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Harris Campaign Fires Back at Tech-Troubled Trump-Musk X Interview: “Self-Obsessed Rich Guys”
Vice President Kamala Harris‘ campaign team is taking aim at Donald Trump and Elon Musk after their live-streamed X interview, claiming the Republican hopeful’s agenda is for “self-obsessed rich guys who will sell out the middle class.” On Monday, Musk, who bought Twitter in 2022 and later renamed it X, had a conversation with former […]
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Elon Musk Got EU Disinformation Warning Before Rambling Donald Trump Interview on X
The European Union issued a stark warning to X owner and executive chairman Elon Musk before his live-streamed X interview with former U.S. president Donald Trump – and received an expletive-filled response. On Monday night, Trump and Musk had a conversation marred by technical issues that caused a 40-minute-plus delay and was widely described as rambling. […]
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‘Veep’ Creator Armando Iannucci Takes Aim at Elon Musk After Anti-Racism Rallies Quash U.K. Riots
Veep creator Armando Iannucci is taking aim at tech mogul Elon Musk after the billionaire was accused of fanning the flames of the U.K.’s far-right movement, which has led to nights of riots, looting and vandalism. On Wednesday, police were told to brace for over 100 anti-migration protests with more than 6,000 riot police deployed […]
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Sky Employees Issued Memo to Leave Work Early as U.K. Braces for More Far-Right Riots
Sky employees based at the company’s west London campus have been told to either stay at home or leave work early as far-right riots continue to take place across the U.K. with hundreds arrested for setting fire to buildings, looting stores, and harassing local residents. The unrest began after the stabbing of three young girls […]
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In Bid for Ads, Elon Musk’s X Declares Legal War on … Advertisers
Escalating hostility with major advertisers, X has sued a coalition representing big-money brands for allegedly coordinating a boycott of the platform in violation of antitrust laws. The proposed class action, filed in federal court in Texas on Tuesday, accuses the World Federation of Advertisers of conspiring with companies to withhold advertising on X due to […]
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Elon Musk Sues OpenAI and Its CEO in New Lawsuit Challenging Microsoft Partnership
Elon Musk is reigniting a legal battle against OpenAI over its for-profit pivot, this time looking to void the company’s partnership with Microsoft. The lawsuit, filed in the Northern District of California on Monday, alleges fraud and breach of contract over claims that the Tesla founder was swindled when he invested roughly $45 million into […]
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Don Lemon Sues Elon Musk and X Over Canceled Video Series
Former CNN anchor Don Lemon is suing Elon Musk and his social platform X, alleging a breach of contract and misappropriation of Lemon’s name and likeness, among other claims. Lemon sued Musk and X in a San Francisco court on Thursday, according to a copy of the complaint. Lemon, of course, signed a deal with […]
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White Dudes for Harris Founders Blame Elon Musk for X Account’s Suspension
Two of the founders of White Dudes for Harris, a political organizing group and popular Zoom meeting that gained massive popularity and raised a reported $4 million-plus for Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid this week, blamed Elon Musk for its official X (formerly Twitter) account being suspended following an enormous fundraising event that saw […]
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Grimes’ Mother Pleads With Elon Musk to End “Withholding” Ex-Couple’s Children
The mother of indie electro-pop musician Grimes took to X this weekend to plead with Elon Musk, the platform’s owner and father to her three grandchildren, to stop withholding his and Grimes’ kids from Grimes so that the kids can visit their dying nonagenarian great-grandmother in Canada. Grimes, 36, whose real name is Claire Boucher, […]
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Melinda French Gates Says Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and Other Billionaires Are Not Philanthropists
Melinda French Gates says there is a new generation of billionaire activists who aren’t really philanthropists. Speaking to The New York Times, the ex-wife of Bill Gates — who recently rocked the philanthropic world when she announced she was leaving the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has given away nearly $80 billion since it was […]
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Khloé Kardashian to Launch Video Podcast on X (Exclusive)
X is getting into the business with the Kardashians. The Elon Musk-owned tech company has inked a deal with Khloé Kardashian, who will host a video podcast on the platform beginning this fall. The 26-episode series is still light on specifics, though it will blend Kardashian’s “boundary-pushing sense of humor with her signature relatability to […]
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Elon Musk Drops Lawsuit Against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman
Elon Musk has dropped a lawsuit against OpenAI and chief executive Sam Altman over the company allegedly straying from its founding mission to develop artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity to instead focus on corporate profits. The X. Corp owner moved on Tuesday to dismiss the lawsuit “without prejudice,” indicating that a settlement wasn’t […]
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