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Uproar about party declaration on ballot envelope after Elon Musk tweet

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WASHINGTON STATE—Some Washington state voters in uproar about being required to declare a political party (or party declaration) on their upcoming Presidential Primary ballot envelope after Elon Musk, CEO of X, SpaceX, and Telsa) brought attention to the decades-old tradition in a recent X post. This is the second presidential election which requires voters to […]

Starlink, what is it, how do I get it, and for how much?

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In 2015, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk announced a Seattle-based office focused on satellites and “rebuilding the internet in space.”  Over eight years later, SpaceX has launched more than 5,000 Starlink satellites and has coverage on all seven continents. The company posted that it now has over 2 million active customers in more than 60 countries. […]

Twitter makes its algorithm source code publicly available

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In a surprise announcement today by Twitter Engineering, the source code that powers the social media platform was make available to the public. The announcement reads: “At Twitter 2.0, we believe that we have a responsibility, as the town square of the internet, to make our platform transparent. So today we are taking the first step […]

Elon Musk Ventures: Neuralink, Telsa Smartphone and Starlink

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SpaceX received approval to launch 7,500 Starlink satellites by the Federal Communications Commission on December 1st. The FCC only partially approved SpaceX’s application, as the company aims to launch 30,000 “Gen2” Starlink satellites into low Earth orbit.  “Our action will allow SpaceX to begin deployment of Gen2 Starlink, which will bring next generation satellite broadband […]

The Twitter Files: The suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop

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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., December 4, 2022—Matt Taibbi, under the blessing of Twitter CEO Elon Musk, released a plethora of emails involving Twitter employees suppressing the October 2020 article by the New York Post regarding then-Vice President Joe Biden’s son’s, Hunter Biden, abandoned laptop containing tens of thousands of emails alleging corrupt business dealings between the […]

Breaking: Elon Musk polls Twitter to unban Trump from platform

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Its final…Elon on Saturday announced that he will be reinstating President Trump’s Twitter account after 51.8% of the over 15 million Twitter users voted to bring him back! Elon Musk, the new CEO of Twitter, released a poll on the platform Friday asking users to vote on whether to “reinstate former President Trump” account. As […]

Twitter, Meta, and the multi trillion-dollar tech industry

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Elon Musk has owned Twitter for a few weeks now, but it isn’t hyperbole to call his tenure there “interesting.” Unable to back out of the $44 billion purchase, Musk quickly made the company private, fired top executives, and laid off roughly half of Twitter’s employees. However, that decisiveness has yet to show dividends, leaving […]

Twitter’s political equilibrium following Musk takeover

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There has been a significant shakeup on Twitter after news broke yesterday that Elon Musk entered into a definitive agreement to purchase the platform. The hashtag “byebyetwitter” began to trend as users seemingly upset with the change in ownership began deleting their accounts, and news broke today revealing that some leaders on the left have […]

Elon Musk acquires social media giant Twitter for $44 Billion

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Twitter Inc. announced today that it has officially accepted Elon Musk’s $44 billion bid. According to its press release, Twitter Inc. has “entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by an entity wholly owned by Elon Musk. […] Upon completion of the transaction, Twitter will become a privately held company.” The announcement comes just […]

Elon Musk in a $43 Billion hostile takeover of Twitter

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Today, Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, in a tweet disclosed a Securities and Exchange Commission filing to amend the original purchase of 9.1% (or 73,115,038 shares) of Twitter stock to now include 100% of stock (over 800 million shares) in the company. This is nothing less than a classic hostile takeover of Twitter by […]

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