97 minutes ago Robert Downey Jr is seemingly unimpressed by Elon Musk ‘cosplaying’ as Tony Stark

Actor says he wishes the Tesla and SpaceX tycoon ‘would control his behavior a little more’

Politics

1 hour ago X admits ‘error’ led to reinstatement of key suspect in Jamal Khashoggi murder

Saud al-Qahtani was first suspended before Elon Musk took over what was then Twitter, and was suspended again today after Guardian reportA key Saudi suspect in the murder of US-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018 had his account reinstated on X, the social media company controlled by Elon Musk, after it was permanently suspended under the company’s previous owner.Saud al-Qahtani, a onetime key adviser to Mohammed bin Salman, had “direct involvement” in the murder of Khashoggi, according to a US intelligence assessment released by the Biden administration in 2021. Continue reading...

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2 hours ago JK Rowling and Elon Musk ridicule the SNP as it releases lists of 24 genders

The Harry Potter author said that the 'Scottish endarkenment gathers pace' after the list revealing the 24 genders that Scottish people could be categorised as in official statistics.

Politics

4 hours ago Twitter brain drain: Elon Musk’s takeover caused academic exodus, study shows

‘Twitter has been an important platform for academic communication and networking, especially among social scientists,’ researchers say

Technology

5 hours ago 'Blade Runner 2049' producers sue Elon Musk and Tesla over AI image at robotaxi event

A film production company that helped make “Blade Runner 2049” has sued Tesla and its CEO Elon Musk for using an AI-generated image resembling a scene from the science fiction movie to market Tesla’s new robotaxis

Technology

5 hours ago Is it wrong for Elon Musk to offer voters $1m a day to get Trump elected? That’s a tough one | Marina Hyde

The great and good of US media and politics can’t decide if the lavish giveaway is unethical or illegal. I’m no expert, but it seems off to meFor a guy who has spent his entire life making “I am very rich” the keystone of his personal brand, there is something quite poignant about watching Donald Trump get financially cucked by Elon Musk on stage every night. Musk is much younger, much richer, and has had a much more successful series of hair transplants. But needs must, it seems.As you might be aware, Musk has recently decided to update the tired dystopian fiction trope in which impoverished citizens are forced to compete in deadly gameshows where the winner gets a life-changingly glittering prize, and the losers are killed for sport. In Elon’s rebooted version, the richest man in the ...

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6 hours ago Moment Cybertruck owner puts Elon Musk's 'bulletproof' claims to the test

The Tesla Cybertruck owner ends up making a very costly mistake after shooting his own car to test out Elon Musk's claims that the £77,000 vehicle is bulletproof

Technology

7 hours ago Elon Musk is trying to buy the US election for Donald Trump. What does he want in return? | Arwa Mahdawi

Billionaire funding is flooding into the ex-president’s campaign. If he wins, will we see prisons on Mars and Taylor Swift shot into space?Welcome to The Maga Millions: a thrilling new contest in which you can win a million bucks if you help a billionaire buy an election. As 5 November draws closer, Elon Musk has decided to try out some interesting – and possibly illegal – tactics to get his pal Donald Trump back into the White House.First up: cash payments. On Saturday, Musk announced that “America Pac”, his pro-Trump political action committee, will give away $1m every day until the election to a randomly selected signatory to his petition supporting free speech and gun rights. He had previously offered to pay registered voters in swing states – and only registered voters in swing sta...

Politics

10 hours ago School's out! Classroom designed by Stirling Prize winners up for sale

The pod was designed by the Stirling Prize-winning architects Future Systems, but is heading for the scrapheap unless a new home can be found

Politics