Steve Jobs 傳記作者 Walter Isaacson 確認為 Elon Musk 寫傳

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在 2011 年曾為 Steve Jobs 寫過傳記的 Walter Isaacson，現已確認會成為 Elon Musk 新傳記的作者。此前在六月時，Fox Business 曾報導過 Isaacson 與 Musk 商談合作可能性的流言。時至今日 Musk 自己發推證實了這一消息，並稱新書將涵蓋他在 Tesla、SpaceX 的工作以及「各種生活雜事」。

If you’re curious about Tesla, SpaceX & my general goings on, @WalterIsaacson is writing a biography — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 5, 2021

實際上，在 2015 年已經有另一位作者 Ashlee Vance 為 Musk 寫過一本名為《Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future》的傳記。但考慮到在那之後 Tesla、SpaceX 等 Musk 名下的公司又取得了不少值得再書的成就，多一本新傳記也能讓人更好地了解矽谷「鋼鐵人」的事蹟吧。

目前 Isaacson 尚未正式就為 Musk 寫傳一事發表回應，但從六月起他就一直有在 Twitter 上分享 SpaceX 相關的內容。之前的 Jobs 傳記後來還被 Aaron Sorkin 改編成了電影，不知 Musk 的故事未來是不是也會被搬上大銀幕呢？

Tesla’s Musk says 2021 has been year of ‘super crazy’ supply chain shortages

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(Reuters) – Tesla Inc top boss Elon Musk said on Wednesday 2021 has been the year of “super crazy supply chain shortages” and pointed to potential delays in shipments.

“2021 has been the year of super crazy supply chain shortages, so it wouldn’t matter if we had 17 new products, as none would ship,” Musk tweeted https://bit.ly/2WItQzY.

“Assuming 2022 is not mega drama, new Roadster should ship in 2023.”

The Roadster was originally to be launched in 2020.

A prolonged global chip shortage has caught major automakers, including Ford Motor, Honda Motor, General Motors and Volkswagen, off guard, forcing many to idle or curtail production.

(Reporting by Subrat Patnaik in Bengaluru; Editing by Saumyadeb Chakrabarty)

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Elon Musk fired his latest shot across the bow at Jeff Bezos, as the billionaires' companies spar in front of federal regulators over satellite internet.

After Amazon asked the Federal Communications Commission to dismiss SpaceX’s latest amendment to its Starlink satellite network, Musk emphasized his company’s response that Bezos is exceptionally litigious.

“Filing legal actions against SpaceX is actually his full-time job,” Musk tweeted Wednesday.

Amazon did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment.

SpaceX filed a Starlink amendment on Aug. 19 with the FCC, outlining its plan for the Gen2 version of its satellite network.

Starlink is the company’s capital-intensive project to build an interconnected internet network with thousands of satellites, known in the space industry as a constellation, designed to deliver high-speed internet to consumers anywhere on Earth. While the Starlink service is still in beta, the company has over 100,000 users in 14 countries, with over half a million orders or refundable deposits placed by potential customers.

SpaceX has launched 1,740 Starlink satellites to date, and Gen2 is planned to have nearly 30,000 satellites in total.