• Trader Joe’s and Starbucks are helping Elon Musk undermine the US government

    SpaceX is trying to kill a federal agency that accused it of labor violations. Ostensibly progressive brands have leaped to join inElon Musk boasts that he’s a “free speech absolutist”, but that didn’t stop his rocket company, SpaceX, from firing eight workers who had criticized him for making light of reports that SpaceX had settled a sexual harassment claim against him.Not stopping there, SpaceX has moved to put the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the US’s top labor watchdog, out of...

  • Elon Musk says it's his turn to have the remote

    X just announced a smart TV app for streaming video. Or, more accurately, that it claims it's building one, with absolutely no launch date mentioned. The appropriately-named X TV wants to be “your go-to companion for a high-quality, immersive entertainment experience on a larger screen.” By high-quality entertainment, X likely means that one Tucker Carlson video where he’s really impressed by grocery carts in Russia. That’s not a joke. Carlson is featured prominently in the little teaser video....

  • Elon Musk Says Congress Has Inquired About X's Actions In Brazil

    Elon Musk Says Congress Has Inquired About X's Actions In Brazil Authored by Katabella Roberts via The Epoch Times, Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, has received an inquiry from the U.S. House of Representatives regarding alleged illegal actions it took in Brazil, Elon Musk said on Wednesday. In a post on the social network, the owner of X said the platform had “just received an inquiry from the House of Representatives regarding actions taken in Brazil that...

  • Government cancelled plans to test free childcare rollout, says watchdog

    The National Audit Office says a £35m pilot to test the expansion of free childcare in a few areas was cancelled.

  • Elon Musk Says X Will Charge Fee to Reduce Bots

    Elon Musk said Friday (April 12) that charging users a “small fee” to become active on X may be necessary to reduce bots and spam on the social media platform. “Unfortunately, a small fee for new user write access is the only way to curb the relentless onslaught of bots,” he wrote in a Monday […]

  • X owner Elon Musk says opposed to US ban of competitor TikTok

    Elon Musk on Friday came out against banning TikTok in the United States, even if it would mean less competition for his social media platform X, formerly Twitter, as the initiative sees fresh bipartisan momentum in Congress.The US House of Representatives is set to vote on Saturday on a bill that would force TikTok to divest from Chinese parent company ByteDance or face a nationwide ban.The measure, which has the vocal backing by many Democrats and Republicans, has also been written into a...

  • X/Twitter will charge new users to post, Elon Musk says

    Making users pay is only way to stop bots taking over platform

  • Elon Musk says new X users will need to pay to post

    X owner Elon Musk announced Monday that new users would soon need to pay a small fee to post on the site.

  • Elon Musk says X received US House query on Brazil actions

    Social media platform X has received an inquiry from the U.S. House of Representatives regarding actions taken in Brazil that were in violation of Brazilian law, Elon Musk said on Wednesday in a post on X. X was asked to suspend the accounts of sitting members of the Brazilian parliament and many journalists, Musk said in another post. The U.S. House could not be immediately reached for comment. X did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. The U.S. House move comes after...

  • Elon Musk Says New X Users Will Soon Have to Pay to Post on the Platform

    Elon Musk said X will soon start charging new users who want to post on the platform to combat the bot and spam account problem. about X changes, here.

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    Elon Musk says in email that Tesla sent 'incorrectly low' severance packages to some laid-off employees

    In a brief email to staffers on Wednesday, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said the company sent incorrect severance packages to some employees who lost their jobs.

  • If you're a paying X user, Elon Musk wants his Grok AI to write your posts for you, report says

    Elon Musk wants X's Grok AI Chatbot to compose users' tweets. Here's why it's such a big problem that even X employees are trying to stop it.