Trump opposes deal to avert government shutdown

Agence France Presse 12/19/2024

WASHINGTON, United States — US President-elect Donald Trump urged Republican lawmakers Wednesday to scupper a cross-party deal to avert a fast-looming US government shutdown, as the White House accused him of “playing politics.” Staring down a Friday…

Musk tests money’s role in US politics with $119M effort for Trump

Associated Press 11/02/2024

WASHINGTON — Next week’s presidential election isn’t just a referendum on Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. It’s also a measure of the influence the world’s richest man wields over American democracy. Elon Musk, the South African-born tech…

Musk finally unveiling his long-promised robotaxi

Agence France Presse 10/11/2024

LOS ANGELES, United States — Elon Musk has been promising a car that can drive itself for years, pledging a series of reveals that never materialized. On Thursday he’s finally going to show the world Tesla’s robotaxi.…

Brazil block on Musk’s X comes into effect after judge’s order

Agence France Presse 08/31/2024

BRASILIA, Brazil — A block on Elon Musk’s X social network in Brazil started to take effect early Saturday after a Supreme Court judge ordered its suspension, according to AFP. Brazilian Supreme Court judge Alexandre de Moraes…

Musk faces criticism over deepfake Kamala Harris video

Agence France Presse 07/30/2024

Billionaire X owner Elon Musk was facing criticism Monday for sharing a deepfake video featuring US Vice President Kamala Harris, which tech campaigners said violated the platform’s own policies. Musk reposted a manipulated Harris campaign video in…

Will Musk help Trump with cash, not just tweets?

Agence France Presse 04/02/2024

Elon Musk, one of the world’s richest people, says he won’t directly back Joe Biden or Donald Trump in the US election — but one look at his X feed makes clear his heart is with the…

Musk’s xAI to launch improved version of chatbot

03/29/2024

(Reuters) -Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI said on Thursday it will launch an enhanced version of its chatbot Grok. The new version, called Grok-1.5, will be made available to early testers and existing Grok users on…

EU urges Musk to tackle spread of disinformation on X after Hamas attack

10/11/2023

BRUSSELS—EU industry chief Thierry Breton told Elon Musk on Tuesday to tackle the spread of disinformation on his X messaging platform since Palestinian Islamist group Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel to comply with new EU online content…

Italy stands ready to host as Musk talks up Zuckerberg rumble

Reuters 08/12/2023

ROME — Tesla boss Elon Musk said on Friday his planned cage fight with billionaire rival Mark Zuckerberg would be held at an “epic location” with an ancient Roman theme, as Italy indicated it was ready to…

Musk says fight with Zuckerberg will be live-streamed on X

Reuters 08/06/2023

Elon Musk said in a social media post that his proposed cage fight with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg would be live-streamed on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. The social media moguls have been egging…

Elon Musk reveals new ‘X’ logo to replace Twitter’s blue bird

07/25/2023

Goodbye, Twitter. Hello, X. Elon Musk has unveiled a new “X” logo to replace Twitter’s famous blue bird as he follows through with a major rebranding of the social media platform he bought for $44 billion last…

Twitter’s blue bird logo to be replaced by an X, says Elon Musk

07/24/2023

Twitter Inc. owner Elon Musk on Sunday signaled he would do more to take the social media company in a new direction with a rebranding that will replace its well-known blue bird logo with an X after…

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