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Tesla Chair Denies That Board Sought to Replace Elon Musk
The chair of Tesla’s board of directors denied a report that the company had begun to look for a replacement for Elon Musk, the chief…
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House Passes Bill to Ban Sharing of Revenge Porn, Sending It to Trump
The House on Monday overwhelmingly passed bipartisan legislation to criminalize the nonconsensual sharing of sexually explicit photos and…
Politics
Something Else for Europe and the U.S. to Disagree About: ‘Free Speech’
President Trump and Europe are clashing over tariffs, the war in Ukraine and the very purpose of the European Union’s existence. But they…
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E.U. Prepares Major Penalties Against Elon Musk’s X
European Union regulators are preparing major penalties against Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, for breaking a landmark law to…
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Elon Musk Says He Has Sold X to His A.I. Start-Up xAI
Elon Musk said on Friday that he had sold X, his social media company, to xAI, his artificial intelligence start-up, in an unusual…
Politics
How an Autopen Conspiracy Theory About Biden Went Viral
Mike Howell was looking at his phone in an airport lounge this month when he saw a letter from the attorney general of Missouri…
Politics
Pushback to Latest DOGE Demand May Signal Limits for Elon Musk
A clash over Musk’s latest missive Monday could bring a standoff between Elon Musk and huge swaths of the federal government, including…
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Elon Musk Tells Federal Workers to Detail Work in an Email or Lose Their Jobs
The demand left many workers reeling. Most of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s work force had recently been placed on leave as…
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Comparing Elon Musk and Jack Welch as Influential Cost-Cutters
And while the two were both politically conservative, Welch was more of a country-club Republican, partial to golf and no fan — at least…
Business
Elon Musk’s Attacks on CFPB Remove Obstacle to Building ‘X Money’
Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, is widely known for amassing his fortune through Tesla, his electric car company, and SpaceX, the…
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PlayStation Network Outage Persists, Sony Says
The PlayStation Network, which users of the Sony PlayStation platform rely on to play games, download content and access apps, fluttered…
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Right-Wing Crusade Against USAID Has Been Fueled by Falsehoods
The video falsely claiming that the United States Agency for International Development paid Ben Stiller, Angelina Jolie and other actors…
Politics
Silicon Valley Tech Workers Quietly Protest Their Bosses’ Embrace of Trump
Quietly but unmistakably, the tampons, liners and pads reappeared in many of the men’s bathrooms at Meta’s offices. Days earlier, Mark…
Politics
Shadows of Musk in the Government’s Buyouts Plan
The “Fork in the Road” subject line sent from an email on Tuesday to millions of federal employees may have been puzzling at first. The…
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Reddit Users Boycott X Links After Elon Musk’s Gesture at Inaugural Event
Many Reddit users are boycotting the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, after Elon Musk twice made a gesture during President…
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E.U. Expands Investigation of Musk’s X Over Illicit Content
As Elon Musk’s geopolitical influence grows because of his closeness to incoming President Donald J. Trump, regulators in Europe have…
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S.E.C. Sues Elon Musk Over Twitter-Related Securities Violations
U.S. securities regulators sued Elon Musk in federal court in Washington on Tuesday in an enforcement action arising from his $44 billion…
Business
Is Beijing Plotting a Musk Option for TikTok?
What a plan B might look like As TikTok faces a countdown to a potential ban in the United States, Chinese officials are reportedly…
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As Elon Musk Embraces the Far Right, Some of Its Leaders Reject Him
When Laura Loomer, a far-right activist, regained control of her Twitter account in late 2022, she knew whom to praise for her…
Politics
Will Meta’s Plan to End Fact Checking Work Politically?
Following the political winds Meta’s bombshell announcement on Tuesday that it would end its fact-checking program was widely read as a…
Business
Facebook Shifts Content Moderation to Its Users. Are You Ready?
Meta would like to introduce its next fact-checker — the one who will spot falsehoods, pen convincing corrections and warn others about…
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Meta Turns to Community Notes, Mirroring X
Social media companies are increasingly relying on fact-checks written by their users, allowing companies to step back from politically…