Tech & Media

The world’s richest person has deep reliance on China, has had private phone calls with Vladimir Putin, according to a source, and stands to gain millions from government contracts.

Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y., wrote a letter to the Amazon-owned streaming platform last week calling for a probe into one of its top political creators, Hasan Piker. 

Musk had said winners of the giveaway were chosen at random.

Data compiled by the NBC News Decision Desk shows that Musk’s election conspiracy theories and doubts have vastly outperformed his other posts about the election.

Elon Musk’s extensive business interests in China have raised hopes that he might temper former President Donald Trump on tariffs and other issues if he returns to the White House.

The advertisements from Polymarket have been controversial, with some of them not being clearly marked as reflecting odds that are based on bets.

NBC News analyzed state voter rolls to identify the party affiliations of the Musk prize winners. A pattern was clear. 

Musk’s lawyers filed a petition to move the Philadelphia lawsuit to federal court. But on Friday, a federal judge sent it back to state court.

YouTube’s biggest star, Jimmy Donaldson, had hired an outside legal team to conduct an investigation after Ava Kris Tyson was accused of “grooming” a teen.

Wagers have been flooding in for weeks after a ruling opened the door to U.S. users placing bets on ballot outcomes, blurring the lines between elections and sports as court wrangling continues.

Benioff, the billionaire co-founder of Salesforce, bought the storied magazine publisher for $190 million in 2018.