George Soros, the billionaire philanthropist often the target of antisemitic conspiracy theories, recently sold all of his Tesla stock after having pumped tens of millions of dollars into Elon Musk‘s electric vehicle company. Musk lobbed a characteristically lame attack at Soros Monday night. “Soros reminds me of Magneto,” he wrote, …
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The U.S. Virgin islands subpoenaed Elon Musk on Monday seeking documents in the government’s lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase over sex trafficking by the bank’s longtime customer Jeffrey Epstein, according to a motion obtained by Rolling Stone. That filing states that Musk is “a high-net-worth individual who Epstein may have referred …
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Months after losing his own poll and promising to step down as CEO of Twitter, Elon Musk has finally followed through. On Friday, Musk officially announced his replacement, naming Linda Yaccarino as the new Twitter lead. In a tweet, Musk wrote that Yaccarino “will focus primarily on business operations, while …
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In December, Elon Musk asked Twitter to vote “Yes” or “No” on the question of whether he should step down as head of the tech giant, noting that he would abide by the results of this informal poll. More than 57 percent of respondents (nearly 10 million people) said he …
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Tucker Carlson will return to broadcasting through a partnership with Twitter. The former Fox News host announced on Tuesday that he will be “bringing a new version” of his former show to the social media platform. “There aren’t many platforms left that allow free speech,” Carlson said in a Twitter …
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On Tuesday, Twitter owner Elon Musk once more took to his social media network to complain about inaccuracies in mainstream media coverage — while trumpeting the site as a more reliable source of information. “News orgs like to control the narrative [and] hate being corrected, but at least people know …
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Elon Musk suggested he would re-assign NPR‘s Twitter account because the company had stopped tweeting, NPR claimed on Tuesday. In a series of emails to an NPR reporter, the billionaire reportedly threatened to transfer the @npr handle to “another company.” “So is NPR going to start posting on Twitter again, …
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For some of us it’s already Bluesky(s) ahead, but as that is still in private beta, Twitter continues to try and woo users by introducing new features while working to boost monetization of the platform. Its latest offering is to allow media publishers to charge per article for those who …
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Before comedian — and The Daily Show correspondent — Roy Wood Jr. took the stage to host the 2023 White House Correspondents’ Dinner, a bizarre orgy of politicians, media personalities, and dressed-to-the-nines celebs summoned by media companies as their guests and selfie partners (this year included the likes of Julia …
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After giving one of the last interviews Tucker Carlson would air before his unceremonious firing by Fox News, and a surprise sit-down with a BBC reporter, Elon Musk graced the studio of HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher to further discuss his recent ups and downs as head of Twitter. …
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