The Atlantic - 1 hour 18 min ago
After Trump's victory, tremendous power is flowing to tech and finance magnates.
NY Post - 1 hour 49 min ago
The TikTok CEO Shou Chew is trying to find out how Trump will approach the social media platform in his second term.
Variety - 5 hours 34 min ago
Tamil cinema star Sivakarthikeyan revealed his unlikely path from computer science engineering to entertainment during a conversation with actor-politician Khushbu Sundar at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa. The actor, whose recent military drama “Amaran” has performed strongly at the box office, traced his beginnings as a mimicry artist during his engineering […]...
The Guardian - 6 hours 18 min ago
Watching the numbers migrate from Elon Musk's toxic platform is addictive, but the best social media is finite The fabulous Carol Vorderman got me briefly hooked last week in watching a particular number increase by the second. The number was the user count for the social media site Bluesky, the chosen distraction engine for those who can no longer stomach the toxic inanity of Elon Musk's X. Most days, the ticker on the screen suggested the number of new Bluesky users had grown by about...
The Independent - 7 hours 26 min ago
The most entertaining outcome, especially if ironic, is most likely'...
TMZ - 11 hours 9 min ago
Dana Carvey's "Saturday Night Live" impression of Elon Musk upset the tech mogul ... and, even the comedian has to admit he doesn't really sounds like the guy. Here's the deal ... Dana and David Spade were chatting about an old 'SNL' memory on a…...
BBC - 11 hours 19 min ago
Des Healey lost 76,000 in a scam using a deepfake of Martin Lewis and Elon Musk.
The Hill - 12 hours 22 min ago
Comedian Dana Carvey knocked his impersonation of billionaire Elon Musk on a recent episode of "Saturday Night Live" during a Friday podcast episode. "I can't do Elon Musk very well," Carvey told David Spade on a recent episode of their podcast Superfly. "But I can do something that sounds not like anything. He has an...
NPR - 12 hours 25 min ago
SpaceX launched its Starship spacecraft for the sixth time. President-elect Trump and Elon Musk were in attendance.
Fortune - 15 hours 30 min ago
Musk was asked for his opinions on an array of issues, including the incoming Trump administration and potential tech policy, the Wall Street Journal said.
The Hill - 16 hours 21 min ago
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson said he doesn't think Elon Musk's vision for space travel to Mars is realistic during a Friday night episode of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher". "I don't see it happening until governments judge that it's geopolitically in our interest," he said in conversation with Donna Brazile and Andrew Young. "But...
Deadline Hollywood - 17 hours 48 min ago
Dana Carvey isn’t done with his return to Saturday Night Live, although he’s probably packing in the Elon Musk impression for now. While sharing an anecdote about recent host John Mulaney, the SNL alum revealed he’s returning to the NBC sketch comedy show next month amid his guest appearances as Joe Biden and Musk. “When […]...
Newser - 19 hours 18 min ago
This week, Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk, co-chiefs of President-elect Trump's incoming Department of Government Efficiency, laid out their "DOGE Plan" this week to tackle spending cuts when the new administration takes effect and among the groups in their sights is Planned Parenthood, one of multiple "progressive" groups they say...
The Hill - 19 hours 18 min ago
Bluesky, an alternative social media platform to X, has experienced a large surge in users as Democrats, including a number of prominent figures on the left, announce their departure from the social media network owned by Elon Musk in the wake of the presidential election. Nearly 1 million users have signed up for Bluesky each...
Babylon Bee - 19 hours 39 min ago
U.S. In a dramatic move that could shake up the media industry, Elon Musk has announced his intent to purchase MSNBC and turn the channel into a news network.
Tech Meme - 20 hours 12 min ago
Wall Street Journal : Sources: TikTok CEO Shou Chew, who has known Elon Musk for several years, has sought Musk's counsel in recent weeks on the incoming Trump administration — Popular video app and Chinese parent ByteDance view rival social-media owner as conduit to the president-elect...
The Guardian - 20 hours 18 min ago
Darryl Cunningham blames fear of legal consequences' for reluctance to take on book, now only available in French A biography by a British graphic novelist of Elon Musk is struggling to find an English-language publisher due to feared "legal consequences". Elon Musk: Investigation into a New Master of the World is the latest graphic novel by Darryl Cunningham, from West Yorkshire. Cunningham, 64, has written and illustrated seven nonfiction books on topics ranging from the 2008 global...
Geek Wire - 20 hours 42 min ago
This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we discuss Elon Musk’s suit against OpenAI, which now includes Microsoft, and assess the complexities of the OpenAI-Microsoft partnership, as illustrated by early email exchanges revealed in the suit. We also consider the latest update to the GeekWire 200, our ranked index of Pacific Northwest technology startups, including the rise of Highspot to the top spot, and other trends in the Seattle region’s startup ecosystem. And we share highlights from...
The Hill - 21 hours 51 min ago
Donald Trump Jr. and tech billionaire Elon Musk joked on Friday about purchasing MSNBC. It started with Trump Jr., President-elect Trump's oldest son, sharing a meme about MSNBC being up for sale. Trump Jr. quote-tweeted the meme Friday on X and said "Hey @elonmusk I have the funniest idea ever!!!" "How much does it cost,"...
The Guardian - 22 hours 17 min ago
The next time you see dystopian thirst traps, we should be thinking about how these robots are going to be used by the self-proclaimed warrior class' On a scale of one to 10, just how desperate do you think Kim Kardashian is for attention? Judging by the billionaire's weirdly sexual photoshoot with a robot, the answer may be an 11. The entrepreneur and influencer, who is a big Tesla fan, recently posed with the company's Optimus bot in a Tesla Cybercab (a self-driving taxi ) for a series...
Quartz - 22 hours 18 min ago
The founder of an AI startup once featured on Forbes' "30 Under 30" list was charged Tuesday with defrauding investors. Read more...
The Guardian - 23 hours 17 min ago
The US media pundit on the dangers of overregulation online, why he's more frightened of the tech bros than AI itself, and how to reclaim the web by getting rid of the geeks Jeff Jarvis was born in 1954 and studied journalism at Illinois's Northwestern University. He worked as a TV critic and created the magazine Entertainment Weekly , later leading the online arm of US media company Advance Publications. Since 2001, he has been blogging at Buzzmachine.com and in 2005 he became an associate...
Financial Times - 23 hours 18 min ago
Social media giant's Threads app makes changes as smaller competitor to X surges...