Rivian Is Still Losing More Than $32,000 On Every EV Sold
Good morning! It’s Wednesday, August 7, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are …
Linda Yaccarino
Elon Musk Will Sue Companies For Not Advertising On Twitter
Elon Musk’s relationship to Twitter advertisers over the past year can best be described as “adversarial,” but the Tesla CEO announced a new level of combativeness Thursday: He intends to …
Elon Musk Realizes He Went Too Far In Telling Advertisers To ‘Go F—‘ Themselves
It’s not too often Elon Musk walks back something he has said. Usually, he just hopes we all forget about the asinine claims and promises he makes, and we all …
Cotton defends pressing TikTok CEO on ties to Chinese Communist Party
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) defended pressing TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew about potential ties to the Chinese Communist Party at a Senate hearing Wednesday. “Singapore, unfortunately, is one of the …
Social media CEOs brace for child safety scrutiny: Here’s what to expect
Some of the tech industry’s most prominent and powerful leaders will descend on Capitol Hill on Wednesday for a Senate hearing focused on protecting children online. Chief executive officers from …
Big Tech companies push new initiatives ahead of CEO hearing
Several of the major technology companies with CEOs slated to appear before Congress on Wednesday have announced new initiatives or positions on efforts to protect children’s safety online ahead of …
Adam Schiff has reportedly spent $93,000 on X ads while bashing Elon Musk
U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) speaks at a news conference on March 21, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. Mario Tama/Getty Images Rep. Adam Schiff is an outspoken critic of Elon …
Elon Musk’s advertiser rant ‘candid’ and ‘profound’
Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino speaks onstage during Vox Media’s 2023 Code Conference at The Ritz-Carlton, on September 27, 2023 in Dana Point, Calif. Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Vox Media In a memo …
The end of Elon Musk
Secretly, I’d prefer it if the richest men on Earth were special. I know that there are genuinely exceptional people out there, because I’ve watched Steph Curry play basketball. So it’s …
Disney, Apple join list of companies nixing ads from Musk’s X over antisemitic posts
Disney and Apple announced Friday that they would pull adds from X, joining a growing list of companies fleeing the platform after owner Elon Musk made antisemitic remarks this week. …