Elon Musk
24 Jun 2023
It is a tragedy to live below your dreams. Elon Musk would have settled down in a research laboratory for space research but instead launched a company that competes even with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in projections.
22 Jun 2023
Australia's internet safety watchdog on Thursday threatened to fine Twitter for failing to tackle online abuse, saying Elon Musk's takeover had coincided with a spike in "toxicity and hate".
19 Jun 2023
Twitter owner, Elon Musk, has said that the micro-blogging platform suspends accounts found engaging in non-sequitur self-promotion or misleading advertising.
3 Jun 2023
Twitter's head of trust and safety on Friday confirmed she had quit the company, her departure coming after owner Elon Musk endorsed an anti-transgender video shared on the platform. "I know there's been a lot of speculation regarding what happened," read a post on Ella Irwin's Twitter account late Friday, a day after her resignation…
30 May 2023
Tesla's Elon Musk met China's foreign minister Qin Gang in Beijing on Tuesday, the Chinese ministry said in a statement. Qin told Musk China was "committed to creating a better market-oriented, rule-of-law-based and internationalised business environment" for foreign enterprises, according to the statement. Musk's visit is the first to China since the start of the…
30 May 2023
Global leaders should be working to reduce "the risk of extinction" from artificial intelligence technology, a group of industry chiefs and experts warned on Tuesday. A one-line statement signed by dozens of specialists, including Sam Altman whose firm OpenAI created the ChatGPT bot, said tackling the risks from AI should be "a global priority alongside…
23 May 2023
WhatsApp has unveiled a new feature that lets users edit messages that have already been sent.
15 May 2023
President Emmanuel Macron met billionaire businessman Elon Musk on Monday to discuss future investment projects, as the French leader hosts a conference aimed at persuading business leaders to put their money in France.
11 May 2023
European Parliament lawmakers on Thursday took a crucial first step towards EU-wide regulation of ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence systems that Brussels hopes to put speedily in place. Parliamentary committees on civil liberties and consumer protection overwhelmingly voted for a position text calling for curbs on how AI can be used in Europe, while still…
9 May 2023
Leading microblogging platform, Twitter has said its new subscription plan would allow small businesses to get verified on the platform at a lower cost. Though the owner, Elon Musk, is yet to disclose when this concession will begin...
23 Apr 2023
Twitter's blue ticks were reinstated on some media, celebrity, and other high profile accounts Saturday a move protested by many of the recipients.
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