Tag: Elon Musk

Musk Meets Apple’s Tim Cook, Gives Critical Update on App Store Twitter Ban ‘Misunderstanding’

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he met with Apple CEO Tim Cook and the two resolved the issue of Twitter potentially being cut from Apple’s App Store, which Musk had earlier identified as a threat facing the social media giant. Musk said in a post on Twitter late Wednesday that he and Cook had a “good…


Elon Musk’s Brain Implant Startup Neuralink Holds ‘Show and Tell’ Recruitment Drive

Elon Musk’s neurotechnology company Neuralink hosted a “show and tell” on Wednesday aimed at recruiting new talent. The event was held at 9 p.m. ET after previously being delayed, and live-streamed on YouTube. It featured a demonstration of a monkey operating a virtual keyboard as the firm showcased its technology. In the description box of…


Ending Twitter’s Era as the ‘Online Debate Moderator’

Commentary Since Elon Musk’s Twitter revolution, two curious things have happened. Pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and AstraZeneca have suspended their advertising budgets with the social media platform. They did so alongside other major brands after a “social justice” attack was launched by the usual activists determined to bankrupt Twitter. It’s become commonplace for activist pressure groups…


Former Twitter Executive Who Censored Hunter Biden Laptop Story Admits Mistake

It was a mistake for Twitter to censor the story about Hunter Biden’s laptop in the weeks leading to the 2020 presidential election, the company’s former Trust and Safety Department head said on Tuesday. Yoel Roth, who resigned earlier this month in the wake of Elon Musk’s takeover as Twitter’s new chief executive, has been…


Elon Musk: Twitter ‘Has Interfered in Elections’

Twitter owner Elon Musk on Wednesday wrote that the social media company’s previous management “interfered in elections” after the former head of its security team lobbed accusations against the Tesla CEO. In a Twitter thread on a Reuters report in which Yoel Roth—Twitter’s former head of trust and safety—said Twitter is not safer now, a user wrote…


Elon Musk Says Fed Must Cut Rates ‘Immediately’ to Avoid ‘Severe’ Recession

Industrialist Elon Musk said Wednesday that instead of further tightening monetary settings, the Federal Reserve should “immediately” lower interest rates or risk a “severe recession” in the U.S. economy. Musk made the remarks in a post on Twitter, responding to a comment made by Tesmanian co-founder Vincent Yu, who predicted a “real economic recession” next year….


Musk Versus the Bullies: Who Will Win?

Commentary I wonder what odds the bookies are offering for the great fight? In this corner we have Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, the chap behind Tesla, SpaceX, Solar City, The Boring Company, and—as of October—Twitter. In that corner we have “the left,” a catch-all, imprecise, and probably misleading category. Even in aggregate, it…


LIVE 10:30AM ET: Looming Rail Strikes Could Meet a Forceful End; Twitter Becomes Center of New Culture War

Rail unions are threatening a strike unless demands on working conditions are met, just ahead of Christmas. Attempts to find working terms have fallen through, and Congress is now suggesting it might use a vote to end the prospect of a general strike. Meanwhile, following his purchase of Twitter, Elon Musk has found himself at…


LIVE: Looming Rail Strikes Could Meet a Forceful End; Twitter Becomes Center of New Culture War

Rail unions are threatening a strike unless demands on working conditions are met, just ahead of Christmas. Attempts to find working terms have fallen through, and Congress is now suggesting it might use a vote to end the prospect of a general strike. Meanwhile, following his purchase of Twitter, Elon Musk has found himself at…


Looming Rail Strikes Could Meet a Forceful End; Twitter Becomes Center of New Culture War

Rail unions are threatening a strike unless demands on working conditions are met, just ahead of Christmas. Attempts to find working terms have fallen through, and Congress is now suggesting it might use a vote to end the prospect of a general strike. Meanwhile, following his purchase of Twitter, Elon Musk has found himself at…