5 h. ago X down in major outage as thousands left unable to access Elon Musk's platform

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8 h. ago Elon Musk says Optimus robots will save Tesla. But many of them don’t work yet

As Tesla suffers a worldwide slowdown in sales, the world’s richest person is pinning his hopes on humanoid robots to conquer the future. But it’s not even clear yet whether they can operate on their own

Technology

10 h. ago Nigel Farage's lunch date with Trump after claims US visit to 'impress Elon Musk'

The Reform leader found himself squirming when repeatedly questioned about the Epstein Files - which one Congressman suggested might make his lunch with the US President "awkward for your lunch"

Politics

11 h. ago Nigel Farage accused of badmouthing Britain to impress Elon Musk in Congress showdown

An evidence session to the House Judiciary committee descended into a furious row between Farage and Democrat member Hank Johnson of Georgia, who claimed Farage was "carrying water" for Elon Musk

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14 h. ago Father Ted creator Graham Linehan to sue Met over arrest for ‘anti

JK Rowling and Elon Musk among high-profile critics of arrest of Irish comedian, 57, by armed officers after stepping off flight at Heathrow

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14 h. ago Elon Musk's daughter 'doesn't have a lot of money' despite dad's huge wealth

Vivian Wilson, 21, has previouly hit out at her dad Elon Musk after he came out as being against her transition to becoming a woman and for backing Donald Trump

Economics

17 h. ago Father Ted creator Graham Linehan releases audio of trans tweets arrest: 'Holy s**t, I don't believe it'

The Father Ted creator is heard being told to ‘calm down’ by police, as he responds: ‘I won’t calm down’

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17 h. ago Elon Musk’s estranged daughter says she ‘doesn’t have a lot of money’ after cutting ties with world’s richest man

Vivian Wilson, 21, says she lives with roommates in Los Angeles but is ‘much more fortunate than most people my age’ and has no desire to be ‘superrich’

Politics

18 h. ago Elon Musk says UK has become a 'police state' amid backlash over Graham Linehan's trans tweets arrest

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is expected to raise the issue in front of the House Judiciary Committee in Washington

Events

21 h. ago Elon Musk's daughter claims she doesn't 'have a lot of money' and lives with roommates after being disowned by billionaire Tesla founder

Vivian Wilson famously fell out with her father in 2022, after she transitioned from male to female.

Society

32 h. ago Criticism grows over Father Ted creator Graham Linehan arrest for ‘anti

JK Rowling and Elon Musk among high-profile critics as Irish comedian, 57, detained by armed officers moments after stepping off an American Airlines flight from Arizona

Events

37 h. ago JK Rowling and Elon Musk lead backlash at 'utterly deplorable' arrest of Graham Linehan after Father Ted creator was arrested by armed police for 'anti

The Irish comedy writer, who was travelling on an American Airlines flight from Arizona to London , says he was treated like a 'terrorist' after being detained as soon as he stepped off the plane.

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63 h. ago Small boat, big house: Elon Musk ridicules Starmer's Britain after asylum seekers 'are given new £300k new

The decision to use four £300,000 three-bedroom properties in Suffolk as migrant accommodation prompted fury after it emerged last night.

Economics

64 h. ago Elon Musk ridicules Starmer's Britain after asylum seekers 'are given new £300k new

The decision to use four £300,000 three-bedroom properties in Suffolk as migrant accommodation prompted fury after it emerged last night.

Economics

64 h. ago Elon Musk weighs into migrant row: X owner says asylum seekers 'must stop' being given £300k townhouses with en

The decision to use four £300,000 three-bedroom properties in Suffolk as migrant accommodation prompted fury after it emerged last night.

Events

64 h. ago Will AI wipe us out or drastically improve society? Elon Musk and Bill Gates' favourite philosopher explains

Nick Bostrom, Silicon valley’s favourite philosopher, explains why AI taking jobs should be the least of our worries

Politics

65 h. ago Science research gets more engagement on Bluesky than X, study finds

Bluesky posts referencing scholarly articles ‘find substantially higher levels of interaction’ than on Elon Musk’s platformBluesky’s growing status as the social media platform of choice for the world’s scientists has been boosted by analysis suggesting research receives more engagement and original scrutiny than on Elon Musk’s rival platform, X.A study examining 2.6m Bluesky posts referencing more than 500,000 scholarly articles over the past two and a half years found they demonstrated “substantially higher levels of interaction” – likes, reposts, replies and quotes – and greater “textual originality” than previously reported for X, formerly Twitter. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Musk appears to compare UK police to Nazi war criminals after five masked men were arrested trying to get into refugee hotel

Since being ousted from the U.S. government following a very public fallout with President Donald Trump, Elon Musk is stoking the flames in the U.K.

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5 d. ago Can a UK party backed by Elon Musk outflank Nigel Farage on the right? 

Advance UK received tech billionaire’s backing — but lacks populist spark of Reform

Politics

6 d. ago Epping hotel protest descends into chaos as demonstrators clash with police

Protesters have again gathered outside The Bell Hotel in Epping, Essex, following Elon Musk's blast about the Home Office, branding them as "a government against its people"

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