Tag: Elon Musk

Elon Musk to Reveal Algorithms Twitter Uses to Recommend Content

Twitter owner Elon Musk announced that he will publicly share the algorithms that Twitter uses to recommend content in the coming weeks. “Twitter will open source all code used to recommend tweets on March 31st,” Musk said in a March 17 tweet. Social media algorithms can connect users with people they may know, groups, artists,…


Elon Musk: Children Being Fed Transgender ‘Propaganda’ by Adults

Tesla founder and Twitter CEO Elon Musk criticized the idea of allowing minors to undergo gender transition procedures on March 16, holding that children were being fed “propaganda” to convince them to undergo such “severe” treatments. Musk’s revelation of his stance on the issue came in response to a video posted to Twitter on March…


Elon Musk Calls for Release of ‘QShaman’ as New Jan. 6 Video Surfaces

Twitter and Tesla CEO Elon Musk called for the release of Jan. 6 defendant Jacob Chansley, also known as the “QAnon Shaman,” in response to a newly released video of the Capitol breach. “Free Jacob Chansley,” the world’s richest person, who has 131 million followers on Twitter, wrote on Friday. Chansley was found guilty and…


NTD Business (March 10): Silicon Valley Bank Seized After Bank Run; Elon Musk Building ‘Utopia’ Town: WSJ

A big bank collapses in the United States, and a federal agency is stepping in to protect customers from losing all their money. Billionaire Elon Musk is reportedly building a town in Texas for his employees to live. Another company is coming out with a generative AI tool—this time, to help you write. Why are…


LIVE NOW: NTD Business (March 10): Silicon Valley Bank Seized After Bank Run; Elon Musk Building ‘Utopia’ Town: WSJ

A big bank collapses in the United States, and a federal agency steps in–to protect customers from losing all their money. Billionaire Elon Musk is reportedly building a town in Texas for his employees to live. We get some reactions. Another company, coming out with a generative AI tool–this time, to help you write. Why are…


Lawmakers Erupt in Heated Discussion After ‘Twitter Files’ Journalist Refuses to Reveal Sources

Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-Texas) engaged in a heated discussion with lawmakers as she tried to get “Twitter Files” journalist Matt Taibbi to reveal a source during a Thursday congressional hearing. The Democrat lawmaker asked Taibbi about whether Twitter owner Elon Musk asked him to partake in the reporting on internal Twitter communications and the firm’s communications…


‘Censorship-Industrial Complex’ Exposed By ‘Twitter Files,’ Journalist Testifies

Journalists Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger testified on the “Twitter Files” to the House’s Weaponization of Government subcommittee March 9, days after Republicans on the committee released a report claiming the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has harrassed Elon Musk over the reporting. Subcommittee Ranking Member Stacey Plaskett (D-V.I.) asserted Taibbi and Shellenberger “pose a direct…


Elon Musk Responds After Federal Agency Allegedly Makes 350 Demands for Internal Twitter Information

The Federal Trade Commission (FRC) allegedly demanded that Twitter owner Elon Musk hand the agency internal communications and information about layoffs as part of an investigation into the social media company, according to a House Judiciary Committee report. On Tuesday, the committee’s report detailed alleged FTC attempts to pressure Twitter and made more than 300…


‘Deeply Wrong’: Elon Musk Torches Jan. 6 Committee After New Video Release

Twitter and Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday blasted the Jan. 6 committee in light of newly released surveillance video of the Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021. “Besides misleading the public, they withheld evidence for partisan political reasons that sent people to prison for far more serious crimes than they committed,” Musk wrote on Twitter…


Tesla Cuts US Model S and Model X Prices Between 4 Percent and 9 Percent

Tesla Inc. has cut prices on its two most expensive electric vehicles in the United States, according to the company’s website, days after Chief Executive Elon Musk said recent price cuts on other models had stoked demand. The price cuts, Tesla’s fifth adjustment since the start of the year, ranged from 4 percent on the…