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Tesla Misses Vehicle Delivery Estimates As EV Market Struggles
<p>Follow Forbes Talks</p> <p>Tesla on Thursday reported quarterly vehicle deliveries that fell below Wall Street’s expectations, the latest sign of a disrupted electric vehicle market as Elon Musk’s automaker shifts its focus toward robotaxis and humanoid robots. Key Facts</p> Tesla said Thursday it delivered just over 358,000 vehicles in the first quarter, below the automaker’s compiled consensus of 365,645 and consensus analyst projections of 381,000, according to FactSet. That marks a 14.3% decline from the December quarter (418,227), but a 6.2% year-over-year growth from Q1 2025 (337,000), when Tesla reported its fewest quarterly vehicle deliveries since 2022. Model 3 and Y vehicles accounted for near...
What To Know About The First-Ever Jane Goodall Day
<p>Follow Forbes Talks</p> <p>Jane Goodall, renowned humanitarian and conservationist, would have turned 92 years old on April 3. She passed away in October 2025, but in honor of her legacy, the environmental nonprofit she founded, the Jane Goodall Institute, has made April 3 "Jane Goodall Day." JGI executive director Anna Rathmann joined ForbesWomen editor Maggie McGrath to share the goals of Jane Goodall Day and what she wants everyone to know about Jane's legacy. <br></p><p> </p><p>Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices</p>
Musk Closer To Trillionaire Status: SpaceX Files For IPO
<p>Follow Forbes Talks</p> <p>Topline</p> <p>Elon Musk may soon become the first person to have a net worth exceeding $1 trillion, as SpaceX’s anticipated stock market debut is on the way after the aerospace firm filed for an IPO on Wednesday.</p> <p>Key Facts</p> SpaceX submitted confidential IPO registration to the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to multiple reports, meaning the documentation is only available to regulators. Additional information about SpaceX’s IPO, including the number of shares to be sold and a price range, will be disclosed in a later filing. Bank of Americ...
SpaceX Files For IPO–Here’s What To Know
<p>Follow Forbes Talks</p> <p>Elon Musk may soon become the first person to have a net worth exceeding $1 trillion, as SpaceX’s anticipated stock market debut is on the way after the aerospace firm filed for an IPO on Wednesday. </p> <p>Key Facts</p> SpaceX submitted confidential IPO registration to the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to multiple reports, meaning the documentation is only available to regulators. Additional information about SpaceX’s IPO, including the number of shares to be sold and a price range, will be disclosed in a later filing. Bank of America, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs...
Higher Gas Prices Could Tank Summer Vacations As Gas Hits $4-A-Gallon
<p>Follow Forbes Talks</p> <p>Topline</p> <p>With gas prices hitting the $4-a-gallon “psychological wall,” many Americans may opt for a staycation this year.</p> <p>Key Facts</p> <p>On Tuesday, the average price of gasoline in the U.S. topped $4 per gallon for the first time since 2022. </p> <p>Traditionally, between 85% and 90% of Americans drive to their summer vacation destinations rather than fly, according to AAA data.</p> <p>“Unless the administration figures this out very rapidly, we are probably coming up on the point of no return for the first four weeks of the summer driving s...
OpenAI Valuation Reaches $852 Billion After Massive Funding Round
<p>OpenAI raised $122 billion in its latest funding round, the artificial intelligence giant announced Tuesday, bringing its post-money valuation to $852 billion.</p> <p>KEY FACTS</p> The funding round was backed by OpenAI partners such as Amazon, Nvidia, Microsoft and SoftBank, according to the announcement. The latest valuation for the company comes a little more than a month after it announced $110 billion in funding at a $730 billion valuation. OpenAI opened this month’s funding round to individual investors, who raised over $3 billion. <p>BIG NUMBER</p> <p>$2 billion. That is how much money OpenAI is raking in every month, according to Tu...
How Cops Use Google’s Cookies To Unmask Anonymous Users
<p>Over the last two decades, tracking “cookies” have been core to the sprawl of surveillance capitalism. Websites lodge little nuggets of text—the cookies—on a user’s computer and they act as a kind of badge signalling what sites they’ve visited or what apps they’ve used. Though little discussed in privacy circles today, and despite European laws that ensure people have control over what kinds of cookies can monitor them, these trackers continue to follow users the world over.</p> <p>That makes them a useful tool for law enforcement, according to two search warrants reviewed by Forbes.</p>...
Oracle Fires Thousands Of Employees As AI Spending Ramps Up
<p>Oracle on Tuesday conducted a round of layoffs affecting thousands of employees, citing “current business needs,” according to multiple reports, resulting in a rise in the software maker’s stock as it plans to ramp up spending on AI this year. </p> <p>KEY FACTS</p> Oracle notified thousands of employees they would be cut on Tuesday, CNBC reported, citing people familiar with the move. It’s not immediately clear why the employees were let go, though a company memo obtained by Business Insider cited “careful consideration of current business needs.” Oracle employed 162,000 people as of May 2025, the last time the compan...
Here's How Much ICE Agents At Airports May Be Making As TSA Goes Unpaid
<p>Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers deployed at airports across the United States are collecting a paycheck, even as they face criticism for being untrained to patrol airports—while Transportation Security Administration workers have gone more than a month without pay.</p> <p><br></p> <p>KEY FACTS</p> The ICE agent base salary ranges from about $52,000 to $84,000, according to a job posting for deportation officers on a U.S. government job portal, which can vary due to geographic location and experience. Despite a partial government shutdown that impacts the Department of Homeland Security, ICE agents are still being paid thro...
Trump Calls Supreme Court ‘Stupid’ Ahead Of Birthright Citizenship Case
<p>President Donald Trump seemed to preemptively attack Supreme Court justices as “stupid” and “dumb”—ignoring a warning from Justice John Roberts about “dangerous” rhetoric—as they prepare to hear oral arguments Wednesday in a landmark case challenging Trump’s executive order limiting birthright citizenship. </p> <p>Key Facts</p> <p>The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Wednesday in Trump v. Barbara, a case concerning the legality of Trump’s executive order saying babies born in the U.S. cannot be citizens if their parents aren’t U.S. citizens or permanent residents themselves.</p> <p>Trump claimed Monday morning the U.S. is “the...
