Tag: Elon Musk

Judge Throws out Shareholder Lawsuit Against Elon Musk Over Twitter Buyout

A judge dismissed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Elon Musk that claimed he cheated Twitter shareholders several times last year in the course of buying the social media company for $44 billion. In a decision on Monday, U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco said plaintiff William Heresniak lacked standing to sue because he…


College Student Who Tracks Elon Musk’s Private Jet Is Now Targeting Ron DeSantis

The college student who tracks Elon Musk’s private jet on Twitter has now turned his attention to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s plane. Jack Sweeney, a University of Central Florida student, has set up a Twitter account with the handle @DeSantisJet to track the movements of DeSantis’s government-owned jet. It follows days after Florida passed a…


Elon Musk Praises Tim Scott’s Political Ad Ahead of Senator’s Announcement Monday

Twitter and Tesla owner Elon Musk praised Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) for his message of “simple truths,” after the South Carolina senator filed paperwork to run for president in 2024. In a 30-second video released on May 19, Scott warned how children are growing up in a culture where “everyone’s a victim” and youngsters need to…


‘You Should Go to Jail’: DeSantis Warns Doctors Who Perform Child Sex-Change Surgeries

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hailed recently signed legislation giving minors who’ve become victims of medical malpractice following gender transition procedures the ability to sue physicians. DeSantis commented on the matter during an appearance on the “Dinesh D’Souza Podcast” Thursday, saying doctors who perform irreversible sex-change surgeries on children “should go to jail for that.” On…


Elon Musk Demands Retraction of Article Alleging Stolen Election Claims ‘Thrive Unchecked’ on Twitter

Elon Musk has objected to an article by The Associated Press alleging that “false claims of a stolen election thrive unchecked on Twitter” even though Musk promised that tweets making such claims would be “corrected,” with the Twitter chief calling on the media outlet to back up its assertion with data or retract the piece….


Musk Warns There’s a Chance AI ‘Goes Wrong and Destroys Humanity’

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has issued yet another warning about the potential dangers of artificial intelligence (AI)—namely, that it could destroy humanity. In a May 16 interview with CNBC anchor David Faber, the tech tycoon noted that the future of AI could go one of two ways. “There’s a strong probability that it will make…


Musk Calls George Soros ‘Magneto,’ Sparks Criticism From Israeli Official

Elon Musk compared controversial billionaire Democratic donor George Soros to “X-Men” supervillain “Magneto” in a series of tweets on May 15, just days after Soros’s firm disclosed having sold off its stake in Tesla. “Soros reminds me of Magneto,” the Twitter owner wrote, referring to the Marvel comic villain who is a Jewish Holocaust survivor. He added that Hungarian-born…


Musk Says ‘Woke’ Ideology Turned Once-Thriving San Francisco Into ‘Derelict Zombie Apocalypse’

An article blaming San Francisco’s problems of crime and rampant homelessness on progressive policies drew a scathing reaction from Twitter CEO Elon Musk, who said that the “woke mind virus” had driven the “once beautiful and thriving” area to ruin. Musk was responding to a post on Twitter about a recent performance at a San…


Twitter Further Explains Why It Restricted Content Leading up to Turkey’s Election

Twitter on Monday shared further details about why it restricted access to certain content in Turkey ahead of the country’s election, which took place on May 14. The election is headed to a runoff scheduled for May 28 after neither of the two top contenders got more than 50 percent of the vote. On the day…


Virgin Islands Subpoenas Documents From Elon Musk in JPMorgan, Jeffrey Epstein Lawsuit

The U.S. Virgin Islands has subpoenaed documents from Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of Twitter, Tesla, and SpaceX, as part of its case against JP Morgan, linked to the late financier Jeffrey Epstein and allegations of sex trafficking. The subpoena, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, requests documents…