Elon Musk

The biography of the controversial tech titan, written by Walter Isaacson, comes out Tuesday.

As attendees at this year’s Burning Man finally begin their mass exodus after being stranded amid intense flooding, Forbes Australia looks back at the billionaires who’ve shown face in years prior.

The addition of voice and video calling will put X in direct competition with Apple’s Facetime and Meta’s WhatsApp.

Musk reportedly wants to change how news links currently appear on Twitter by removing the headline and only displaying the article’s lead image.

Meta is preparing to launch a web version of it text-based social media app Threads sometime this week, the Wall Street Journal reported, the latest in a series of features added to the platform as it attempts to gain parity with X, formerly known as Twitter, and reverse a steep slump in engagement after a record-breaking launch last month.

X owner Elon Musk said users will still be able to mute other accounts, but said blocking “makes no sense.”

Users had to wait five seconds before accessing certain websites like the New York Times or Threads via links on Twitter, the Washington Post found.

Zuckerberg’s spokesperson said the Meta CEO wouldn’t be home — and wasn’t interested.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said a probe into the self-driving system by regulators was “moving as quickly as we responsibly can.”

Neuralink confirmed via X, formerly Twitter, that the US$280 million (AU$428 million) funding round was led by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund.