Elon Musk said he's putting his $44 billion takeover of Twitter "temporarily on hold," saying that he wants more details about how many of the social platform's accounts are bogus or spam. The Tesla and SpaceX mogul said he needs to make sure the fake accounts "do indeed represent less than 5%" of Twitter's users, as the company has estimated.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has reiterated his skepticism about hydrogen’s role in the planned shift to a more sustainable future, describing it as “the most dumb thing I could possibly imagine for energy storage.” During an interview at the Financial Times Future of the Car summit on Tuesday, Musk was asked if he thought hydrogen had a role to play in accelerating the transition away from fossil fuels.

But if anyone can do it, it’s Elon Musk.

The billionaire and CEO of Tesla supported Ukraine after the Russian invasion and did not hesitate to challenge President Vladimir Putin.

Elon Musk took to Twitter on Friday to offer a sense of his vision for the social media platform, after the acquisition goes through, also offering a sense of what its employees can expect, with regard to work life under his leadership. Musk’s comments accompanied a screenshot of a recent Fortune article titled: “Job interest in Twitter skyrocketed more than 250% since Elon Musk moved to take over. But current employees are nervous.”

SpaceX's president and chief operating officer predicts that humans will reach Mars before the end of the 2020s. Gwynne Shotwell said in an interview with CNBC: "We should put people on the surface of Mars within a decade." She then added: "I think it will be in this decade, yes."

Elon Musk — the world’s richest man and Twitter’s new owner — expects Twitter to earn almost $10 billion in revenue from subscriptions by 2028, a projection that doubles the $5 billion in total revenue the platform made last year, according to a report from The New York Times.

Elon Musk is aiming to increase Twitter's annual revenue to $26.4 billion by 2028, up from $5 billion last year, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing a pitch deck presented by the world's richest man to investors.

Tesla left its devoted following of retail investors in the lurch over plans for an upcoming stock split after missing a key regulatory deadline. In late March, the company said its board would seek shareholder approval for its second split in two years, but stopped short of providing the concrete ratio. Instead it promised additional details would be provided as part of its "definitive proxy statement", essentially the agenda for an upcoming annual meeting.

As Tesla CEO and soon-to-be Twitter boss Elon Musk aims to crack down on spam bots, nearly half of his own followers on the micro-blogging platform are fake. According to Twitter auditing tool SparkToro, of Musk's 87.9 million followers (at the time of the research audit), roughly 48 per cent are fake, reports Time.

Tesla, the all-powerful electric vehicle manufacturer, is developing a smartphone intended to revolutionise the world of telephony, the new Pi Phone.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has again delayed whether to issue SpaceX environmental approval of its suborbital launch and expansion plans in South Texas. The FAA said SpaceX has made “multiple changes” to its environmental assessment application. This is the fifth time the FAA has delayed its decision, with the final iteration of the agency’s environmental assessment initially due in December 2021.

Twitter on Monday agreed to be acquired by Elon Musk for around $44 billion in cash. The news came just weeks after the tech mogul launched his unsolicited, take-it-or-leave-it offer. State of play: Before he announced he had made an offer for Twitter, Musk had talked about the things he would want to change about the social media platform, from adding an edit button to limiting content moderation.

If Twitter is now Elon Musk’s world, it seems Jack Dorsey is ready to live in it. On Monday – after weeks of back and forth between the richest man in the world and Twitter’s board – Musk bought the company at $54.20 per share, a deal valued at $44 billion. That same day, Twitter founder and former CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted Musk was the “singular solution” he trusts to transform the platform.

Contrary to popular belief, Twitter can sometimes be a very warm place — scorching, even. Tesla CEO Elon Musk received the traditional Twitter welcome of being seriously burned when he reached an agreement Monday to buy the social media platform for roughly $44 billion.

Musk’s purchase of the social media giant is being heavily discussed in Saudi Arabia and Turkey, where the billionaire has a complicated history with both governments.

Elon Musk has claimed he is buying Twitter in order to protect free speech. But what does Musk mean by "free speech"? Musk provided a somewhat vague answer in a tweet on Tuesday, one day after striking a deal to buy Twitter for $44 billion. (The sale to Musk is pending and needs shareholder approval to be completed.)

Tesla billionaire Elon Musk has big plans for changes at the influential social media company, from authenticating all humans to banning spam bots.

The answer is.. perhaps yes. According to The Wall Street Journal, the board of directors of Twitter is discussing letting Elon Musk take the entire firm, with the discussion between the two sides taking place on April 24. Furthermore, Musk’s bid deal could be finalized this week. A deadline for closing any potential deal is being discussed, as are any fees that would be paid if an agreement was signed and then fell apart.