 billion payday looms
Tesla shareholders are expected to approve yet again the largest incentive package in US history. If they do, the unprecedented package will no doubt be challenged in court again.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Dicey Topics
Good Weekend
Tech insider Kara Swisher on the problem of Silicon Valley’s ‘adult toddlers’
The influential US journalist discusses the politics of selfishness – and the difference between Star Trek people and Star Wars people.
- by Benjamin Law
‘I will not be cowed’: eSafety Commissioner on legal stoush with X Corp
The regulator has dropped a case over the Elon Musk-owned social media giant’s treatment of the Wakeley stabbing video, but is fighting on several other fronts.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Opinion
Executive pay
It’s time Elon Musk faced a blunt truth about Tesla
Elon Musk is one of the great entrepreneurs of the century, but even he isn’t worth the biggest pay packet in history.
- by Matthew Lynn