• 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....

  • From Co-op Live to 'Co-flop Live': What went wrong for UK's biggest arena

    What was supposed to be a triumphant opening week for Manchester's Co-op Live has become a debacle.

  • World's workers increasingly at risk as climate changes, ILO says

    GENEVA: More than 70 per cent of the global workforce is exposed to risks linked to climate change that cause hundreds of thousands of deaths each year, the International Labour Organization said on Monday, adding governments would need to act as the numbers rise. Workers, especially the world's poorest, are more vulnerable than the general population to the dangers of climate extremes such as heatwaves, droughts, wildfires and hurricanes because they are often the first exposed or exposed for...

  • Elon Musk's X says posts of Australia bishop stabbing don't promote violence

    Elon Musk's social media platform X defended publishing posts showing a bishop in Australia being stabbed during a sermon as part of public discussion , rejecting a regulator's order to take down the content on grounds it is offensive and violent. In a post overnight, X's global government affairs account said the video taken by an innocent bystander should not have been banned under Australian law, which permits content that can be reasonably considered as part of public discussion or...

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    Tesla surges after Elon Musk says new affordable EV models coming

    Tesla shares surged 12% on Wednesday after CEO Elon Musk said the company plans to produce new affordable EV models by early 2025.

  • EU green deal at ‘very high’ risk of being killed off, says Greens co-leader

    Philippe Lamberts warns far-right gains in elections could destroy plan to protect nature and biodiversityThe EU’s green deal to restore biodiversity, clean the continent’s soil, air and water, and mitigate climate breakdown is at high risk of being killed off, the co-president of the Green group of MEPs has warned.The Belgian MEP Philippe Lamberts said the green deal, which has informed everything from tax policy to environment law making, would be a thing of the past if the far right made...

  • Manchester Co-op Live 'little bumps' expected, project boss says

    Moving the opening of the UK's largest arena will "give us time to get it right", the man in charge says.

  • 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...

  • Elon Musk says Taylor Swift's 'The Tortured Poets Department' is 'very impressive'

    Taylor Swift has been turning heads with the chart-topping success of her latest album, "The Tortured Poets Department" — and she can count Elon Musk as a fan of the new tracks."I'm not quite the target audience, but nonetheless very impressive indeed!" Musk said of Swift's album in an X post on Monday.The mercurial billionaire was responding to an earlier post by Swift, where she was expressing her gratitude to her fans."You've outdone yourselves, this is unbelievable," Swift wrote after...

  • Elon Musk still needs lawyer approval to tweet about Tesla, says supreme court

    Justices reject appeal from CEO, who said requirement amounts to ‘prior restraint’ on his speech in violation of first amendmentThe supreme court on Monday rejected an appeal from Elon Musk over a settlement with securities regulators that requires him to get approval in advance of some tweets that relate to Tesla, the electric vehicle company he leads.The justices did not comment in leaving in place lower-court rulings against Musk, who complained that the requirement amounts to “prior...

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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.

  • Co-op Live: Peter Kay says new Manchester arena's latest delay is 'very disappointing'

    The comedian's appearances at Manchester's troubled Co-op Live venue are postponed for a second time.