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Rhode Island’s regulators have granted X (Twitter) a currency transmitter license marking a step forward for the company’s foray into the financial services sector. 

X, the social media company formerly known as Twitter, said Tuesday it would now allow political advertising in the US from candidates and political parties and expand its safety and elections team ahead of the 2024 presidential election. Before billionaire Elon Musk acquired the company in October, Twitter had banned all political ads globally since 2019. In January, Twitter lifted the ban and began allowing «cause-based ads» in the US that raise awareness of issues such as voter registration, and said it planned to expand the types of political ads it would allow on the platform.

Social media giant X, still reffered to many as Twitter, has obtained the regulatory green light to introduce cryptocurrency payments for its users. X's intent to integrate crypto solutions into its platform are well known, and the company is well-equipped to advance its goals thanks to an eToro partnership that was announced in April.

Investing.com -- U.S. stock futures edge up as traders look ahead to key economic data and new company results this week. Elsewhere, Google reportedly eyes plans to sell its mapping data to companies building renewable energy products, while Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and other tech industry leaders are invited to Washington for a forum discussing the possible pitfalls of generative artificial intelligence.

Eric Schmidt. The closed-door gathering is the first of the AI Insight Forums by Schumer and is part of his plan to give the Congress more control over the future of AI.

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Elon Musk on Sunday took on Microsoft-owned LinkedIn, saying he will make sure that the X (formerly Twitter) competitor to LinkedIn is cool. X has already revealed plans to take on the leading professional networking platform, saying that early access to the X Hiring Beta is now available to verified organisations. «People send me LinkedIn links sometimes, but the cringe level is so high that I just can't bring myself to use it, so I ask for the resume or bio to be emailed,» Musk posted. «We will make sure that the X competitor to LinkedIn is cool,» he replied to an X user who posted: «Is there anything worse than LinkedIn?» Meanwhile, verified organisations (those who pay $1,000 a month for the verification status) can now feature job listings on their X profiles with the new feature. «Unlock early access to the X Hiring Beta — exclusively for Verified Organisations,» X said in a post on Saturday. «Feature your most critical roles and organically reach millions of relevant candidates. Apply for the Beta today,» the Elon Musk-run company added. It's not yet a LinkedIn killer but surely a step in that direction to make X an «everything app». «Sign up for early access to X Hiring, currently available for Verified Organisations.

Elon Musk, the chief of Tesla, Space X, and the owner of ‘X’ (formerly Twitter), is impressed with the growing number of Indian-origin CEOs. In a list published by World of Statistics, it was made evident that there has been a significant rise in Indian-origin people at the topmost position. The list showed that many companies all over the world are now led by Indian-origin CEO.

Elon Musk is impressed at the way Indian-origin people have taken over as CEOs of most of the top tech companies, as well as some of the non-tech organisations, and the list is only growing. By holding top positions, the Indian-origin people are earning millions of dollars which puts them among the highest paid CEOs in the US. When the World of Statistics posted on X (formerly Twitter) the list of Indian-origin people at top companies, Musk reacted late on Saturday: «Impressive». His followers reacted, saying «Indians are some of the hardest working people». India is even the «CEO of Moon's South Pole,» a Musk follower chuckled, after the country successfully landed its Chandrayaan-3 Moon mission. Currently, Sanjay Mehrotra is the CEO of Micron Technology; Shantanu Narayen is the CEO of Adobe; Satya Nadella is Chairman and CEO of Microsoft; Sunder Pichai is the CEO of Alphabet and Google; Jay Chaudhry is the CEO of Zscaler which is a cloud security company; Arvind Krishna is the CEO of IBM; Neal Mohan is the CEO of YouTube; and George Kurian is the CEO of NetApp, among the top tech giants. Leena Nair broke all barriers by becoming the first ever Indian-origin global CEO of French luxury fashion house, Chanel.

The U.S. Department of Justice has sued SpaceX, the rocket company founded and run by Elon Musk, for alleged hiring discrimination against refugees and people seeking or already granted asylum

Reuters reported that the central government is considering lowering the import duty to as low as 15% from the current levels of 100% for cars that cost above ₹33 Lakhs and 70% for the rest. "No proposal is before me to lower import duty on electric vehicles," Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the B20 summit.

(Reuters) -Shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp, which has agreed to merge with Donald Trump's media company, fell about 4% on Friday after the former U.S. president returned to social media platform X.

Joe Biden, Tesla chief Elon Musk, and French authorities. Empirically it has been noted that Vladimir Putin critics have not lived longer after registering their opposition to the former KGB boss. Prigozhin's death seemed to follow the same line following his June rebellion to overthrow Russia's military leadership.

Elon Musk on Friday said Twitter, rebranded X, was working to comply with new EU rules that force tech firms to protect users against illegal content. «We are working hard on this,» Musk posted on X, replying to a video by the European industry commissioner Thierry Breton, who hailed the newborn EU Digital Services Act.

Fox News, Ramaswamy was the most Google-searched GOP candidate for the first Republican presidential debate on Wednesday and was followed by fellow Indian-American Haley. The entrepreneur-turned-politician was being hit hard by three of his top rivals – former New Jersey Governor Chris Christies, former Vice President Mike Pence and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. "In Trump's absence, Ramaswamy drives the GOP debate," popular Axis reported on Thursday.

Donald Trump has finally returned to social networking website X (formerly Twitter), more than two years after he was banned in January 2021. Trump posted his first tweet on X with his mugshot late on Thursday, saying, «Election interference, never surrender».Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and the owner of X, reacted to Trump with a quote post saying, «Next-level». Numerous followers of Trump also warmly welcomed him back to X. After his suspension from platforms like Twitter and Facebook, Trump launched his own social media platform, Truth Social. On November 18, 2022, Musk conducted a Twitter poll asking users whether he should reinstate Trump. With approximately 15 million responses, 51.8 percent voted in favour of reinstatement, while 48.2 percent opposed the idea. In response to the question of his return, Trump indicated that he had reservations due to the existing «problems on Twitter.» Twitter permanently banned President Trump on January 8, 2021, in the wake of a pro-Trump mob storming the US Capitol, which resulted in five deaths.

Elon Musk has reacted to former US President Donald J. Trump's comeback post on the platform.

Elon Musk, for alleged hiring discrimination against refugees and people seeking or already granted asylum. The lawsuit alleges that SpaceX wrongly claimed that federal export control laws barred it from hiring anyone but US citizens and permanent residents.

Donald Trump returned to the social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, with a post on Thursday showing his mug shot from his booking at Fulton County Jail in Georgia earlier in the day. With his post, an appeal for donations, Trump reclaimed direct access to the public on the platform that banned him following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on Congress by his supporters. On Nov.

The U.S. Department of Justice has sued SpaceX, the rocket company founded and run by Elon Musk, for alleged hiring discrimination against refugees and people seeking or already granted asylum

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