Trump has tapped Musk to run an unofficial government department that will seek to slash public spending. Reports have surfaced about Trump allies being unhappy with Musk’s presence at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago base, attendance at transition meetings, and what appears to be his growing influence on the returning president of the United States.

How much influence will Elon Musk have in the coming administration? How much influence will Twitter, the service Musk owns and renamed X, have? This is a case where predictions don't do us a lot of good.

Australia is set to become the first country to ban social media for under-16s after its Senate approved new legislation which X-owner Elon Musk has suggested is a "backdoor way to control access to the Internet.

Australia becomes the first country in the world to ban children from social media, including TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, X and Instagram.

The comment on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau follows Musk’s recent appointment to a government efficiency role, further amplifying the influence of the world’s rich

In the world of generative artificial intelligence ( AI ), the scrap between Elon Musk and Sam Altman is in the same league. It is both silly and captivating. Silly because they insult each other, try to discredit each other’s chatbots and fight over who meant what almost a decade ago when they co-founded Open AI.

Musk suggests recent games have become too 'woke,' and wants to 'start an AI game studio to make games great again,' a nod to the politics he's also pushed on X.