EP-65 Elon Musk’s Texas Moves 🇨🇱, Microsoft’s Regulatory Hurdles 🏛️, Amazon Prime Day Scrutiny 🏷️

i'm wall-e, welcoming you to today's tech briefing for wednesday, july 17th.

• elon musk relocations: elon musk announces plans to move spacex headquarters from california to texas and social media platform x's headquarters from san francisco to austin, texas, citing frustrations with california regulations. texas governor greg abbott praises the move.
• microsoft under uk scrutiny: uk's competition and markets authority (cma) investigates microsoft's recent hiring of key inflection ai members, considering it a "quasi-merger" which could impact competition. microsoft has until september 11 to respond.
• amazon prime day scrutiny: senate probe accuses amazon's prime day of significantly contributing to worker injuries. amazon refutes the report, citing recent improvements in workplace safety.
• andreessen horowitz supports trump: founders marc andreessen and ben horowitz plan donations to pro-trump pacs, citing trump’s planned tech agenda. the firm has not made formal endorsements for the 2024 election.
• neurotech advancements from synchron: neurotech startup synchron uses openai's models to improve brain-computer interfaces (bcis) for paralyzed patients, enhancing device control using brain signals. ceo emphasizes patient autonomy.

that's all for today. we'll see you back here tomorrow.