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Self-proclaimed "free speech absolutist" and Twitter CEO Elon Musk has announced limits to free speech on his recently acquired social media platform.

Free Speech Absolutist Elon Musk Announces New Limits on Free Speech

By Victor Tangermann

ElonJet, a Twitter account that tracked Elon Musk's private jet using public data, has now been suspended just a month after Musk said he wouldn't ban it.

Free Speech Absolutist Elon Musk Bans College Kid Who Annoyed Him

By Frank Landymore

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has refused to pay the rent for Twitter's San Francisco HQ for several weeks now, according to sources familiar with the matter.

Squatter Elon Musk Reportedly No Longer Paying Rent at Twitter

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Elon Musk has used his platform to falsely insinuate that Yoel Roth, forced to flee his home, was implicit in a partisan muzzling of former president Trump.

Former Twitter Employee Flees Home After Elon Musk Whips Up Mob

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Tesla share are on yet another nosedive this week — and investors are getting increasingly furious at CEO Elon Musk for failing to actually run the company.

Tesla Investors Furious at Elon Musk for Vanishing During Crisis to Play With Shiny New Twitter

By Victor Tangermann

The sign of someone who is sincerely not getting owned, is the deletion of their own tweet explaining why they were not getting owned.

Elon Musk Deletes Tweet Clarifying That Actually, Only Ten Percent of the Crowd Was Jeering Him

By Frank Landymore

Star Trek alum George Takei, handily — and eloquently — eviscerated Twitter CEO Elon Musk's recent dive into far-right conspiracies.

Beloved Actor George Takei Absolutely Skewers Elon Musk

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Who better than to call Elon Musk out on extremely gross, transphobic behavior than fellow Space Dude and Outspoken Guy, former US astronaut Scott Kelly?

Elon Musk Rages as NASA Astronaut Calls Out His Transphobia and Conspiracy Theories

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

NASA administrator and former astronaut Bill Nelson is relieved that SpaceX CEO Elon Musk isn't actually in charge of running the space company.

Head of NASA Relieved to Hear Elon Musk Isn’t REALLY Running SpaceX

By Victor Tangermann

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk got booed by thousands of people at a Dave Chappelle show in San Francisco on Sunday night.

Video Shows Elon Musk Wilting as Huge Crowd Boos Him Off Stage

By Victor Tangermann

Twitter owner Elon Musk might have a new way to solve his App Store problem: just charge iOS users 30 percent extra for a Twitter Blue subscription.

Elon Musk’s Ingenious Plan to Avoid Apple’s 30% Fee: Charge 30% More

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A longtime janitor at Twitter's San Francisco HQ claims he was told by a member of the Elon Musk team that soon, robots would be taking over their jobs.

Fired Twitter Janitor Says Elon Musk Crony Told Him He’d Be Replaced Robots

By Noor Al-Sibai

After obliterating Twitter's workforce, the company's new CEO Elon Musk is desperately trying to piece together a workforce to keep the lights on.

Elon Musk Is Hiring Relatives at Twitter in Literal Nepotism

By Victor Tangermann

Twitter CEO Elon Musk is hellbent on turning the company's San Francisco's offices into a place where he and his "hardcore" employees can live full time.

Elon Musk Installs Washing Machine at Twitter HQ So Overworked Employees Can Wash Their Filthy Rags

By Victor Tangermann

The "Rick and Morty" fandom seems to have turned against Elon Musk in the three years since his cameo, where he played a tusked version of himself.

Rick and Morty Fans Now Embarrassed by Elon Musk’s “Cringe” Cameo

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk is claiming that he will have Neuralink implants in human brains in six months — but that claim should be taken with a grain of salt.

As Elon Musk Promises Human Brain Implants in 6 Months, Remember He Promised a Million Tesla Robotaxis by 2020

By Noor Al-Sibai

To realize his "hardcore" vision, Elon Musk reportedly turned conference rooms of Twitter's offices in San Francisco into "sad hotel rooms," Forbes reports.

Elon Musk Reportedly Building “Sad Hotel Rooms” at Twitter HQ for Exhausted Employees

By Victor Tangermann

One of Twitter's cofounders seems to have some serious beef with its new owner Elon Musk — and has taken to the platform to air his greivances.

Twitter Cofounder Says Elon Musk Is “Not a Serious Person”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Twitter CEO Elon Musk is adding the Twitter Files as a new feather in his "free speech absolutist" cap — and thinks their reveal could put him in danger.

Elon Musk Thinks It’s Likely that “Something Bad” Will Happen to Him

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Elon Musk seems to have reneged again on his "free speech absolutism" when deciding to ban the rapper formerly known as Kanye West from Twitter.

Free Speech Absolutist Elon Musk Discovers That Some Speech Is Unacceptable After All

By Noor Al-Sibai

Bloomberg reports that Elon Musk's chaotic workforce cullings at Twitter has decimated the team responsible for redressing child sexual exploitation.

Elon Musk Reportedly Slashed the Team That Fights Child Sexual Abuse on Twitter

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

During a show and tell, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk showed off what his brain computer interface (BCI) startup Neuralink has been working on.

Elon Musk Shows Off Monkey That Can Type With Brain Implant Instead of Typewriter

By Victor Tangermann

After promising many major cities a tunnel that could solve their traffic woes by digging tunnels, Elon Musk's The Boring Company has become oddly quiet.

Something Very Weird Is Going on at Elon Musk’s Boring Company

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has shared an image of his bedside table — and we can't make heads or tails of what we are looking at.

We Are Alarmed by Every Detail of Elon Musk’s Bedside Table

By Victor Tangermann

An Elon Musk-themed meme coin has plummeted in value after its founders unveiled a bizarre statue that features Musk's head on the body of a goat.

Crypto Guys Spend $600,000 on Hideous Wormlike Elon Musk Statue, Causing Their Coin to Crash

By Noor Al-Sibai

Sam Bankman-Fried — who Twitter owner Elon Musk has been heavily firing shots at left and right — is actually Musk's partner in the deal.

Elon Musk Vigorously Denies That SBF Secretly Owns Part of Twitter

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Elon Musk, who is definitely not deeply hurt by his celebrity heroes ragging on him, as called Trent Reznor a "crybaby" for retiring his Twitter account.

Elon Musk’s Crying About Trent Reznor Shows That He Is a Big, Big Baby

By Frank Landymore

Elon Musk's expensive Twitter takeover has had the CEO cutting jobs and costs left and right, and now he's reportedly refusing to pay the company's bills.

Cheapskate Elon Musk Refusing to Pay Bills at Twitter

By Frank Landymore

According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, Musk's wealth fell over $100 billion so far this year, the steepest drop of any billionaire to date.

Elon Musk’s Wealth Has Plummeted by Over $100 Billion This Year

By Victor Tangermann

Elon Musk's ownership of Twitter is somehow going even worse than expected amid reports that he's locked employees out of the company's office buildings.

Elon Musk Locks Twitter Employees Out Office, Then Asks Them to Meet Him on the 10th Floor

By Noor Al-Sibai

According to former Uber engineer Gergely Orosz, "far fewer than expected [developers]" are willing to work with Musk at Twitter.

Panicked Elon Musk Reportedly Begging Engineers Not to Leave

By Victor Tangermann

Nine SpaceX employees have reportedly been fired from the space company after speaking out against CEO Elon Musk earlier this year.

Elon Musk Has Also Been Firing SpaceX Employees for Criticizing Him

By Victor Tangermann

After reports emerged that Elon Musk may be considering a secondary stock sale for his SpaceX rocketry company, the man himself gave a one-word denial.

Elon Musk Denies “False” Reports of SpaceX Stock Sale

By Noor Al-Sibai

As the holiday season approaches, Jeff Bezos warns of a recession and cautioned consumers and business owners to slow down on making any big purches.

Jeff Bezos Warns People Not to Buy Expensive Things Ahead of Black Friday

By Frank Landymore

You just hate him 'cause you ain't him, and it's time to lay off — according to one Maye Musk, mother of Elon Musk, that is.

Elon Musk’s Mom Pleads With Everyone to Stop Being So Mean to Her Perfect Boy

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is reportedly firing anybody who has criticized him on Twitter's Slack channels, Platformer's Casey Newton reports.

Elon Musk Is Mass-Firing Employees Who Dared Criticize Him in Slack

By Victor Tangermann

Musk is now even busier than he already was now that he has taken over Twitter — and that kind of pressure is clearly getting to him.

Sad Elon Musk Says He’s Overwhelmed In Strange Interview After the Power Went Out

By Victor Tangermann

Richard Tornetta, a former metal drummer, sued CEO Elon Musk back in 2018, a suit which is headed to court next week. Experts say he should be worried.

Elon Musk Might Get Thrashed by Lawsuit From Heavy Metal Drummer

By Victor Tangermann

In emails to his new employees, freshly-minted Twitter czar Elon Musk told them that if they don't make money fast, the site may not survive.

Elon Musk Says That Under His Brilliant New Management, Twitter May Go Out of Business

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk's new Twitter account verification system, which gives anybody a checkmark for $8 a month, has spectacularly backfired.

Elon Musk’s Checkmarks Backfire Spectacularly When They’re Immediately Used to Impersonate People

By Victor Tangermann

Months after claiming he was done selling Tesla stock, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sold off another $3.95 billion worth of Tesla shares, according to filings.

Elon Musk Is Suddenly Selling Tesla Stock Like Crazy

By Victor Tangermann

If you caught that MSN story alleging that Grimes took to Twitter to publicly ask ex-boyfriend Elon Musk to pay child support, uncatch it. It's fake.

MSN Ran a Story About Grimes and Elon Musk That’s Completely Fake

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

For a man who's made a lot of comments about the dangers of ideological echochambers, the Elon Musk's favorites are just an echochamber of kissassery.

Elon Musk Is Faving Posts on Twitter That Are Making Our Skin Crawl With Embarrassment

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

Elon Musk is "straight-up alone right now and winging this," as early Twitter investor Chris Sacca, who's a friend of Elon Musk's, argues.

Friend of Elon Musk Says He’s Surrounded by Sycophants and Yes Men

By Victor Tangermann

When it comes to making fun of the man himself, "free speech absolutist" and new Twitter owner Elon Musk is pro-censorship and against "impersonation."

Furious Elon Musk Pledges to Ban Anyone Who Changes Their Display Name to “Elon Musk”

By Noor Al-Sibai

One disgruntled ex-Twitter employee is sounding off on how bad the site has gotten in the week since Elon Musk took ownership of it.

Fired Twitter Employee Unloads on Elon Musk’s “Clowntown”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Musk said that he wanted Twitter to have an open algorithm. He just fired the "Ethical AI" team responsible for doing just that.

After Saying He Wanted an Open Algorithm, Elon Musk Just Fired the Twitter Team Responsible for Doing Just That

By Victor Tangermann

Advertisers are running for the hills, now that Elon Musk has taken over Twitter — and the billionaire is clearly pissed about the sudden drop in revenue.

Elon Musk Melts Down as Advertisers Flee Twitter Chaos

By Victor Tangermann

According to documents obtained by the New York Times, getting verified on Twitter won't even require users to authenticate their identity.

Twitter Leak: Elon Musk Planning to Charge for Blue Checkmarks But Not Actually Verify Identify

By Frank Landymore

Jeff Bezos' ex- housekeeper is suing him for discrimination that led to her allegedly having to literally sneak out out of his house to use the bathroom.

Jeff Bezos’ Housekeeper Says She Had to Climb Out the Window to Use the Bathroom

By Noor Al-Sibai

Another day, another Elon Musk feud on Twitter — except now, he's the owner of the social network, and he's beefing with AOC.

AOC Says Her Twitter Account Broke After She Made Fun of Elon Musk

By Noor Al-Sibai

Advertisers are fleeing Twitter in droves now that Tesla CEO Elon Musk has taken over control. Now, he's trying to pick up the pieces and begging them to return.

Elon Musk Meeting With Advertisers, Begging Them Not to Leave Twitter

By Victor Tangermann

Tesla CEO Elon Musk is desperately trying to turn his $44 billion investment into successful business venture by leveraging Tesla employees.

Elon Musk Pulling Engineers From Tesla Autopilot to Work on Twitter

By Victor Tangermann

Twitter CEO Elon Musk pleaded with famed American author Stephen King to pay at least $8 to keep his blue checkmark.

Elon Musk Pleads With Stephen King to Pay for Blue Checkmark

By Victor Tangermann

Dogecoin and other doge meme coins have seen huge gains over the weekend after Elon Musk added Twitter to his growing portfolio of companies he owns.

Dogecoin Surges in Value as Elon Musk Takes Over Twitter

By Noor Al-Sibai

While everyone was agog at Elon Musk officially buying Twitter, the social network quietly announced that it would let users trade NFTs on the site.

Twitter Quietly Announced NFT-Trading Integration During Elon Musk’s Takeover

By Noor Al-Sibai

The Elon Musk-ification of Twitter dot com is already underway — and its new owner seems geared up to leave his mark on the site's code.

Elon Musk Brings in Tesla Engineers to Review Twitter Code

By Noor Al-Sibai

Elon Musk, famously against advertising and known for his company Tesla's supposed zero dollar marketing strategy, now has a change of heart on ads.

Elon Musk, Who Always Hated Ads, Suddenly Says He Loves Ads Now That He Owns a Site That Depends on Them

By Frank Landymore

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has shared a video of himself carrying what appears to be a ceramic bathroom sink into the lobby of Twitter HQ in San Francisco.

Elon Musk Spotted Carrying Sink Into Twitter Headquarters

By Victor Tangermann

Last year, Elon Musk was crowned the world's richest person in history. Fast forward a year later, and $100 billion of his historic net worth has vanished.

Elon Musk Has Lost $100 Billion in Under a Year

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

An ex-Tesla executive has unloaded on her former boss Elon Musk, who, according to her, used to transform into another person when he got mad.

Former Tesla Exec Says Elon Musk Can Be Like a “Toddler” Having a “Tantrum”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Bloomberg reports that the Biden administration might perform a national security review of Elon Musk, his Twitter deal, and Starlink.

Biden Administration Reportedly Considering National Security Review of Elon Musk

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

A much more affordable vehicle may eventually be joining Tesla's lineup of EVs at roughly half the cost of the Model 3 and Model Y.

Elon Musk: Tesla Working on Next-Gen Car That Costs Half as Much as a Model 3

By Victor Tangermann

It looks like new COVID-19 strains are about to surge this winter — and their new names may be inspiring Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

Elon Musk Says He Might Name His Next Kid After a COVID Variant

By Noor Al-Sibai