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Elon Musk and Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Saturday. On Monday the Supreme Court said it will not hear an appeal from Elon Musk’s X platform over a warrant in Trump’s election-interference case. Photo: Reuters

Supreme Court will not hear appeal from Musk’s X over warrant in Trump case

X says order that blocked it from telling Trump about election-interference case against former president violated First Amendment rights.

8 Oct 2024 - 2:56AMvideocam

Elon Musk’s X pays US$5.2 million in Brazil fines to wrong bank account

5 Oct 2024 - 2:00PM

Top Hong Kong political adviser Regina Ip calls on Israelis to move to city

3 Oct 2024 - 11:14PM

CIA seeks informants in China, North Korea and Iran, recruiting online

The US spy agency posts instructions for interested applicants in Mandarin, Farsi and Korean on several social media platforms.

3 Oct 2024 - 6:22AM

The CIA seal at agency headquarters in Langley, Virginia. On Wednesday, the agency began an online recruitment drive for Chinese, North Korean and Iranian informants. Photo: Reuters

X requests it be reinstated in Brazil after complying with judge’s orders: source

X complied with orders to block certain accounts from platform and pay fines imposed for not complying with court orders, lawyers said.

27 Sep 2024 - 2:47AM

US FTC slams TikTok, Meta and Twitch over data used by AI

YouTube, social media platform X, Snap, Discord and Reddit were also included in the FTC report.

20 Sep 2024 - 11:48AMvideocam

Mark Cuban wants to take out Chinese knockoffs. Is Kamala Harris on board?

In February 2022, the US called China the top country of origin for counterfeit goods seized by US customs.

19 Sep 2024 - 4:51PM

This is not the first time Mark Cuban has expressed support for Harris’ economic agenda. Photo: Instagram/mcuban

After Trump assassination attempt, Musk asks why Harris, Biden not targeted?

Musk’s controversial tweet, since deleted, drew criticism for its insensitivity and potential to incite violence.

16 Sep 2024 - 7:40PMvideocam

Odesa and Kharkiv hit as Russia and Ukraine exchange drone, bomb and missile attacks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky again urged the West to accede to demand to hit inside Russia.

16 Sep 2024 - 1:22PM

Will US law banning TikTok prevail on secret government evidence?

Chinese-owned app’s legal case said to turn on information kept not only from the public but also from lawyers for the petitioners.

14 Sep 2024 - 5:12AMvideocam

A redacted passage from a court filing in TikTok’s legal challenge to a US law that forces it to divest from its Chinese owner or be banned stateside. Photo: Handout

Musk takes jab at Taylor Swift for Harris endorsement, riling China’s Swifties

The tech billionaire and Trump supporter told ‘childless cat lady’ Swift, ‘I will give you a child and guard your cats with my life’.

12 Sep 2024 - 5:31AMvideocam

Elon Musk is seen at the US Open in New York on Sunday. Photo: Reuters

Who is Anna Kalinskaya, tennis No 1 Jannik Sinner’s GF and Nick Kyrgios’ ex?

She’s a tennis player from Russia who’s currently ranked world No 14 in singles – and reportedly once called her ex ‘Satan’.

11 Sep 2024 - 1:16PM

Musk, owner of X, on track to become world’s first trillionaire by 2027: report

A trillion is a 1 with 12 zeros after it, represented as 1,000,000,000,000.

9 Sep 2024 - 9:12PM

Opinion | Tech firms must play by the rules to keep the internet open

As nation-states act to curb the excesses of big tech firms, an approach based more on compromise could preserve innovation and growth.

6 Sep 2024 - 8:30PMvideocam

Who is Jack Draper, top British tennis player caught in a cheating scandal?

He’s the son of a multimillionaire, was inspired to play the sport by his grandmother … and didn’t know who Zendaya was

5 Sep 2024 - 4:00AM

Who is Jack Draper, top British tennis player at the centre of a cheating scandal? Photo: @jackdraper/Instagram

Musk’s Starlink to block X in Brazil, reversing defiance of judge’s order

The satellite internet service Starlink, under Elon Musk’s SpaceX, plans to comply with the order after the court froze the company’s assets.

4 Sep 2024 - 12:13PMvideocam

Sharing ‘posts of cute puppies’ could make your X feed less toxic: Musk

Musk said users might see “more toxic” content on X if they’ve interacted with similar posts.

3 Sep 2024 - 2:00AM

Judge orders immediate shutdown of Elon Musk’s X in Brazil

The decision is the latest chapter in an ongoing feud between the tech billionaire and a justice at the country’s top court.

31 Aug 2024 - 3:18PM

The feud between Brazil Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes (right) and tech billionaire Elon Musk has also seen the freezing of Starlink’s financial accounts in the country. Photo: AFP

EU officials assail denial of access to trial of Chinese human rights advocates

Lawyer Yu Wensheng and his wife Xu Yan, detained while en route to a 2023 meeting with EU envoys in Beijing, face charges in Suzhou.

29 Aug 2024 - 4:08AM

Malaysia urged by tech giants to pause ‘unworkable’ social media licensing plan

The Asia Internet Coalition, which includes Google, Meta and X, urged Malaysia to halt its social media licensing plan, citing unclear regulations and potential innovation hindrance.

27 Aug 2024 - 12:33AM

Telegram messaging app CEO Pavel Durov arrested in France

Investigators allege the Russian-born billionaire’s platform has been used for money laundering and drug trafficking, among other offences.

26 Aug 2024 - 5:21AM

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov delivers a keynote speech during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, in February 2016. Photo: Reuters

Meet J.B. Pritzker, the ‘actual billionaire’ who dissed Trump at the DNC

Forbes estimates Pritzker’s net worth at about US$3.5 billion, thanks to the Hyatt fortune and Pritzker’s private equity firm; this week, he called out the ex-president for his ‘stupidity’

23 Aug 2024 - 5:02AM

J.B. Pritzker, governor of Illinois, during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, US, on August 20. Photo: Bloomberg

Elon Musk praises Singapore’s Lee Hsien Loong for ‘wisdom’ on woke culture

The Tesla CEO shared a clip of Lee saying the wokeness movement leads to ‘extreme attitudes and social norms’.

22 Aug 2024 - 12:35PM

Elon Musk closes X office in Brazil after legal dispute with judge

X, formerly Twitter, closes its Brazil office due to a legal dispute with Judge De Moraes over censorship.

18 Aug 2024 - 3:18PM

Brazil election sees China-born candidate aspiring to historic win

Zhejiang province native who has logged a quarter century of community work in Sao Paulo scored endorsement from country’s vice-president.

16 Aug 2024 - 2:35AMvideocam

Andre Ye emigrated from China in 1987 at age 10, following an uncle who earlier fled the mainland for Taiwan and then settled in Brazil. Photo: Andre Ye

Hesai’s reported removal from Pentagon blacklist draws fire from US senators

Financial Times said the sensor maker has been dropped from a list of Chinese companies barred from defence contracts, but the Pentagon won’t confirm or deny.

15 Aug 2024 - 5:43AM

Long-range automotive lidar sensors from Hesai. A report says the US Defence Department has removed the Chinese manufacturer from its blacklist. Photo: Handout

Venezuelan leader slams TikTok for ‘wanting civil war’ in his country

Nicolas Maduro, reeling from protests over his disputed re-election, says Chinese-owned company has suspended his access to the platform.

14 Aug 2024 - 3:17AMvideocam

US union sues Trump and Musk, saying they intimidated workers in X interview

During their conversation, Trump called the Tesla CEO ‘the greatest cutter’ while discussing workers walking off the job to go on strike.

14 Aug 2024 - 1:17AMvideocam

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X (formerly Twitter)

X is a real-time online social networking platform, originally founded in 2006 as Twitter. The company was purchased by Elon Musk in April 2022, and in July 2023 he rebranded the website X, although the site continues to be coloquially referred to as Twitter.

Chairman / President

Elon Musk

CEO / Managing Director

Linda Yaccarino

CFO / Finance Director

Jack Dorsey

Industry

Internet

Website

twitter.com

Headquarters address

San Francisco, California, United States

Stock Code

NYSE:TWTR

Year founded

2010

last updated:

30 September, 2024