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Elon Musk Replacement Rumors: Billionaire Also Had Unceremonious Exits From PayPal, OpenAI
Thursday, May 1, 2025 - 3:40pm | 501Elon Musk has split his time in recent months between his role as CEO of Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) and his role as senior advisor to President Donald Trump in the White House. The billionaire’s political activities in the U.S., plus his views on Europe, were controversial, to say the least....
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Elon Musk's X Blocks Taylor Swift Searches Amid Deepfake Dilemma
Sunday, January 28, 2024 - 9:41pm | 678Elon Musk’s social media platform, X, has reportedly temporarily halted searches for pop icon Taylor Swift. This action comes in response to the spread of explicit AI-generated images of the singer. What Happened: The block was implemented over the weekend following the widespread online...
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Musk Heeds X Users' Call: Mobile Post Scheduling Coming Soon
Thursday, September 21, 2023 - 1:16am | 521Elon Musk‘s X, formerly Twitter, has once again responded to user demands and announced that it will introduce a mobile post scheduling feature, a longstanding request on the platform. What Happened: On Wednesday, an X user, who goes by the name Doge Designer and is renowned...
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Elon Musk's Paypal Merger Tactics Slammed By Former PayPal Executive: 'Now That We're Married, Let Me Tell You About The Herpes'
Monday, August 21, 2023 - 9:26pm | 533In a recent interview, Reid Hoffman, ex-COO of PayPal Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL), blasted Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk for his handling of a merger that led to the creation of PayPal. Musk’s internet banking firm, X.com, merged with Confinity, a security software company co-founded by Peter Thiel,...
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Google Takes To Rebranded Twitter, Goes Overboard With Elon Musk's 'X' Logo
Monday, July 24, 2023 - 9:56pm | 594In a display of branding banter, Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) “Made by Google” Twitter account mocked Elon Musk’s latest rebranding efforts. What Happened: On Monday, the “Made by Google” account joined in...
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After Elon Musk Killed Twitter's Larry, Jack Dorsey Sings 'Free As A Bird'
Monday, July 24, 2023 - 8:37pm | 793On Monday, Twitter was rebranded to X and its iconic bird logo was replaced by its owner Elon Musk. What Happened: The same day, Jack Dorsey, the co-founder of Twitter and the CEO of Block Inc said that the ultimate measure of the rebranded platform would be the "utility it provides" not its name....
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Elon Musk Bids Farewell To 'Chief Twit' Title, Says He Is Now...
Sunday, July 23, 2023 - 9:49pm | 615Elon Musk has apparently bid farewell to his “Chief Twit” title, leaving netizens wondering what new moniker he might adopt next. What Happened: Amid recent allusions made by Musk to significantly change Twitter’s iconic bird logo and the site...
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Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino Says X.com Will Be 'Powered' By AI And Will Connect In 'Ways We're Just Beginning To Imagine'
Sunday, July 23, 2023 - 8:36pm | 589Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino commented on the rebranding and transformation of the social media platform to X.com on Sunday. What Happened: Yaccarino revealed that the future X will be "powered by AI" and will connect people in ways that "we're just beginning to imagine." In a series of tweets,...
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Elon Musk Goes From Co-Founding OpenAI To Creating xAI, Seeking To 'Understand Reality'
Wednesday, July 12, 2023 - 12:55pm | 547Elon Musk‘s newest venture, xAI, seeks to "understand the true nature of the universe,” according to a website for the company that launched Wednesday. What Happened: Musk, who runs both Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) and SpaceX, leads the team at xAI. The startup’s team members...
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Elon Musk's Life Since Buying Twitter: 'I Wake Up, Work, Go To Sleep, Work, Do That 7 Days A Week'
Saturday, February 4, 2023 - 5:15pm | 577Prior to the acquisition of social media platform Twitter, Elon Musk had his hands full. Musk is the CEO of Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) and SpaceX and is also involved with several other companies he co-founded like Neuralink and The Boring Company. Here’s what Musk recently said about his...
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Elon Musk's 'X' App To 'Rule Them All' Gets Twitter Kickstart — But What Form Could It Take?
Wednesday, October 5, 2022 - 5:52am | 861Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk said purchasing Twitter Inc (NYSE: TWTR) would hasten the birth of “X” an app for everything, but the shape the upcoming platform could take is not yet certain even as the entrepreneur reanimated the junked...
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Elon Musk Hints At The Creation of 'X,' The Everything App
Tuesday, October 4, 2022 - 7:21pm | 484Elon Musk tweeted Tuesday afternoon that “Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app.” It’s not exactly clear what the “X” app would entail, but Musk is getting back to his roots. Buying Twitter is an accelerant to creating X, the everything app...
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From X.com To SpaceX: Where The Most Interesting Man In The World Got His Start
Tuesday, July 11, 2017 - 11:17am | 830He sold his bank to PayPal because he wanted to get paid, pal. He launched a rocket into space, just to see if he could get it back. People call him the real-life Iron Man, but Iron Man does less to save the real world. From X.com to SpaceX, he is the most interesting man in the world ... at least...