2 h. ago Robotic dogs with billionaire faces leave people 'unsettled' at art exhibit

Artist Beeple has created a strange exhibit at Art Basel Miami featuring 10 robotic 'animals' wearing hyperrealistic faces of billionaires including Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos

Politics

13 h. ago Elon Musk unleashes fury after X hit with $140million fine by the EU and says it 'should be abolished'

'The EU should be abolished and sovereignty returned to individual countries,' Musk wrote Saturday morning on X.

Economics

48 h. ago EU regulators hit Elon Musk's X with 120 million euro fine for breaching bloc's social media law

European Union regulators have fined Elon Musk’s social media platform X 120 million euros for failing to comply with digital regulations

Events

48 h. ago Elon Musk’s X fined €120m by EU in first clash under new digital laws

Ruling likely to put European Commission on collision course with billionaire, and possibly Donald TrumpBusiness live – latest updatesElon Musk’s social media platform, X, has been fined €120m (£105m) after it was found in breach of new EU digital laws, in a ruling likely to put the European Commission on a collision course with the US billionaire and potentially Donald Trump.The breaches, under consideration for two years, included what the EU said was a “deceptive” blue tick verification badge given to users and the lack of transparency of the platform’s advertising. Continue reading...

Politics

48 h. ago Elon Musk’s X fined €120mn by EU for transparency violations

Penalty under bloc’s Digital Services Act risks escalating tensions with US government

Politics

49 h. ago 'Tech billionaires pushing AI could destroy us and themselves'

Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Ellison called out by the 'godfather of AI' who now regrets his life's work

Science

49 h. ago Tesla cuts Model 3 price in Europe as sales slide amid Musk backlash

CEO Elon Musk says lower-cost electric car will reignite demand by appealing to broader range of buyersTesla has launched the lower-priced version of its Model 3 car in Europe in a push to revive sales after a backlash against Elon Musk’s work with Donald Trump and weakening demand for electric vehicles.Musk, the electric car maker’s chief executive, has argued that the cheaper option, launched in the US in October, will reinvigorate demand by appealing to a wider range of buyers. Continue reading...

Economics

49 h. ago Tesla launches cheaper version of Model 3 in Europe amid Musk sales backlash

CEO Elon Musk says lower-cost electric car will reignite demand by appealing to broader range of buyersTesla has launched the lower-priced version of its Model 3 car in Europe in a push to revive sales after a backlash against Elon Musk’s work with Donald Trump and weakening demand for electric vehicles.Musk, the electric car maker’s chief executive, has argued that the cheaper option, launched in the US in October, will reinvigorate demand by appealing to a wider range of buyers. Continue reading...

Politics

65 h. ago Sam Altman looking to buy rocket company so he can compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Altman and Musk have a long standing rivalry after co-founding OpenAI

Technology

3 d. ago Neuralink patients can now control robotic arms with their thoughts

Elon Musk claims brain chip could one day allow people to live in a robot body

Science

4 d. ago Tesla privately warned UK that weakening EV rules would hit sales

Elon Musk-owned electric carmaker also called for support for the secondhand market, documents revealBusiness live – latest updatesTesla privately warned the UK government that weakening electric vehicle rules would hit battery car sales and risk the country missing its carbon dioxide targets, according to newly revealed documents.The US electric carmaker, run by Elon Musk, also called for “support for the used-car market”, according to submissions to a government consultation earlier this year obtained by the Fast Charge, a newsletter covering electric cars. Continue reading...

Events

5 d. ago Elon Musk hate tweets help raise massive sum for causes he hates

Campaign group Everyone Hates Elon has announced that £100,000 has been raised by donors who give money to charities every time Elon Musk tweets

Politics

9 d. ago RFK Jr taunts Donald Trump as he shares pointed 'Thanksgiving dinner' photo with the president, Elon Musk and Don Jr

RFK Jr. trolled President Donald Trump after sharing an edited Thanksgiving photo with him, Elon Musk , and Donald Trump Jr.

Politics

9 d. ago Partisan X posts boost political polarisation among users, research finds

Study shows small changes to tone of posts in ‘for you’ feed increase unfavourable feelings towards political opponentsSmall changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.A groundbreaking experiment to gauge the potency of Elon Musk’s social platform to increase political division found that when posts expressing anti-democratic attitudes and partisan animosity were boosted, even barely perceptibly, in the feeds of Democrat and Republican supporters there was a large change in their unfavourable feelings towards the other side. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation

Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three yearsSmall changes to the tone of posts fed to users of X can increase feelings of political polarisation as much in a week as would have historically taken at least three years, research has found.A groundbreaking experiment to gauge the potency of Elon Musk’s social platform to increase political division found that when posts expressing anti-democratic attitudes and partisan animosity were boosted, even barely perceptibly, in the feeds of Democrat and Republican supporters there was a large change in their unfavourable feelings towards the other side. Continue reading...

Politics

1 week ago Hobbits of Britain beware! Why Tolkien fan Elon Musk is like Grima Wormtongue, dripping poison in our ears

Elon Musk’s ludicrous claims that civil war in the UK is inevitable and everyone faces being murdered ‘if the tide of illegal immigration is not turned’ are as wrong as his interpretations of The Lord of the Rings

Events

1 week ago Elon Musk’s new X policy unwittingly exposes MAGA influencers as foreign trolls

Some users were based in places like Nigeria, Eastern Europe, and India despite posting U.S.-focused right-wing content

Events

1 week ago DOGE quietly shuts down way ahead of schedule just days after Elon Musk reunited with Trump at White House

President Trump's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has effectively collapsed eight months early, with OPM Director Scott Kupor confirming, 'That doesn't exist.'

Politics

1 week ago X is down: Users report outages again after Cloudflare 'shut down half the internet'

Elon Musk's social media network X (formerly Twitter) has gone down again - days after Cloudflare shut down several high-profile websites.

Politics

2 w. ago Monster rats are feasting on Elon Musk's Teslas due to 'peanut

EXCLUSIVE: British motorists are under siege from a wave of rat attacks cars with electric vehicles said to be most at risk of being eaten by the furry fiends due to warm batteries and tasty wiring

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