Trump’s Truth Social crashes once again as former President’s app struggles to gain momentum April 19, 2022 Donald Trump's social media app Truth Social continues to disappoint fans who hoped it would “create a rival to the liberal media consortium and fight back against the “Big Tech” companies of Silicon Valley.”
Explainer: Does Meta need Trump more than Trump needs Meta? Probably not January 26, 2023 Big personalities, like winter colds and bad habits, always come back to haunt you. Donald Trump is no exception to this rule – and he just got back his platform to shout, very loudly, at your face. Facebook and Instagram – the Meta twins – decided to reinstate Trump’s account, two years after his suspension [...]
UK in the running for £7bn lithium battery gigafactory among European peers September 5, 2022 The UK is in the running for an $8bn (£6.9bn) lithium battery gigafactory, squaring up to European peers in the race to cultivate healthy electric vehicle industries locally. The global energy transition has prompted countries, such as the UK, the US and Germany, to double down on their support for domestic electric vehicle markets. The [...]
Businessman from Bury invents crypto mining machines that can run on cow poo June 9, 2021 Elon Musk’s eco worries over cryptocurrency mining may have been solved… by an entrepreneur from Bury who has invented a crypto mining machine that can be powered by cow poo.
Fizzle sticks, the Elon BTC pump has lost its LOX! Elsewhere a mixed bag March 25, 2021 A sluggish weekend made way for a rousing Elon Musk tweet, but even Tesla's announcement couldn't put the spark back into the market.
Elon Musk calls for end of lockdown ahead of Tesla first quarter earnings April 29, 2020 Billionaire Tesla boss Elon Musk today called for the end of the US coronavirus lockdown ahead of the electric car company’s first quarter results tonight. Musk tweeted: “FREE AMERICA NOW” and separately tweeted “give people their freedom back!” He also tweeted a story about the relaxation of lockdown in Texas with the comment: “Bravo Texas!” [...]
US financial watchdog raises questions around Musk’s Twitter stake acquisition May 28, 2022 The US Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) has cast doubts over the legality of Elon Musk’s failure to properly disclose his acquisition of a 9.2 per cent stake in Twitter for $2.6bn, before launching his bid to takeover the social media firm. In an April 4 letter to the richest person in the world – [...]
Musk’s Twitter u-turn is the beginning rather than the end October 5, 2022 When news broke that Elon Musk would be moving ahead with his original $44bn takeover of Twitter, it felt like the beginning of a saga rather than the end of it. While the Tesla chief told his 107m followers that the purchase would be an “accelerant” towards his vision of an “everything app”, Musk’s lawyers [...]
How industries can fight the Fake Elon Musk and Celebrity Crypto Scams April 28, 2020 The realism, scale and sophistication of scammers around the world using tech industry celebrities such as Bill Gates and Elon Musk continues to increase. This is especially visible around the case of Musk iit’s extended past the twitter “Crypto Giveaways” using images and fake accounts. It has gone so far to having live stream videos [...]
Monopolies hire too many pointless managers and kill off productivity growth April 19, 2023 Does your boss - or the economy - really need you?