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Confidence in your CEO? Scared of Elon Musk? New Spark chair's first day on the job
Vince Hawksworth jumps from electricity to phones.
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Sanford shares suffer as Opportunity Party gains voter support
The political party has said reform of bottom trawling is a coalition bottom line for it.
Tesla bulls eying merger bump find stock needs more than rockets
Tesla and SpaceX have formed committees to explore a rumoured merger.
Musk’s SpaceX turns profit as AI cloud deals pay off
Super Intelligence revenue rose more than ninefold to $7.6b.
Musk approached Trump to slow down Starlink in Ukraine
The speed cap limited drones using Starshield to around 160km/h.
Elon Musk unveils Tesla’s ‘flying’ car
Musk said the Roadster was 'not necessarily a safety-optimised car'.
Zelenskyy defies Trump by targeting Russian refineries
The US threatened to withdraw intelligence-sharing if strikes continued.
Some investors take fright as Rocket Lab delays giant Neutron rocket, again
Founder Sir Peter Beck details a manufacturing glitch in a fuel tank shell.
'SpaceX is unlikely to stop with the US': Elon Musk's latest mobile move rattles Spark
US and European telco stocks were also 'smoked' by news of Musk's mobile ambitions.
Trump to give Musk top US science medal
Michael Dell and Satya Nadella will receive the top US technology medal.
With Elon Musk’s return to Washington, possible conflicts of interest resurface
New York Times: Elon Musk will advise the Pentagon despite SpaceX’s billions in contracts.
Twenty launches, all from Mahia: Rocket Lab signs its largest-ever Electron rocket deal
The agreement lifts Rocket Lab’s launch pipeline to more than 100 missions.
'Very successful mission': Ben Taylor on the SpaceX rocket launch | Ryan Bridge TODAY
SpaceX launches a rocket into orbit and successfully splashes back down in the Pacific Ocean. Video / Ryan Bridge TODAY
SpaceX launches its Starship heavy lifter into orbit for the first time
Despite a nerve-wracking engine issue during ascent, the rocket's mission was a success.
SpaceX attempts first orbital flight of Starship three years after debut
The test aims to put Starship in orbit and deploy 26 Starlink satellites.
Google takes the AI data centre race to outer space
New York Times: Google's Project Suncatcher will test AI chips in orbit.
Elon Musk really, really hates a new film about him. Here's why
Washington Post: 'Musk' paints the tech titan as a megalomaniac conman with a god complex.
Top AI leaders call for slowing down development
New York Times: Anthropic CEO says there needs to be greater safety controls.
Market shakeup: 2degrees opens ground station with satellite newcomer
Elon Musk's Starlink has a rival with some new tricks up its sleeve.
Spark boss defends bonus, brushes aside departure talk as shares jump
Crown control of spectrum and favouring locals seen as bulwark against Starlink.
Nasa images reveal crater left by SpaceX rocket's moon crash
Nasa images reveal the crater from SpaceX Falcon 9's impact on the moon.
'Space powerhouse' - Beck talks up data centres in space as Rocket Lab reports record revenue
Kiwi-American firm has been on a buying spree while signing huge military deals.
"Plume of dust" detected after SpaceX moon crash | Ryan Bridge TODAY
Auckland University physics professor Richard Easther says the moon doesn't have an atmosphere like Earth to burn up space junk. Video / Ryan Bridge TODAY
One small misstep for man: SpaceX unintentionally slams rocket into moon
The Falcon 9 craft was supposed to return to Earth but got pulled into a lunar orbit.