Elon Musk

The academic turned hard right pundit penned a lengthy missive to Elon Musk after he turned on his hero Nigel Farage - but just got ignored

The right have been radicalised, while abuse forces moderates off the platforms. This can’t go on

The site has become an actively malignant force, and the playground of racists and fascists. How can politicians still justify posting on the platform?

Elon Musk’s DOGE tried to cut wasteful US government spending, but his car company would benefit from the same plan. First target: his own pay packet

A new investigation shows how the moderating system on the social media network broke down at the worst possible time

The techbro entrepreneur was worried that Grok, his AI system, was turning into a lefty, so he fiddled about to make it more right wing. The results were terrifying

A very influential, rich American says the Antichrist has returned. The worst thing is how many people might actually believe him

Despite all his best efforts, Elon Musk's AI still seems to be refusing to tell him what he wants to hear

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A new book suggests that we should appreciate flashes of genius without believing that they make a person uniquely special

Leading neurotechnologist Philip Low and the world’s richest man were once inseparable. Now, in an exclusive interview, Low explains why he calls his ally a power-mad narcissist – and predicts how Musk will react now Trump has turned on him

Elon Musk’s claims that the president is ‘in the Epstein files’ may hinge on photographs of him ‘surrounded by topless young women’

The big White House fallout is like watching a pair of young boys who’ve drunk too much Red Bull – it’s just a shame they’re the richest, most powerful men on earth

Lewis’s new book, The Genius Myth, skewers rebel innovators who come to believe they can do no wrong. Remind you of anyone?

A tangled drama involving Elon Musk, former Trump staffer Katie Miller and her husband Stephen is provoking Washington whispers

First, he took over the social media platform – then the social media platform took over him

New figures filed at Companies House show a whopping fall in the turnover of the self-styled first buddy's social network X

Young men used to worship Trump’s buddy - now they are rinsing him while he struggles on a video game livestream

Trump’s dangerous adviser believes in an economic theory that was disproved 200 years ago

The petulant far right billionaire rips up jobs, risks lives, makes Nazi salutes and taunts anyone who disagrees – then complains

The Tesla owner was livestreaming himself playing Path of Exile 2 when a torrent of abuse flooded the game's chat feature

An exhibition of artworks telling the terrifying story of MAGA and Trump’s second coming has made it on to the streets of London in poster form

South Africans hold mixed views on their most notorious expat – some see him as a genius, others as a reckless megalomaniac

The politicisation of SpaceX’s routine mission raises concerns over Nasa’s reliance on the increasingly erratic Elon Musk

The X owner is shutting down the accounts of opposition activists in Turkey and suing politicians in the US

The president comes out with a ludicrous stream of nonsense. But some of what he says has its origins in some unexpected places

Reform has thrown out MP Rupert Lowe, again raising the question of whether the British hard right is inevitably destined to tear itself apart

When it comes to billionaires, there’s only one reliable way to keep score – and by that measure, there’s no doubt Musk is losing badly