Vladimir Putin Praises Elon Musk as ‘Talented Businessman' | #shorts

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«Dur», «mal à l'aise», «apocalyptique»… Ce qui se cache derrière la photo d'Elon Musk et de sa mère prise par Annie Leibovitz

Elon Musk prend la pose avec sa mère Maye, sous l’œil de la photographe Annie Leibovitz. Capture d'écran Instagram / @mayemusk
MADAME FIGARO : Le patron de Tesla s’est prêté à une séance photo au côté de sa mère, le mannequin Maye, devant l’objectif d’Annie Leibovitz, la photographe des stars. Décryptage du cliché avec Stephen Bunard, spécialiste du langage corporel.

Dans la famille Musk, je demande la mère... et le fils. Le patron de Space X, Tesla et de X (ex-Twitter), Elon Musk, a posé le temps d’une séance photo avec la photographe des stars Annie Leibovitz. Et pour ce shooting, le milliardaire est venu accompagné de sa mère, Maye, égérie L’Oréal. Dans une publication Instagram, la principale intéressée a fait part de son enthousiasme : «J'ai été vraiment excitée de faire ce shooting avec Elon, mon incroyable fils, par la légendaire Annie Leibovitz. Heureusement, il avait cinq minutes de libre à New York.» » | Par Ségolène Forgar | mardi 26 septembre 2023

'Elon Musk Tried to Intimidate Me into Silence.' Former Twitter Exec Speaks Out

Sep 29, 2023 | Twitter’s former Head of Trust and Safety Yoel Roth resigned just weeks after Elon Musk took over the platform, citing his disagreements with its new policies. Soon after, Musk attacked Roth online and led his army of internet trolls in a smear campaign that spread like wildfire. Yoel Roth joins Mehdi to talk about that experience and discuss the future of the platform now known as X.

'Cold and Brutal': Author Walter Isaacson on What Surprised Him about Elon Musk

Sep 27, 2023 | The 11th Hour sits down with biographer Walter Isaacson to talk about his new book profiling one of the richest people on the planet, Elon Musk.

Elon Musk Woos World Leaders, Courting Controversy

BBC: He is "very impressed" with Emmanuel Macron. Narendra Modi can count him as "a fan". And Benjamin Netanyahu just dropped in to see him.

A parade of foreign leaders on recent US trips, including on official state visits at the White House's invitation, have added sit-downs with Elon Musk to their schedules.

This year, the world's richest man has met with, to name a few, the heads of France, Italy, India, South Korea - and, in just the past two days, Turkey and Israel.

Yet while the mercurial billionaire is more highly sought after than ever, there is no love lost between him and the Biden administration.

And as the outspoken contrarian's political reach expands, including by wading into sensitive geopolitical issues, there is growing unease for some over Mr Musk's power and access. Musk's face time with world leaders » | Sam Cabral, BBC News, Washington | Wednesday, September 20, 2023

How Donald Trump Inspired Liars Like Russell Brand & Elon Musk | The Warning with Steve Schmidt

Sep 18, 2023 | Steve Schmidt reacts to the news of Russell Brand being charged with sexual assault. Steve explains how Donald Trump has inspired many liars and con artists such as Brand, Elon Musk, Tucker Carlson & Andrew Tate who believe their actions have no consequences.

Elon Musk Seen as Working Counter to US Interests in Dealings with Russia, China

Sep 12, 2023 | Elon Musk's financial interests put him in a position of having his own personal foreign policy, but new reporting shows that whether it's manufacturing in China or the Starlink network being used by Ukraine, Musk's decisions can run counter to stated U.S. policy.

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« Elon Musk », la biographie qui décrit un multimilliardaire en visionnaire brutal, rongé par la colère et le doute : CRITIQUE Le livre de Walter Isaacson, sorti mercredi en France, est une lecture passionnante, moins pour ses « grandes révélations » – il y en a finalement assez peu – que pour la couleur résolument sombre qu’il donne à son personnage. »

Elon Musk Wants to Save Humanity. The Only Problem: People.

Elon Musk at a news conference last year at SpaceX’s Starbase facility in South Texas. | Jim Watson/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Walter Isaacson’s biography of the billionaire entrepreneur depicts a mercurial “man-child” with grandiose ambitions and an ego to match.

At various moments in “Elon Musk,” Walter Isaacson’s new biography of the world’s richest person, the author tries to make sense of the billionaire entrepreneur he has shadowed for two years — sitting in on meetings, getting a peek at emails and texts, engaging in “scores of interviews and late-night conversations.” Musk is a mercurial “man-child,” Isaacson writes, who was bullied relentlessly as a kid in South Africa until he grew big enough to beat up his bullies. Musk talks about having Asperger’s, which makes him “bad at picking up social cues.” As the people closest to him will attest, he lacks empathy — something that Isaacson describes as a “gene” that’s “hard-wired.” » | Jennifer Szalai | Saturday, September 9, 2023

Elon Musk ‘Committed Evil’ with Starlink Order, Says Ukrainian Official

THE GUARDIAN: Ukrainian presidential adviser says deaths of civilians ‘the price of a cocktail of ignorance and big ego’

Elon Musk said he did not want his company to be complicit in conflict escalation. Photograph: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters
A senior Ukrainian official has accused Elon Musk of “committing evil” after a new biography revealed details about how the business magnate ordered his Starlink satellite communications network to be turned off near the Crimean coast last year to hobble a Ukrainian drone attack on Russian warships.

In a statement on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, which Musk owns, the Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak wrote that Musk’s interference led to the deaths of civilians, calling them “the price of a cocktail of ignorance and big ego”. » | Pjotr Sauer | Friday, September 8, 2023

Elon Musk ordered Starlink to be turned off during Ukraine offensive, book says: Biography alleges Musk told engineers to turn off communications network to hobble Ukraine drone attack on Russian warships »

Elon Musk affirme avoir empêché une attaque de l’Ukraine contre la flotte russe en mer Noire en ne répondant pas à une demande de Kiev : Le milliardaire, patron de SpaceX, Tesla et X (ex-Twitter), a assuré ne pas avoir voulu être « complice d’un acte de guerre majeur et d’une escalade du conflit ». »

Elon Musk Considered Pulling Plug on Ukraine’s Starlink Access after ‘Great Conversation with Putin’

THE TELEGRAPH: Tech billionaire worried about being seen ‘in Russia as enabling Ukrainian war effort’

Elon Musk said he could see the 'entire war unfolding' through a map of Starlink activity | CREDIT: ALAIN JOCARD/AFP via Getty Images
Elon Musk pondered pulling Starlink satellite internet from Ukraine because he feared being perceived as a warmonger in Russia, a former Pentagon official has said.

The 52 year-old South African-born billionaire expressed his concerns after Ukrainian forces reported network outages close to the front lines separating them from their Russian occupiers.

Colin Kahl, a US undersecretary of defence for policy until last month, was charged with brokering a deal to prevent Mr Musk from turning the system off altogether.

“If you turn this off, it doesn’t end the war,” Mr Kahl recalled telling the SpaceX chief, in an interview with The New Yorker.

“My inference was that he was getting nervous that Starlink’s involvement was increasingly seen in Russia as enabling the Ukrainian war effort, and was looking for a way to placate Russian concerns,” the former US official added. » | Joe Barnes | Monday, August 21, 2023

'Slowly Running Out of Money': Elon Musk’s Big Plans for 'X'

Jul 26, 2023 | Elon Musk makes the risky move to rebrand Twitter to “X” and turn it into the new ‘everything’ app. It comes as a new report reveals hundreds of companies hold trademark rights to the new name. NBC’s Jake Ward breaks it all down.

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Why Has Elon Musk Replaced Twitter’s Blue Bird with an ‘X’?

Jul 25, 2023 | Elon Musk and Twitter Chief Executive Officer Linda Yaccarino have unveiled a new logo for the social media platform, featuring a white 'X' on a black background. Technology journalist Chris Stokel-Walker explains.

Sorry to have to tell you, Elon, but you’ve just had a brain fart! You’ve gone and killed off the dickie bird that laid the golden egg! – © Mark Alexander

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Elon Musk Reveals the New Twitter Logo X

Screenshot from Linda Yaccarino’s tweet printed in this Guardian article.
THE GUARDIAN: Minimalist art deco ‘X’ billed as part of social media platform’s rebrand

Elon Musk has revealed a new logo for Twitter, choosing a “minimalist art deco” X as part of a rebrand of the platform.

The Twitter owner indicated the design would be altered, tweeting that it “probably changes later, certainly will be refined.” Twitter’s CEO, Linda Yaccarino, confirmed the choice on Monday by tweeting the design and writing: “X is here! Let’s do this.”

Musk had appealed to his 149 million followers for design ideas and appears to have chosen a logo that he had flagged on Sunday via a flickering video pinned to the top of his Twitter feed.

The “X” logo has long been an obsession of Musk’s and is his name for an “everything app” that he has pledged to launch at some point – with Twitter the likely vehicle. Shortly before buying Twitter in October, Musk described the social media platform as “an accelerant to creating X, the everything app.” » | Dan Milmo, Global technology editor | Monday, July 24, 2023

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Rebranding Twitter: the shaky history of corporate makeovers: From Abrdn to BP’s ‘beyond petroleum’ and the Royal Mail switch to Consignia – customer backlashes can bite »

Twitter remplace le logo historique de l'oiseau bleu par un «X» : Conformément à ce qu’avait annoncé Elon Musk, le célèbre oiseau bleu a été remplacé par la lettre X, en référence à X Corp, nouveau nom officiel de la plateforme. »

The tweet is no more! Henceforward, tweets are to be called “x’s”! »

Twitter: Elon Musk Says He Wants to Change Company’s Bird Logo

THE GUARDIAN: Social media billionaire says if a good enough logo is ‘posted tonight, we’ll make (it) go live worldwide tomorrow’

Elon Musk and the Twitter logo. The billionaire say he is looking to change the social media company’s bird logo. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters
Elon Musk has said he is looking to change Twitter’s logo, tweeting: “And soon we shall bid adieu to the Twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds”.

In a post on the site in the early hours of Sunday, the social media platform’s billionaire owner added: “If a good enough X logo is posted tonight, we’ll make (it) go live worldwide tomorrow.” » | Reuters | Sunday, July 23, 2023

The bird logo is surely what tweeting is all about! Take away the bird and you take away the tweet. Birds twitter; people on Twitter tweet! What has Elon Musk been smoking? IMHO, he would be strongly advised to keep the bird as Twitter’s logo. – © Mark Alexander

Elon Musk change le logo historique de Twitter : Le célèbre oiseau bleu devrait être remplacé par la lettre X, en référence à X Corp, nouveau nom officiel de la plateforme. »

Twitter Advertising Revenue Halves since Elon Musk Takeover – BBC News

Jul 17, 2023 | Twitter has lost almost half of its advertising revenue since it was bought by Elon Musk last year, its owner has revealed. Musk said the company had not seen the increase in sales it had expected in June, but added that July was a "bit more promising". The tech billionaire bought the social media platform for $44bn (£33.6bn) in October 2022. Rival app Threads now has 150 million users, according to some estimates.

Elon Musk: I Will Tweet What I Want Even If It Loses Me Money

THE GUARDIAN: Twitter owner and Tesla chief defends tweet about George Soros after being accused of antisemitism

Elon Musk has said he will continue sending controversial tweets even it loses him money, as he defended himself against accusations of antisemitism over tweets about George Soros.

The Twitter owner and Tesla chief executive said he is “allowed to say what I want to”, as he defended a tweet posted on Tuesday saying the billionaire financier “reminds me of Magneto” – the Jewish villain in the X-Men series.

In an interview with US broadcaster CNBC on Tuesday, he said: “I’ll say what I want to say and if the consequence of that is losing money, so be it.”

Soros was born into a Jewish family in Hungary in the 1930s and survived the Nazi occupation of his birth country, while the backstory of Magneto, from a German Jewish family, portrays him as a concentration camp survivor.

Soros is a regular target for rightwing conspiracy theorists in attacks that are often flagged as thinly veiled antisemitism. » | Dan Milmo Global technology editor | Wednesday, May 17, 2023

Elon Musk to Quit as Twitter CEO When Replacement Found - BBC News

Dec 21, 2022 | Twitter boss Elon Musk has said he will quit as chief executive of the company when he can find someone “foolish enough to take the job”. Mr Musk said he’d abide by the results of a poll he tweeted asking Twitter users whether he should resign - 57.5% of people voted “yes” to him quitting the role. The SpaceX and Tesla boss said he will still run the software and servers teams. Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s former chief operating officer, and Jared Kushner, US former presidential adviser and son-in-law of Donald Trump, are just some of the names mentioned as possible replacements.

Why Petulant Oligarchs Rule Our World

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OPINION: PAUL KRUGMAN
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Some years ago — I think it was 2015 — I got a quick lesson in how easy it is to become a horrible person. I was a featured speaker at a conference in São Paulo, Brazil, and my arrival flight was badly delayed. The organizers, worried that I would miss my slot thanks to the city’s notorious traffic, arranged to have me met at the airport and flown directly to the hotel’s roof by helicopter.

Then, when the conference was over, there was a car waiting to take me back to the airport. And just for a minute I found myself thinking, “What? I have to take a car?”

By the way, in real life I mostly get around on the subway.

Anyway, the lesson I took from my moment of pettiness was that privilege corrupts, that it very easily breeds a sense of entitlement. And surely, to paraphrase Lord Acton, enormous privilege corrupts enormously, in part because the very privileged are normally surrounded by people who would never dare tell them that they’re behaving badly.

That’s why I’m not shocked by the spectacle of Elon Musk’s reputational self-immolation. Fascinated, yes; who isn’t? But when an immensely rich man, accustomed not just to getting whatever he wants but also to being a much-admired icon, finds himself not just losing his aura but becoming a subject of widespread ridicule, of course he lashes out erratically, and in so doing makes his problems even worse.

The more interesting question is why we’re now ruled by such people. For we’re clearly living in the age of the petulant oligarch. » | Paul Krugman | Monday, December 19, 2022

Elon Musk: Twitter Users Vote in Favour of Boss Resigning

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BBC: Twitter users have voted in favour of Elon Musk stepping down as the platform's chief executive after the billionaire ran a poll on his future.

A total of 57.5% voted "yes" after Mr Musk asked his 122 million followers whether he should stand down.

Mr Musk, who bought Twitter for $44bn (£36bn), said before the poll closed that he would abide by the result.

The technology tycoon, who also runs Tesla and Space X, has faced much criticism since taking over the site.

Mr Musk is yet to comment since the poll closed. Even if he were to resign as chief executive, he would remain as Twitter's owner. » | Michael Race & Zoe Kleinman, Business reporter & Technology editor, BBC News | Monday, December 19, 2022

Twitter’s Suspension of Journalists Sets ‘Dangerous Precedent’, UN Warns

THE GUARDIAN: Pressure grows on Elon Musk as EU says social media platform could face sanctions over suspensions

The United Nations is “very disturbed” by Twitter’s abrupt suspension of a group of US journalists, a spokesperson has said, warning that the move sets a “dangerous precedent” – as the EU said the social media platform could fall foul of forthcoming digital regulations.

Stéphane Dujarric said on Friday the UN was “very disturbed” by the barring of prominent tech reporters at news organisations including CNN, the Washington Post and the New York Times who have written about Musk and the tech company he owns.

Dujarric said media voices should not be silenced on a platform that professed to be a haven for freedom of speech. “The move sets a dangerous precedent at a time when journalists all over the world are facing censorship, physical threats and even worse,” he told reporters.

Germany’s government said press freedom must not be switched “on and off on a whim” and Downing Street also raised concerns over the suspensions. » | Dan Milmo, Rowena Mason and Alex Hern | Friday, December 16, 2022

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