2 h. ago Man accused of setting fire to Tesla vehicles in Las Vegas arrested, police say

Las Vegas police on Tuesday said they arrested a man who allegedly set fire to Tesla vehicles in Las Vegas on March 18

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3 h. ago X down for thousands as users fear Elon Musk's platform 'being cyberattacked again'

Thousands of users on popular social media site X have reported huge problems being able to use the site, including being able to post and use spaces - some fear it is another cyberattack.

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4 h. ago BREAKING: Twitter down as X users can't access Elon Musk's app or website in their thousands

Thousands of Twitter/X users have reported being unable to access Elon Musk's social media app and website - This is a breaking news story, please refresh for updates

Technology

4 h. ago Twitter down as X users can't access Elon Musk's app or website in their thousands

Thousands of Twitter/X reported being unable to access Elon Musk's social media app and website this evening - users complained of not being able to access the social media app from 7pm

Technology

5 h. ago Nigel Farage on how the UK has 'blown it' on US tariffs and why he won't be 'bullied' by Elon Musk

The Reform UK leader also ruled out a deal with the Tories saying ‘we despise them’ and branding Conservative MPs ‘stuffy, boring old bastards’

Politics

6 h. ago Donald Trump is moving fast and breaking things, but that may result in a better US | Simon Jenkins

The chance of the president succeeding in his radicalism is small, but amid the chaos are challenges to convention that were overdue“Move fast and break things” was Mark Zuckerberg’s motto in launching Facebook 20 years ago. It seemed the antithesis of management-school custom and practice. But it worked, to be imitated after a fashion by Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and other digital tycoons with similar success. Donald Trump is now seeing if it works in government.The smart money in Washington was that after the fiasco of Trump’s first term, his second would see a more emollient president, one careful of his reputation. He would reach out, consult, become a peacemaker, in his desperation to become a Nobel president like Barack Obama.Simon Jenkins is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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6 h. ago The US right is coming for disabled people. Here’s why that threatens everyone

Trump’s administration is dismantling disability rights and education. History has shown this can be a warning sign for all civil libertiesTwelve days before Donald Trump took office, Charlie Kirk, media personality and rightwing activist, complained on his eponymous show about the presence of American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters at emergency press briefings for the Los Angeles fires. Another rightwing activist, Christopher Rufo, took his cue on X, calling interpreters “wild human gesticulators” who turned briefings into a “farce”. The rightwing theorist and Origins of Woke author Richard Hanania, quote-tweeting Rufo, declared ASL interpretation an “absurdity”.Around this time, Elon Musk was skulking around the platform, campaigning to bring back the R-word. Use of the slur tripled on X after his post. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Rep. Lauren Boebert employs a new tactic in order to avoid being grilled by constituents at town hall

MAGA firebrand sharply dismissed a constituent’s question about DOGE’s supposed ‘overreaching’ during the far-reaching townhall.

Politics

8 h. ago Meet Elon Musk's rival billionaire tech bro wielding JD Dunce White House influence

Like Musk, Thiel grew up in South Africa, made a fortune from PayPal and is a big backer of Donald Trump, but the similarities don't stop there as the pair push their influence in the White House

Science

10 h. ago Musk and DOGE’s ‘five things’ emails hit another hitch as the address federal workers were given stops working

The fault comes as Musk has branded himself and his DOGE team as White House ‘tech support’

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11 h. ago Elon Musk hands out $1m to voter in desperate attempt to flip Wisconsin’s Supreme Court

Muks’s political committee, America PAC, announced that Scott A, from Green Bay, Wisconsin, was the first to be gifted the surprise million-dollar donation for signing up

Politics

12 h. ago ‘Deeper story’ of George Floyd’s death to be explored in BBC documentary

The 90-minute film will feature interviews with Mr Floyd’s family, and celebrities.

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12 h. ago Why are Tesla sales down? Elon Musk's politics may be to blame

The EV firm’s sales are down in many parts of Europe, while rivals are chipping away at its market share in the company’s native US

Politics

15 h. ago Let's put it in language the Signal leakers will understand: what a bunch of pathetic sleazebags | Emma Brockes

The leaking of top-level military secrets was bad enough, but I’m obsessed with Maga’s fratboy lexiconThe Maga-fication of American political discourse, which started, arguably, with Donald Trump mocking a disabled reporter in 2015, peaked this week with news of Pete Hegseth referring to European countries in the leaked Signal chat as “PATHETIC”, and enjoyed a detour last Tuesday when Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota and former running mate of Kamala Harris, appeared at a town hall in Wisconsin and called Elon Musk “a dipshit”. (This is not the first time he has referred to Musk this way. Right before the election last year, Walz told a crowd: “Look, Elon’s on that stage, jumping around, skipping like a dipshit.”)Parking for a moment the perfection of the phrase “skipping like a dipshit” to capture Musk’s very particular style of movement and speech, the range of what can and can’t be said in politics has clearly, radically changed. When you look back on the phrase that caused Hi...

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15 h. ago What Is Free Speech? by Fara Dabhoiwala review – a brilliant history of a weaponised mantra

This fascinating book questions whether such a misunderstood ideal should be lauded as an end in itselfThis book arrives at an interesting moment. Elon Musk has declared himself a “free speech absolutist”. JD Vance worries that free speech in Europe is “in retreat”. Donald Trump issues an executive order “restoring freedom of speech and ending federal censorship”. Meanwhile, journalists are routinely abused, threatened with lawsuits and branded enemies of the people. US federal agencies circulate lists of red-flag words such as “equality”, “gender” and “disabled”, and reporters are denied White House access for referring to the Gulf of Mexico by its actual name. Free speech is, shall we say, an elastic concept.In fact, as Fara Dabhoiwala explains in this meticulous and much-needed history, it has long been a “weaponized mantra” in a public sphere dominated by the moneyed and the powerful. Many of those who think of free speech as being uniquely under threat today are rich, white men...

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19 h. ago Musk's 'what did you do last week' email to government staffers suffers spectacular fail as DOGE buckles

'First Buddy' Elon Musk 's order for all federal employees to send a weekly list of their accomplishments has hit a snag.

Politics

22 h. ago Assassin’s Creed makers fire back at Elon Musk by mocking his alleged cheating at online video games

After months of culture war outrage over Assassin’s Creed Shadows having a Black protagonist, its creator Ubisoft chose the way of the warrior

Events

25 h. ago Social Security Administration backtracks on some ID requirements after backlash

The Social Security Administration said Wednesday that people applying for Social Security Disability Insurance, Medicare, or Supplemental Security Income who are not able to use agency’s online portal, can complete their claim entirely over the phone instead of at an office

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25 h. ago Erykah Badu jokes she vandalised her own Tesla to ‘stay on trend’

Badu is the latest celebrity to voice her opposition to Elon Musk

Politics

27 h. ago Elon Musk 'super fan' releases 'North Korea propaganda' music video as people beg it's not real

An Elon Musk music video has gone viral with many doubting if it is real - one person wrote that the song resembles 'North Korean propaganda songs about Kim Jong Un'

Culture