HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – Tech billionaire Elon Musk, who is an adviser to US President-elect Donald Trump, met earlier this week with Iran’s envoy to the UN, Amir Saeid Iravani, to discuss potential ways to reduce tensions between the US and Iran, The New York Times reported Thursday. Iranian officials familiar with the meeting said [&hel...
The Guardian has announced it will stop posting on social media platform X. In a statement, the British media outlet expressed concerns over the growing negativity and extremism on the site, which it believes now outweighs the benefits for sharing journalism and engaging with audiences. The decision comes amid rising scrutiny of X, [&helli...
Over the last week more than 700,000 people have started using Bluesky, a social media platform seen as an alternative to the Elon Musk-owned X, formerly Twitter. Bluesky’s total user numbers have reached 14.5 million. Its CEO Rose Wang said a majority of new users are from the U.S. Despite Bluesky’s surging popularity, its Meta-owned [&...
ISTANBUL (AA) – A top official in the US state of Georgia – a key state in next week’s presidential elections – has warned of a fake video about an immigrant who supposedly voted in the presidential elections more than once. Brad Raffensperger, secretary of state (the top election official) in the southern state, on […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – An effort by Philadelphia’s district attorney seeking to end tech mogul Elon Musk’s $1 million daily giveaways to registered voters was put on hold on Thursday. Attorneys for Musk, a key backer of former President and Republican nominee Donald Trump, and his conservative America political action committee (P...
New York, United States – AFP Republican White House candidate Donald Trump unveiled a plan Thursday to install billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk at the head of a government efficiency commission to eliminate “trillions” of dollars in wasteful spending. Trump told business executives at a speech in New York that Musk, who ca...
Monday’s two-hour interview of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump by Elon Musk on X saw unsubstantiated claims going unchallenged and technical glitches. Musk let Trump lead the conversation and did not challenge inaccurate statements. These included the false assertion that other countries were sending criminals from their prisons...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Former US president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said over the weekend that he has “no choice but to support electric vehicles” due to Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s backing of him in the coming election. Speaking at a campaign rally in Atlanta, Georgia, Trump discussed the support he received fro...
Paris, France – AFP Billionaire Elon Musk on Saturday said that his Starlink satellite service would support internet access for “internationally recognised aid organisations in Gaza,” which have faced a telecommunications blackout since Friday. Starlink is a network of satellites in low Earth orbit that can provide internet ...
