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Tesla chief executive Elon Musk is the new owner of Twitter after his offer to buy the company for US$54.20 (A$75.55) a share made on 14 April was unanimously approved by the board on Monday.

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk says his offer to buy Twitter for about US$43 billion (A$58 billion), and take it private, is driven by a desire for the public good.

Tesla owner Elon Musk has taken a 9.2% stake in the social media messaging platform Twitter, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Australia-based drone planting specialist Lord of the Trees has received a investment of an undisclosed amount – presumably in the millions – from Draper Associates' ESG fund.

Energy and telecommunications customer services provider AGL is expanding its Electric Vehicle (EV) subscription service to Adelaide.

Mattel has announced a partnership between Hot Wheels and Tesla, offering a limited-run 1:10 scale Tesla remote control Cybertruck through Target Australia. Enjoy the fun of the sci-fi vehicle from September 16.

Global electric vehicle sales for the first half of 2021 rose by 160% year-on-year, the technology analyst firm Canalys says, adding that 2.6 million EVs were sold.

The value of bitcoin is likely to fall in coming days after Tesla owner Elon Musk announced on Thursday that the electric car manufacturer would no longer use the digital currency in its transactions.

COMMENT With a fair amount of media coverage in recent times focusing on the future use — or non-use — of electric vehicles in Australia, I thought it might be a good idea to provide a perspective from an actual user.

Attempts to find tension between the electric vehicle policies of the federal ALP and its Victorian counterpart is misplaced. One might even call it a beat-up.

Australian consumers and businesses should be more security conscious when using IoT devices, according to a senior executive from digital security products vendor Avast who issued his warning following a recent cyber attack on security camera provider Verkada.

China will sell 1.9 million electric vehicles this year, the technology analyst firm Canalys says, adding that this would represent growth of 51% year-on-year and a 9% share of all cars sold in the country.

The cryptocurrency bitcoin rose above US$50,000 (A$64,399) on Tuesday US time, before falling back a bit, the first time the digital currency has hit this level.

PROMOTIONAL NEWS Elon Musk is pushing the vehicle manufacture industry to seek out more high purity manganese to power its vehicles.

PROMOTIONAL NEWS Elon Musk is pushing the vehicle manufacture industry to seek out more high purity manganese to power its vehicles.

Technical documents exfiltrated from a parts maker for space and defence companies have been leaked on the Web, after they were acquired during a Windows ransomware attack in March.

Global sales of electric passenger vehicles fell by 8% year-on-year during the third quarter of 2019, the technology research firm Counterpoint Research says.

Self-proclaimed eco-conscious car-sharing platform Evee has launched in Australia offering electric vehicles (EVs) to rent, connecting “community-conscious car owners with eco-conscious drivers”.

The transition to the cloud may result in increased security threats due to lack of expertise among administrators and possible misconfigurations, a cloud security professional says.

Australia’s first chauffeur-driven Tesla service — Evoke — has launched in Melbourne, with three zero-emission electric vehicles serving customers in the city, in addition to its fleet of nine cars in Sydney.