16 h. ago Top X boss Linda Yaccarino QUITS as Elon Musk's feud with Donald Trump escalates

The executive announced the decision to step away from Elon Musk's company on Wednesday morning.

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16 h. ago X on the hunt for a new CEO after Linda Yaccarino steps down two years after taking top job at Musk’s platform

Yaccarino took the position of CEO when Musk acquired Twitter two years ago

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17 h. ago CEO of Elon Musk's X steps down as AI bot Grok praises Adolf Hitler

Linda Yaccarino is stepping down after two years as CEO of X, she announced on Wednesday, saying she feels 'immensely grateful' to Elon Musk for offering her the job

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17 h. ago Elon Musk's X CEO Linda Yaccarino quits after Grok's 'MechaHitler' meltdown

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59 h. ago Grimes calls ex Elon Musk’s platform X ‘poison’ and ‘a prison’ in scathing takedown

The musician posted the criticism on the same social media site, which was formerly known as Twitter

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3 d. ago Trump says Musk is ‘off the rails’ and calls his new political party ‘ridiculous’

US president railed against his former adviser online after tech billionaire said he will start and bankroll America partyDonald Trump called Elon Musk’s decision to start and bankroll a new US political party “ridiculous” on Sunday. “Third parties have never worked, so he can have fun with it but I think it’s ridiculous,” the president told reporters traveling with him back to the White House from his New Jersey golf club.He then elaborated, at great length, in a post on his social media platform, Truth Social. “I am saddened to watch Elon Musk go completely ‘off the rails,’ essentially becoming a TRAIN WRECK over the past five weeks,” the president wrote. “He even wants to start a Third Political Party, despite the fact that they have never succeeded in the United States”. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Cars and steps do not mix: why The Italian Job has a lot to answer for

A driver who got stuck on the Spanish Steps in Rome is the latest in a series of similar vehicular misadventuresThe 1969 caper The Italian Job spawned a Hollywood remake, helped drive the cool-factor of the Mini and launched decades of dad jokes about bloody doors being blown off. It may also have inspired one driver who got stuck trying to travel down the Spanish Steps in Rome this week.The film ended with Michael Caine teetering on the edge of a cliff in a coach, claiming to have a “great idea”. In Rome, the 80-year-old’s navigational error on his way to work ended with emergency services having to bring in a crane to winch his vehicle off the Italian capital’s landmark. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Elon Musk’s X to offer investment and trading in ‘super app’ push

Foray into financial services could include introducing credit or debit card, CEO Linda Yaccarino says

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3 w. ago Mikel Arteta dealt blow as trusted Arsenal ally poached for top job in Serie A

Mikel Arteta could see his Arsenal assistant Carlos Cuesta leave for pastures new with Parma ready to offer him their top job as the young coach prepares to step out on his own

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3 w. ago Fired ABC News journalist stands by his post criticizing Trump and adviser

Terry Moran was effectively dismissed from the network after calling Stephen Miller and Trump ‘world-class’ hatersA journalist who lost his job at ABC News after describing top White House aide Stephen Miller as someone “richly endowed with the capacity for hatred” has said he published that remark on social media because he felt it was “true”.“It was something that was in my heart and mind,” the network’s former senior national correspondent Terry Moran said Monday on The Bulwark political podcast. “And I would say I used very strong language deliberately.” Continue reading...

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3 w. ago 'Amazon gave me a baby thanks to walking 30,000 steps a day doing deliveries'

Joanna Forrester credited walking around 30,000 steps each day for her delivery job with Amazon helped her become a first-time-mum at 44 years old

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3 w. ago 'My 30k steps a day at Amazon delivery job led to successful IVF at 44'

The couple began the process to freeze embryos and start IVF - but as lockdown hit, they were forced to pause their plans.

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3 w. ago So social media has broken even Elon Musk. I’m forced to ask: U OK hun? | Marina Hyde

In his spat with Trump, the man who literally owns X has been hoist by his own platform. Guys, no one is safe!Did you see Elon Musk apologise for some tweets this week? (Please don’t be naff and call them “X posts”.) Like me, you will be so embarrassed for Earth’s primo edgelord that he feels pressed into doing something so excruciatingly conventional. This is worse than when Kate Moss was scapegoated into rehab.Imagine owning the world’s premier shitposting platform – in fact, having spent $44bn (£32bn) on it, specifically so that your magic mirror would tell you each day that you were the fairest shitposter of all – and then shuffling sheepishly on to your own pixels to mumble something about having gone “too far” with your hurty words. Buck up, sadsack – honestly.Marina Hyde is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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