Elon Musk

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Mark Zuckerberg has concluded the Tesla boss ‘isn’t serious’ about a fight

Meta CEO says Tesla boss ‘isn’t serious’ about proposed brawl in post on Threads platform

The success of Jason Aldean’s song Try That in a Small Town and the Jim Caviezel-starring film Sound of Freedom raise disturbing questions

Ireland will be a key player in regulation but setting rules requires unsettling levels of guess-making about how AI technologies might affect us

Billionaire says mooted fight with Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg to be live streamed on his social media platform

City officials are unhappy with new glowing sign on roof of the company’s Market Street headquarters

Here at The Irish Times, we like things to stay the same and look back fondly to a time of Marathon bars, Telecom Éireann and Windscale

Hugh Linehan: It takes preternatural chutzpah to replace the traditional symbol of hope and happiness with a letter of the alphabet associated with nihilism, crypto-fascism and porn

She’s tasked with saving the company now called X, but Musk might be loath to hand over the reins of his $44bn vanity app

‘Those rump members left on Musk’s comic book X-world should probably start thinking about alternatives'

Facebook’s parent company downgrades current affairs on Threads app and refuses to engage with Canadian law designed to fund media groups

Barbie’s would-be boyfriend has a less fragile ego than the owner of the newly rebranded social media app

Social media group abandons bird logo as rival Meta steps up pressure

Logo change should have been done ‘a long time ago’, says platform’s owner

Elon Musk said company probably will keep lowering the prices of its electric vehicles if interest rates continue to rise

RTÉ scandal, BBC crisis and Twitter dysfunction have made it nightmare season all round

Apps such as Zuckerberg’s Threads are a stage for brands and celebrities, not a network for friends to connect

Planet Business: Bolsonaro themed party hats; bumper Barbie box office forecasts; and Threads v Twitter

That so many people are so willing to opt for more Meta says much about how ghastly Twitter has become

HateAid in Germany alerted social media giant to antisemitic and racist tweets, which were not taken down

Musk has previously threatened legal action against the account’s operator

And not a tech-exec cage match in sight. Yet.

Warning to Mark Zuckerberg comes as new users top 30m on first day of message service

Lawyer’s letter to Mark Zuckerberg outlines concerns that Meta has engaged in “unlawful misappropriation of Twitter’s trade secrets”

New Meta app may well provide Twitter with the first serious competition it has had for some time

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta plans to take on Twitter with the launch of a new app this week

Instagram-linked app rolls out in US and UK but is unavailable in EU over regulatory concerns

Several times the President has shown he cares little about the limitations of his office

Tech company is also exploring new territory with the launch of Threads, a rival for Twitter

App called Threads is reportedly set for release this week on Apple’s App Store as social media platforms battle for disgruntled Twitter users

Application allowing multiple Twitter feeds and searches will only be accessible to verified users in 30 days

Project management group is latest to take legal action against social media group over alleged failure to pay bills since €40bn Elon Musk takeover

Electric vehicle maker beats targets after identifying affordability as barrier to sales

Existing and new unverified accounts are limited to reading 600 posts a day and 300 posts per day respectively

Twitter exchange sees Facebook founder accept challenge from Musk, with Vegas named as location

Twitter increasingly ‘unpredictable and chaotic’, as data underlines task facing new CEO Linda Yaccarino

Warning of ‘vague existential risks’ of emerging tech serves to pass the buck to politicians

Podcast review: Flipping the Bird tells the tale of Elon Musk’s disastrous takeover of the social network

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