Twitter, Elon Musk – and what’s next for the bird-owning billionaire December 24, 2022 Elon Musk started the year as just a prominent Twitter user, but he ends it as its beleaguered owner set to step down as chief executive after a chaotic two months in charge. The Tesla and SpaceX owner launched his dramatic takeover bid in April after buying up enough shares to become the site’s biggest [...]
Elon Musk rubbishes Tesla exist chatter and commits to ‘try a little advertising’ too May 17, 2023 Elon Musk has dismissed speculation he may step down as Tesla’s boss – and told the company’s annual shareholders meeting the electric car and solar panel firm will start doing some advertising. “Say it ain’t so,” a shareholder said to Musk about stepping down as Tesla’s chief executive. “It ain’t so,” he replied. When another [...]
Elon Musk announces successor as Twitter chief – and that it’s now called X Corp May 12, 2023 Elon Musk said that he has found a new CEO for Twitter, or X Corp, as it is now called. He did not initially name the person but said she will be starting in about six weeks when the announcement was made on Thursday. On Friday he took to the site to say the new [...]
CZ confirms Binance is an investor in Elon Musk’s Twitter acquisition October 28, 2022 Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has revealed it is a major investor in Elon Musk's $44 billion takeover of social media platform Twitter.
Elon Musk’s Space X urges regulators to review Viasat’s £5.5bn takeover of British satellite company September 3, 2023 Elon Musk's Space X is pushing US regulators to reverse its decision to greenlight rival Viasat's £5.5bn merger with Inmarsat.
Elon Musk’s $44bn Twitter takeover to close on Friday October 25, 2022 Elon Musk’s contested $44bn bid for Twitter could reportedly close as soon as Friday. Musk, currently the world’s richest man, is reported to have promised bankers on a video call that the deal would be wrapped up before the end of the week, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Equity investors, including Sequoia [...]
The Notebook: Victoria Scholar on a wave of bank results, Elon Musk, and a holiday read February 22, 2023 The Notebook is where interesting people say interesting things. Today it’s Victoria Scholar, head of investment at interactive investor, on bank results, Elon Musk and an unputdownable holiday read Bank on it? With UK banks currently reporting earnings, key themes so far have been rising interest rates, growing credit loss provisions, share buybacks, volatile financial [...]
Norton warning over TikTok Bitcoin scam using deepfake AI of Elon Musk and Mr Beast September 8, 2023 Cyber security specialist Norton is warning TikTok users of an elaborate scam involving AI deepfake parodies of wealthy celebrities.
Elon Musk: Claim that poll about quitting was to catch bots is ‘interesting’ December 20, 2022 Elon Musk has called the idea that his poll on whether to remain Twitter’s chief executive was intended to catch bots “interesting”. Musk was replying to internet entrepreneur and political activist Kim Dotcom on Twitter who said: “I’m hoping that Elon did this poll as a honeypot to catch all the deep state bots.” Since [...]
Elon Musk fends off daily losses with jobs and ticks November 6, 2022 Musk’s Twitter shake-up continued at pace this weekend, with thousands of employees sacked and paid blue-tick verification firmly on the table for UK users. While Twitter has remained relatively quiet since the Tesla founder completed his $44bn (£39bn) takeover, the social media company confirmed that it would now allow users to buy blue-tick verified status. [...]