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Benioff says he’s ‘all for’ National Guard in SF, drawing support from Musk  SFGATE Musk calls for federal troops in San Francisco even as Benioff softens stance  CNBC Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco  The New York Times San Francisco crime debate heats up as tech leaders call for National Guard  CBS News Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, SF Mayor …

‘The only solution’: Elon Musk backs call to deploy federal troops to San Francisco  San Francisco Chronicle Marc Benioff urges Trump to deploy National Guard in San Francisco after donating millions to liberal causes  Fox News Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send National Guard to San Francisco  The New York Times Benioff faces backlash after suggesting National Guard deployment to SF  KTVU …

Donald Trump has ousted the chief saboteur of his relationship with Elon Musk from the White House. Sergio Gor served as director of the Office of Presidential Personnel, controlling hiring and firing across the administration — with a special focus on loyalty. But now he’s being replaced by Dan Scavino, who has worked for the president ever since he was first hired …

A key advantage for EVs is going away. Tesla (TSLA -4.97%) has been a great American success story, but the company has received a significant assist from the government over its history, including more than $11 billion in regulatory tax credits over its history and a crucial low-interest loan from the Department of Energy when it was just getting started. …

US safety regulators launched a probe into Tesla self-driving cars, affecting around 2.9 million vehicles, after reports emerged of vehicles running through red lights, veering into wrong lanes, and crashing in some instances. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said in a filing that it is looking into 58 cases in which Teslas reportedly violated traffic safety laws while …

UPDATE: Elon Musk’s reconciliation with Donald Trump may still be in the early stages, but the former DOGE frontman has made good with some of Twitter’s ex-top executives. “WHEREAS, the Parties have reached a settlement and the settlement requires certain conditions to be met in the near term,” a September 30 filing in federal court in San Francisco announced. This …

Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Mark Ralston / AFP via Getty Images When talking about the giants dominating the AI game, people tend to consider OpenAI, the massive private company behind ChatGPT, or else Google’s Gemini, or perhaps Microsoft’s Copilot. In other words, no one really thinks about Elon Musk as an AI leader. Evidently, that’s a perception …

Elon Musk will settle a $128 million lawsuit with four Twitter executives he fired after taking over the company in 2022. One of Musk’s first moves upon buying Twitter was to fire CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal, and top lawyers Sean Edgett and Vijaya Gadde. The four executives never received severance payments, which they claim is because they tried …

Elon Musk has agreed to settle with four top Twitter executives he fired after purchasing the company in 2022, after they sued the billionaire over more than $128 million in unpaid severance last year. An update to the case filed in the US Northern District Court of California says that the parties — Twitter’s former CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned …

Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, advising you to touch grass. Perhaps go outside and read this newsletter in front of a background of changing leaves. Your phone will look beautiful framed by fall foliage. Meta and OpenAI have released video generators powered by artificial intelligence in the past two weeks. The technology isn’t so new …