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Bluesky surges as users flee Elon Musk's X
Published in News
Thursday, 14 November 2024 09:19

Bluesky surges as users flee Elon Musk's X


A million new users since the US election

As the numbers of users at Elon [look at me] Musk’s social notworking site Twitter X have been falling faster than a free-falling elephant without a parachute, numbers at its rival Bluesky have been increasing.

SpaceX wants to increase its bandwidth
Published in Network
Thursday, 17 October 2024 11:24

SpaceX wants to increase its bandwidth


Asked the FCC for permission

Elon [look at me] Musk has asked the FCC for permission to modify the second generation, Gen2, of Spacex’s  Starlink satellite system.

Irish guy beats Musk and wins $600,000
Published in News
Tuesday, 10 September 2024 11:18

Irish guy beats Musk and wins $600,000


Teaches him a lesson on employment law

An Irish man took Elon [look at me] Musk to court over his employment antics and won.

Musk finds a customer for Tesla Cybertruck
Published in Transportation


It is now officially now the tool of over-compensating terrorist warlords

While the Tesla Cybertruck has been a disaster in the west, Elon [look at me] Musk has found a customer in the East.

Musk's X flees Brazil amid censorship row
Published in News
Monday, 19 August 2024 11:14

Musk's X flees Brazil amid censorship row


Blaims censorship orders

Elon [look at me] Musk's media platform X has thrown in the towel in Brazil, citing "censorship orders" from Brazilian judge Alexandre de Moraes.

Musk’s AI image generation backfires on him
Published in News


You probably were not expecting this

Elon [look at me] Musk’s AI chatbot launched a new image generation feature which users immediately used to troll the billionaire.

X’s “White Dudes for Harris” account suspended
Published in News


Musk blamed for “running scared”

The “White Dudes for Harris” saw their fundraising account for Kamala Harris on Elon [look at me] Musk’s X suspended yesterday.

Musk scrapes X data to feed his AI
Published in News
Monday, 29 July 2024 11:27

Musk scrapes X data to feed his AI


We thought he was opposed to that sort of thing

After launching court cases against organisations training AI based on scraping Twitter day, Elon [look at me] Musk has decided “I’ll be ‘aving me some of that.”

Musk’s brain chip borked
Published in News
Friday, 10 May 2024 11:07

Musk’s brain chip borked


And he can’t turn it off and turn it on again

Elon [look at me] Musk’s attempt to put a computer chip into a person’s brain ran into trouble when the chip borked.

Musk’s AI started a war on X
Published in News
Monday, 08 April 2024 11:44

Musk’s AI started a war on X


Claimed Iran had carried out a heavy missile attack on Israel

Elon [look at me] Musk's platform, X, had a bit of a 'mare on 4 April 2024. A headline popped up claiming Iran had lobbed a few heavy missiles at Tel Aviv which caused quite a kerfuffle among users worldwide.