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Musk is not going to add “Manchester United owner” to his list of titles.Photo: Britta Pedersen-Pool (Getty Images)Tesla CEO Elon Musk needs to find a new joke to tweet out to his millions of followers. Like, seriously, joking that he’s buying things isn’t funny anymore. Even if he were serious, we all know the world’s richest man can change his mind in the blink of an eye. Just look at Twitter, which according to Musk is 💩.Tech’s most eccentric billionaire randomly tweeted on Tuesday, unprompted, that he was buying the…

A mural of former Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis on Port Street, Manchester, has been painted over with an advert for local rapper Aitch, prompting such an outcry that the rapper has promised to restore the original painting.Aitch, a drill artist from Moston in north Manchester, said he had no control over which billboards were used to advertise his new album and would never have sanctioned such an act of “disrespect” against a “local hero”.“It’s come to light that the iconic Ian Curtis mural on Port Street has been…

He also said if he was going to buy a sports team, it would be MUFC Elon Musk has caused a twitter storm after tweeting that he is buying the English Premier League football club. The Tesla founder’s tweet comes at a turbulent time for the football club and was welcomed by some fans who are disenchanted by the club’s current owners. ‘Also, I’m buying Manchester United ur welcome’ the tweet said. Also,…

Elon Musk said on Twitter he was buying English soccer team Manchester United only to say hours later it was a joke, the latest example of the Tesla Inc. TSLA -0.89% chief executive’s using the platform to drop confusing statements about his intentions. Mr. Musk’s initial tweet on Tuesday came as a reply to a post he’d made five minutes earlier about politics, in which he said: “To be clear, I support the left half of the Republican Party and the right half of the…

Elon Musk tweeted Tuesday evening that he is purchasing the Manchester United football club, although it was not clear if the eccentric billionaire, currently embroiled in a lawsuit over his bid to buy Twitter, was being serious.The 51-year-old Tesla and SpaceX CEO, who has a habit of posting provocative statements on social media for fun, said: "Also, I'm buying Manchester United ur welcome," in a reply to an earlier tweet about supporting both of America's two major political parties.Manchester United, a storied English…

Manchester City and Puma have teamed up with Roblox to reveal the team’s new football kit. The limited edition event, which coincides with the kit’s real-world launch, gives players the chance to get their hands on a digital third kit jersey by winning a game of Football Rush in Puma And The Land Of Games. The offer is available for two weeks. Players will also be able to purchase the kit in Puma’s Roblox gear shop. As well as players being able to get the new kit in-game, the event includes a Man City-inspired reskin of…

Today Qualcomm has announced that it's entered a "multi-year global strategic collaboration" with Manchester United, one of the best known football clubs in the world. So Qualcomm will be sponsoring Manchester United, with the arrangement featuring the Snapdragon brand. That's definitely interesting - Qualcomm seems to be expanding these sponsorships far and wide recently, putting the Snapdragon brand in front of as many people as possible, even though it isn't actually selling anything direct to consumers. Maybe…

Manchester City wants to know what . On Wednesday, the Premier League football club that it has been working with Cisco, the team’s , to create a "Connected Scarf" that features an “EmotiBit” sensor for tracking the heart rate, body temperature and emotional state of its wearer during a match. According to the two organizations, the accessory will bring “fans closer to the game than ever before,” but exactly how it will do is unclear. Cisco says it recently completed a pilot program to test the device. The company and…

The sports world has generally embraced wearable technology with open arms — though it’s usually for the athletes themselves. However, English soccer club Manchester City is hoping to keep track of its fans’ biometrics, too. The club has partnered with Cisco to create a connected scarf embedded with a biosensor to “get a better understanding of the emotion at the heart of the world’s beautiful game.” The Connected Scarf features an EmotiBit sensor that basically sits on a fan’s neck. According to Manchester City’s…

Backstreet Boys have added three new shows to their upcoming European tour as part of their huge DNA World Tour. The new shows will take place in Paris (8th October 2022), Manchester (8th November 2022) and Antwerp (10th November 2022). Tickets for the additional shows go on general sale Friday 13th May at 10am local time. Backstreet Army Fan Club members can access pre-sale tickets ahead of the general on sale on Wednesday 11th May – for more information visit https://backstreetboys.com/fan-club/.  Produced…