Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Howard Lutnick face new scrutiny over Epstein ties
New files suggest the men had more extensive contact with Epstein than previously known.
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Elon Musk’s AI bot Grok limits image generation amid deepfakes backlash
UK PM Keir Starmer’s office says move to limit access to paying subscribers ‘insulting’ to victims and ‘not a solution’.
Tesla loses place as world’s top electric vehicle seller to China’s BYD
Decline in sales comes amid outrage of Elon Musk’s political forays, end in US electric vehicle tax breaks.
How Donald Trump launched a new push to amass US government data in 2025
Proponents say compiling personal information in a single database is more efficient. But critics fear risks to privacy.
Musk wins US appeal to restore 2018 Tesla pay package
The Delaware Supreme Court rules in favour of Musk and his $56bn compensation.
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Why tech billionaires are quietly bankrolling Europe’s far-right
US tech moguls want to bring down the European Union, and they’re fueling conspiracies about migrant invasions to do it.
Published On 17 Dec 2025
What if…. we abolished billionaires?
Experts tell Al Jazeera what would happen if the world decided to downgrade its richest residents.
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X’s new location disclosure policy: What does it mean for safety?
The new ‘transparency feature’ on Elon Musk’s social media platform has raised concern among users.
From: NewsFeed
Did X unwittingly unmask top MAGA influencers as foreign trolls?
A new transparency feature on X has unwittingly revealed that many of the site’s top MAGA influencers are foreign.
Published On 25 Nov 2025
What’s Grokipedia, Musk’s AI-powered rival to Wikipedia?
Grokipedia copies Wikipedia’s format, but loose fact-checking and weak citations leave many of its claims unreliable.
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What’s in Elon Musk’s bumper $878bn pay package?
Musk will have to meet a series of milestones over the next decade to earn it.
