Before Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk slept on an office couch and showered at the YMCA. In 1995 Elon and his brother Kimbal started Zip2 in Palo Alto, making online city guides for newspapers. Instead of renting an apartment, they rented a small office and slept there. "We showered at the YMCA and we were so hard-up that we only had one computer. The website was up during the day and I was coding it at night, seven days a week, all the time," recalled Elon. In 1999 Compaq bought Zip2 for roughly $300 million. Elon used the money not for yachts or an island, he used it to start X dot com, which later became PayPal. And money from selling it was used to start Tesla and SpaceX.

Elon Musk says superintelligence and robotics could usher in an “age of abundance,” and I see a path to that. With a universal high income, there will no longer be poverty, disease, or suffering in the world. “I think by far the most likely outcome is an age of abundance, where we don't have just universal basic income, we have universal high income. People speak about medical benefits, but maybe it's worth talking a bit more about that. When you have robots and you have super intelligence, it means that everyone in the world can have better medical care than anyone here, including me. And wouldn't that be wonderful?”

Okay, we need to do this—restore the Roman Empire and its greatness ⚔️When do you think this will become possible? 😂

Austin, Texas, has become a true technology capital, where cutting-edge technologies are created and made available to residents before anywhere else in the world. Tesla's Cybercab fleet in Texas nearly quadruples to 169! A month after its commercial launch in Austin, Tesla has 169 driverless Cybercabs authorized for commercial use in Texas, up from 45 at the unveiling. Tesla's robotaxi fleet in the state also includes 420 Model Ys. Austin remains the only city offering Cybercab rides, and Tesla is looking to expand across Texas and into Nevada and Florida.

What stops you from posting and commenting on X? Sometimes I feel like I have nothing to say, but that only happens occasionally. What about you?

Starlink reaches a rural secondary school and nursing school in Mazowe, Zimbabwe🛰️ Dr. Maxmore Njanji, member of parliament for Mazowe Central, donated Starlink kits to Shutu Adventist Secondary School and the Howard Hospital School of Nursing and Midwifery. He handed over the secondary school's kit at Thursday's prize-giving and is also pushing to bring electricity to the campus so students can use digital learning tools. At the nursing school, which just graduated more than 70 nurses, the kit supports research and online coursework.

Tesla's Model 3 becomes the UK's #2 best-selling car in September! Preliminary data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders show 9,929 Model 3 registrations in September, making it the UK's top electric model and the second-best-selling car overall. The Model Y added 5,946 registrations and became #5 🏆

Starship is very remarkable. The spacecraft is not only the largest flying object ever built, but it is also fully reusable, boasts record-breaking payload capacity, and runs on methane fuel. I can hardly imagine the rich inner world Elon must possess to have conceived and created this. Starship will take us to the Moon and Mars and turn humanity into a multi-planetary species!

We’re just our memories, and death is when that information disappears. If you got perfectly copied and put back together with zero loss, it wouldn’t even matter that the original body was gone. The real issue for keeping AI aligned with what humans actually want is how slow we are at expressing anything. We talk and type at a crawl, so an AI trying to figure out collective human preferences is kind of like trying to make a plant happy when it barely gives any signals😅 So yeah, we should close that communication gap in time.

18 years ago today, SpaceX reached orbit for the first time. Today, Starship did too. Sep 28, 2008: Falcon 1, Flight 4 with three failures behind them. The payload was a 364-lb dummy nicknamed "Ratsat". Sep 28, 2026: Starship Flight 14. First time in orbit, and a real payload: 26 Starlink V3 satellites. Congratulations SpaceX, you did a fantastic job!

LATEST NEWS ROUNDUP Fifty Starlink kits strengthen disaster readiness in Malaysia SpaceX donated 50 Starlink kits to Malaysia for national disaster preparedness, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said after meeting a SpaceX delegation and Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil in Putrajaya. Anwar credited Starlink with connecting rural Sabah, Sarawak and Orang Asli settlements under JENDELA, the national digital infrastructure plan. He also welcomed the Starlink Point of Presence in Cyberjaya, which keeps local traffic inside the country and supports faster, more resilient emergency communications. British Airways begins free Starlink on Airbus A350s British Airways has started rolling out free ultra-fast Starlink Wi-Fi on its Airbus A350 fleet. The airline confirmed the service is already live on 11 aircraft, with the full A350 fleet of 300 due to be equipped by March 2028. Passengers get gate-to-gate connectivity without a separate paywall, turning long-haul cabin internet from a weak add-on into a standard amenity. The move adds one of Europe’s flagship carriers to Starlink Aviation’s growing airline list and sets a clear multi-year installation timetable. FCC unlocks more than 1,000 MHz for satellite broadband At Wednesday’s Open Meeting the FCC adopted its Unlocking Satellite Spectrum Abundance order, opening more than 1,000 megahertz in the 12.7 GHz and 42 GHz bands for satellite broadband to homes, aircraft, ships and moving vehicles. The extra contiguous downlink capacity is framed as a more than 25 percent boost for in-home service and stronger competition with traditional ISPs. The commission is also seeking comment on roughly 1,450 MHz more in the Ku and Ka bands, plus D-band spectrum, for heavier satellite use. Starlink links two remote ranger stations in Hue, Vietnam Hue’s Department of Science and Technology reports two Starlink Standard terminals have been online since 25 September. One sits at the off-grid, solar-powered Khe Tu Re ranger station in A Luoi 4; the other is at the Binh Dien hydropower reservoir ranger post. The links support daily ranger work, disaster response and search and rescue in terrain with little or no terrestrial signal. Hue was among the first three localities to finish installing its share of 254 Starlink kits distributed nationwide. Nine kits reach villages and schools in Thanh Hoa, Vietnam Thanh Hoa’s science department installed nine Starlink Standard kits on 28 and 29 September. Four went to villages in Trung Ly and Muong Ly; five went to public schools in Trung Ly, Quang Chieu and Son Thuy. Officials describe the terminals as a stopgap for communities that still have no phone signal, keeping classrooms and village posts online until ground networks arrive. The rollout sits inside Vietnam’s broader drive to close digital gaps in highland and border communes. Two isolated school sites in Thai Nguyen, Vietnam, get Starlink On 30 September, Thai Nguyen’s Department of Science and Technology handed a Starlink kit to the Nam Toc preschool site in Phong Quang commune, where about 10 children and two teachers had no mobile coverage for roughly nine kilometres. A second kit went to Ban Lap in Phuc Loc. Teachers can now reach parents and administrators and run digital lessons. The deliveries are part of Vietnam’s 100-day plan to clear remaining digital bottlenecks in remote education sites. Remington Group named Starlink Enterprise reseller in Papua New Guinea Remington Group was appointed an official Starlink Enterprise reseller in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday. CEO Justin Kieseker said kits will be stocked at all 11 branches, billed in kina, with local installation and warranty support so buyers no longer depend on overseas-only service. The Starlink X4 business terminal is priced at K1,690 including GST from Port Moresby to Wewak and Kavieng. Solar and battery packages are offered for off-grid clinics, schools, government offices and mines. © 2026, Eva Fox. All rights reserved.

Did you know that the first Tesla Roadster is still out there, in space? Literally🤓 On Feb 6, 2018, SpaceX launched Elon Musk’s own cherry-red Roadster on the first Falcon Heavy with a mannequin in a SpaceX suit named Starman in the driver’s seat. The sound system was set to loop Bowie's "Space Oddity," the dashboard had a sign "DON'T PANIC!" Asimov's Foundation trilogy was stored on a 5D optical disc and there was a message on a circuit board: "Made on Earth by humans." It's now in orbit around the Sun, on a path that crosses Mars' orbit and swings out to 1.66 AU. In two weeks the next Roadster gets its turn. Hopefully this one stays on the ground😂 Mostly🔥🔥🔥

I love videos like this. They highlight just how much SpaceX has been achieved over the years. Going from an idea to success in one of the world's most challenging industries in just a few years—it’s truly impressive 🤯

What is love? Baby, don't hurt me, don't hurt me no more 🎶🎵🎶🎵Haha😂❤️ But seriously, I am in awe of how Elon has transformed his feelings and emotions into love for humanity. Many people don't even realize how lucky we all are that Elon loves us❤️

Cool like animation for posts mentioning Grok Bot 🤖 I love that the X team comes up with such interesting little touches to improve users’ experience

Tesla FSD Supervised approved for a national rollout in Croatia FSD Supervised has been approved in Croatia, with a countrywide rollout expected soon. Croatia is the eighth European country to clear the feature and brings Tesla’s global FSD footprint to 16 markets, including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, China and several EU states. Tesla’s global fleet crosses 15 billion FSD miles Tesla’s worldwide fleet has now driven more than 15 billion miles on FSD Supervised. The growing dataset continues to feed training and refinement of the system as more drivers use it in cities and on long trips. SEC clears Tesla program for automatic retail votes with the board SEC staff approved Tesla’s voluntary retail voting program. Shareholders can set a free standing instruction to vote with the board on all items, or on all items except contested elections and mergers. Overriding or opting out remains free, investors receive an annual reminder, and other companies may rely on the same relief. Tesla secures $30 billion in credit lines Tesla reported a $20 billion three-year delayed-draw term loan with Citi as agent, plus an $8 billion five-year revolving line and a $2 billion 364-day revolving line with Wells Fargo as agent. It ended its previous $5 billion revolver. No loans are outstanding, and Tesla said it does not currently plan to borrow in 2026. The revolving lines can grow by up to $4 billion more. Starlink reaches schools and mountain villages in Da Nang Da Nang is installing Starlink at 14 sites with no terrestrial signal: 10 schools and four remote villages in A Vuong, La Dee, Phuoc Thanh, Tra Tan, Tra Giap and Tra Van. Each location receives six months of free service. The links let classrooms run online lessons, keep local offices working, and hold communities reachable when floods knock out ground networks in the mountains. Starlink headed to 31 remote villages in Nghe An Nghe An issued a plan on 29 September to place shared Starlink kits in 31 villages across 20 communes, including Keng Du, My Ly, Nhon Mai, Muong Quang, Na Loi, Tri Le and Nam Can. Residents will use the terminals for calls, study, healthcare access and e-government where ground coverage is weak. Installation, activation and training are due by 5 October, with six months of follow-up. Viettel Nghe An leads the pilot. Starlink helps KT SAT book first low-orbit revenue in South Korea KT SAT recorded ₩3.318 billion from low-orbit satellite service in the first half, about 3.5% of its ₩95.862 billion in sales. That stream began after the unit started reselling Starlink and OneWeb in December 2025. At sea, XWAVE One pairs the Mugunghwa satellite with Starlink on KLCSM ships. On land, Lotte Property uses Starlink for disaster-response communications at Lotte World Tower. Starlink Mobile goes live in Ecuador Starlink Mobile is now available in Ecuador with CNT. From the coast to the mountains and forests, customers on compatible phones can use apps and messaging in cellular dead zones, extending direct-to-device coverage across the country. First Starlink-equipped SWISS aircraft takes off The first Starlink-equipped SWISS Airbus A320neo has flown. Passengers get fast, reliable internet from gate to gate under the Lufthansa Group Wi-Fi service, free of charge in all travel classes. Crew-13 completes dress rehearsal ahead of Thursday ISS launch Jessica Watkins, Luke Delaney, Joshua Kutryk of the Canadian Space Agency and Sergey Teteryatnikov of Roscosmos suited up and boarded Dragon at Space Launch Complex 40 for their final dry dress rehearsal. Liftoff is targeted for no earlier than 11:10 a.m. EDT on Thursday, 1 October. SpaceX lines up Transporter-18 and Falcon Heavy NROL-97 for 1 October Falcon 9’s Transporter-18 has a window opening at 11:18 a.m. PT from SLC-4E at Vandenberg, carrying about 130 rideshare payloads, with the booster set to land at LZ-4. Later that day, Falcon Heavy is scheduled to launch NROL-97 at 11:53 p.m. ET from LC-39A. The side boosters will land at LZ-1 and LZ-2; the center core will be expended. Boring Company briefs Dubai’s Crown Prince as Loop work advances Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed met Boring Company president Steve Davis in Dubai to review the Dubai Loop. UAE AI minister Omar Al Olama and Mattar Al Tayer of Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority also attended. Since the February agreement, teams have assembled the tunnel-boring machine and begun casting concrete lining segments for the underground electric passenger system linking busy parts of the city. © 2026, Eva Fox. All rights reserved.

Starlink is one of humanity's most powerful inventions. While it funds the journey to Mars, it also significantly transforms humanity's daily lives here on Earth ❤️