Twitter has reportedly sent out a company-wide email warning its estimated 7,500 employees that layoffs will start Friday.
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Elon Musk, the tech titan believes that ex-girlfriend Grimes is so perfect that she must be a simulation he created in his mind, according to a new BBC documentary. The same documentary, called The Elon Musk Show, then goes on to say that Grimes actually agrees with the theory. The Canadian singer was already 31 when she met Musk but those three decades in existence appear not to have swayed her too much when considering the theory.
Vanity Fair journalist Devin Gordon says that Grimes, real name Claire Boucher, shared with him Musk's mind-bending theory in a recent interview. 'She told me repeatedly that Musk has this theory of her that she's not real, that she's a simulation who was created by him and exists in his cerebral cortex as sort of the perfect companion to him,' he says. 'Which sounds a little crazy and maybe even a little creepy, except, she agrees with it.
She said she does feel like this simulation which was perfectly created for him. 'Musk has flirted before with the philosophical concept that our reality - and all of us in it - is just a simulation in a computer somewhere in another reality that we can never access or perceive - known as the 'simulation theory'. 'If you assume any rate of improvement at all, games will eventually be indistinguishable from reality,' Musk said on the Joe Rogan Experience in 2018, before concluding: 'We're most likely in a simulation.
' The Tesla mogul and the dream pop star had met originally over Twitter, when the duo enjoyed a tech-based joke, and they made their first public appearance together at the Met Gala in 2018. 'They've been seeing each other but have been keeping their relationship under the radar,' a source said at the time. Musk had just emerged from a
.Twitter has reportedly sent out a company-wide email warning its estimated 7,500 employees that layoffs will start Friday.
Plans to charge Twitter users for verified 'blue tick' accounts could cost the Scottish Government and local authorities thousands of pounds if implemented. The social media giant is reportedly considering changes to its Blue subscription service, which could see users charged $20 (£17.30) a month or $240 a year.
Well, it happened. Elon Musk actually took ownership of Twitter. We’d love to say everyone was worried over nothing, but… certainly some big changes are already afoot. And they’re not exactly reassuring.
Elon Musk, who just took over Twitter in a $44 billion leveraged buyout, sought to allay fears about the direction of the social media company by saying it is forming a content moderation council.
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Elon Musk has deleted a tweet hinting at a possible business collaboration with Kanye West.It comes after the Tesla billionaire shared an image playing on the Dragon Ball anime series, where two characters can fuse together into a more powerful being by touching fingers.Musk edited his face on to one character, along with a Twitter logo, while West’s face was superimposed onto another, with the logo of Parler, the right-wing social network the rapper reportedly recently purchased.In a follow-up tweet, Musk added: “Fun times ahead!!”Musk posted this and deleted lol pic.twitter.com/JwHJ6FMcGJ— Goat Capital (@TradesalotSir) October 17, 2022Musk’s tweet, which came despite West’s recent antisemitic comments and controversial statements on George Floyd, has since been deleted.After the rapper said that he would go “death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE”, whom he claims have a link with Black people (“I actually can’t be Anti Semitic because Black people are actually Jew also,” he wrote), Musk said that he spoke to the rapper about his conduct, tweeting: “Talked to ye today & expressed my concerns about his recent tweet, which I think he took to heart.”Following West’s comments, he was widely condemned by many figures in the entertainment world, as well as several political figures and organisations that represent Jewish communities.He has since doubled down further saying he doesn’t believe in the term “anti-Semitism”, claiming that it’s “not factual” and in turn has denied accusations of racism against him.The rapper’s comments come after a tumultuous few weeks which began when he wore a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt at a Paris fashion week show.Since then West has also hit out at Pete Davidson on the Drink Champs podcast in which he
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Elon Musk reportedly thought that Grimes was a “simulation” he’d created in his mind.According to author Devin Gordon who appeared in the BBC‘s new docuseries, The Elon Musk Show, the SpaceX and Tesla CEO believed that Grimes was his “perfect companion” but not “real”.“She [Grimes] told me repeatedly that Musk has this theory of her that she’s not real,” Gordon told the TV show via Cosmopolitan. “That she’s a simulation who was created by him and exists in his cerebral cortex as sort of the perfect companion to him.
Elon Musk has created an empire as the cofounder of SpaceX and Tesla. The son of Maye Musk and Errol Musk, Elon’s startups have grown to become multi-billion-dollar titans. But the entrepreneur from South Africa has also made headlines for his love life over the years.
Elon Musk, who is a father of 10 – nine living – said recently he may have more children in the future but said he believes there are "no other babies looming." Musk has five living children with his first wife Justine Wilson (their first child died of sudden infant death syndrome), two children with ex-girlfriend singer Grimes and it was revealed this year he had twins with executive Shivon Zilis who works at his company Neuralink. "I’m pretty sure there are no other babies looming," he joked to the Financial Times after the interviewer asked about potential pending pregnancies. He said as a 51-year-old "autumn chicken" he would consider having more kids if he feels he can be a good father to them. Elon Musk and son X Æ A-12 on stage TIME Person of the Year on December 13, 2021, in New York City. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for TIME) The Tesla and SpaceX CEO has said one of his biggest concerns is underpopulation and in June he joked on Twitter of his growing brood: "I mean, I’m doing my part haha." He admitted that some friends have said he should have as many as 500 children but that would be a "bit weird." Most of his kids were conceived via in vitro fertilization. He also opened up about his estrangement with his transgender daughter Vivian, blaming "communism" in the education system for her reportedly not wanting anything to do with him.
Elon Musk, who is poised to take control of Twitter, has raised a new round of questions about how the climate of social media could change with his revelation that he reached out to Kanye West after the rapper’s anti-Semitic tweets.
Elon Musk says he has spoken to Kanye West following a series of antisemitic posts the rapper made over the weekend.On Sunday (October 9), West had both his Twitter and Instagram accounts suspended after posting antisemitic comments. Twitter locked West’s account on Sunday and the social media platform later removed the tweet before locking his account.A spokesperson from Twitter told BuzzFeed News that “the account in question has been locked due to a violation of Twitter’s policies”.After welcoming Kanye back to Twitter earlier last week, Musk said he spoke to the rapper about his conduct, tweeting: “Talked to ye today & expressed my concerns about his recent tweet, which I think he took to heart.”Talked to ye today & expressed my concerns about his recent tweet, which I think he took to heart— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 11, 2022Following the comments, Ye has been widely condemned by many figures in the entertainment world, as well as several political figures and organisations that represent Jewish communities.Last night on stage in Missouri, Jack Antonoff became the latest musician to address West’s behaviour directly.
Elon Musk is convinced his teenage daughter Vivian is estranged from him because she's been taught to despise the wealthy. The billionaire tech mogul's eldest daughter is now 18 and he has opened up about their rocky relationship in a new interview with the Financial Times insisting she thinks he's "evil" because of her schooling. He told the publication: "It's full-on communism and a general sentiment that if you're rich, you're evil.