Elon Musk says Tesla’s value could soar to $4.4 trillion, Twitter might be worth $400 billion, and the Fed should cut rates. Here are his 10 best quotes from a Q3 earnings call.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Jae C. Hong/AP Elon Musk said Tesla’s value could exceed $4.4 trillion, and Twitter could be worth $400 billion. The Tesla CEO said he’s not an investor like Warren Buffett, and teased a $10 billion stock buyback. Musk warned he’s seeing deflation, and said the Fed has hiked interest rates too…

Russian lawmaker demands WhatsApp ban for state employees as Moscow moves to cut off Western technology

Anton Gorelkin said messaging platform WhatsApp should be banned for state employees. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/Getty Images A Russian lawmaker said he wants to introduce a ban on WhatsApp for state employees. Anton Gorelkin wrote on Telegram he didn’t advise anyone to trust Meta-owned WhatsApp. As the Ukraine war continues, Gorelkin said his friends have told him…

The Black Death permanently altered the human immune system, study says, leaving a vulnerability that persists 670 years later

The remains of people buried in an east London plague pit which was used for mass burials in 1348 and 1349. Museum of London Archaeology The Black Death which ravaged Europe 670 years ago may still be harming humans today a study found.  Genetic mutations that helped humans survive the plague increased the risk of…

Fox News CEO had strong doubts about Trump’s election-fraud claims, NYT report says. The network pushed them anyway.

Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott at an event outside Fox Corporation’s Manhattan headquarters in December, 2021. Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images Fox News’ CEO privately doubted Donald Trump’s election fraud claims, The NYT reported.  The network pushed Trump’s baseless claims the 2020 was stolen from him through fraud.  It faces a multibillion dollar lawsuit over the claims…

Elon Musk says Tesla has delivered fewer cars in Q3 than it made because ‘there weren’t enough’ trains, carriers, and boats to transport them

Tesla founder Elon Musk attends Offshore Northern Seas 2022 in Stavanger, Norway, in August, 2022. NTB/Carina Johansen via REUTERS Elon Musk said a shortage of carriers, trains, and boats affected Tesla’s ability to deliver vehicles. Musk made the comments during an investor’s results call on Wednesday. The Tesla CEO added that the company was working…