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Musk's Deleted Tweet Catches Attention of Secret Service

He made what he called a joke about the lack of assassination attempts on Democrats

(Newser) - Elon Musk says it was merely a joke that didn't land , but a tweet he deleted has nonetheless caught the attention of the Secret Service, reports Reuters . In the wake of the apparent attempted assassination attempt on Donald Trump Sunday, Musk wrote, "And no one is even trying...

Elon Musk Deletes Tweet About Assassinations

Post mused about how nobody has tried to kill President Biden or VP Kamala Harris

(Newser) - After news broke Sunday about an apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump in Florida, Elon Musk responded in controversial fashion with a tweet that has since been deleted. Responding to a user who asked, "Why they want to kill Donald Trump?" Musk responded: "And no one is even...

Musk's Solution for Taylor Swift: 'I Will Give You a Child'

Billionaire addresses pop star's 'childless cat lady' status after she endorses Kamala Harris

(Newser) - Billionaire Elon Musk, father of at least 12 children, responded to Taylor Swift's endorsement of Kamala Harris early Wednesday by offering to give her a child. Swift had signed her Instagram post as a "Childless Cat Lady," embracing the label directed at Harris by Republican VP candidate...

Musk: SpaceX Is Prepping for 2026 Mars Landings

And if those go well, manned launches in 2028, he says of planned Starship missions

(Newser) - Elon Musk's long-held dream for his SpaceX spacecraft to make it to Mars appears to be ever closer to coming to fruition, at least according to Musk. In a weekend post on X , the social media platform he owns, Musk noted that "the first Starships to Mars will...

Elon Musk on Track to Be World's First Trillionaire by 2027

Followed fairly quickly by a bunch of others

(Newser) - Elon Musk, currently the world's richest person per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index , might soon be the world's first trillionaire. According to a new report from wealth-tracking group Informa Connect Academy, Musk is on track to enter what it calls the "Trillion Dollar Club" in 2027, thanks to...

Trump: Musk Will Lead Commission on 'Drastic Reforms'

He says he's backing Musk's call for a 'government efficiency commission'

(Newser) - If Donald Trump wins the election, he will have a big job for Elon Musk. In a speech at the Economic Club of New York on Thursday, Trump said Musk will lead a commission that will save "trillions of dollars" in government spending. "I will create a government...

Starlink Backtracks on Refusal to Comply With X Ban

But company says it will continue to fight Brazil judge's order

(Newser) - Elon Musk's satellite-based internet service provider Starlink backtracked Tuesday and said it will comply with a Brazilian Supreme Court justice's order to block the billionaire's social media platform, X, the AP reports. Starlink said in a statement posted on X that it will heed the judge's...

Justice Fighting Musk Orders X Blocked in Brazil

Ruling says platform encourages posts with 'extremism, hate speech and anti-democratic discourse'

(Newser) - A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday ordered the suspension of Elon Musk's social media giant X in Brazil after the tech billionaire refused to name a legal representative in the country, according to a copy of his decision. The move escalates the monthslong feud between the two men...

Musk's Feud With Brazil Enters Threat Territory

Nation's high court gives him 24 hours to appoint a legal rep to avoid seeing X suspended there

(Newser) - The clock is ticking for Elon Musk, at least as it pertains to keeping his X social media platform functioning in Brazil. That's because the South American nation's Supreme Court has given the billionaire 24 hours to appoint a legal representative for X in Brazil, or risk seeing...

These 4 Will Have to Wait a Bit Longer for Historic Mission
SpaceX Postpones
Historic Mission Again
THE RUNDOWN
Aug 28, 2024 8:41 AM CDT

SpaceX Postpones Historic Mission Again

Weather delays SpaceX's Polaris Dawn expedition, to feature first spacewalk ever by private citizens

(Newser) - A civilian quartet was set to blast off into space from Florida on Wednesday morning, on their way to the first spacewalk ever by private citizens, but that mission has now been postponed. The BBC reports that Elon Musk's SpaceX, just hours before liftoff, cited "unfavorable weather forecasted"...

As Requested, X Makes a Change on Election Answers

State officials had pressured platform over AI chatbot responses

(Newser) - After pressure from elected officials, X has made a change to its AI chatbot to limit the spread of election misinformation. Five secretaries of state had asked that it instead direct users with campaign questions to CanIVote.org , which is operated by the National Association of Secretaries of State. Before...

Musk Starts to Foreclose on Gene Wilder's House

Billionaire who lent $6.7M to buyer is now moving to foreclose on the property

(Newser) - When Elon Musk announced he was selling his homes in 2020, he had one stipulation for the longtime residence of the late actor Gene Wilder: "It cannot be torn down or lose any [of] its soul." The 2,800-square-foot home overlooking the Bel-Air Country Club, purchased by Wilder...

Banks' Deal With Elon Musk Is Worst Since 2008 Crisis

WSJ : Big institutions have not been able to offload the debt as planned

(Newser) - A number of big banks loaned Elon Musk $13 billion to buy what was then Twitter in 2022. Two years later, the Wall Street Journal reports that it now ranks as the worst such deal for banks since the 2008 financial crisis—and one of the worst of all time....

Report: Advertising Is Way Down at X

Analysts say Musk might have to sell Tesla shares to keep platform afloat

(Newser) - Elon Musk apparently hasn't had much success luring advertisers back to X. Quartz reports that according to MediaRadar, a company that tracks ad spending, advertising on the platform in the first half of this year is down 24% year-on-year. Advertisers reportedly spent around $744 million on the platform in...

Strongman Tells Musk He Loves Weaponized Cybertruck

Chechnya president says vehicle will join invasion of Ukraine

(Newser) - Chechnya President Ramzan Kadyrov invited Tesla CEO Elon Musk to Russia on Saturday after being filmed behind the wheel of one of the company's Cybertrucks mounted with a machine gun. In a clip posted on Kadyrov's Telegram channel, the self-styled strongman was seen taking the stainless steel-clad Cybertruck...

Musk, Rowling, Trump Tweeted About Her. Now She's Suing

Olympic boxer and gold medalist Imane Khelif files criminal complaint over cyberbullying on her gender

(Newser) - The Algerian boxer who faced global scrutiny over her gender on the path to an Olympic gold medal is suing her bullies. Imane Khelif has filed a criminal complaint in France alleging "aggravated cyber harassment" from Elon Musk, JK Rowling, and others on Musk's social platform X. Though...

UAW Files Labor Charges Over Trump-Musk Interview

Union cites exchange about firing workers who threaten to strike

(Newser) - One group unhappy with Elon Musk's interview with Donald Trump Monday night is the United Auto Workers. The union filed federal labor charges on Tuesday against the two men over an exchange about striking workers, reports the Hill .
  • Trump: "You're the greatest cutter," Trump told Musk,
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7 Reactions to the Trump-Musk Sit-Down

It's being called an 'embarrassment' by more than one outlet

(Newser) - So how did Donald Trump's Monday night sit-down with Elon Musk go, after its start was delayed due to technical glitches ? Not all that well, at least according to the reactions published thus far in the mainstream media. A sampling:
  • USA Today calls it an "unmitigated disaster,
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Trump Praises Musk as 'Greatest Cutter' of Employees
7 Lines From Trump's
Interview With Elon Musk
interview
Aug 12, 2024 9:36 PM CDT

7 Lines From Trump's Interview With Elon Musk

Including praise for Musk as 'the greatest cutter' of employees

(Newser) - In an apparent reference to firings at Tesla, Donald Trump called Elon Musk "the greatest cutter" during Musk's interview of Trump on Monday night on X. "I mean, I look at what you do," Trump said to Musk. "I won't mention the name of...

Elon Musk: 'Massive Attack' Delayed Trump Interview

Though experts later said there were no signs of such an attack

(Newser) - Donald Trump recounted his assassination attempt in vivid detail and blamed the incident on "a lack of coordination" during an interview with Elon Musk that served as the former president's high-profile return to X , the social media platform formerly known as Twitter—a conversation that was plagued by...

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