Tesla back in trillion-dollar club after Trump win
A breakneck rally in Tesla Inc. shares on Friday catapulted the electric vehicle maker’s market value back over the coveted trillion-dollar mark, as investors bet that Donald Trump’s return to the White House can be a positive force for Elon...
Trump posts mug shot in return to Twitter/X
Former President Donald Trump posted his own mug shot in a return to Elon Musk’s X, which was formerly known as Twitter.
In his first post since 2021, Trump displayed the mug shot taken at the Fulton County Jail, along with the words “ELECTION...
Twitter slapped with $350,000 fine for delay in providing Trump account details to US Justice Department
Twitter Inc., now rebranded as X, was fined $350,000 (R6.64 million) for defying a judge’s deadline to comply with a Justice Department search warrant for records related to Donald Trump’s...
Zuckerberg and former Facebook directors must face lawsuit over Cambridge Analytica scandal
A judge ruled Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and former directors of the social-media company must face claims they turned a blind eye to rampant privacy violations, including allowing a firm hired by...
Bitcoin struggles to advance beyond $28,000
Bitcoin’s rally this year has caught a lot of attention. Yet the coin has seemingly stopped its advance at $28,000, a key trading point around which it’s been meandering in recent days.
The largest cryptocurrency has hit a proverbial wall at that...
YouTube stops limiting Donald Trump's account
YouTube said Friday that it lifted restrictions it had placed on Donald Trump’s account, the latest social media service to reinstate full access for the former president in a very public and high-stakes test for the platforms ahead of next year’s...
Donald Trump poised for return to Facebook after Meta lifts ban
Donald Trump’s reinstated Facebook and Instagram accounts could prove to be the accelerant he needs as he tries to spark Republican enthusiasm around his so-far listless 2024 White House comeback bid.
It’s not just that the former...
Musk asks Twitter users to vote on amnesty for suspended accounts
Twitter CEO Elon Musk has asked the platform's users to vote on whether it should offer general amnesty to suspended accounts.
However, Musk specified that it would only be granted provided they have not broken any laws or...
Biden turns up the heat on China tech curbs — despite promising cooldown from Trump approach
President Joe Biden came to office pledging to abandon Donald Trump’s with-us-or-against-us approach to China. Instead, he’s forcing US partners to pick sides in a deepening global technology standoff...
Sorry Truth Social, we won't allow lax content moderation — Google Play Store
Google’s Play Store is declining to distribute Donald Trump’s Truth Social app, saying the network still needs to resolve the fact that it hosts violent threats and other content that goes against Google’s standards...
Donald Trump's social media platform returns to number one on Apple App Store
Former President Donald Trump’s social network is back on top of Apple’s App Store, fueling a rebound in the blank-check firm bringing its parent company public.
Shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp. leaped 24%...
Trump's fight against Twitter ban gets a new combatant
Former President Donald Trump’s legal battle to reverse his permanent ban from Twitter Inc.’s social-media platform has a new combatant: the Biden administration.
The Justice Department on Thursday asked to intervene in the lawsuit Trump...
Trump asks judge to make Twitter reinstate his account
Former US President Donald Trump asked a federal judge to force Twitter to temporarily reinstate his account while he sues to permanently return to the social media network.
Trump’s request for a preliminary injunction against Twitter was...
Pro-Trump social media app hacked twice within days of launch
A new social media platform created by allies of former US President Donald Trump was flooded with spam and hacked twice in the days following its launch, according to a report from Threat Post.
Former Trump adviser and spokesperson...
Trump to start his own social media platform
Former President Donald Trump, who has been banned from Twitter and other major social-media platforms, said he’s working on his own platform to reach his followers that could be announced soon.
“I’m doing things having to do with putting our own...
Donald Trump now streams on Twitch
US President Donald Trump has joined Amazon's Twitch game streaming platform.
The decision to create an official channel on the platform is peculiar given that Trump blamed video games for mass shootings in Texas and Ohio in August.
Trump accuses Google of only showing negative stories about him
U.S. President Donald Trump accused Alphabet Inc.’s Google of rigging its search results to display only negative stories about him, calling it “a very serious situation” that “will be addressed.”
“Google search results for ‘Trump...
Group sues Trump for blocking Twitter users
A free-speech group on Tuesday sued US President Donald Trump for blocking Twitter users from his @realDonaldTrump account, arguing the practice violates the First Amendment of the US Constitution.