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Tech billionaire Elon Musk insisted Wednesday that his trip to Israel was not an “apology tour” amid the backlash he received for endorsing an antisemitic social media post, for which he expressed regret. “Well, the trip to Israel is independent of — it wasn’t something like apology tour,” Musk told The New York Times’s Andrew Sorkin at the Dealbook Summit. Musk returned from his trip to Israel earlier this week, where he toured the Kfar Aza kibbutz, which is where Hamas fighters led a deadly Oct. 7 assault on…

Elon Musk is keen to achieve what no business leader has done before, from mass-producing electric cars to developing reusable space rockets. Now he is blazing another trail most chief executives have avoided: the profane insult. The Tesla CEO told advertisers who have fled his social media platform X over antisemitic content to "Go f**k yourself!" in an interview on Wednesday. Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIndian School of BusinessISB Digital TransformationVisitIIT…

Susan Sarandon is finally apologising to anyone she offended for the anti-semitic remarks she made at a pro-Palestinian rally in New York in November. On Friday, December 1, 2023, the actress took to Instagram to post a lengthy statement, explaining that she had not planned to speak but was invited to the stage to say a few words. On Friday, December 1, 2023, the actress took to Instagram to post a lengthy statement, explaining that she had not planned to speak but was invited to the stage to say a few words.…

On Nov. 20, a trivia team from Oxford appeared on the BBC’s University Challenge, one of the U.K.’s longest-running game shows. On it, Melika Gorgianeh, a team member and PhD candidate in astrophysics, wore a navy blue, pink, and green jacket and was seated behind the team mascot: a fluffy, smiley, stuffed blue octopus.  A few days later, screengrabs from University Challenge went viral on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, with conservative politicians and journalists accusing the BBC program of tacitly…

Elon Musk, who has had  a strained relationship with advertisers since he took over X (formerly Twitter) last year, has now told the advertising companies to ‘go f**k themselves’. In an interaction with New York Times, Musk said,"If somebody is going to try to blackmail me with advertising, blackmail me with money, Go f**k yourself. Is that clear, I hope it is……

Elon Musk toured the kibbutz in southern Israel that was attacked on Oct. 7 by Hamas terrorists and launched the Israel-Hamas war. His visit comes in the wake of major advertisers, including Hollywood studios, abandoning his X social media platform after the tech mogul’s endorsed an antisemitic post. In a video released by Israel, Musk was accompanied by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and security personnel, and was wearing a protective vest as he visited the Kfar Aza settlement, the scene of…

Days after endorsing an antisemitic conspiracy theory on X, Elon Musk flew to Israel to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and tour a kibbutz devastated in Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack.  Clad in a very small bulletproof vest, Musk on Monday toured Kfar Aza, one of the sites of Hamas’ attack. Musk called the experience “jarring” in a conversation with Netanyahu on Twitter Spaces shortly after visiting the kibbutz.  Netanyahu highlighted the importance of social media platforms in combating antisemitism, to…

X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, could lose $75 million in advertising revenue by the end of the year following owner Elon Musk’s apparent endorsement of an antisemitic conspiracy theory last week, The New York Times reported Friday. The Times said it had viewed “internal documents” revealing that the social media company is in a tough position. The documents reportedly list over 200 ad units from companies like Amazon and Coca-Cola that have stopped or are considering pausing their advertising on X.…

X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, typically earns the most money in the last months of the year, as brands ramp up their advertising campaigns for the holiday shopping season. According to The New York Times, though, the company's earnings report for this quarter might look different than usual. Based on internal documents The Times has seen, over 100 brands and even other types of advertisers, such as political candidates, have fully paused their ads on the website, while dozens more are considering…

The advertising woes for X (formerly Twitter) are growing by the day. Recently, the platform witnessed major companies pulling out of showing ads including Apple, IBM, and Comcast. Now, a new report claims that the Elon Musk-owned social media platform can lose as much as 75 million dollars by the end of 2023 due to the exodus of companies. It all started after some reports emerged claiming that Musk backed an antisemitic post on the platform last week. On X, Musk could be seen agreeing to a poster that said Jewish…