Elon Musk’s lawyers responded to Twitter’s lawsuit on Friday. A hearing is scheduled on July 19 about Twitter’s request for a four-day trial in September. Musk’s lawyers want a trial in February or at a later time. Thelegal battlebetween billionaireElon MuskandTwitterover a $44 billion deal is heating up. But Musk’s lawyers want to block that from happening. Musk has a 9% stake in Twitter. Twitter didn’t have a comment about the filing by Musk’s lawyers....

Musk tweeted the amount Sunday without providing any additional information or details about his accounting. “For those wondering, I will pay over $11 billion in taxes this year,” Musktweeted. CNBC estimates he should pay a total of$12 billion in taxesin 2021. Musk and other tech CEOs have faced criticism for the amount they pay in taxes each year. This is said to be due to how they structure their income....

However, he wants to see the math. It’s not complicated," Beasley said. Bezos is the second richest, with a net worth of $195 billion.

A second Starbase is now under construction. The Space Coast is never boring…

It’s not clear what Tesla items will be available to purchase using Dogecoin. Tesla sells a wide range of merchandise, including clothing, vehicle accessories and aCyberquad ATV for kids. Dogecoin hit a record 69 cents in May after Musk tweeted about the cryptocurrency aheadhosting Saturday Night Live. Tesla didn’t immediately respond to a request for more information. The company doesn’t operate a public relations department.

Orders made before that date will still cost $12,000, Musk wrote. Despite what its name suggests, FSD isnot a fully autonomous system. (it’s possible for you to’tbuy a self-driving car anywhere yet). The price hike will follow the wide release of FSD beta version 10.69.2, Musk noted in the tweet.

And if you’ve been waiting for a handle to free up, you could be in luck soon. It could also mean that Twitter threads from years ago would be fragmented with gaps of unavailable tweets. Elon Musk purchased Twitter late last year for $44 billion. Since then, the site has seen an80% reduction in work force, leaving around 1,500 employees.

The entrepreneur has done much since then and says a second biography is coming. This time it’s being penned by Walter Isaacson. The tweet has amassed over 40,000 likes in an hour, so the market certainly seems ripe. Isaacson is a biographer of American creators, and famously wroteJobs, an official biography onApplefounderSteve Jobs. (The Michael Fassbender one, not the Ashton Kutcher one.) It was notably also beforeMusk became the Dogefather.

The stock sales ranged in price from $1,135.05 to $1,196.23. Tesla stock closed Wednesday at $1067.95. By comparison, wage earners live primarily off their paychecks, which are taxed as income.

Elon Muskis set to speak at a companywideTwittermeeting this week. Twitter confirmed the news to CNET via a spokesperson. The deal has also been hampered by issues with data on the amount of bots on the platform. Insider earlier broke the news of the upcoming meeting. Twitter’s employees havevoiced concern about Musk’s potential involvement on the social media platform. See also:How Elon Musk Could Change Twitter

The Raptor 2 is designed to be over 25% more powerful than its predecessor. First Starship orbital flight will be with Raptor 2 engines, as they are much more capable & reliable. An updated booster and ship are expected to be rolled out to the test stand soon. The booster is expected to return for a landing at an offshore landing pad in the Gulf of Mexico. Engine production isn’t the only hurdle that must be cleared before liftoff....

SpaceXfounderElon Musk’sambitious vision for the next-generation Starship spacecraft is one of rapid reusability. Bring back the rocket booster. Quickly launch another Starship. Part of that vision involves a pretty wild piece of engineering:a launch and catch tower. Musk has referred to the robotic catcher as"Mechazilla."

There’s something about seeing a rocket on Earth that stirs the imagination. It promises power and potential. Getting into orbit would be a huge step toward Musk’s more ambitious space exploration plans. While the Starship and Super Heavy rocket combo are making progress, there’s no launch date set yet.