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Elon Musk calls for exile of anyone who ‘doesn’t love’ America
Elon Musk has declared that Americans who do not love their country are traitors who should be exiled, escalating a Fourth of July exchange on his social media platform. “Traitor” The exchange began when Spencer Pratt, the reality television personality eliminated from the Los…
· Ryan General
Malaysia, Indonesia block Elon Musk’s Grok over explicit AI deepfakes
Malaysia and Indonesia have blocked access to Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok after regulators said the tool was repeatedly used to generate sexually explicit, nonconsensual deepfake images. Indonesia’s Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs ordered the restriction on Jan. 10…
· Carl Samson
Chinese social media rallies behind Elon Musk amid Trump feud
Chinese social media users are casting Elon Musk as a heroic figure amid his escalating feud with President Donald Trump over the administration’s flagship spending bill. State of play: The latest dispute intensified when Musk announced his plans to create a new political party…
· Carl Samson
Will Andrew Yang and Elon Musk team up for a third party?
Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang has reportedly reached out to Elon Musk with a proposal to collaborate on building a third political party following the billionaire’s fiery feud with President Donald Trump. Catch up
· Bryan Ke
Elon Musk as Ming Dynasty official explaining DOGE in Ancient China is peak AI
An AI-created video of “Elon Musk” explaining what the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is while dressed as a secret agent during the Ming Dynasty is going viral. Who’s behind it: Created by Bilibili user known as “Dark Tone,” the video was reportedly removed from the…
· Bryan Ke
Elon Musk reacts to Asian American women earning more than white men
Elon Musk sparked discussions on X after sharing reported 2019 data on wage disparity that shows Asian American women as earning more than white men. Musk, 53, reposted the figures first shared by another X user, writing in the caption, “Interesting.” What it shows: The numbers,…
· Ryan General
Elon Musk’s mom faces backlash over attack on Vietnamese American reporter
Maye Musk, mother of Elon Musk, faced accusations of racism over a controversial post on X regarding Vietnamese American reporter Ryan Mac on Nov. 5. In her now-deleted post, the 76-year-old dietitian claimed Mac was preparing a “hit piece” about her son for The New York Times,…
· Carl Samson
Elon Musk praises former Singapore PM’s critique of ‘wokeness’
Elon Musk posted on his platform X a clip of former Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong’s critique of “wokeness,” praising it as “wisdom.” The post, which garnered millions of views in hours, reflects the world’s richest man’s long-standing opposition to the so-called…
· Bryan Ke
Elon Musk responds to girl who found Tesla bug
A 7-year-old girl named Molly attracted the attention of Elon Musk after reporting a bug she found on the touchscreen display of their Tesla Model 3 in a video. Molly’s mother initially uploaded the video to her Weibo account on Sunday before it was reposted on X the following…
· Carl Samson
Korean woman loses $50,000 after falling for fake Elon Musk
A Korean fan of Elon Musk was duped into transferring thousands of dollars to a scammer who pretended to be the billionaire using artificial intelligence. Key points:
· Ryan General
Elon Musk on Asian teen rejected by 16 colleges: ‘The left hates Asians’
“The left hates Asians,” Musk writes
· Michelle De Pacina
Taiwan fires back at Elon Musk, says its not part of China nor ‘for sale’
Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly rejected Elon Musk’s assertion that Taiwan is “an integral part of China.” Musk’s comments: During the recent All-In Summit in Los Angeles, Musk said that China’s policy “has been to reunite Taiwan with China. From their standpoint,…
· Carl Samson
Mark Zuckerberg says Elon Musk ‘isn’t serious’ about fight, tells people to ‘move on’
Despite Elon Musk’s announcements about the location of his highly anticipated cage fight with Mark Zuckerberg, the latter recently declared on social media that the match will not happen. Musk’s announcements: Musk, 52, revealed in X posts on Friday that the supposed event will…
· Carl Samson
‘I’m training like crazy’: Chinese ‘Elon Musk’ gears up for Mark Zuckerberg fight
Yilong Ma, Elon Musk’s viral Chinese doppelgänger, has been “training” for the world’s richest man’s unofficial fight against fellow tech billionaire Mark Zuckerberg — in case his look-alike struggles. What’s going on: Musk, 52, first declared on Twitter, now known as X, that he…
· Carl Samson
Elon Musk says X will pay legal fees of users discriminated by employers for posting on the platform
X owner Elon Musk has offered to pay the legal bills of users who have been allegedly discriminated against by their employers due to their activities on the social media platform. What he said: Musk, who is currently the world’s richest man, made his offer in a post on X,…
· Bryan Ke
Meet the world’s first pro gamer: He played ‘Quake’ against a teenaged Elon Musk and now uses AI to flag toxic players
Meet Dennis “Thresh” Fong, commonly regarded as the world’s first professional gamer. His beginnings: Fong was born in Hong Kong in 1977. At 11 years old, he moved to Los Altos, California, where he soon discovered a love for gaming. He started playing Id Software’s first-person…
· Bryan Ke
14-year-old college grad gets hired by Elon Musk’s SpaceX
A 14-year-old college graduate has received a job offer to be a software engineer at Elon Musk’s spaceflight company SpaceX. Key details: Kairan Quazi graduated from the Santa Clara University School of Engineering with a computer science and engineering degree on Saturday.
· Bryan Ke
‘Brother Ma’: Elon Musk welcomed in China with 16-course feast, praise from Chinese fans
Tesla CEO Elon Musk was welcomed to China with a feast and praise from Chinese fans as he visited the country for the first time in three years. Musk, 51, arrived in Beijing via private jet, where he met Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang just hours after landing on Tuesday,…
· Bryan Ke
Elon Musk look-alike at NYC event angers Chinese attendees who expected the real one
Several Chinese attendees who paid thousands of dollars to see Elon Musk at a magazine launch event in New York City were left disappointed after a look-alike appeared instead. Over 120 Chinese attendants reportedly attended the event at the James Hotel in Manhattan on April 27,…
· Michelle De Pacina
Chinese state media warns Elon Musk over ‘lab leak’ coronavirus tweets
The Global Times, a daily tabloid newspaper run by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), warned Tesla CEO Elon Musk for pushing the COVID-19 “lab leak” theory. On Feb. 27, Musk responded to a tweet that questioned whether Anthony S. Fauci, the former chief medical adviser to…