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Elon Musk Expresses Interest in Buying Liverpool FC

by Daniel January 9, 2025

written by Daniel

When you’re the world’s richest man, buying things like phones, cars, or houses will probably not satisfy your craving for new things anymore. Most rich people then go to buy boats or other extremely luxury items that normal people will never be able to afford. However, Elon Musk is now looking to buy the premier league football team, Liverpool FC! Keep reading to discover more about the deal!

The World’s richest man has put his interest in Liverpool FC

Elon Musk, with a net worth of over $400 billion, is the richest man alive, and recently, he has shown serious interest in buying a sports team. However, it is not an NBA or NFL team, as many people might think. It is a “small” UK football team called Liverpool FC, which Elon wants to buy, according to his dad. The team is currently the first in the premier league and has been one of the biggest established football teams in the UK since 1960. However, the team is much older and was created in 1892 after separating from Everton F.C.

Elon Musk wants to buy Liverpool — Photo Credit: Daily Jang

It’s not the first time Elon Musk has said something about buying a football club before. But the previous time, he mentioned buying Manchester United. However, he later clarified he had no serious intentions of buying the team at the time. This might be different with Liverpool FC, as there is another reason he feels connected to the team.

Liverpool is currently valued at over $5 billion and owned by Fenway Sports Group. Fenway Sports Group recently reaffirmed its long-term commitment to the club, after selling a minority stake in 2023, so Elon Musk has some convincing to do if he wants to buy the team.

Elon Musk has roots in Liverpool

Last time, Musk was joking about buying a football team in the UK. However, this time, it might be more serious as he has a deeper connection with Liverpool. Elon Musk’s grandmother was born in Liverpool, and Elon himself has expressed admiration for the premier league club. However, no formal planes have been made public yet.

January 9, 2025

News

SpaceX’s Mechazilla Caught Heavy Booster Using “Chop Sticks”!

by Daniel October 15, 2024

written by Daniel

Elon Musk has been busy in October, from attending the new Tesla “We Robot” event to catching his giant booster rocket called “The Super Heavy” using giant chopsticks! The last event was an incredible step forward in space travel and a big reduction of the operation costs of future endeavours of SpaceX! Keep on reading about how they were able to achieve this!

SpaceX’s Mechazilla has “Chopstick” like arms to catch the booster

Catching a booster weighing 275.000 is not an easy task, especially not when you want to catch it mid-air. However, SpaceX engineers figured out a way to do it. With their Mechazilla launch tower and a lot of calculations, they were able to catch the booster with the use of 2 arms closing in on the booster to finally secure it back to the launch tower.

In an earlier interview, Elon Musk Explained that the arms were comparable to giant chopsticks which would catch the rockets. These arms are. built into the launch tower and can open to let the rocket approach the tower again. Being able to reuse a booster rocket is already incredible, but to invent one that will reattach itself to the launch tower was expected to be impossible. However, SpaceX was able to do it. Check it out for yourself in the following video!

Mechazilla has caught the Super Heavy booster! pic.twitter.com/6R5YatSVJX
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) October 13, 2024

Why does it matter?

Sending a rocket up to space costs millions of dollars. Most of these rockets were “one-time-use” things, especially the boosters which get dropped after helping the rocket reach space. However, Elon Musk and his team at SpaceX have been trying to make rockets more reusable. They achieved this before by having a floating landing pad for the rockets. In this case, the rockets had to be transported back to the facility to be used again.

By being able to “catch” the booster rockets with the Mechazilla station it will become a lot more efficient to get the rockets up and running again. Eventually, they want to have a fully reusable rocket system. Catching the booster brought them one step closer to achieving this goal. Check out the amazing close-up picture made by “Fans of Nasa”!

Booster rocket getting caught by launch tower. Credit: Friends of Nasa

October 15, 2024

News

Elon Musk’s Fight Against Censorship Gets “X” Banned in Brazil!

by Daniel September 1, 2024

written by Daniel

It has been quite some time since Elon Musk made the insane purchase of “X”, then known as Twitter. After closing the 44 billion dollar deal, he started to change the company! One of the first changes he made was the way the content on the website was managed. He wanted to make sure that Twitter was a social media platform that protected the freedom of speech for everyone! This “free speech” protection is something that he takes very seriously and he is willing to go to some serious lengths to protect it! Recently this got him in some trouble in Brazil resulting in a ban of “X”!

Why Is “X” Getting Banned In Brazil?

X, formerly known as Twitter, was banned from Brazil last week. There has been an ongoing dispute between Elon Musk and Alexandre De Moraes, a Top Court Judge from Brazil. Elon Musk decided to not comply with an order from this judge, who asked to block certain political accounts for spreading misinformation. He claims that as long as the person isn’t actually committing a crime, they shouldn’t be banned. With this ban, over 40 million monthly users will not be able to check their app for the latest world news. (or of course, some funny dog videos!)

The Brazillian Judge Went Too Far

Elon Musk didn’t let this go by without fighting back. He accepted the ban from Brazil but made sure to let the public know his opinion of Alexandre. He claims that X is getting punished for refusing to comply with illegal orders to ban his political opponents.

However the ban on “X” is not the only thing the judge did against Elon Musk. He also froze the local bank accounts of Elon Musk’s internet company “Starlink”. The company claims that this was an unconstitutional attempt to hold it responsible for Elon Musk’s decision on X!

September 1, 2024

Cars

Tesla Cybertruck prices Skyrocket as Elon Removes base model!

by Daniel August 20, 2024

written by Daniel

The Tesla Cybertruck was one of the most hyped-up cars in the world! Elon Musk chose one of the least aerodynamic designs and went full future. We haven’t heard much about the Cybertrucks, however, we have seen the prices go up by quite a bit. On the second-hand market and the Tesla website! Keep reading to discover why these prices are rising!

Why Did The Prices Of Tesla Cybertrucks Go Up?

When the Cybertruck was unveiled, Elon Musk promised that the cheapest model would cost around 40.000 dollars. However, years later when the car actually came to the market, it had gone up to 61.000 dollars! Even though it got a lot of criticism because of this big change, it was a great success and thousands of people ordered the car.

Since the car has been released and delivered to customers, more and more problems seem to occur with the vehicle. Many people expected this to lower the price of the car, but the opposite happened. Tesla has removed the option to buy the base model, the $61K rear-wheel drive version. When they did this, they also raised the price of the all-wheel drive and the most powerful version by 20.000 dollars! Now the four-wheel drive Tesla Cybertruck costs 99.000 dollars and the Cyberbeast is 119.000 dollars!

Is The Cybertruck Worth it?

You might think that Tesla has done this because no one really wanted the base model of the Cybertruck and that there is a big demand for the truck. However, over the years it has been available and driving around, multiple and often serious problems have been reported. Some said that the gas pedal of the Tesla Cybertruck got stuck, and made the truck accelerate uncontrollably. Then there were a couple of trucks that showed a door gap a few weeks after delivery. These problems are fixed for free, but they shouldn’t happen when you buy a car that costs around 100.000$!

August 20, 2024

Sport

Elon Musk And Jk Rowling Named In Imane Khelif’s Lawsuit!

by Daniel August 14, 2024

written by Daniel

Even though there were many victories for new athletes in this year’s Olympics in Paris, there were more controversies. It all began with a bad opening ceremony that offended the Christian community as a whole; the controversies didn’t end there! Elon Musk, Jk Rowling and Female Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif were also involved in one of these controversies!

Another thing that was mocked online was the breaking competition for adults. It was its first and last Olympic competition for adults. This probably has to do with the performance of Australian Professor Rachael Gunn. However, it wasn’t all bad news from the Olympics. We also had a lot of happy moments, such as Novak Djokovic winning his career Golden Slam by winning Olympic gold. These moments mostly got overshadowed by the controversy around Imane Khelif!

Why Was There A Problem With Imane Khelif?

After an incredible fight between the Italian boxer Angela Carini and Imane Khelif, which only lasted 46 seconds, the internet exploded with the news that Imane Khelif would be a transgender man, especially on the “Free speech” social media platform X. The Italian boxer said in a post-fight interview that she had never experienced pain like that.

People with large followings participated in criticising the Olympic governing body for allowing a biological male to fight against women. However, it turns out that Imane Khelif is not a transgender man, but just a biological woman with higher levels of testosterone.

Since the fight, the Italian boxer has publicly apologised for her comments during and after the fight. However, the damage was already done and Imane Khelif became the victim of cyberbullies!

Elon Musk and other big names were mentioned in Imane’s lawsuit!

After her win at the Olympics, Imane Khelif went to the French authorities to take action against her bullies. She filed a complaint against Twitter for “acts of aggravated cyber harassment”. Then, there was a lawsuit filed against social media platform X, targeting everyone who participated in harassing Imane. Although the lawsuit was against X in general, it specifically named several individuals. Two of the most prominent figures in the lawsuit are Elon Musk and J.K. Rowling.

Both Musk and Rowling openly accused Imane of being a man who enjoyed punching women for fun. Neither Elon or Jk Rowling has apologised to Imane Khelif after it was proven that she was a biological woman!

August 14, 2024