X CEO Linda Yaccarino has reportedly reshuffled her inner circle amid pressure to reduce costs. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Sunday (June 23), three sources say that Yaccarino fired head of business operations and communications Joe Benarroch — described as her right-hand man —...
X is reportedly preparing for a multiyear campaign to launch its payments business. But when that happens, Bloomberg Businessweek reported Tuesday (June 18), the Elon Musk-owned social media app sees payments as a way to bolster its business via “increased participation and engagement” on its platform. The...
Elon Musk reportedly dropped his lawsuit against OpenAI and two of its co-founders, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, on Tuesday (June 11). Musk made this move one day before the case was to go before a judge who would consider the defendants’ request that it...
Elon Musk said Monday (June 10) that Apple devices will be banned at his companies if they integrate OpenAI at the operating system (OS) level. Musk, who runs Tesla, SpaceX, X and other companies, said this after Apple announced Monday that it has partnered with...
June 05, 2024
For as long as cars have existed, entrepreneurs have chased the dream of autonomous vehicles. Self-driving vehicles, across commercial, personal and industrial use, have the potential to transform — and connect — nearly all facets of commerce and the digital economy. But with news reported Tuesday (June 4) by CNBC that Elon Musk is diverting […]
August 03, 2023
Super apps like Alibaba’s Alipay and Tencent’s WeChat have become super successful in Asia. Their market dominance in turn has made Western entrepreneurs “super” interested in building their own, perhaps...
July 20, 2023
Tesla is famously not just a car company — it’s a software company. And a key, promised part of that software vision is the realization of autonomous, fully self-driving (FSD)...
April 03, 2023
It’s one thing to envision building a financial ecosystem: A digital front door where users lock into a continuum of banking, payments, app-driven activities that flow naturally across hardware, software...
July 09, 2024
User growth at X has reportedly slowed since Elon Musk’s takeover in 2022. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Tuesday (July 9), the social media platform once known as Twitter is dealing with new competition from Meta-owned Threads, while Musk’s presence continues to be divisive. The report cites “previously unreleased” figures from X showing its […]
June 23, 2024
X CEO Linda Yaccarino has reportedly reshuffled her inner circle amid pressure to reduce costs. As the Financial Times (FT) reported Sunday (June 23), three sources say that Yaccarino fired...
June 18, 2024
X is reportedly preparing for a multiyear campaign to launch its payments business. But when that happens, Bloomberg Businessweek reported Tuesday (June 18), the Elon Musk-owned social media app sees payments...
June 11, 2024
Elon Musk reportedly dropped his lawsuit against OpenAI and two of its co-founders, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, on Tuesday (June 11). Musk made this move one day before the...
