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Elon Musk biographer admits suggestion SpaceX head blocked Ukraine drone attack was wrong

Walter Isaacson’s book had ‘mistakenly’ said mogul secretly told engineers to turn off Starlink coverage of the Crimean coast

The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk is a lesson in the dangers of unchecked corporate leaders

When rich people convince themselves that they’re rich because they’re smart – instead of lucky and ruthless – they misapply their talents to areas beyond their expertise

The Guardian - US

Eight things we learned from the Elon Musk biography

Widespread access to world’s richest man allowed biographer Walter Isaacson to detail a number of illuminating anecdotes

The Guardian - UK

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Tech giants hold huge sway in matters of war, life and death. That should concern us all

Elon Musk’s hindrance of a Ukraine attack via Starlink caused a row. But other firms have similar power, and need scrutiny, says Keir Giles of Chatham House

The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk's refusal to have Starlink support Ukraine attack in Crimea raises questions for Pentagon

SpaceX founder Elon Musk’s refusal to allow Ukraine to use Starlink internet services to launch a surprise attack on Russian forces in Crimea last September has raised questions for the Pentagon

The Independent UK

Musk’s biography author already forced to correct one controversial detail

Isaacson began walking back his version of a failed drone strike only to later correct the record and accept full responsibility for a crucial mistake.

Fortune

On Ukraine, Musk is Benedict Arnold

Are we going to regulate tech billionaires so they don't determine the outcome of Ukraine's fight, or nah?

Salon

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Elon Musk sparks fury by admitting he thwarted Ukrainian drone attack on Putin’s naval fleet

SpaceX founder says his refusal to allow Kyiv to use his satellite network was an attempt to avoid complicity in an ‘act of war’

The Independent UK

Quiz of The Week: 2 - 8 September

The UK’s prison system is in the spotlight this week after a terror suspect managed a “jaw-dropping” escape from Wandsworth prison in south London.

The Week

And then Elon Musk said there’ll be no more war – not via his satellite. Aren’t we lucky to have the world in his hands?

The tech deity reportedly shut down his Starlink system to foil a Ukrainian attack. Is he the guiding force we need right now? asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde

The Guardian - UK

Elon Musk ‘committed evil’ with Starlink order, says Ukrainian official

Ukrainian presidential adviser says deaths of civilians ‘the price of a cocktail of ignorance and big ego’

The Guardian - UK

‘A cocktail of ignorance and a big ego’: A Ukrainian war official has slammed Elon Musk after he disrupted a stealth operation by cutting off Starlink

Elon Musk has denied the account by his official biographer, countering: "SpaceX did not deactivate anything."

Fortune

Zelenskyy adviser claims Elon Musk allowed Russians to hit Ukrainian cities

Comments follow revelations in a book that Musk severed crucial satellite signal during a Ukrainian drone operation.

Al Jazeera

Ukraine-Russia war – live: British man found dead in water with hands bound

Ukraine president claims Russian leader was behind death of Yevgeny Prigozhin

The Independent UK

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The Guardian - US

Elon Musk ordered Starlink to be turned off during Ukraine offensive, book says

Biography alleges Musk told engineers to turn off communications network to hobble Ukraine drone attack on Russian warships

The Independent UK

Elon Musk thwarted Ukrainian drone attack on Russian ships, book claims

SpaceX CEO thrust into high-stakes diplomacy over Ukrainian Starlink access, new biography reveals

The Week

Elon Musk: the shocking degree of power wielded by an erratic billionaire

Forget his wealth, said Ronan Farrow in The New Yorker. It’s the sheer power Elon Musk wields today that should shock us. The billionaire’s rocket company, SpaceX, is currently the sole means by which Nasa can get astronauts into space from US soil. Another of his ventures, Tesla, controls the…

The Guardian - UK

When Elon Musk’s ‘flying sofas’ give Ukraine internet access, we can’t sit comfortably

The Starlink system has been vital to Zelenskiy’s forces, but it can’t be good to have a volatile billionaire playing a crucial role in a major European war

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Fortune

How did Malaysia PM Anwar Ibrahim woo Elon Musk?

In an interview with Fortune, Anwar Ibrahim said his aggressive approach won over Tesla's CEO: “I want to effect change, and I want to do it now.”

Fortune

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has an ambitious plan to rid his country of corruption and turn its economy around—starting with Elon Musk

The prime minister reveals how he wants to get more women working, balancing the U.S. and China, and his "long conversation" with Nelson Mandela.

Space

Watch SpaceX launch 5,000th Starlink satellite to orbit on Aug. 26

SpaceX plans to launch 22 of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit on Aug. 26, bringing the total number it has lofted to date to more than 5,000. You can watch it live.

Space

Spies and hackers are targeting the US space industry: report

The U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence issued a warning to private space companies about the threat of foreign cyberattacks and disruptions to U.S. satellites.

Evening Standard

Elon Musk considered pulling plug on Ukraine’s Starlink access after ‘great conversation with Putin’

Elon Musk considered pulling Starlink satellite internet from Ukraine after having a “great conversation with Putin,” according to a former Pentagon official.

The Independent UK

Elon Musk spoke with Vladimir Putin directly, Pentagon official says

‘Oh, dear, this is not good’

The Times of India

'Elon Musk told Pentagon he spoke to Putin directly'

WASHINGTON: Elon Musk told Pentagon officials during a call about the satellite-based internet that SpaceX supplies to Ukraine’s military that he’d spoken personally with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the New Yorker reported.

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