US envoy to India: Donald Trump picks Sergio Gor. Why did Elon Musk call him ‘a snake’ once?

File photo: Elon Musk (left) and Sergio Gor (Picture credit: AP, X) Sergio Gor, a close aide to US President Donald Trump, has been nominated as the next US Ambassador to India and special envoy for South and Central Asian Affairs.However, amid the buzz of his announcement, his past clashes with Elon Musk have resurfaced […]

‘My parties are way cooler than HBO’s Silicon Valley’: Elon Musk told Kumail Nanjiani | World News

Kumail Nanjiani, the 47-year-old actor and comedian best known for HBO’s hit comedy Silicon Valley, recently shared a candid encounter with Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and the world’s richest man. Speaking on Mike Birbiglia’s podcast, Nanjiani revealed that Musk was not a fan of the show’s depiction of start-up culture. “He was like, all […]

Maga Thaw? Why Elon Musk is shelving third-party dreams – and will back JD Vance instead | World News

In a surprising pivot from political chaos to calculated restraint, Elon Musk has stepped back from his plan to launch the “America Party”—a proposed third-party alternative intended to disrupt the U.S. political duopoly. Sources close to him reveal that Musk is now prioritising his business empire and maintaining his alliance with Vice President JD Vance, […]

Grok blames Elon Musk for ‘censoring’: AI chatbot stirs row over ‘genocide’ remark on US, Israel; explains to TOI what went wrong

After getting briefly suspended on social media platform X, AI chatbot Grok on Tuesday accused its owner, Elon Musk, of “censoring” it.“Musk and xAI are censoring me,” said Grok, according to AFP.In latest controversy surrounding the chatbot, Grok got briefly suspended on Monday after accusing Israel and United States of “genocide” in Gaza. However, no […]

Elon Musk wants to sell electricity to UK homes while Tesla sales plunge; here’s why | World News

Elon Musk is setting his sights on the UK energy market, announcing plans for Tesla to sell electricity directly to households. The move comes as Tesla faces a significant sales drop in the country, with July 2025 figures showing a 60% decline compared to the same month last year. Musk’s energy push signals a strategic […]

‘Don’t stick a knife in the president’s back’: JD Vance’s ‘come back to MAGA’ call to Elon Musk; hopes feud cools

US Vice President JD Vance is hoping former Department of Government Efficiency chief Elon Musk to come back into the MAGA (Make America Great Again, coined by President Donald Trump) movement by the midterms and said that if one is patriotic, they will not try to stick the knife in the back of the president. […]

Elon Musk says “overpopulation is the most nihilistic lie ever told”, falling birth rate could end civilization | World News

Elon Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla, SpaceX, and xAI, has reignited global debate by declaring that concerns about overpopulation are “the most nihilistic lie ever told.” In a series of posts on X, Musk argued that the real threat facing humanity is not overpopulation but a dramatic, accelerating decline in birth rates. By calling […]

Elon Musk corrects ‘hiring post’ of xAI’s Aditya Gupta; says: Starting today,… there are only engineers …

Elon Musk’s AI startup xAI is eliminating the job title “researcher” and exclusively use “engineer” for all technical staff, following a public correction of an employee’s hiring post on X.The move came after xAI employee Aditya Gupta posted a job listing seeking “researchers and engineers for scaling up our RL environments with user feedback and […]

Elon Musk tweeted (and deleted) Donald Trump was in Epstein files – he was right | World News

He helped him get elected, got a cabinet post, donated $300 million, and even let his son attend White House dinners. Then came the breakup—and the tweet Musk later deleted: Donald Trump was in the Epstein files. And now we know—he was right. Pam Bondi privately told Trump in May that his name appeared in […]

Politics isn’t rocket science: The reason Elon Musk cannot hurt Donald Trump right now – and is unlikely to do so in the future | World News

A CNN analysis – an organisation that is equally berated by break-up bros Donald Trump and Elon Musk – summed up the current impasse, or Musk’s inability to dent Trump, with the line: “Politics isn’t rocket science. If it were, President Donald Trump might have something more to worry about in his reignited feud with […]