The Morning After: Weekend Edition

On this Christmas Eve, I give you the greatest successes in the tech world over the past year. In case it wasn't already apparent, Elon Musk has done pretty well for himself in the past 12 months. Roberto Baldwin detailed how Musk's car company made major strides toward vertically integrating sun to volts and realizing his master plan to get everyone driving (or being driven by) his EVs. Meanwhile, where Musk's extra-terrestrial pursuits with SpaceX saw some setbacks, Mariella Moon explained how NASA truly thrived in 2016 (particularly on social media), despite having fewer relative resources than in years past. Turns out, most of us think learning about space is cool, but apparently not cool enough to get Congress to increase the agency's funding. Netflix increased its own funding by raising the cost of its streaming services.