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Grimes’ passion for music seems to be rubbing off on boyfriend Elon Musk. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO released an auto-tuned rap tribute to thelate gorilla HarambeSaturday in a short song uploaded to hisSoundCloud account. “I’m disappointed my record label failed,” he wrote. “Duck emoji defeats Emo G Records. Crushing victory.” He lateradded, “This might be my finest work.” It’s unclear if it’s actually Musk rapping on the track, which includes lyrics like, “RIP Harambe/Smoking on some strong hay/In the gorilla zoo and we thinking about you....

It all began with a tweet. The settlement, which Elon reportedly agreed to “without admitting or denying the allegations of the complaint,” allows him to remain CEO of the company, but keeps him from being re-elected as chairman for another three years. He will have to relinquish his role as chairman in 45 days of the resolution. The announcement comes just days after the SEC said they weresuing Musk for misleading investors, an allegation stemming from a controversial tweet he sent out in August....

In the report, published Thursday, Insider alleged SpaceX paid $250,000 in severance to a flight attendant who worked on SpaceX corporate jets after she made a sexual misconduct claim against Musk, the company’s founder and CEO, in 2018. Citing a declaration from a friend of the flight attendant, neither of whom were identified, Insider reported the flight attendant accused Musk of asking her to give him a massage in a private room on an airplane in 2016....

Elon Musk.Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Elon Muskand the co-creator of Dogecoin are at odds. “He’s a grifter, he sells a vision in hopes that he can one day deliver what he’s promising, but he doesn’t know that,” Palmer said in part, according to Crikey. “He’s just really good at pretending he knows. That’s very evident with the Tesla full-self-driving promise.” Palmer pointed to a time when the two were in contact about one of Palmer’s projects....

Elon Muskis admitting that the stress of his multibillion-dollar companies is taking a toll on his well-being. “This past year has been the most difficult and painful year of my career,” Musk — the co-founder and CEO of SpaceX, Tesla and Neuralink — told theNew York Timeson Thursday. “It was excruciating.” Musk — who reportedly alternated between laughing and crying during his interview—detailed a life filled with 120-hour work weeks, which has often prevented him from seeing family and almost kept him from making it to his brother’s wedding in Catalonia....

Shivon Zilis and Elon Musk with their twins.Photo:Walter Isaacson/Twitter Walter Isaacson/Twitter Elon Muskis letting the world get a closer look at his life outside of work. In a new excerpt forTIMEfrom acclaimed biographer Walter Issacson’s look at the enigmatic tech mogul, 52, Musk talks about AI as he enjoyed time at Neuralink exec Shivon Zilis' Austin home with the twinsthe pair secretly welcomedin November 2021. Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories....

Tesla has debuted a new humanoid robot with the help of CEOElon Musk, who said he believes the technology could change millions of lives worldwide. Musk, 51, took the stage at AI Day 2022 Friday to help unveil a prototype of the robot, also known as Optimus, which uses Tesla’s self-driving technology to function, according toCNNandCNBC. “The robot can actually do a lot more than we just showed you,” Musk added, per CNN’s report....

Elon Musk.Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg via GettyElon Muskis blaming the “fun police” for the latest recall affecting over 500,000Teslavehicles.Last week, the National Highway Traffic Safety Association announced in areportthat 578,607 Tesla vehicles would be recalled in the United States due to the company’s Boombox feature, which, according toInsider, is a 2020 software update that allows drivers to play unique sounds outside of their vehicle.The sounds range from those that mimic farts, goats, snakes and a saxophone, according to a2020 tweetfrom Musk, 50....

Elon Musk.Photo: Jeff Vespa/WireImage Elon Musk’sSpaceXmay not have plans to send humans to Mars anytime soon — but when it does, those on board may want to take caution. The tech mogul and SpaceX CEO warned in arecent interviewthat “a bunch of people will probably die” in the beginning stages of Mars exploration as his company works out the kinks of traveling to the Red Planet. “Going to Mars reads like that ad book for [explorer Ernest] Shackleton going to the Antarctic,” Musk, 49, toldPeter Diamandisin a lengthy interview thatstreamed live on YouTubeon Thursday....

Elon Musk.Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty While he admits that he’s voted for Democrats “overwhelmingly” in the past,Elon Musknow says he will probably vote for more Republicans moving forward. “The reality is that Twitter at this point, you know, has a very far left bias,” the Tesla CEO — who was born in South Africa but is a US citizen — said. “I would classify myself as a moderate, neither Republican nor Democrat....

Elon Musk.Photo: Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Billionaire and Tesla CEOElon Muskhas contracted COVID-19 for the second time. On Monday, the entrepreneurtweetedhe was “supposedly” diagnosed with the virus and revealed details on his relatively good condition. “Covid-19 is the virus of Theseus. How many gene changes before it’s not Covid-19 anymore? I supposedly have it again (sigh), but almost no symptoms,” wrote the business magnate and SpaceX CEO. In 2020 Musk opened up about testing positive for COVID-19 and was forced to quarantine amid a much-anticipated SpaceX astronaut launch to the International Space Station, according toCNN Business....

Elon Muskis currently living a nomadic lifestyle. The billionaire Tesla and SpaceX CEO made the revelation in a Sundayinterviewwith TED head Chris Anderson, when commenting on wealth disparity in the world today. Musk, 50, argued that he believes there are “some axiomatic flaws that are leading” these types of critics “to that conclusion,” explaining of himself, “For sure, it would be very problematic if I was consuming billions of dollars a year in personal consumption....

Elon Musk and son.Photo: Elon Musk/Twitter, Taylor Hill/Getty Elon Muskis setting the record straight about his kids’ future. In an interview withThe Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council, the billionaire, 51, shared that he doesn’t plan on handing over the reins to his companies to his growing brood. “I am definitely not of the school of automatically giving my kids some shares of the companies, even if they have no interest or inclination or ability to manage the company,” he revealed....