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As Elon Musk digs into the federal bureaucracy in his crusade to slash government spending, he has a tool that no aspiring cost-cutter has had before: his own giant social media platform to debate, shame and bludgeon anyone who stands in his way. Since the inauguration, Mr. Musk has attacked journalists and X users for…
The “Fork in the Road” subject line sent from an email on Tuesday to millions of federal employees may have been puzzling at first. The message from the Office of Personnel Management was essentially a pink-slip notice: It offered a choice of returning to the office full-time, accepting a buyout offer or risk being furloughed…
Listen to article Meta has begun testing advertisements on its microblogging platform, Threads, as the company looks to explore new revenue streams. The move comes after the platform’s year-and-a-half existence as one of Meta’s few ad-free services. In a statement, Adam Mosseri, head of Instagram, confirmed that the test would start with a select group of users…
On its face, the claim feels improbable: In addition to being the world’s richest man, the chief executive of multiple companies and a key adviser to President Trump, Elon Musk says he is also a world-class video game player. It is a claim that Mr. Musk has repeated through the years. He has an account…
Many Reddit users are boycotting the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, after Elon Musk twice made a gesture during President Trump’s inaugural celebration that drew comparisons to the Nazi salute. Mr. Musk, the billionaire owner of the social media platform, was speaking at a celebratory rally after Mr. Trump’s installment as the…
A number of users on Reddit are calling for a ban on links to X (formerly known as Twitter), sparked by Elon Musk’s gesture during President Trump’s inauguration that was eerily similar the ‘Seig Heil.’ The calls for a ban began in sports-related subreddits and are gaining traction, with multiple communities discussing whether to sever ties with the…
It started when Erika Mackley, a 34-year-old art director from Detroit, posed a tongue-in-cheek question to users on X: “i don’t want to hear your most boomer complaint. what’s your most millennial complaint?” A “boomer complaint” is a concept that has floated around for a while. Typical ones might include people not working as hard…
Jair Bolsonaro has had a rough couple of years: election losses, criminal cases, questionable embassy sleepovers. So when he finally received a piece of good news last week — an invitation to President-elect Donald J. Trump’s inauguration — it lifted his spirits. “I’m feeling like a kid again with Trump’s invite. I’m fired up. I’m…
U.S. securities regulators sued Elon Musk in federal court in Washington on Tuesday in an enforcement action arising from his $44 billion purchase of Twitter, now called X. The lawsuit against Mr. Musk, who has become a close adviser to President-elect Donald J. Trump, is likely to be one of the more contentious final acts…
While many of Mr. Musk’s posts, particularly those on grooming gangs, originated in the ecosystem of far-right bloggers and activists, they are also tempting to mainstream politicians in search of a cudgel to use against their opponents. And they appeal to editors and broadcasters looking for a good story. “The British press and the broadcasters,…
