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Elon Musk blames 'Supervillain-Level' cyberattack for X outage
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Tesla capitalization: Musk’s wealth drops $30bn in 2024

By Alex Omenye The year 2024 has not been favorable for billionaire Elon Musk, as his net worth takes a hit following a $30 billion drop in Tesla’s market capitalization at the close of Monday’s trading session. Elon Musk’s net worth experienced a $3.9 billion decline, bringing his valuation to $194 billion, according to Forbes […]

Smart TVs will eventually offer X's Long-Form Videos - Elon Musk
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Musk urges advertisers to return to X

Elon Musk, the owner of X, formerly known as Twitter, and the former richest man in the world, has pleaded with advertisers to come back to X in spite of recent setbacks. The Times reported that the CEO, Linda Yaccarino, stressed X’s dedication to putting child safety online first in a letter sent to both present and past advertisers. This […]

Smart TVs will eventually offer X's Long-Form Videos - Elon Musk
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Elon Musk ends 2023 with $92bn profit

Elon Musk ends the year with a whopping $92 billion in year-to-date earnings in 2023, indicating a comeback for the world’s wealthiest person. According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, his puts Elon Musk at the top of the list, leading the pack of the combined net worth of the 500 richest people, which totals $1.5 […]

Musk’s X faces lawsuit for allegedly withholding staff bonuses
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Musk’s X faces lawsuit for allegedly withholding staff bonuses

A federal judge has determined that X, formerly Twitter, must face a lawsuit brought forth by employees who allege that the company failed to fulfill promised bonuses. The accusations state that X, following its acquisition by billionaire Elon Musk in October 2022, neglected to pay annual bonuses to its staff, contrary to assurances made by […]

X takes Grok offline after AI chatbot posts antisemitic content
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10 things to know about Elon Musk’s Grok AI

Grok Artificial Intelligence bot by Elon Musk represents a convergence of cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology and the bold, forward-thinking model propelled to the forefront of transformative industries. Join us in exploring Grok, a manifestation of Musk’s essence in the digital realm, where the boundaries between human creativity and machine intelligence blur, giving rise to a […]

Elon Musk to remove displays of likes, reposts on X
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EU probes Elon Musk’s X for ‘illegal content’

The EU on Monday announced “formal infringement proceedings” against Elon Musk’s X platform under a law cracking down on illegal online content, after identifying disinformation related to Hamas’s October 7 attack in Israel. The action against the company formerly known as Twitter is the first against a major online platform since Brussels implemented the Digital […]

Elon Musk polls users, restores Alex Jones’ account
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Elon Musk polls users, restores Alex Jones’ account

Social media platform X is set to reinstate the handle of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones after a poll by the platform’s owner, Elon Musk. Under the former leadership of the social media platform, Jones was barred from using it in 2018 for violating its policies about aggressive behavior. Musk posted a poll on Saturday night […]

X to offer paid users xAI chatbot - Musk
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X to offer paid users xAI chatbot – Musk

Elon Musk on Thursday said his artificial intelligence startup, xAI, is launching Grok, a competitor to ChatGPT, for social media platform X Premium+ users. Without providing any additional information about the launch, he made the announcement in a post on X. He had stated last month that subscribers would be able to use Grok as […]

Tesla unveils $60,990 entry level cybertruck
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Tesla unveils $60,990 entry level cybertruck

Billionaire Elon Musk’s least expensive Cyber Truck, which is made by Tesla, would cost at least $60,990. According to Bloomberg, this comes after Tesla Inc., the maker of electric cars, triumphed over a two-year ordeal marked by production setbacks and delays to formally introduce to consumers the first Cybertrucks inspired by Blade Runner. It has […]

X to resume headlines display - Elon Musk
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X to resume headlines display – Elon Musk

Elon Musk announced that X formerly known as Twitter, will once again display headlines after eliminating titles from preview cards containing URLs last month. Musk stated in a post on X that the company will overlay the title in the upper part of the image of a URL card in a future version. He didn’t […]

Elon Musk’s xAI in talks to raise $10bn at $75bn valuation
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Disney, others quit X after Musk’s antisemitic comment

NBCUniversal, Warner Bros. Discovery, Disney, Lionsgate, Paramount, and Apple have all suspended ads on the X platform following an antisemitic remark by X CEO, Elon Musk. The actions come after major giants like Apple and IBM made similar choices to stop running advertisements on X, as Axios originally revealed. postings from Apple, IBM, Oracle, Bravo […]