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Elon Musk wanted to be Apple CEO, but Tim Cook dropped an F bomb on that idea [U: Musk denies]

Electrek

“There was a point where I requested to meet with Cook to talk about Apple buying Tesla. Now, Wall Street Journal reporter Tim Higgins is out with a new book next month called Power Play: Tesla, Elon Musk and the Bet of the Century , and it recounts an expletive-ridden conversation between Cook and Musk about Apple acquiring Tesla.

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Tesla Looks to Boost Model Y Sales with Threats of Nearing Price Increases

The Truth About Cars

While this move isn’t a discount, it could incentivize buyers to purchase before the end of the quarter and make Tesla’s books look healthier to start the year. While boosting quarter-end sales is a good idea for Tesla, the discounts are regular enough now that it starts to look silly to buy one at any other time of the year.

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Ford Mustang Mach-E captures KBB’s EV Best Buy of 2022

Teslarati

Ford has captured a tremendous accolade with the Mustang Mach-E after Kelley Blue Book announced that the all-electric crossover is the Electric Vehicle Best Buy for 2022. The post Ford Mustang Mach-E captures KBB’s EV Best Buy of 2022 appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Cyberbackpack inventor extends Musk-esque offer to Tesla employees

Teslarati

The inventor of the Cyberbackpack is extending an Elon Musk-esque offer to Tesla employees, offering a discount at a familiar value to any company worker who wishes to buy a backpack based on the Tesla Cybertruck design. We are doing what we can to help Elon buy Twitter. Non-Tesla employees, you can buy the Cyberbackpack here.

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Silicon Valley’s Metaverse Problem

Cars That Think

Last week in New York City, Neal Stephenson spoke at an event promoting his latest book, Termination Shock. IEEE Spectrum: The metaverse in the book is a much wilder and more ambiguous place than anything that’s been suggested by Silicon Valley companies though. There is something in the idea of that.

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Elon Musk didn’t demand to be Apple’s CEO, and Tim Cook didn’t say ‘F you’

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A new book about Musk from Wall Street Journal reporter Tim Higgins claims Musk and Cook disagreed over the terms of a potential buyout of Tesla by Apple. The story says that Musk was willing to consider the idea if he could be CEO, but Cook had no inkling of letting the entrepreneur take over his post. Cook then hung up the phone.

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Crypto, Venmo, NFTs, Tokens: Where Is Money Going?

Cars That Think

And she’s now condensed those insights into her new book Tokens: The Future of Money in the Age of the Platform. IEEE Spectrum spoke with O’Dwyer about her book and what might be in the offing as transactions go digital and money ventures out beyond the nation state. So, you can’t buy hot deli meals, for example.

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