82 minutes ago Brutal 'true patriot' swipe aimed at Nigel Farage after his grovelling to Elon Musk

Former Home Secretary David Blunkett said a true patriot would 'want to see off' Elon Musk as peers discussed foreign interference in the UK political process

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20 hours ago SEC sues Elon Musk over alleged late disclosures on Twitter share deal

Regulator says Trump ally got $150mn discount by not disclosing stake in social media group on time

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17 hours ago SEC files bombshell lawsuit against Elon Musk for allegedly failing to disclose Twitter purchase

Billionaire Elon Musk has been sued by the US Securities and Exchange Commission over his Twitter purchase after he allegedly failed it disclose his stocks, allowing him to save 'at least $150 million.'

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3 hours ago Elon Musk is being sued by the SEC over his Twitter takeover. What we know

The Tesla CEO bought Twitter in October 2022 for $44 billion and rebranded it as X

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9 hours ago Elon Musk sued by US government for allegedly failing to disclose Twitter stock ownership

SEC alleges Musk was able to underpay ‘by at least $150 million’ for Twitter shares he bought after he should have disclosed his ownership of more than 5%

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18 hours ago US sues Elon Musk for allegedly failing to disclose early Twitter stock purchase

Financial regulator alleges Musk later acquired shares of company at ‘artificially low prices’, stiffing shareholdersA US financial regulator has sued Elon Musk for allegedly failing to disclose his ownership of Twitter stock and later acquiring shares in the company at “artificially low prices”, stiffing other shareholders.The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed suit against Musk late on Tuesday in federal court in Washington DC for alleged securities violations. According to the suit, Musk did not disclose that he had acquired a 5% stake in the company in a timely manner, which allowed him “to underpay by at least $150m for shares he purchased after his financial beneficial ownership report was due”. Continue reading...

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7 hours ago Elon Musk's SpaceX prepares for Starship’s launch in seventh flight test

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has revealed the exact time you will see the world’s biggest rocket’s most ambitious flight yet

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10 hours ago Tech bros line up for Trump's big day as new billionaire friends Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg are all set to attend inauguration

NBC news reported the trio are expected to have a prominent spot at the ceremony, citing an an unnamed official source involved in planning the event for January 20.

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23 hours ago Elon Musk questions 'suicide' of ChatGPT whistleblower who warned world about AI

Former OpenAI researcher Suchir Balaji, 26, was found dead on November 26, three months after he accused the company of violating copyright laws in their development of ChatGPT.

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9 hours ago Elon Musk sued by regulator for 'violating' federal securities law over Twitter stocks

Musk’s lawyer has branded the latest complaint a ‘sham’

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19 hours ago US government sues Elon Musk for allegedly failing to disclose Twitter stock ownership

SEC alleges Musk was able to underpay ‘by at least $150 million’ for Twitter shares he bought after he should have disclosed his ownership of more than 5%

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25 hours ago France must stand firm in face of ‘new world disorder’ embodied by Musk, says PM

François Bayrou said France must look global powers ‘face on’ in reference to Donald Trump’s return to officeThe French prime minister, François Bayrou, has said France must stand firm in the face of figures such as the tech billionaire Elon Musk, who represents a “new world disorder”.In his first policy speech to the French parliament on Tuesday, Bayrou, a veteran centrist, said there was “a new world order, or rather a new world disorder, that threatens all equilibrium and all rules of defence. There are a certain number of people who embody this without complex, such as Elon Musk.” Continue reading...

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17 hours ago SEC sues Elon Musk, saying he didn't disclose Twitter ownership on time before buying it

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has sued billionaire Elon Musk, saying he failed to disclose his ownership of Twitter stock in a timely manner in early 2022, before buying the social media site

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21 hours ago Tech bro enemies Zuckerberg, Bezos and Musk jockey for position at Trump’s inauguration

For years, the biggest tech giants have battled amongst themselves (remember when Zuckberg and Musk were going to have a cage match?). Now they are coming together in support of the president — and their own interests, writes Io Dodds

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28 hours ago Bannon backpedals on threat to have Elon Musk ‘run out’ of Trumpworld over immigration fight

Ex-Trump adviser previous vowed to have world’s richest man kicked out of Trump’s orbit by Monday

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19 hours ago Elon Musk foundation funds new school near Space X headquarters. Here’s what life is like inside

Musk said recently that education should be ‘as close to playing a video game as possible’

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29 hours ago The truth about claims shared by Elon Musk that refugees are being 'enticed' to Wales

Millions of people have watched the video which was shared by Elon Musk

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28 hours ago Falling debris from Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets is causing flights to be delayed across the world

Flights between Johannesburg and Sydney have been impacted, one airline said

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29 hours ago Tech leaders want us to ditch Meta and X. What are they offering instead?

Entrepreneurs and celebrities want to reclaim social media from billionaires. They hope to raise $30m to grow Bluesky, a social media app, into an ecosystem to rival Meta and X

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33 hours ago Charity staff receive death threats after Elon Musk shares video made by Welsh schoolgirls

The claims have been called 'untrue' and 'utterly irresponsible'

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31 hours ago TikTok responds to reports it could be sold to billionaire X owner Elon Musk

TikTok has dismissed rumours that it might sell its US operations to the mogul Elon Musk as "pure fiction".

Technology

29 hours ago Tech leaders want us to ditch Meta and X, but what are they offering instead?

Entrepreneurs and celebrities want to reclaim social media from billionaires. They hope to raise $30m to grow Bluesky, a social media app, into an ecosystem to rival Meta and X

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37 hours ago California governor Newsom accuses Musk of ‘encouraging looting’ with misleading LA fires claim

Factually incorrect posts shared by Elon Musk on his social media site claim California governor Gavin Newsom decriminalised looting

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40 hours ago Elon Musk could acquire US operations of TikTok under new deal proposed by Chinese officials

Elon Musk is being considered by Chinese officials to acquire TikTok's U.S. operations as a last resort if the app faces a nationwide ban in the coming days.

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39 hours ago Qantas South Africa flights delayed by falling debris from SpaceX rockets, airline says

Delays on Sydney-Johannesburg route after advice from US government over debris from SpaceX rocket re-entry in southern Indian OceanFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastQantas says it has been forced to delay several of its flights to South Africa at the last minute due to warnings of falling debris from Elon Musk’s SpaceX rockets re-entering Earth.Ben Holland, the head of Qantas’s operations centre, said there was often little advance notice of where the rockets would fall over the southern Indian Ocean – the re-entry zone chosen by the space company due to its remoteness – causing the airline to delay flights on its Sydney-Johannesburg route. Continue reading...

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40 hours ago Chinese officials reportedly discuss sale of TikTok in US to Elon Musk

Bloomberg News says preliminary talks have taken place but TikTok spokesperson rejects report as ‘pure fiction’Chinese officials are in preliminary talks about a potential option to sell TikTok’s operations in the United States to billionaire Elon Musk, should the short-video app be unable to avoid an impending ban, Bloomberg News reported on Monday.Beijing officials prefer that TikTok remains under the control of parent Bytedance, the report said, citing sources. Continue reading...

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