TikTok’s CEO is planning to attend Trump’s inauguration. He’ll see Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos Donald Trump’s inauguration is a day after a ban on the app could take effect. Fortune · Jan 16, 2025
UK backs local inquiries into child sexual abuse gangs after Musk stoked controversy The British government says it will support a series of local inquiries into organized child sexual abuse in the wake of a furor largely stoked by the world’s richest man Elon Musk The Independent UK · Jan 16, 2025
Elon Musk Goes Nuclear on Gamer Who Accused Him of Cheating at Video Games, Leaks Private Messages: He's 'Lost His F--king Mind' Elon Musk wrote a series of infuriated posts directed towards another gamer who accused him of cheating while playing a video game during a live stream. Latin Times · Jan 16, 2025
Oligarchs Already Own Much Of US - Can They Buy Democracy? They increasingly own everything from access to space to how we get news on Earth and now outgoing President Joe Biden warns America's new breed of Donald Trump-allied oligarchs could gobble up US democracy itself. International Business Times · Jan 16, 2025
Biden Warns Of Oligarchy Threat From Ultra-Wealthy Elite President Biden's speech on social media misinformation, wealth concentration, and strained relations with Elon Musk highlights tensions and missed opportu... Top News · Jan 16, 2025
As Biden goes off on Big Tech oligarchy, here are the CEOs who will get cozy with Trump at his inauguration Technology barons are flocking to Washington for Donald Trump’s swearing-in next week The Independent UK · Jan 16, 2025
Trump's space policy won't catch Europe off guard, ESA chief says The head of the European Space Agency says that ESA is ready for any changes in NASA's direction that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump may make. Space · Jan 16, 2025
Elon Musk is elevating Trump’s foreign policy of deliberate disruption to a new level Donald Trump’s first term gave the world a taste of deliberately disruptive unwanted involvement in the domestic affairs of other countries, with examples ranging from Britain in the throes of Brexit to North Korea where the 45th US president attempted to forge a personal deal with Kim Jung-Un. The Conversation · Jan 16, 2025
TikTok CEO to attend Trump’s inauguration as app’s fate hangs in the balance Shou Chew will attend inauguration for the man who has both advocated for and tried to ban the popular app The Independent UK · Jan 16, 2025
Seth Meyers on Pete Hegseth’s confirmation hearing: ‘A test to see how loyal Republicans will be’ Late-night hosts discuss the many allegations facing Trump’s Pentagon pick and Michelle Obama’s plan to skip the president-elect’s inauguration The Guardian - US · Jan 16, 2025
Elon Musk bet me $1 million the U.S. would not see 35,000 cases of Covid, says Sam Harris Podcaster Sam Harris says the events that led to his fallout with Elon Musk included a bet over the number of U.S. COVID-19 cases. Fortune · Jan 16, 2025
Someone made Elon's 'map tab' and if it were real, Path of Exile 2 could make a lot of cash Elon Musk's recent lawding of his Path of Exile 2 credentials has spurned some memes, but this stash tab idea could actually make GGG some money if it were real Windows Central · Jan 16, 2025
Elon Musk is already offering the first price cuts for his Tesla Cybertruck Brand new inventory of the Cybertruck is already being marked down by well over $1,000 each after just one quarter of its entry AWD version having gone on sale. Fortune · Jan 16, 2025
Suchir Balaji’s family demand outside investigation into OpenAI whistleblower’s death Police in San Francisco previously ruled Balaji’s death a suicide and stated there was no evidence of foul play The Independent UK · Jan 16, 2025
The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2025 Yvette Cooper announces urgent national review on grooming gangs Officials say review is not national inquiry ministers have been pressed for after series of X posts by Elon Musk
Top News · Jan 16, 2025 President Biden Warns Of Dangerous Concentration Of Power In America President Biden warns of the dangers of an 'ultra-wealthy' oligarchy in America, particularly in the tech industry, urging for accountability and adherence...
International Business Times · Jan 16, 2025 French Researchers Aim To Ease X Refugees' Path With 'HelloQuitX' French researchers have developed an application to help users migrate their whole online community from Elon Musk's X to rival social platforms such as Bluesky or Mastodon.
Latin Times · Jan 16, 2025 Full List of Tech Giants and Billionaires Sitting Front Row At Trump's Inauguration After Biden Warns US Heading for 'Oligarchy' The CEOs of Meta and Apple, as well as Amazon founder Jeff Bezos are set to join Elon Musk at the days on January 20. Google CEO Sundar Pichai is expected to be there as well
InsideEVs · Jan 16, 2025 Elon Musk, Who Wants To End EV Subsidies, Is Mad Tesla Was Denied Subsidies Elon Musk is no stranger to being critical of the government. The quick-typing CEO has found his political voice in recent months, quickly forming a fruitful alliance with President-elect Donald Trump. He's even used his influence to call for the ending of the electric vehicle tax credit, something which Trump…
The Guardian - US · Jan 16, 2025 ‘A flood of disinformation’: rumors and lies abound amid Los Angeles wildfires Disasters have long led to misinformation as people grasp for control, but the consequences can be life and death
The Guardian - AU · Jan 16, 2025 I knew one day I’d have to watch powerful men burn the world down – I just didn’t expect them to be such losers Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s desperation to be cool as they suck up to Donald Trump is so cringe it makes my skin crawl
The Conversation · Jan 16, 2025 Soaring wealth inequality has remade the map of American prosperity One need only glance at headlines about Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and other super-wealthy individuals to understand that wealth in America is increasingly concentrated in fewer and fewer hands. Inequality is sharply on the rise.
Evening Standard · Jan 16, 2025 Home Secretary Yvette Cooper announces local grooming gangs inquiries after mounting pressure The reviews will focus on the ‘cultural drivers’ of child sexual exploitation gangs and police forces will be asked to reopen "cold cases"
The Guardian - UK · Jan 16, 2025 UK grants licence to send first rocket into space from Shetland Islands If successful, Rocket Factory Augsburg will become first company in Europe to carry out vertical launch into orbit
The Independent UK · Jan 16, 2025 American billionaire wants to buy TikTok - but not its ‘highly addictive algorithm’ Elon Musk was recently linked with buying the US arm of ByteDance’s flagship app but those reports were quickly dismissed