Could Australia ban X (formerly Twitter) or is it untouchable? The worst-case scenario for Elon Musk

Insomniacs will already know that for as little as $45, there's a device that creates nothing but an endless stream of sound.
The white noise machine performs no tasks and produces no goods – its sole output is normally a machine's unfortunate by-product: noise itself.
There is a point of course – the white noise machine is designed to soothe us.
It hasn't exactly been a soothing week for X or the eSafety Commissioner, but it has been noisy.
Every arm of the Australian […]
Could Australia ban X (formerly Twitter) or is it untouchable? The worst-case scenario for Elon Musk

Elon Musk's Weird Excuse for Tesla's Tumble: We're Not a Car Company!

Elon Musk is prone to strange asides in all aspects of his life, but Tesla’s quarterly earnings call earlier this week found him in rare form: Speaking to investors, the CEO droned on about everything from alien abductions to the Irish Republican Army, and seemed to signal his intent to appropriate self-driving cars’ onboard computers to turn a profit for the company when not being used. His ramblings are a little more understandable in context: After a Cybertruck recall and news the […]
Elon Musk's Weird Excuse for Tesla's Tumble: We're Not a Car Company!

How Australia struggled to get Elon Musk's X to remove a terrorist attack video – Mint

SYDNEY—When Australian regulators wanted Elon Musk’s X to remove videos of the stabbing of a religious leader, they sent their requests through a website multiple times. At first, automated replies came back.

Nearly 24 hours after submitting a formal notice to remove the video, an Australian official emailed an X executive directly to ask her how X was responding. She told him the social-media platform had “withheld” the video for users in Australia.

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How Australia struggled to get Elon Musk's X to remove a terrorist attack video – Mint

After Tesla layoffs, price cuts and Cybertruck recall, earnings call finds Musk focused on AI

Elon Musk doubled down on Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) program and the electric car market in Tesla’s earnings call Tuesday after reporting a decline in revenue.
The CEO argued that the company should be considered an artificial intelligence technology company over being an electric car manufacturer.
“If someone does not believe that Tesla can solve autonomy, I don’t think they should be an investor in the company,” Musk said. Musk said that the company would solve autonomy for vehicles if […]
After Tesla layoffs, price cuts and Cybertruck recall, earnings call finds Musk focused on AI

What Elon Musk's Big Bet Means for Tesla – Brownstone Research

Colin’s Note: Elon Musk has just pulled off a miracle…
He’s convinced folks that the new Tesla model previously slotted for a late-2025 release may be hitting production lines by late this year and brought a much-needed boost to Tesla’s beaten-down share price.
There’s just one problem… much of Tesla’s hype right now is centered on the AI-powered Full Self-Driving software that, ideally, would allow the car to drive itself without human interaction […]
What Elon Musk's Big Bet Means for Tesla – Brownstone Research

Elon Musk's grotesque distortion of capitalism – Robert Reich | Substack

In 2018, Elon Musk got the richest pay package in U.S. corporate history, then worth some $56 billion.
Nearly three months ago, a Delaware court voided that pay package, finding that the process to decide on it was “deeply flawed” because Tesla’s board didn’t properly disclose it to investors and had “barely any evidence of negotiations at all” with Musk.
Musk effectively decided on his own that he’d be paid $56 billion.
Last Wednesday, Tesla’s board said it would ask […]
Elon Musk's grotesque distortion of capitalism – Robert Reich | Substack

Peter Dutton backs Elon Musk and contradicts Sussan Ley on 'silly' demand for … – The Guardian

The opposition leader says Australia ‘can’t be the internet police of the world’ amid dispute between the eSafety commissioner and X over Wakeley stabbing content removal
The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has labelled the eSafety commissioner’s demands for the global removal of footage of the alleged Wakeley stabbing as “silly”, a comment that appears to put him at odds with his deputy, Sussan Ley.
In an interview on Thursday, Dutton appeared to side with Elon Musk on a key part […]
Peter Dutton backs Elon Musk and contradicts Sussan Ley on 'silly' demand for … – The Guardian

Let's take back power from Elon Musk and Amazon. They are undermining worker rights.

Let’s take back power from Elon Musk and Amazon. They are undermining worker rights.
Opinion BY LORENA GONZÁLEZ | SPECIAL TO THE SACRAMENTO BEE APRIL 09, 2024 
Positive change is happening in the workplace as workers are organizing unions in bookstores, coffee shops, auto factories and hotels. They are walking off the job to demand dignity and respect, and holding the line until the companies give in. As a labor leader, it is a beautiful thing to see young people finding hope in this […]
Let's take back power from Elon Musk and Amazon. They are undermining worker rights.

Delete your accounts! A disingenuous crusade against Elon Musk and X – AFR

Hypocrisy lays at the heart of the increasingly moronic battle between Australia and the tech billionaire.
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Delete your accounts! A disingenuous crusade against Elon Musk and X – AFR