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Elon Musk

  1. the city politic
    Ford Motor Co. battery powered F-150 Lightning trucks under production at their Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan
    The Politics of Electric Vehicles Looms Large in Swing StatesTrump’s anti-EV rhetoric is a gift to Kamala Harris.
    By Errol Louis
  2. screen time
    Elon Musk Finally Has His Everything AppTo the outside world, the former Twitter (now X) might look like it’s in decline. To its owner, it looks perfect.
    By John Herrman
  3. the money game
    US-ENTERTAINMENT-PRIZE-BREAKTHROUGH
    Tesla Is Down $90 Billion on Elon Musk’s Delayed RobotaxiTesla has had a bad year selling electric vehicles, and its sci-fi future isn’t exactly panning out.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  4. the money game
    SpaceX And T-Mobile Hold Joint Event In Texas
    Elon Musk Is Having It Both WaysWho cares if Tesla is selling cars when Wall Street wants to throw money at his sci-fi fantasy?
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  5. screen time
    The Internet’s Biggest MysteryHow many regular users do the likes of Facebook, Youtube, and Netflix even have anymore?
    By John Herrman
  6. the money game
    Elon Musk (Kind of) Gets His F-You MoneyThe world’s third-richest man got a vote of confidence as his control over the company was called into question.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  7. sexual harassment
    7th Viva Technology Conference In Paris - Day 3
    Elon Musk Is All of a Sudden Drowning in Misconduct AllegationsSeveral fired employees sued him for sexual harassment and retaliation, and he’s been accused of having inappropriate relationships at work.
    By Matt Stieb
  8. the money game
    Milken Institute's Global Conference Held In Beverly Hills
    Has Elon Musk Finally Lost Tesla Shareholders?The Tesla CEO is facing the prospect of a $56 billion rebuke not from the government or a judge, but from his fellow shareholders.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  9. on with kara swisher
    AOC on Gaza, Insults, AI, and Whether Trump Will Lock Her UpKara Swisher talks with the congresswoman about her political evolution, wrestling big tech, and how the first Trump term was only an amuse-bouche.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  10. early and often
    Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Announces His Running Mate
    The Kennedy Campaign’s Problems Are Piling UpFrom ballot-access problems to sluggish polls to a controversial running-mate, the independent candidate might already have peaked.
    By Ed Kilgore
  11. the money game
    Can Elon Musk Pull Off a Mark Zuckerberg?The Tesla CEO tries to execute a dramatic, tech-driven pivot to rescue his company’s crashing stock value.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  12. the money game
    US-ENTERTAINMENT-PRIZE-BREAKTHROUGH
    Elon Musk Has Forgotten What Tesla IsThe electric vehicle–maker is cutting 10 percent of its workforce ahead of a big robotaxi announcement, just as its sales are plummeting.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  13. daddy issues
    Why Is Elon Musk Dragging His 3-Year-Old Around the World?His son X has become both prop and ‘emotional support human.’
    By Irin Carmon
  14. the money game
    Elon Musk’s Tesla Empire Is Facing ‘Unmitigated Disaster’Tesla came to dominance during a short period when everything went right. Can it ever regain its glory days?
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  15. screen time
    Who’s Behind All the ‘Pussy in Bio’ on X?An investigation into the marketers and scammers responsible for X’s most visible — and most memeable — spambot problem.
    By John Herrman
  16. what we know
    What Elon Musk Told Don Lemon About Ketamine, Racism, and TrumpThe contentious interview, which prompted Musk to cancel Lemon’s X contract, covered ketamine, hate speech, and much more.
    By Chas Danner
  17. screen time
    X’s New Video Strategy Is a Pivot to NowhereThe social-media platform is going video-first by posting every other platform’s videos last.
    By John Herrman
  18. pivot
    Pre-GRAMMY Gala - Arrivals
    Don Lemon on How Elon Musk Whacked His X ContractThe former CNN host tells Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway that Musk didn’t like being confronted with facts.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  19. lemon dropped
    Tesla boss Musk visits factory after attack
    Elon Musk Killed Don Lemon’s Show on X After Ugly InterviewMusk dropped their deal after a tense interview in which Lemon reportedly asked about his alleged ketamine use.
    By Matt Stieb
  20. screen time
    Apple, Tesla, and the Dying Dream of Self-Driving CarsApple’s decision to kill its automotive program is part of a bigger story.
    By John Herrman
  21. games
    Elon Musk at the World Cup final in Qatar
    The Slow, Painful Death of Sports TwitterWhat was once an essential and joyous gathering place has become a wasteland under Elon Musk.
    By Will Leitch
  22. the money game
    A Once Unthinkable Question: Could Electric-Vehicle Sales Decline in 2024?Growth has long been a given. But a dismal stretch for the industry has at least a few analysts wondering.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  23. screen time
    What the Hell Is Elon Musk Doing at X? 5 Theories of the CaseNot only are things not going according to plan — it can seem as though there was never much of a plan at all.
    By John Herrman
  24. the money game
    Elon Musk’s Cybertruck Is Striking — and Poorly TimedTesla is expected to deliver the electric pickups this week, but the EV market is in dire shape.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
  25. foreign interests
    In Bibi’s Israel, Musk’s Brand of Antisemitism Is KosherHow a plutocrat can post antisemitic tweets one day and shake hands with the Israeli prime minister the next.
    By Eric Levitz
  26. technology
    Does Elon Musk’s Media Matters Lawsuit Have a Chance?Legal experts seem far from convinced.
    By Nia Prater
  27. addicted to posting
    Advertisers Are Running From X and Elon Musk’s AntisemitismApple, IBM, and several entertainment conglomerates have pulled ads from the platform. Musk is tweeting through it.
    By Matt Stieb and Chas Danner
  28. the national interest
    Republicans Have an Antisemitism Problem. The Democratic Party Doesn’t.The antisemitic left hates Biden. The antisemitic right loves Trump.
    By Jonathan Chait
  29. screen time
    What Does It Mean That Elon Musk’s New AI Chatbot Is ‘Anti-Woke’?It is useful to think of public-facing AI chatbots characters with personalities. There’s a new one in the mix.
    By John Herrman
  30. on with kara swisher
    Ben Mezrich on the Musk and Zuck Messiah ComplexesKara Swisher talks all things Elon with the author of the new book, Breaking Twitter.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  31. business 101
    Visionary Musk Boosts X Value by Negative $25 Billion in Just One YearIt takes work to lose this much money.
    By Matt Stieb
  32. screen time
    Is X (Formerly Twitter) Worth $1?Elon Musk has a big new idea to make all active users pay a small fee.
    By John Herrman
  33. books
    Twilight of the Heroes of CapitalismHow Michael Lewis got duped by Sam Bankman-Fried.
    By David Roth
  34. screen time
    Would Anyone Really Want to Pay for TikTok?Social-media companies are suddenly interested in subscriptions, but they may be misunderstanding their audience.
    By John Herrman
  35. what we know
    What X CEO Linda Yaccarino Claimed at the Code ConferenceIn a tense interview, the head of Elon Musk’s social-media platform insisted everything was going great — and that she really was the CEO.
    By Chas Danner
  36. on with kara swisher
    Walter Isaacson on Almost All the Criticism of His Elon Musk BookKara Swisher grills the author on his new biography and tries to get him to admit whether or not he actually likes Musk.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  37. stop the presses
    The Journalist and the BillionaireWalter Isaacson, schmoozy icon of the Old Media elite, has written a biography of Elon Musk, who despises all of those things.
    By Shawn McCreesh
  38. pivot
    Why Is Elon Musk Lashing Out Against the Anti-Defamation League?ADL national director Jonathan Greenblatt on the X owner’s lawsuit threat and why he does not think Musk is an antisemite.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  39. vanity
    What We Know About Musk and Zuck’s Stupid (and Probably Pretend) FightA full rundown of the unlikely but highly entertaining billionaire cage match.
    By Matt Stieb
  40. trump indictment
    Twitter Fought Jack Smith’s Warrant for Trump’s AccountElon Musk’s company delayed the request for “data and records” related to Trump’s account, resulting in a $350,000 fine.
    By Matt Stieb
  41. twitter
    Twitter’s New X Is Officially a Bad SignNeighbors and city building inspectors were not thrilled about Elon Musk’s giant new strobe light atop X-Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters.
    By Chas Danner
  42. technology
    All the Ways Elon Musk’s X Is Different From TwitterThe branding is wildly inconsistent, but for now the biggest changes are happening only in Musk’s dreams.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  43. screen time
    Mark Zuckerberg’s Threads Is an Early Success — Thanks to Elon MuskA hundred million users later, Meta’s timing with its Twitter knockoff looks both savvy and lucky.
    By John Herrman
  44. fiascos
    Elon Musk Tries Forcing Twitter Users to Use Less TwitterMusk announced reading limits for all Twitter accounts over the weekend, blaming AI but punishing humans who still use Twitter.
    By Chas Danner
  45. small pleasures
    Bluesky Reminds Me of When Social Media Wasn’t TerribleIt’s refreshing to share inane thoughts in an extremely low-stakes atmosphere.
    By Eve Peyser
  46. screen time
    Twitter Will Drive Conservatives Mad — and Further RightIt’s what the platform, by its nature, does.
    By John Herrman
  47. under new management
    Elon Musk Is Almost Done Wreaking Havoc As Twitter’s CEOThe billionaire has hired NBCUniversal ad chief Linda Yaccarino to take the reins.
    By Matt Stieb
  48. early and often
    Elon Musk Is Wrong. Encouraging Voting Isn’t Nefarious.The “Zuckerbucks” theory Musk is spreading takes election denial from unsupported fraud claims to a more sinister hostility to voting itself.
    By Ed Kilgore
  49. screen time
    Can Bluesky Be Twitter Without Twitter?The buzz over the all-too-familiar new platform is as much about getting out as in.
    By John Herrman
  50. the money game
    Musk’s Messy 4/20 Rocket Launch May Delay SpaceX for MonthsAn apparent rush to hit that jokey deadline without some minor safety precautions has given regulators more power to slow the rocketeer’s roll.
    By Kevin T. Dugan
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