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Subreddits Are Starting to Ban Links to X

Some users say Musk gesture was the last straw

(Newser) - While the debate rages on over whether Elon Musk performed a Nazi salute at an inaugural event, many Reddit communities have decided to go ahead and ban links to X, including some with millions of members. Some of largest subreddits involved are sports communities, including r/NBA, which has 15 million...

Meteorologist Fired for Calling Musk's Gesture a 'Nazi Salute'

Sam Kuffel is out at WDJT, though some suggest she should sue

(Newser) - A Milwaukee TV station has fired a meteorologist who accused Elon Musk of making a Nazi salute at the inauguration . "Dude Nazi saluted twice. TWICE," WDJT-TV weather forecaster Sam Kuffel wrote on her Instagram account Tuesday alongside a picture of Musk, per the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . "You...

Musk Has Doubts About Huge Project Trump Announced

Stargate backer OpenAI doesn't 'actually have the money,' Musk says

(Newser) - President Trump was joined by top execs from OpenAI, Oracle, and Softbank Tuesday night when he announced Stargate , a project to invest up to $500 billion in artificial intelligence infrastructure—but a tech titan closer to Trump's inner circle soon poured cold water on the idea. "They don'...

Elon Musk's Salute Is a Dicey Inauguration Topic
Elon Musk's Salute
Is a Dicey Inauguration Topic
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Jan 21, 2025 6:18 AM CST

Elon Musk's Salute Is a Dicey Inauguration Topic

Critics accuse him of making a Nazi salute, which he calls a 'tired' comparison

(Newser) - All the chatter about Elon Musk's speech Monday at Capitol One Arena in DC isn't about what he said but about a gesture he made, twice. To critics, it looked for all the world to be a Nazi salute, reports Politico . Others, though, say people are reading way...

Elon Musk's DOGE Is About to Get Sued
Elon Musk's DOGE
Is About to Get Sued
Jan 20, 2025 10:59 AM CST

Elon Musk's DOGE Is About to Get Sued

Advocacy group says the new non-government panel violates transparency laws

(Newser) - The Trump administration plans to start day one on an aggressive footing . But it also might be playing some defense, too: The new Department of Government Efficiency run by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy is getting sued on Monday, reports the Washington Post . The advocacy group National Security Counselors says...

Turks and Caicos Reports Damage From SpaceX Debris

FAA grounds Starship during investigation of breakup

(Newser) - The Federal Aviation Administration has joined officials in Turks and Caicos in investigating damage apparently caused by debris from the breakup of SpaceX's rocket during a test flight on Thursday. The FAA has grounded the Starship rocket in the meantime, NBC News reports. No injuries have been reported, the...

Spacecraft Breaks Up Minutes After SpaceX Launch

Giant robotic arms successfully catch first-stage booster at pad

(Newser) - SpaceX lost the upper stage of its Starship rocket on a test flight Thursday when the unmanned spacecraft apparently broke up just as it was reaching space—after a thrilling booster catch back at its Texas pad. Elon Musk's company said the spacecraft's six engines appeared to shut...

Podcaster on Becoming 'Enemy of the World's Richest Man'

In new essay, Sam Harris says text exchange over COVID killed his friendship with Elon Musk

(Newser) - "I didn't set out to become an enemy of the world's richest man, but I seem to have managed it all the same." That's the start of a new Substack essay by noted atheist and podcaster Sam Harris, who details his falling-out with billionaire, SpaceX/Tesla/X...

As Ban Approaches, Here Are TikTok's Options
Trump Aims to
Save TikTok: Report
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Jan 16, 2025 2:00 AM CST

Trump Aims to Save TikTok: Report

Social media platform in danger of going dark this weekend

(Newser) - President-elect Trump is considering ways he could "preserve" TikTok once he takes office, according to a GOP congressman. If the Supreme Court upholds the US ban on the Chinese-owned social media platform, Trump "has been very clear" about what he'd do, Rep. Mike Waltz, Trump's pick...

SEC Sues Elon Musk
SEC Sues Elon Musk
Jan 14, 2025 8:58 PM CST

SEC Sues Elon Musk

Agency says he bought Twitter stock at 'artificially low prices' after failing to disclose stake

(Newser) - The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk Tuesday, though the suit may not have a future after the agency—and the country—gets new leadership next week. The lawsuit filed in Washington, DC, accuses Musk of ignoring a deadline in early 2022 to disclose that he...

World's 3 Richest Men Will Sit Together at Inauguration

Insider says Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg will be on platform with Trump's Cabinet nominees

(Newser) - The people in the top three spots on Forbes' billionaire list —Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg—will have prime seats at President-elect Trump's inauguration next week. NBC News , citing "an official involved with the planning of the event," reports that the three tech billionaires...

Musk Deploys Cybertruck Fleet to Fire-Ravaged LA

Starlink is keeping city online; officials had previously asked for service 'for expressly this type of scenario'

(Newser) - The world's richest person is helping keep Los Angeles connected as fires continue to rage around the county of nearly 10 million. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has sent Tesla Cybertrucks outfitted with terminals for SpaceX's satellite internet service, Starlink, to the LA area so those affected...

Could Musk Take Control of TikTok, Too?

China considers selling US operations to Trump ally, Bloomberg reports

(Newser) - Elon Musk might soon have another social media app under his control. Chinese officials are considering selling TikTok's US operations, valued at upward of $50 billion, to the world's richest man as a means of preventing an outright ban in the US, Bloomberg reports. China would much prefer...

Bannon Escalates Musk Fight: 'He Is a Truly Evil Guy'

Rift between two top Trump supporters widens in a big way

(Newser) - Steve Bannon and Elon Musk were on opposite sides of a high-profile rift in Trump world last month over visas for skilled workers. Bannon just escalated the fight in a big way:
  • "He is a truly evil guy, a very bad guy," Bannon said in an interview with
...

Musk Backtracks on Goal of $2T in Cuts

But cutting half that amount from federal budget would still be an 'epic outcome,' he says

(Newser) - Elon Musk has admitted that the oft-cited figure of $2 trillion in federal budget cuts is a target that the Department of Government Efficiency might not be able to meet. In a conversation with political strategist Mark Penn posted on X , Musk said the real figure would likely be more...

Musk Hosts, Backs Far-Right Leader on X

Alice Weidel appears on audio livestream, praised as 'very reasonable'

(Newser) - Elon Musk further involved himself in Germany's politics on Thursday, hosting a leader of a far-right party for an audio livestream on X and urging its citizens to cast their ballots for Alice Weidel's Alternative for Germany party in the elections next month. "I'm really strongly...

LA Mayor's Ill-Timed Trip May Cost Her

Karen Bass was in Ghana when the wildfires broke out, didn't get back until Wednesday

(Newser) - Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass flew to Ghana on Saturday, just as forecasts at home grew concerning, reports the Los Angeles Times . And though she cut her trip short and returned on Wednesday, Bass is facing harsh criticism for her absence amid what may be the most destructive fire in...

Starmer Condemns 'Lies' by Musk About Sex Abuse Gangs

Billionaire has accused UK's prime minister of not acting to help young victims

(Newser) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer denounced Elon Musk on Monday for demanding he resign and accusing him of being "complicit in the rape of Britain" by not protecting young victims of sexual abuse gangs. Musk has been broadcasting the reporting of conservative news outlets on X with distortions and...

A Debate Unfolds About the Cybertruck Explosion
A Debate Unfolds About
the Cybertruck Explosion
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Jan 5, 2025 6:29 AM CST

A Debate Unfolds About the Cybertruck Explosion

Did the vehicle limit the damage, or was it because of the low-grade explosives?

(Newser) - Why didn't the Tesla Cybertruck explosion cause more damage? It's one of the questions investigators in Las Vegas are trying to answer given that the man blamed was a highly skilled special ops soldier. The debate unfolding has split into two camps: Either Green Beret Matthew Livelsberger chose...

Musk Goes After UK's 'Keir Starmtrooper'

X owner posts series of scathing tweets against British PM, supports nation's far-right Reform Party

(Newser) - Elon Musk has made a nonsubtle shift to the hard right—first through his increasingly close relationship with Donald Trump, as well as via his support for Germany's AfD party , which has neo-Nazi ties. Now he's stepping into the fray of British politics, slamming new Prime Minister Keir...

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