A familiar rivalry surfaced online this week, sparked by an image that seemed deliberately out of place. Jeff Bezos posted a picture of a large tortoise on social media, without explanation. The timing was notable. Elon Musk had been dominating headlines with fresh ideas tied to space, including orbiting data centres and long-term visions for…
SpaceX appears to be putting its Mars plans on hold for the time being. According to the Wall Street Journal, the company is now prioritising the Moon instead. The current goal is an uncrewed lunar landing scheduled for March 2027, with no astronauts aboard initially. Elon Musk had previously aimed to send an uncrewed mission…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is reportedly planning to harness solar power for AI data centres floating above Earth, which seems like science fiction, yet the company filed a proposal with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), signalling serious intent.As reported by Reuters, just days after reports surfaced of a potential merger between Musk’s xAI and SpaceX, the…
The TOI correspondent from Washington: Among Silicon Valley elites where tech titans have largely aligned with President Donald Trump’s purportedly race-driven MAGA vision, Indian-American venture capitalist Vinod Khosla has been an outlier. Exceptional as his opposition to Trump has been, the billionaire tech savant has set off a political and cultural firestorm this week with…