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X (formerly Twitter)

X is a real-time online social networking platform, originally founded in 2006 as Twitter. The company was purchased by Elon Musk in April 2022, and in July 2023 he rebranded the website X, although the site continues to be coloquially referred to as Twitter.

Chairman / President

Elon Musk

CEO / Managing Director

Linda Yaccarino

CFO / Finance Director

Jack Dorsey

Industry

Internet

Website

twitter.com

Headquarters address

San Francisco, California, United States

Stock Code

NYSE:TWTR

Year founded

2010

Grok, which Elon Musk promised would be an “edgy” truthteller following its launch in 2023, has been mired in controversy. Photo illustration: dpa

United States

Musk’s xAI apologises after Grok chatbot praises Hitler

The company blamed the offensive posts on a software update meant to make the artificial intelligence assistant act more like a human.

2 hours agovideocam

Artificial intelligence

Elon Musk unveils xAI’s updated chatbot, Grok 4, after antisemitism controversy

10 Jul 2025 - 4:21PM

Elon Musk

Linda Yaccarino steps down as CEO of Musk’s X, amid Grok AI chatbot scandal

10 Jul 2025 - 1:56AMvideocam

Japan

Japan executes ‘Twitter killer’ who murdered and dismembered 9

Takahiro Shiraishi lured his mostly young, female victims through social media, dismembering their bodies after killing them.

27 Jun 2025 - 10:38AM

Takahiro Shiraishi leaving a police station in 2017. File photo: Kyodo via AP

United States

Elon Musk’s xAI burning through US$1 billion a month as costs pile up

The artificial intelligence start-up is seeking to raise US$9.3 billion, with plans to spend over half of it in just the next three months.

18 Jun 2025 - 3:05AMvideocam

Icons and Influencers

Meet Tami Radabaugh, the Fox News alum working with Pete Hegseth

Radabaugh’s State of Grace Media is billed as ‘a reimagined media company founded on faith’ – the mother of 2 also says she’s working on a faith-based docuseries.

4 Jun 2025 - 4:00AM

United States

US to scrutinise visas for officials, targeting those ‘responsible for censorship’

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US will refuse visas to foreign officials who block Americans’ social media posts.

28 May 2025 - 11:48PMvideocam

Tourists outside the White House. The administration of US President Donald Trump – himself a prolific and often confrontational social media user – has also sharply criticised allies Germany and Britain for restricting what the governments term hate speech. Photo: EPA-EFE

Malaysia

Malaysia’s home minister ridiculed after his WhatsApp account hacked

Critics question how Saifuddin Nasution can keep the country safe if he cannot even secure his own phone.

27 May 2025 - 4:10PM

Indonesia

Indonesia’s online porn crackdown nets 380,000 content removals

Authorities have also blocked dozens of social media groups and accounts, including some promoting incest and child porn.

21 May 2025 - 2:00PM

Fame and celebrity

Banned elsewhere, Kanye West’s pro-Hitler song gets millions of views on X

The video shows the hip-hop star rapping about ex-wife Kim Kardashian and ends with an extract of a speech by the Nazi leader.

18 May 2025 - 4:47AMvideocam

Kanye West attends the the Versace fall fashion show in New York in 2018. Photo: TNS

DeepSeek

DeepSeek speculation swirls online over Chinese AI start-up’s R2 model

The latest speculation includes R2’s imminent launch and the new benchmarks that it set in terms of cost-efficiency and performance.

28 Apr 2025 - 8:00PMvideocam

DeepSeek’s R2 artificial intelligence model was said to have been trained on a server cluster of Huawei Technologies’ Ascend 910B chips, according to Chinese social-media posts. Photo: Shutterstock

Meta Platforms

Video | How Big Tech’s shift toward Trump impacts Asia

Social media has been blamed for inciting violence, spreading hate, misinformation and disinformation in Asia

14 Apr 2025 - 2:32PM

Blockchain

Hong Kong lawmaker calls for support of Web3 sector as Tron founder flags fraud

The call comes after cryptocurrency mogul Justin Sun denounced alleged ‘loopholes’ in Hong Kong’s trust regulations.

3 Apr 2025 - 9:30PM

Icons and Influencers

Meet Elon Musk’s ‘lieutenant’, Steve Davis – whom Musk said was like ‘chemo’

Davis started working for Musk in 2003, when SpaceX was still a relatively new company, and in 2022 he reportedly slept at the Twitter office with his partner after she had just given birth.

2 Apr 2025 - 6:00AM

Elon Musk (left) and Steve Davis, who now helps the billionaire run Doge, pictured in Los Angeles, in 2018. Photo: the Boring Company/YouTube

Tesla

Musk says ‘terrorism’ behind fire at Rome Tesla showroom

Tesla cars have become targets for vandalism across several countries in response to Elon Musk’s right-wing activism.

1 Apr 2025 - 11:00AM

Charred Tesla vehicles at a Tesla dealership in Rome. Photo: Reuters

Elon Musk

Elon Musk sells X social media platform to his own xAI for US$33 billion

The tech billionaire plans to combine the ‘data, models, compute, distribution and talent’ from the app and start-up.

29 Mar 2025 - 7:40AMvideocam

Icons and Influencers

Who are Signal’s co-founders, Moxie Marlinspike and Brian Acton?

The Signal Foundation’s co-founders Moxie Marlinspike and Brian Acton both have a background in tech: Acton created WhatsApp before selling it to Mark Zuckerberg for billions – but later regretted it.

27 Mar 2025 - 6:00PM

Fame and celebrity

Who is Nancy Wilson, who said it’s ‘embarrassing’ to be an American now?

Nancy Wilson joined her sister Ann Wilson’s band in 1974, and Heart went on to have several huge hits in the 70s and 80s – she later married Jerry Maguire director Cameron Crowe.

26 Mar 2025 - 6:00PM

Heart musician Nancy Wilson isn’t proud to be American right now. Photo: @nancywilson/Instagram

Icons and Influencers

Meet controversial Gen Z influencer and accused sex pest, Harry Sisson

The social media star has not responded to the allegations from at least 11 women, who claim Sisson persuaded them to send the explicit photographs over Snapchat.

25 Mar 2025 - 6:00PM

Human trafficking

Tate brothers check in at police station after returning to Romania

Andrew and Tristan Tate comply with judicial measures after a trip to the US.

25 Mar 2025 - 12:15PM

Millionaires and billionaires

Who is Tesla billionaire and Doge head Elon Musk’s ex, Jennifer Gwynne?

Jennifer Gwynne and Elon Musk met at the University of Pennsylvania, but couldn’t make a long-distance relationship work – she auctioned their keepsakes, including an emerald pendant, in 2022.

14 Mar 2025 - 6:00PM

Elon Musk with ex-girlfriend Jennifer Gwynne at the University of Pennsylvania. Photo: @thebusinessmagnets/Instagram

United States

Outside In | Elon Musk and the worrying political reach of the super-rich

This unprecedented empowerment of the US ‘political donor class’ risks jeopardising the proper functioning of democracy.

14 Mar 2025 - 4:30PM

Donald Trump

Trump to buy a Tesla in show of support for Musk

Tesla has lost more than one-third of its market value since mid-December as Musk deepens his association with Trump.

11 Mar 2025 - 4:41PM

Elon Musk

Elon Musk says X hit by ‘major cyberattack’

Musk said in an interview the cyberattack came from IP addresses originating in the Ukraine area.

11 Mar 2025 - 12:15PM

Wellness

Your TikTok addiction is probably rotting your brain. Here’s how

Research suggests that so-called brain rot stems from the compulsive use of short- video platforms, leading to memory loss and even anxiety.

6 Mar 2025 - 11:39AM

TikTok brain, sometimes called brain rot, is typically linked to lengthy sessions on apps specialising in short video clips. Photo: Shutterstock

Fame and celebrity

Meet Jack Osbourne’s interior-designer wife, ex-editor Aree Gearhart

The couple went public with their relationship in 2019 and married secretly in 2023; they have a daughter and are raising 3 girls from Osbourne’s first marriage, to entrepreneur Lisa Stelly

3 Mar 2025 - 6:00AM

Aree Gearhart, Jack Osbourne and their rescue dog Wesley on International Dog Day, in August 2022. Photo: @areeosbourne/Instagram

Jimmy Lai trial

Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai denies knowingly doing anything ‘specifically illegal’

Despite ‘taking risks’ former media boss insists he stayed on the right side of the national security law’s red lines.

28 Feb 2025 - 6:27PM

Racism and other prejudice

Kanye West’s Yeezy website goes down after Nazi T-shirt sales

A US$20 white T-shirt with a black swastika on the front was the only item available before the brand was removed from Shopify.

12 Feb 2025 - 3:51PM

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