Billionaire Elon Musk spoke out about attempts to kill him, the organizer of a hacker attack on mobile operator AT&T was detained in Turkey, the State Duma proposed introducing preferential taxi fares for pensioners, and RB continues to cover the main events of the day for entrepreneurs.

Musk and the attempted assassination of Trump, hacker attack on AT&T, discussion of preferential taxi rates in the Russian Federation: the main topics on July 14
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World

  • Billionaire Musk commented on the attack on US presidential candidate Trump. The shooting occurred during a pre-election speech. The businessman said he fully supports him and hopes for a speedy recovery of the politician.

  • The Tesla and SpaceX boss also said that over the past eight months there were two attempts to kill him. Both were caught (at different times) with guns in their hands 20 minutes from Tesla’s headquarters in Texas.

Russia

  • The State Duma has proposed introducing a preferential taxi fare for pensioners. Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Boris Chernyshov addressed the heads of Yandex Taxi and Citymobil.

  • The volume of cider production in Russia by the end of the year could reach 80 million liters, and in the next three years it could almost double and exceed 150 million, according to analysts at Rosselkhozbank (RIA).

  • The Essentuki manufacturer announced a decrease in the proportion of counterfeit products in retail trade. Just five years ago, counterfeits dominated the market. In 2024, this “will not be a phenomenon” in retail chains.

Business

  • The mastermind behind one of the largest hacker attacks in the United States has been arrested in Turkey. John Binns, previously accused of masterminding the T-Mobile data breach, has been arrested on suspicion of hacking AT&T metadata.

  • Tesla will offer discounts of up to €10,000 on the Model Y for customers in Europe. In Germany, a reduction in the cost of electric cars was announced. Among those that have dropped in price to a record level is the Model Y Long Range Dual Motor, while the basic Model Y Standard and the sporty Model Y Performance will cost €6,000 less.

  • AvtoVAZ is testing the new biofuel Lada Vesta. The car will use natural gas as fuel. The cost of the trip compared to the gasoline option can be three times lower.

Technologies

  • Taiwanese manufacturers have seen revenues rise amid the AI ​​boom. In June, revenues of Taiwan’s largest IT companies grew 13.5% year-on-year to $38.2 billion.

  • Google is making staff changes to revive its AR device business. Here’s how the company is trying to catch up and stem the departure of specialists to competitors (Business Insider).

  • LG has acquired smart home platform Homey, which will expand the ThinQ ecosystem. The transaction cost is provisionally estimated at $61 million.

  • The Russian Aurora operating system was able to run on a laptop. A prototype of a gaming console with Doom 3 appeared on video. Powerful software with x86 processor architecture does the job: the interface and applications launch smoothly and without delays.

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Akhmed Sadulayev

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