Elon Musk
Opinion
Social media
Once I felt love, connection, excitement … but it’s time to break up with my X
I’ve gone from ‘Tweet Ups’ where we’d meet at a cafe to explore this exciting media frontier, to a terrifying digital wasteland straight out of Mad Max.
- by Nic Hayes
Latest
Opinion
US Votes 2024
The tech bro billionaires pushing the US closer to catastrophe
Silicon Valley’s right-wing billionaires are splashing the cash as they look to swing November’s election.
- by Paul Krugman
Trump tours hurricane-ravaged Georgia, attacks Biden, Harris
The Republican candidate repeatedly lied about the federal response to Hurricane Helene, despite claiming not to be politicising the disaster.
- by Jeff Amy and Christine Fernando
Perspective
Software
‘Land of dreams’: The Australian high-flyers on edge as Trump and Harris duke it out
Australia’s tech insiders are enjoying a surge in optimism from the Fed’s bumper rate cut, but all eyes are now on the US election.
- by David Swan
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Hey Elon, assassination is hilarious, right? #duck!
Perhaps it was overkill to use X to complain that “no one was even trying” to shoot Joe Biden or Kamala Harris.
- by Michelle Cazzulino
Updated
Space
‘Earth sure looks like a perfect world’: Civilians complete historic space walk
The mission was Elon Musk-led SpaceX’s latest and riskiest bid to push the boundaries of commercial spaceflight.
- by Joey Roulette
President McGregor? Why Ireland dreads UFC champion’s flirtation with politics
“The Notorious” is dangling plans for a 2025 Irish presidential bid. Some say he could be the Trump the country needs.
- by Rob Harris
Analysis
Climate policy
As EV sales slump Elon Musk comes up Trumps
At the risk of turning off the fans who jumped first for EVs, Elon Musk has dug in with the world’s most prominent climate sceptic: Donald Trump.
- by Nick O'Malley
Trump backs plan that would give Elon Musk broad role in US policymaking
Trump’s advisers have discussed a government spending commission for months, and Musk has publicly expressed interest in it on X, the social media platform he owns.
- by Marianne LeVine, Jeff Stein and Trisha Thadani
Defending our democracy: How a cranky uncle, Swedish inspo and ‘pre-bunking’ help out
Our home-grown election system is the envy of the Western world. Will it be enough to inoculate us from AI, fake news and other threats to our way of life?
- by Nick Bryant
Opinion
Opinion
The far right is the only place left for Elon Musk’s X-rated ego
Many are wondering how the poster boy for futurism ended up sounding like a conspiracy-theory-spouting uncle. But what if we’re all missing the point?
- by Joan Westenberg
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