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Elon Musk Reportedly Scrambled To Assure Banks They Wouldn't Lose Money On Twitter Acquisition Despite Expected $2 Billion Hit
Saturday, December 16, 2023 - 1:30pm | 468Read More...Amid concerns over X's flailing business, Elon Musk has reportedly been in discussions with bankers who financed his takeover of the social media platform, offering reassurances about their investment. What Happened: Musk attempted to assure certain bankers, who provided him...
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SEC Vs. Elon: Judge Rules Musk Must Testify Again About $44B Twitter Takeover
Friday, December 15, 2023 - 9:20am | 786Read More...Elon Musk will testify in court again as part of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s investigation into his $44-billion takeover of Twitter. Laurel Beeler, federal judge in San Francisco, told lawyers representing the Tesla CEO that Musk will have to endure another day in court. Musk...
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Elon Musk's X Inches Closer To Payment Features With Pennsylvania License
Thursday, December 14, 2023 - 8:38pm | 607Read More...Elon Musk’s social media platform X has just made a significant stride towards offering payment services, having obtained a money-transmitter license from Pennsylvania. What Happened: Reuters revealed that X, previously known as Twitter, was granted a license by Pennsylvania, a crucial step...
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IBM Chief Arvind Krishna Says Nothing Illegal About Hiring Practices After Musk's Alarm Over Leaked Video: 'I Have Thick Skin'
Thursday, December 14, 2023 - 7:38am | 721Read More...International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) CEO Arvind Krishna, recently embroiled in controversy over a leaked internal video discussing coercive action for discriminatory hiring practices, responded to social media chatter about it. What Happened: Journalist James O'Keefe...
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Mark Zuckerberg's 'Twitter Killer' Threads Joins Fediverse In An Attempt To Expand Reach
Thursday, December 14, 2023 - 1:10am | 481Read More...Meta Platforms Inc.’s (NASDAQ:META) CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, has announced that Threads has started to run a test to make posts on the platform available on social media sites using the ActivityPub protocol. What Happened: On Wednesday, Zuckerberg posted...
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Elon Musk's Loss Is Mark Zuckerberg's Gain: Disney, Comcast Reportedly Increase Ad Spending On Instagram After Ditching X
Wednesday, December 13, 2023 - 10:11pm | 643Read More...After pausing ad spending on Elon Musk’s social media platform X (formerly Twitter), big tech U.S. companies, including The Walt Disney Co. (NYSE:DIS) and Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA), have reportedly increased the same on Meta...
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Email Is Passe: Tesla, Apple And Others Are Now Hiring Talent Over DMs On X
Tuesday, December 12, 2023 - 7:07am | 962Read More...Tim Cook-led Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Elon Musk's own company, Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) are skipping emails and hiring talent via direct messages on X, formerly Twitter. What Happened: Musk's attempts to turn X into the "everything app", including scouting talent and hiring them, seem to be...
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Elon Musk Stirs Pot: Engages in Controversial Conversations with Far-Right Figures Following Alex Jones' Account Reinstatement
Monday, December 11, 2023 - 6:14am | 454Read More...Elon Musk logged on to a chat with several far-right conspiracy theorists like Andrew Tate, Jack Posobiec along with Alex Jones. This was after the Tesla Inc. co-founder decided to reinstate Jones' account five years after he was banned from the social media platform X, formerly Twitter. What...
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Elon Musk Says Bookmarked Content Will Soon Become Searchable On X
Monday, December 11, 2023 - 3:54am | 479Read More...Responding to a user on X (formerly Twitter), Elon Musk, who acquired the social media platform for $44 billion last year, announced a new feature. What Happened: A graphic designer at Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) who goes by the name DogeDesigner on the platform, shared a screen recording of Bookmark...
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In Controversial Move, Elon Musk Reinstates Far-right Conspiracy Theorist Alex Jones' Account: 'The People Have Spoken And So It Shall Be'
Sunday, December 10, 2023 - 11:36am | 502Read More...Elon Musk has reinstated the account of right-wing extremist Alex Jones on X, reversing the platform's previous ban on Jones in 2018 for his repeated violations of policies against harassment and hate speech. What Happened: Musk's decision followed an informal poll the...
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Elon Musk Has This 'Real Question' For Bob Iger After Disney Halts Ads On X
Saturday, December 9, 2023 - 1:16am | 763Read More...Elon Musk has been unrelenting against boycotting advertisers, and more so, Walt Disney Co.'s (NYSE:DIS) CEO Bob Iger. His latest salvo against Iger is a question he has been repeating for a while. What Happened: Pointing fingers at Iger again, Musk asked the Disney CEO why he advertises on Meta...
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Elon Musk's AI Chatbot Grok Is Now Available — But Not For Everyone
Friday, December 8, 2023 - 5:25am | 647Read More...Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok has started rolling out to X Premium+ subscribers after testing with a limited set of users throughout November. What Happened: X, formerly Twitter, announced its Premium+ subscribers could start using Grok on the web, iOS, and Android apps. The rollout has started for...
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Should Alex Jones Return To Twitter? Elon Musk To Poll X Users, Says Permanent Bans Should Be 'Extremely Rare'
Friday, December 8, 2023 - 1:04am | 876Read More...Elon Musk has been mulling over the possibility of reinstating the account of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on his social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, saying that he will conduct a user poll about the same. What Happened: On Thursday, a year after the tech billionaire’s...
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Elon Musk, X Face Legal Heat As Ex-Twitter Security Chief Alleges Unjust Firing Over Cost-Cutting Controversy
Thursday, December 7, 2023 - 5:56am | 539Read More...Former Twitter security head Alan Rosa has taken legal action against Elon Musk and the now-rebranded social media platform, claiming that his termination was unjust and a result of cost-cutting strategies that risked regulatory compliance. What Happened: Rosa has filed a lawsuit against Musk, ...
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JPMorgan CEO Calls For A Shut Down Of Bitcoin And The Crypto Industry: Here's How Social Media Mocked Him
Wednesday, December 6, 2023 - 2:37pm | 784Read More...JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) CEO Jamie Dimon reiterated on Wednesday his long-standing opposition to Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and other cryptocurrencies, going so far as to suggest the government should shut down the industry. Dimon, testifying before a U.S. Senate...
















