Elon Musk to advertisers that have left X: ‘go f*** yourself’ November 30, 2023 Billionaire Elon Musk told advertisers that have fled his social media platform X over antisemitic content to “Go fuck yourself” in a fiery Wednesday interview. His profanity-laced remarks followed a moment of contrition in a New York Times DealBook Summit interview. Musk said repeatedly he was sorry for publishing a tweet on November 15 that agreed with an anti-Jewish post. [...]
Elon Musk: SpaceX rocket looses signal eight minutes into flight November 18, 2023 A giant rocket fired by SpaceX, the spacecraft company owned by Elon Musk, has lost signal eight minutes into its flight from South Texas, according to reports. The powerful Starship reached 90 miles above earth this morning before losing contact, The New York Times has said, due to a possible “automated detonation”. It is the [...]
Elon Musk says X to file ‘thermonuclear’ lawsuit against media watchdog November 18, 2023 X Corp, formerly known as Twitter, will file a lawsuit against Media Matters and those who attacked social media platform X, Elon Musk said on Saturday in a post on the platform, soon after major U.S. companies paused their advertisements on the site. “The split second court opens on Monday, X Corp will be filing [...]
Bird watching: What’s going on with X/Twitter’s Community Notes? November 9, 2023 It’s always embarrassing to be called out on a lie. That’s the cruel genius behind Twitter’s Community Notes feature, which brutally exposes mistruths with a cool, simple fact box. As Labour’s shadow foreign secretary David Lammy recently found out, the hard way. He tweeted “As I said on Radio 4 Today this morning, it is [...]
Sunak: People should ‘be comfortable with failure’ and take risks to start firms November 3, 2023 The Prime Minister said he wanted to “transpose” the entrepreneurial culture of “places like Silicon Valley” to the UK during a talk with tech billionaire Elon Musk.
X owner Elon Musk tells PM Rishi Sunak AI will eventually mean ‘no job is needed’ November 2, 2023 Elon Musk has told Rishi Sunak he believes artificial intelligence (AI) is “the most disruptive force in history” and that eventually “there will come a point where no job is needed”.
Elon Musk says AI one of the ‘biggest threats’ to humanity November 1, 2023 Elon Musk has said he believes AI is “one of the biggest threats” to humanity, and that the UK’s AI Safety Summit was “timely” given the scale of the threat.
Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44bn – and it’s now worth less than half October 31, 2023 Twitter / X is now worth less than half what Elon Musk paid for it a year ago, the firm admitted in an internal memo yesterday
Musk’s one-year X reign: how shocking has it been? October 27, 2023 A year after Elon Musk's Twitter takeover, now 'X', the platform is still alive while rivals Mastodon and Threads are flailing behind.
Tesla: Profits tumble as Musk’s price war hits carmaker’s bottom line October 19, 2023 Tesla has reported a near half slump in its third quarter net income, as Elon Musk’s aggressive price cutting strategy continues.