Tag: elon musk

  • Twitter considering charging for verification

    John Gruber: It’s Twitter that benefits from millions of users being able to feel certain that the “Stephen King” with 7 million followers on Twitter is really theStephen King. It’s Twitter that benefits from Nate Silver engaging with users and tweeting analysis. Popular tweeters aren’t getting paid to tweet. And now Elon Musk thinks they should…

  • Elon Musks: MBA is a bad idea

    The American Physical Society interviewed Elon Musk. But even if someone has no intention of ultimately being a physicist, I still believe that the training of physics is excellent. So as they’re going through their academic career I would recommend studying physics as a good base and then a broad range of engineering courses and…

  • Elon Musk wants to build an electric pickup truck and supersonic jet

    Autopia reports on Elon Musk‘s plans for an electric pickup and supersonic jet. At the New York Times DealBook conference, Musk said there’s an “interesting opportunity to make a supersonic vertical takeoff landing jet,” something he began to envision after the Concorde service ended nearly a decade ago. Modeled after the best-selling vehicle in the…