With Trump's win, Elon Musk stands to benefit
The billionaire businessman has spent weeks campaigning relentlessly for Donald Trump. That dedication could lead to major benefits for him and his companies.
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2 years in, Trump surrogate Elon Musk has remade X as a conservative megaphone
It's been nearly two years since Elon Musk bought Twitter and turned it into X. He has turned the platform into a megaphone for himself and, increasingly, for former President Donald Trump.
New records show Texas judge on X case didn't sell his Tesla shares after taking the suit
The judge, Reed O’Connor, in Fort Worth, Texas, has rejected calls for him to step down from the high-profile case Musk filed against Media Matters, a watchdog group.
Musk's X to be reinstated in Brazil after complying with Supreme Court demands
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice authorized the restoration of the social media platform's service in Brazil, over a month after its nationwide shutdown, according to a court document.
Brazil starts blocking social media platform X amid a dispute with Elon Musk
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has ordered the suspension of Elon Musk's social media giant X in Brazil after the tech billionaire refused to name a legal representative in the country.
X’s chatbot can now generate AI images. A lack of guardrails raises election concerns
NPR was able to produce depictions that appear to show ballot drop boxes being stuffed and of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump holding firearms.
Elon Musk is bringing lawsuits to Texas. A judge with Tesla stock keeps hearing them
Judge Reed O’Connor is overseeing two major lawsuits filed by billionaire Elon Musk. Legal experts have raised questions about the judge’s impartiality.
![A billboard in central Tehran, Iran, depicts named Iranian ballistic missiles in service, with text in Arabic reading "the honest [person's] promise" and text in Persian reading "Israel is weaker than a spider's web," on April 15. Iran attacked Israel over the weekend with missiles, which it said was a response to a deadly strike on its consulate building in Damascus, Syria.](https://wfdd-live.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/card/s3/images/story/As-Iran-attacked-Israel-old-and-faked-videos-and-images-got-millions-of-views-on-X-1244926831-1713258013.jpg?h=4978c736&itok=Oe2sLduM)
As Iran attacked Israel, old and faked videos and images got millions of views on X
Images and videos from previous conflicts, video games and AI generators were often spread by accounts that pay to be boosted on the social media site once known as Twitter.
How the porn bots took over Twitter
Twitter has long had a bot problem, but since moderation on the platform was gutted and paid users were given "prioritization" in replies, the landscape has changed.
'You have blood on your hands,' Senator tells Mark Zuckerberg for failing kids online
The top tech executives from Meta, X, TikTok, Snap and Discord get the fifth degree from the Senate Judiciary Committee.