Tag: Elon Musk

Brazil lifts ban on Starlink, X accounts after fine payment
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X to add call features for users

Elon Musk has disclosed that users of X, formerly known as Twitter will soon be able to call one another without needing a phone number. The majority of platforms, including iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows, will support the feature. Video and audio calls will soon be available on the platform, with X serving as the […]

Grieving widow sues Tesla over defective car model
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Grieving widow sues Tesla over defective car model

A grieving widow filed a lawsuit against Tesla after her husband’s 2020 Model 3 crashed and exploded, starting a fire that claimed his life. According to a lawsuit submitted to the U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, the plaintiff, Jiyoung Yoon, claims Tesla was responsible for the design, manufacture, distribution, and sale of […]

Elon Musk’s xAI in talks to raise $10bn at $75bn valuation
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Musk’s X suffers glitch, deletes tweet from 2014

X, formerly known as Twitter, is experiencing trouble displaying older tweets that had photos attached or any hyperlinks that had been shortened using the URL shortener integrated into Twitter. It’s unclear when the issue began, but Tom Coates brought it out in a post on Saturday after a Brazilian vlogger named @DaniloTakagi had made the […]

X introduces new subscription plans for premium users
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X to remove block feature

Twitter CEO Eon Musk disclosed on Friday that the block feature that’s used to restrict followers will be going away. “Block is going to be deleted as a ‘feature’, except for DMs,” Elon Musk wrote. “Makes no sense.” He said in response to a Tesla fan account who asked if there was any reason to […]

X to launch long-form video on smart TVs soon
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Musk’s X allegedly delaying news source links

Social media powerhouse X, previously recognized as Twitter, has been accused of postponing access to content links from renowned news sources including Reuters and New York Times. This eyebrow-raising claim extends to competitors like Bluesky, Facebook, and Instagram, as reported by The Washington Post on Tuesday. An investigation conducted by The Washington Post uncovered a […]

Tesla grants Elon Musk $29bn in shares
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Elon Musk tops Bloomberg’s world’s rich list

Tesla Chief Executive Officer and Twitter boss, Elon Musk, has been ranked as the richest man in the world.   The SpaceX founder, CEO, according to the latest release by World of Statistics, is currently worth $224 billion. He is as well the founder of the Boring Company, a co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI, and […]

Musk not serious about cage fight – Zuckerberg
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Musk not serious about cage fight – Zuckerberg

Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has said that Elon Musk “isn’t serious” about a planned cage match, and he has decided to move on. Mr Musk tweeted that he was “up for a cage fight” in June, and the two billionaire tech executives appeared to have agreed to a fight. A screenshot of Mr Musk’s tweet […]

Rome to host Musk, Zuckerberg cage fight
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Rome to host Musk, Zuckerberg cage fight

The CEO of Tesla, Elon Musk announced on Friday that the cage match he had planned with rival billionaire Mark Zuckerberg will take place at an “epic location” with a Roman theme. Italy had previously declared it was willing to host the match. Gennaro Sangiuliano, the culture minister for Italy, stated in a statement that […]

X still offline in Brazil as company pays fine to wrong account
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X lowers qualification for creators’ payout

Microblogging platform X, formerly known as Twitter, announced that it is lowering the criteria for its creators’ payout programme. A third of the prior criterion of 15 million impressions will now be met by creators who have 5 million impressions in the last three months, according to X. Instead of $50, creators will be able […]

Mark Zuckerberg beats Elon Musk in billionaire rankings
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Mark Zuckerberg ready to face Elon Musk in cage fight

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, claims he is “ready today” but “not holding his breath” to challenge Tesla CEO and Twitter founder Elon Musk in a cage match. The fight with the Tesla titan has been proposed for August 26th, according to a post made by Mr Zuckerberg on Sunday in Meta’s new social media […]