As he retreats from Washington, Elon Musk says he will spend “a lot less” on politics. Close advisers say he is eager to return to prior obsessions.

Initial searches indicated Musk had interned at Pinnacle Research Institute, Bank of Nova Scotia, and Rocket Science Games, but not Microsoft. Howev

Elon Musk's social media platform X experienced a global outage on Saturday, 24 May 2025. Users worldwide reported issues logging in or using the platform. Today's outage is the second failure in the platform after the 23 May 2025 incident.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is seen onstage at a conference Monday in Seattle after a prerecorded interview with Elon Musk was played following the announcement that Grok AI, developed by Musk’s artificial intelligence start-up xAI, will be available on some Microsoft platforms. (Jason Redmond/AFP/Getty Images)

The Tesla innovator becomes the latest government employee to lose his job.

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Italian state-owned rail operator Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane SpA said it might test Elon Musk’s Starlink for future projects.

As Musk winds down at DOGE, he returns to a business empire flush with opportunities and fewer investigations—but new reputational challenges.