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X CEO Linda Yaccarino said she's not sure if Elon Musk will actually fight Mark Zuckerberg. She said she's seen Musk train, but it "may be a humorous back-and-forth between Zuck and Musk." Linda Yaccarino, the CEO of X, which was formerly known as Twitter, said on Thursday that's she not sure if Elon Musk will go through with his offer to fight Mark Zuckerberg in a cage match. The X CEO said it's important that the excitement around a potential matchup between the two billionaires doesn't take away from "the potential of X." Musk and Zuckerberg have a longstanding feud and Meta's recent roll-out of its X competitor Threads only appears to have fueled the fight.
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Elon Musk and Grimes told Walter Isaacson about their first few dates together. Musk took Grimes for a spin in his Tesla and quizzed her on "Lord of the Rings," the biographer said. Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk's biographer, offered a window into the early days of the Musk's relationship with the singer Grimes on Monday. "I was like, oh shit, this guy is fucking crazy," Isaacson said Grimes told him of the experience. The singer told Isaacson she gave Musk a box full of animal bones and the two would listen to history podcasts and audiobooks before bed.
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Walter Isaacson shared a sneak peek inside Elon Musk's $50,000 house. Walter Isaacson gave people a glimpse into Elon Musk's $50,000 home on Sunday. Walter Isaacson shared a photo inside of Elon Musk's house. At the time, Musk denied living in the modular house, saying that he lives in a different small house in Texas. In 2020, Kanye West, one of Musk's longtime acquaintances, shared a photo from inside one of Musk's houses.
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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC's full interview with former CNN CEO and Elon Musk biographer Walter IsaacsonWalter Isaacson, Perella Weinberg partner, Tulane University professor, former CNN chairman and CEO and Elon Musk biographer, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss Warner Bros. Discovery earnings results, the media landscape at large in the age of partisanship, the integration of A.I., and more.
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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailGrowing partisanship fractures us and makes us have different sets of facts, says Walter IsaacsonWalter Isaacson, Perella Weinberg partner, Tulane University professor, former CNN chairman and CEO and Elon Musk biographer, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss Warner Bros. Discovery earnings results, the media landscape at large in the age of partisanship, the integration of A.I., and more.
Persons: Walter Isaacson Walter Isaacson, Perella Weinberg, Elon Musk Organizations: Tulane University, CNN, Elon, Warner Bros
Reed Jobs, the son of Steve Jobs, launched Yosemite, a VC firm that will invest in cancer treatments. Reed Jobs, Steve Jobs's oldest son, is striking out on his own. Jobs, one of three children of the Apple cofounder and philanthropist Laurene Powell Jobs, is launching Yosemite, a venture capital firm that will invest in new cancer treatments, according to a press release. The 31-year-old was inspired by his father to start the fund after Steve Jobs died from complications of pancreatic cancer in 2011, he told The New York Times. Jobs's latest business venture will build on his previous work as a managing director at the Emerson Collective, the mission-driven corporation founded by his mother.
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Elon Musk announced Twitter would be rebranding to X on Saturday. Now, there's another one which has thicker lines — but Musk says he doesn't like it. Twitter is rebranding to X, but Elon Musk still can't decide what the logo should be. The company subtly introduced a new version of the X on Tuesday, which is very similar except for thicker lines. The rebrand also irritated former Twitter employees, who deplored the X logo appearing on their LinkedIn profiles.
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Tesla appears to be driving a Cybertruck disguised as an F-150, according to unverified photos. Elon Musk's biographer said Musk was inspired to build Cybertruck because Ford trucks are "boring." New images of Tesla's Cybertruck appear to show the carmaker has disguised one of its models as Ford's F-150 pickup truck. Up until recently, Ford has been one of few automakers to produce an EV pickup truck. Last year, Ford said it delivered over 13,000 electric F-150 trucks as the company worked to ramp up production and fulfill about 200,000 reservations.
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When Musk bought Twitter late last year, he laid out a vision for an “everything” app called X, where users could communicate, shop, consume entertainment and more. Musk — who bought Twitter with a company called X Corp. — tweeted on Sunday that X.com now redirects to Twitter. Musk even told followers that tweets should instead be called “x’s.”On Sunday, CEO Linda Yaccarino seemed to confirm Musk’s vision for the company. Elon Musk has officially rebranded Twitter as "X," as he seeks to turn the platform into an "everything" app. And until Musk rolls out significant changes to the platform, observers of the company say ditching Twitter’s well-known brand is a risky move.
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Here are five more tech companies which changed their names — some controversially, and others leading to success. From The Facebook to Facebook, then MetaMark Zuckerberg at Harvard University, three months after The Facebook was created. But the business plan was first written for a company called Cadabra, as in a magician's "Abracadabra." Before Twitter became X, X.com became PayPalPeter Thiel, left, and Elon Musk, right, hold VISA credit cards branded with the X.com company logo on October 20, 2000. Paul Sakuma/APElon Musk cofounded the online payment company X.com in 1999 before it merged with Peter Thiel's Confinity a year later.
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Elon Musk rebranded Twitter as X over the weekend — a name that has long been one of his favorites. But focus groups thought the name sounded "seedy," according to Musk biographer Walter Isaacson. Musk wanted the company to be rebranded either as X.com or X-PayPal, but his fellow executives disagreed. Several of Musk's brands among his slate of companies include the letter X, including SpaceX and the more recent company xAI. Over the weekend, he changed the company's logo from the iconic blue bird to a white letter X against a black backdrop.
Persons: Walter Isaacson, Elon Musk, Musk, Peter Thiel, Max Levchin, Max Chafkin, Chafkin, Isaacson Organizations: Elon, PayPal, Service, Twitter, musing, SpaceX Locations: Wall, Silicon
Elon Musk relishes the drama, says biographer Walter Isaacson
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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailElon Musk relishes the drama, says biographer Walter IsaacsonWalter Isaacson, 'Elon Musk' Biographer, joins 'Last Call' to discuss Musk's decision to change Twitter to 'X'.
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Walter Isaacson shared a photo that provides a rare peek at Tesla's early Cybertruck designs. Walter Isaacson shared a photo that appeared to have some previously unseen Cybertruck details in the background. Isaacson shared a photo with some early designs ideas for the Cybertruck in the background. Even a scaled back early design of the Cybertruck looks out of place next to a Ford pickup truck. Walter Isaacson on TwitterOther pictures on the board appear to be more reminiscent of Tesla's current design for the electric pickup truck.
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Walter Isaacson said Elon Musk uses multiple tactics when it comes to selecting leaders. He also likes to use skip-level meetings to chat with workers lower on the corporate ladder, Isaacson said. Elon Musk has a special intuition or "neural network" when it comes to picking leaders at his companies, the billionaire's biographer Walter Isaacson said. The biographer said Musk is likely to use skip-level meetings during big projects or ahead of major company events, like a SpaceX Starship test. Musk and spokespeople for SpaceX and Tesla did not respond to a request for comment.
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Walter Isaacson said on CNBC's Squawk Box that Musk's biggest motivator doesn't appear to be money. Musk is the world's richest man with a $254 billion fortune, per Bloomberg's Billionaire Index. For the world's richest person, Elon Musk is not all about the money. That's according to Walter Isaacson, the biographer who spent three years trailing Musk for a book releasing in September. The biographer has also previously made references to Musk's "demon mode" — describing him as industrious but "dark" and "with a real lack of empathy."
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Elon Musk decided to green light the Cybertruck because Ford trucks were "boring," Walter Isaacson said. Musk tweeted on Monday that Ford's new EV truck was a "good vehicle, just somewhat expensive." Elon Musk apparently isn't a fan of Ford's traditional pickup trucks and his distaste for the vehicles spawned the Cybertruck, according to the billionaire's biographer, Walter Isaacson. "The use of stainless steel opened up new possibilities for the look of the truck," Isaacson writes. The EV pickup truck startup Rivian also has a jump on the market.
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Walter Isaacson commended Elon Musk's engineering abilities, but suggested he lacks empathy. Isaacson made the comments on CNBC's Squawk Box, discussing his upcoming biography of Musk. Walter Isaacson, whose upcoming biography about Elon Musk is expected in September, said one of his takeaways from three years of observing the voluble executive is that he may lack empathy. He repeated the idea on CNBC's Squawk Box. In the segment, Isaacson also addressed recent headlines about Musk, including a purported cage match with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWatch CNBC's full interview with Elon Musk biographer Walter IsaacsonWalter Isaacson, Elon Musk biographer and partner at Perella Weinberg, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss Elon Musk and his management of Twitter, the competition against Threads, the impact of A.I. on the workforce, and more.
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Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailElon Musk wouldn't be who he is without 'demon mode' and his drive: Musk biographer Walter IsaacsonWalter Isaacson, Elon Musk biographer and partner at Perella Weinberg, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss Elon Musk and his management of Twitter, the competition against Threads, the impact of A.I. on the workforce, and more.
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Elon Musk announced his new company xAI which he says has the goal to understand the true nature of the universe. Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Friday that he plans for his newest venture, the artificial intelligence startup xAI, to collaborate with the automaker both on the "silicon front" and on the "AI software front." Musk also said, during Friday's live audio session on Twitter Spaces, that xAI will use Twitter data for training the "maximally curious" artificial intelligence systems and products he hopes to build there. Musk did not specify whether and how much Twitter will charge xAI or his other companies for its data. A Tesla fan and promoter, Omar Qazi (known as Whole Mars Catalog on Twitter) asked Musk a few questions about how he plans for xAI to work with Tesla during the Spaces event.
Persons: Elon Musk, Musk, Twitter, Tesla, Omar Qazi, Walter Isaacson, Jonathan Vanian Organizations: Twitter, SpaceX, U.S . Securities, Exchange, Alpha, Nvidia, Optimus, Tesla Locations: Texas
Interest in Meta's Threads app won't last, Wedbush tech analyst Dan Ives said. The analyst said he'd rather "eat broccoli for the full day" than use the Twitter rival. The app will have to change its news feed and address concerns about censorship to stay relevant, Ives said. Twitter might not have anything to worry about after all — at least when it comes to longterm competition from Meta's new Threads app, according to Wedbush tech analyst Dan Ives. The tech analyst said in a previous interview with Yahoo Finance that he'd "rather eat broccoli for the full day than be on Threads" after experimenting with the app for about six to seven hours.
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Antonio Gracias once locked Elon Musk's phone in a hotel safe, biographer Walter Isaacson said. The move by the Tesla board member was meant to stop Musk from tweeting late into the night. Musk got hotel security to unlock the safe around 3 a.m., Isaacson said. Tesla board member and close Musk confidant Antonio Gracias once took Musk's phone away to prevent him from tweeting late into the night, Isaacson said during a Twitter Spaces event on Wednesday. Musk later got hotel security to open the safe at around 3 a.m. so he could start tweeting again, Isaacson said.
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Mark Zuckerberg said over five million people signed up for Threads in the first four hours of its launch. In comparison, Twitter estimated in 2022 that it had around 237.8 million daily active users. More than five million people have registered accounts for Meta's new Twitter rival, Threads, just four hours after its launch, according to Mark Zuckerberg. "Just passed 5 million sign ups in the first four hours," Zuckerberg wrote. Twitter estimated that it had around 237.8 million daily active users in 2022, just before Elon Musk bought the platform.
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Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino appeared to diss Threads for imitating Twitter. Mark Zuckerberg has taken to dissing Twitter since his new social media app launched on Wednesday. New Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino appeared to take a swipe at Meta's new rival to Twitter on Thursday. "We're often imitated — but the Twitter community can never be duplicated," she added. The tweet comes after Mark Zuckerberg's new text-based social media app, Threads, was released on Wednesday and millions of users flocked to the new platform.
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Elon Musk's lawyer sent a cease and desist letter to Mark Zuckerberg over the launch of Threads. Musk claims Meta hired ex-Twitter staff to help create the "copycat" app, something Meta denies. Some former Twitter employees are at Meta. Elon Musk's Twitter is threatening to take Facebook's parent company, Meta, to court over its new rival social media app, Threads. Spiro went on in the letter to accuse Meta of hiring "dozens of former Twitter employees," some of which "improperly retained Twitter documents and electronic devices."
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