Once I felt love,connection,excitement … but it’s time to break up with my X

Once I felt love,connection,excitement … but it’s time to break up with my X

I’ve gone from ‘Tweet Ups’ where we’d meet at a cafe to explore this exciting media frontier,to a terrifying digital wasteland straight out of Mad Max.

  • byNic Hayes

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The tech bro billionaires pushing the US closer to catastrophe

The tech bro billionaires pushing the US closer to catastrophe

Silicon Valley’s right-wing billionaires are splashing the cash as they look to swing November’s election.

  • byPaul Krugman
Trump tours hurricane-ravaged Georgia,attacks Biden,Harris

Trump tours hurricane-ravaged Georgia,attacks Biden,Harris

The Republican candidate repeatedly lied about the federal response to Hurricane Helene,despite claiming not to be politicising the disaster.

  • byJeff Amy andChristine Fernando
‘Land of dreams’:The Australian high-flyers on edge as Trump and Harris duke it out
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Software

‘Land of dreams’:The Australian high-flyers on edge as Trump and Harris duke it out

Australia’s tech insiders are enjoying a surge in optimism from the Fed’s bumper rate cut,but all eyes are now on the US election.

  • byDavid Swan
Hey Elon,assassination is hilarious,right? #duck!

Hey Elon,assassination is hilarious,right? #duck!

Perhaps it was overkill to use X to complain that “no one was even trying” to shoot Joe Biden or Kamala Harris.

  • byMichelle Cazzulino
‘Earth sure looks like a perfect world’:Civilians complete historic space walk
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Space

‘Earth sure looks like a perfect world’:Civilians complete historic space walk

The mission was Elon Musk-led SpaceX’s latest and riskiest bid to push the boundaries of commercial spaceflight.

  • byJoey Roulette
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President McGregor? Why Ireland dreads UFC champion’s flirtation with politics

President McGregor? Why Ireland dreads UFC champion’s flirtation with politics

“The Notorious” is dangling plans for a 2025 Irish presidential bid. Some say he could be the Trump the country needs.

  • byRob Harris
As EV sales slump Elon Musk comes up Trumps

As EV sales slump Elon Musk comes up Trumps

At the risk of turning off the fans who jumped first for EVs,Elon Musk has dug in with the world’s most prominent climate sceptic:Donald Trump.

  • byNick O'Malley
Trump backs plan that would give Elon Musk broad role in US policymaking

Trump backs plan that would give Elon Musk broad role in US policymaking

Trump’s advisers have discussed a government spending commission for months,and Musk has publicly expressed interest in it on X,the social media platform he owns.

  • byMarianne LeVine,Jeff Stein andTrisha Thadani
Defending our democracy:How a cranky uncle,Swedish inspo and ‘pre-bunking’ help out

Defending our democracy:How a cranky uncle,Swedish inspo and ‘pre-bunking’ help out

Our home-grown election system is the envy of the Western world. Will it be enough to inoculate us from AI,fake news and other threats to our way of life?

  • byNick Bryant
The far right is the only place left for Elon Musk’s X-rated ego
Opinion
Opinion

The far right is the only place left for Elon Musk’s X-rated ego

Many are wondering how the poster boy for futurism ended up sounding like a conspiracy-theory-spouting uncle. But what if we’re all missing the point?

  • byJoan Westenberg