The bizarre cage match challenge between tech tycoons Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg just got a little stranger.
23.07.2023 - 15:15 / variety.com
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Goodbye Twitter, hello X? Elon Musk, the multibillionaire who controls Twitter, said the social network he took over in October 2022 will be renamed “X” — relegating the cute little blue birdie to the scrap heap of internet history. “Soon we shall bid adieu to the Twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds,” Musk wrote in a late-night Saturday post. He also said the platform’s website will be run off the x.com domain name, and posted a poll asking whether it should “Change default platform color to black” (with about 75% votes in favor as of Sunday morning).
“If a good enough X logo is posted tonight, we’ll make [it] go live worldwide tomorrow,” Musk tweeted (or should tat be “x’d”?). Musk about an hour later posted what appears to be a logo for X:
pic.twitter.com/IwcbqMnQtA In April 2023, the company disclosed that Musk had changed the company’s name from Twitter Inc. to X Corp., which is incorporated in Nevada with its main place of business San Francisco. Musk is the most-followed user on Twitter, with 149 million followers on the platform. Barack Obama is second, with 132 million. “Not sure what subtle clues gave it [away], but I like the letter X,” Musk posted early Sunday. One of Musk’s children with the musician and artist Grimes is named X Æ A-XII, who goes by the nickname “X.”Not sure what subtle clues gave it way, but I like the letter X pic.twitter.com/nwB2tEfLr8
The bizarre cage match challenge between tech tycoons Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg just got a little stranger.
Grimes is opening up about family life with Elon Musk.
Twitter Rebranding: Online Auction Featuring Memorabilia, Art, Office Assets & More!”, it will be auctioning off all of the furniture, lights and numerous guitars, drum sets, amps, keyboards, and other music gear that the company’s headquarters homed.
Grimes has revealed that she came up with the idea for a dick-measuring challenge that Elon Musk proposed with Mark Zuckerburg.Last month, Musk challenged Zuckerberg, who has trained in jiu-jitsu, to a wrestling cage fight. “I’m up for a cage match if he is,” said Musk on Twitter, with Zuckerberg responding via Instagram Stories to say: “Send me location.” Musk then responded by tweeting a proposed location for the fight: “Vegas Octagon.”Responding on Twitter to a screenshot of a conversation on Threads between Zuckerberg and the Wendy’s account, Musk said: “Zuck is a cuck”.
Grimes has some thoughts on who would win in a cage fight battle between her on-off partner, Elon Musk, and Facebook creator and Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg. The 35-year-old singer, whose real name is Claire Elise Boucher, speaks to about the proposed match between the two tech moguls. Noting that she «thinks» the match will actually happen, Grimes says of her ex, «Elon is very strong, but Zuck seems like he’s been training a ton.»While she's under the impression that a match will happen, Grimes says she'd «prefer that it didn't.»«I love gladiatorial matches, but watching the father of your children in a physical fight is not the most pleasant feeling,» she admits.
Grimes is speaking out about the father of her children, the richest man in the world, Elon Musk.
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg will have to be postponed. The Tesla founder shared an update about recent health issues, revealing that he will be getting an MRI on his “neck & upper back tomorrow,” which means he might need to undergo surgery and will not be able to go against the Meta CEO.The update comes after Mark explained that he was “ready” to fight Elon, but didn’t expect it to be soon, as there had yet to be a confirmed date.
Elon Musk.Last month, Musk challenged Zuckerberg, who has trained in jiu-jitsu, to a wrestling cage fight. “I’m up for a cage match if he is,” said Musk on Twitter, with Zuckerberg responding via Instagram Stories to say: “Send me location.” Musk then responded by tweeting a proposed location for the fight: “Vegas Octagon.”This week, Musk said that the fight will be live streamed on Twitter (now known as X), but Zuckerburg has now said that he’s not sure whether it will go ahead.However, he then immediately said that he has back problems and “may need surgery before the fight can happen”.Taking to his new social media site Threads, Zuckerburg wrote: “I’m ready today.
Elon Musk says there’s a reason he hasn’t set a firm date to fight fellow tech billionaire, Mark Zuckerberg: his back.
Mark Zuckerberg is firing back at Elon Musk and throwing some jabs at the X, formerly known as Twitter, owner after he announced their fight would be live-streamed on the aforementioned platform.
Elon Musk says his potential in-person fight with Mark Zuckerberg would be streamed on his social media site X, formerly known as Twitter.
Barr joked about holocaust denialism and Jews controlling the media. YouTube said the video — which was uploaded to comedian Theo Von’s channel — violated its hate speech policies and prevented him from uploading new content for a week.Amid the controversy, Musk backed Von’s support for Barr and chimed in, “Comedy is legal on this platform!” Enter Publicsq, founded by CEO Michael Seifert in 2021 with the aim of becoming the next big online shopping destination.
Mark Hamill has called for Twitter users to boycott the site in protest against Elon Musk’s rebranding of the platform to X.On Sunday (July 30), the Star Wars actor encouraged users to stop tweeting entirely on Tuesday (August 1). “This will only be effective if EVERYONE refrains from tweeting (X-ing?) on August 1st a/k/a #TweetlessTuesday,” he wrote on the platform.“Let’s show the owner the POWER OF THE PEOPLE.
X doesn’t mark the spot anymore.
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Elon Musk has taken legal aim at the Center for Countering Digital Hate, an independent research nonprofit group, over the organization’s findings that since the multibillionaire acquired Twitter (now called X) hate, racism and disinformation on the social platform has substantially increased. “Musk and his legal team, led by attorney Alex Spiro at Quinn Emanuel, have engaged in an aggressive campaign to intimidate, bully, and silence CCDH,” the organization said in a statement released Monday.
Elon Musk has reinstated Kanye West‘s Twitter account after an eight month ban.It comes after he was previously banned from the platform three times, the last being on December 2 last year after the rapper tweeted an illustration of a swastika inside a Star of David.The inflammatory post was one of many West – also known as Ye – tweeted at the time, culminating in Musk confirming that West’s account would be suspended due to violating the platform’s policies “against incitement to violence”.The rapper previously faced significant backlash after making a series of antisemitic remarks, wearing a “White Lives Matter” T-shirt, and expressing false claims about the death of George Floyd.Despite his return to Twitter, West will now not be eligible to monetise his account and advertisements will not appear next to his posts, reports the Wall Street Journal.His account was reinstated after receiving reassurance that he would not use the platform to share antisemitic or otherwise harmful language. He is yet to post any new tweets.Meanwhile, Ice Cube recently said that West has “learned a lot” from a controversial year that’s seen him express numerous antisemitic views.During a recent appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored, Ice Cube was asked about his “wobbly relationship” with Ye before he confirmed that he had met up with the rapper “a couple of weeks ago”.When asked about how West is currently dealing with what’s happened, the ‘Fuck Tha Police’ artist responded: “I believe he’s doing great.
Elon Musk and Grimes might be giving love a second chance. The 35-year-old singer and the 52-year-old billionaire were spotted together in Italy, enjoying some quality time with their sons.
He rose to fame as the sweet-faced Sam in Christmas classic Love Actually. But now Thomas Brodie Sangster is getting married, as the former child star announced his engagement to Elon Musk's two-times ex-wife Talulah Riley.The two, both actors, met on the set of Disney Plus series Pistol, which premiered last year. Announcing the happy news on Twitter, Talulah wrote: "Very happy to share that after two years of dating, Thomas Brodie Sangster and I are engaged!" The 37 year old was congratulated by Twitter owner Elon Musk who replied with his congratulations.The pair were married within weeks of being together and married in 2010 before they split two years later and divorced in 2012.
Thomas Brodie-Sangster is engaged to longtime love, Talulah Riley.
decision to change Twitter’s blue bird logo to “X.”The Tesla founder echoed the words of conservative commentator Ben Shapiro, who likewise took issue with the frequent use of the word “patriarchy” in “Barbie.” Shapiro first complained last week about the number of times “patriarchy” was uttered in the film.It you take a shot every time Barbie says the word "patriarchy", you will pass out before the movie ends“All you need to know about #BarbieTheMovie is that it unironically uses the word ‘patriarchy’ more than 10 times,” Shapiro whined on Twitter last week.The right-wing columnist also shared a video of himself throwing Barbie dolls on a grill and setting them on fire. Republican Florida Rep.