Tesla
Tesla is an American automotive and energy company founded in 2003 by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning, with Elon Musk, J.B. Straubel and Ian Wright joining shortly after. Its headquarters is in Austin, Texas. The company is best known for its electric vehicles, and it also produces battery energy-storage systems and solar panels.
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Ukraine reports Starlink connectivity loss for military drones; Zelensky calls it a "planned special operation"
On 14 October, Ukrainian military drones equipped with Starlink terminals lost connectivity, with the slowdown lasting roughly a day and effects lingering into 17 October. The incident occurred while US President Donald Trump was threatening to halt intelligence sharing over Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, speaking in Brussels on 17 October, said connectivity had not fully recovered and described the episode as a "planned special operation." Both Trump and SpaceX owner Elon Musk denied involvement in any throttling.