Musk: SpaceX IPO made thousands of staff millionaires

Musk: SpaceX IPO made thousands of staff millionaires

TL;DR Elon Musk said on The Sean Hannity Show that SpaceX’s record IPO has probably made “several thousand” of his employees millionaires, framing years of stock grants as a deliberate policy to let staff share the upside. Estimates put the count at about 4,400 new millionaires and 400+ centimillionaires, spanning welders and machinists, not just…

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EU parliament passes ‘chat control,’ allowing private chat scans until 2028

EU parliament passes ‘chat control,’ allowing private chat scans until 2028

EU lawmakers have again allowed tech firms to scan chats for abuse material, but exempted end-to-end encrypted messages. The European Parliament has passed legislation allowing tech firms to scan messages for child sexual abuse material until 2028, a controversial law dubbed “chat control” by critics. EU lawmakers on Thursday largely voted against extending the regulation,…

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Cristin Milioti, Keegan-Michael Key’s ‘Buddy’ Trailer Brings Horror to Children’s TV

Cristin Milioti, Keegan-Michael Key’s ‘Buddy’ Trailer Brings Horror to Children’s TV

An orange unicorn has some tricks up his sleeve as the host of a children’s television show in the teaser trailer for Buddy. Roadside Attractions releases director Casper Kelly’s horror-comedy movie in theaters Aug. 28 after its premiere earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival. Cristin Milioti, Keegan-Michael Key, Topher Grace, Delaney Quinn, Patton…

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