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Elon Musk‘s xAI artificial intelligence firm has acquired X – the social media platform formally known as Twitter – for $33billion (£25.5billion).The all-stock deal announced on Friday (March 28) values xAI at $80billion and X at $33billion. Musk paid $44 billion for Twitter in 2022.“xAI and X’s futures are intertwined,” Musk wrote on X, announcing the transaction.

Selome Hailu Mike Myers crashed the cold open of “Saturday Night Live” to play President Trump’s new right-hand man, Elon Musk. “Recently, our dealerships have been the targets of many attacks,” he said in the sketch. “Suddenly no one likes Tesla cars.

A week after Morgan Wallen stalked off SNL the NBC late nighter made sure the door hit the hit the I’m the Problem singer on the way out.

Billy Bragg has marked former Labour politician Tony Benn’s would-be 100th birthday by posing his “five questions to ask the powerful” to Elon Musk.Posting on his Facebook page, the folk musician listed five questions to Elon Musk – which were originally coined by politician and left-wing campaigner Benn.“Whenever I see Elon Musk gloating about how he’s laying waste to ‘woke’ government departments, sacking hundreds of thousands of people on a whim, I think of Tony Benn’s five questions to ask the powerful,” he wrote.The questions are: what power have you got; where did you get it from; in whose interest do you exercise it; to whom are you accountable; and how can we get rid of you?Read Bragg’s full post directed to Musk below:Whenever I see Elon Musk gloating about how he's laying waste to 'woke' government departments, sacking hundreds of…Posted by Billy Bragg on Thursday, April 3, 2025Tony Benn was a Labour Party politician who, as per The Guardian, “went from being ‘the most dangerous man in Britain’ to a national radical treasure”. He died aged 88 in 2014.He became known for being an instrumental part in creating a left wing of the Labour Party in the 1980s, and then later was praised for his campaign against the invasion of Iraq, addressing the UK’s biggest ever demonstration during the Stop the War rally of 2003.At the time of his death, the then Labour leader Ed Miliband said: “Tony Benn spoke his mind and spoke up for his values.

President Donald Trump is reportedly prepping his inner circle for the departure of Elon Musk.

We’ve reached the end of another week. But before we clock out for the weekend, we’re giving credit where it’s due.

Democrat Susan Crawford defeated Republican Brad Schimel in a race for a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat that drew nationwide attention as an indicator of the political influence of Donald Trump‘s key ally, Elon Musk.

Adolescence co-creator Jack Thorne has reacted to “absurd” claims about the new Netflix series spread by Elon Musk.The Stephen Graham-starring series follows the family of a 13-year-old schoolboy, Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper), who is arrested for the murder of a young female classmate, with the show exploring the aftermath of the crime, as well as the psychological and social factors that led to it.After the series aired to warm critical reception, far-right commentator Ian Miles Cheong took to X/Twitter to allege the show was “based on real life cases such as the Southport murderer”, and went on to say they had “race swapped the actual killer from a black man/migrant to a white boy”.He claimed the show’s writer altered the story so Cooper’s character “was radicalized online by the red pill movement”, something Cheong called “anti-white propaganda”.The attack he referenced occurred last year when at a Taylor Swift dance class held on July 29, three children were horrifically killed in a knife attack at a themed dance and yoga workshop on Hart Street in Southport.However, Adolescence was first announced on March 14, 2024, and was already in production and being filmed before the Southport tragedy happened.Despite the inaccuracy of Cheong’s claims, Musk replied: “Wow”, with scores of X users slamming him for politicising the deaths of the Southport victims and fueling the erroneous claims.During an appearance on The News Agents podcast, Thorne, who created the show with Venom actor Graham, responded to the conspiracy theory. “They’ve claimed that Stephen and I based it on a story, and another story, so we race-swapped because we were basing it on here and it ended up there, and everything else.

X, the social media site formerly known as Twitter, is changing its address but staying within Elon Musk‘s corporate portfolio.

“We live in the stupidest possible version of human history,” said Nish Kumar to a roaring packed Largo at the Coronet in LA last week, perfectly summing up 2025 so far.

Elon Musk‘s estranged daughter Vivian Wilson has responded to her “pathetic man-child” father after he claimed she “died”.On Saturday (March 22), the SpaceX owner responded to a comment from a fan on X/Twitter concerning Vivian, who came out as transgender in 2020. “My son, Xavier died,” he wrote.

Jack Dunn Rosie O’Donnell is questioning how Donald Trump won every swing state in the 2024 presidential election considering his biggest supporter. During an interview with RTÉ One’s “The Late Late Show,” O’Donnell said she questions “why” Trump “won every single swing state” during his reelection campaign considering one of his “best friends” and “biggest donors” was “a man who owns and runs the internet.” While never mentioned by name, O’Donnell is most likely referring to X owner Elon Musk.

Elon Musk has been widely criticised for spreading misinformation about Netflix‘s new hit series, Adolescence.Starring Stephen Graham and Owen Cooper, the show follows a young boy who is arrested for the murder of his classmate, with the show exploring the aftermath of the crime, as well as the psychological and social factors that led to it.Also examined in the four-part series is the rise of misogyny among young boys and how social media has impacted their attitudes towards women, as well as the challenges faced by parents navigating their children’s upbringing in an increasingly online world.After the series aired, Ian Miles Cheong took to X/Twitter to allege the show was “based on real life cases such as the Southport murderer”. He went on to say they had “race swapped the actual killer from a black man/migrant to a white boy” and altered the story so “he was radicalized online by the red pill movement”, something Cheong called “anti-white propaganda”.Netflix has a show called Adolescence that’s about a British knife killer who stabbed a girl to death on a bus and it’s based on real life cases such as the Southport murderer.So guess what.

Dropkick Murphys frontman Ken Casey has spoken about his confrontation with a MAGA hat-wearing fan at a recent show in Boston.The punk band were playing at the MGM Music Hall last Sunday (March 16) for St. Patrick’s Day weekend when Casey called out an individual in the crowd who was waving his Make America Great Again hat.“If you’re in a room full of people and you want to know who’s in a cult…They been holding up a fucking hat the whole night to represent a president,” he said from the stage.

As Dana Carvey appeared Friday on Real Time with Bill Maher, he brought a few familiar voices with him.

With plummeting stocks, recalls and vandalism on his plate at Tesla, Elon Musk is not laughing.

Tatiana Siegel Eight years ago, tech billionaire Jeff Skoll clapped enthusiastically as Al Gore assuaged the opening-night Sundance crowd just hours before Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president. “We will win,” Gore said after the Skoll-backed climate change documentary “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power” made its world premiere. “We want this movie to recruit others.” But a funny thing happened over the ensuing years.

Grimes has said that she’s “begged” her ex-partner Elon Musk to keep her children out of the public eye.The Canadian artist (real name Claire Boucher) shares three children with the Tesla and SpaceX CEO: X Æ A-Xii (aka Lil X), Exa Dark Sideræl Musk, and Techno Mechanicus (aka Tau).The former couple announced their split in September 2021, confirming that they had broken up after three years together but “still love each other”. Following Donald Trump’s US Presidential election win last November, Musk was appointed by the POTUS to lead his new Department Of Government Efficiency (DOGE).Since then, the couple’s children have increasingly been in the public eye.

After a week of even greater political brinksmanship at home and abroad from Donald Trump, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro tonight weaved around admitting to HBO‘s Bill Maher host if he is running for POTUS in 2028.

The Senate voted to advance a Republican-written bill to fund the government through the rest of the fiscal year, a process that has exposed a major fissure between Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and other members and activists irate that the party isn’t doing more to try to stop Donald Trump.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said Thursday that he will vote to advance a Republican bill to fund the government for the rest of the fiscal year, potentially averting the threat of a government shutdown.