Jason Abbruzzese

6 days ago | nbcnews.com | Rebecca Shabad |Jason Abbruzzese |Allan Smith |Henry Gomez

In this day and age, even the holy leave a social media trail. The new pope's online footprint was quickly dissected on Thursday just minutes after he elected the next head of the Catholic church, sparking a mixed reaction from some on the right. Before becoming Pope Leo XVI, Cardinal Robert Prevost occasionally posted on social media, including some messages that appeared to be critical of President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance and their worldview.

1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Rob Wile |Jason Abbruzzese

An unfounded claim that President Donald Trump was considering pausing the implementation of sizable tariffs briefly sent U.S. stocks skyrocketing on Monday, an indication of just how volatile the current economic situation has become. Just after 10:10 a.m., a headline flashed on several well-followed finance-focused accounts on X saying White House economic adviser Kevin Hassett had indicated  Trump was considering a 90-day pause — China excluded — on his sweeping tariffs plan.

1 month ago | telemundochicago.com | Jason Abbruzzese |Steve Kopack

Elon Musk dijo el viernes que su startup de inteligencia artificial, xAI, había adquirido su plataforma de redes sociales, X. Dijo que el acuerdo fue una transacción de acciones que valoró a X en $33,000 millones. "Los futuros de xAI y X están entrelazados. Hoy, oficialmente damos el paso de combinar los datos, los modelos, la computación, la distribución y el talento", escribió Musk en una publicación en X.

1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Jason Abbruzzese

Elon Musk said Friday that his AI startup, xAI, had acquired his social media platform, X. Musk said that the deal was an all-stock transaction that valued X at $33 billion. "xAI and X’s futures are intertwined. Today, we officially take the step to combine the data, models, compute, distribution and talent," Musk wrote. X recently raised $1 billion from investors, valuing it at $44 billion, according to Bloomberg. Musk took X (then Twitter) private in 2022 at nearly the same valuation.

1 month ago | aol.com | Jason Abbruzzese

Elon Musk at Tesla's design studio in Hawthorne, Calif., on March 14, 2019. Elon Musk said Friday that his AI startup, xAI, had acquired his social media platform, X. Musk said that the deal was an all-stock transaction that valued X at $33 billion. "xAI and X’s futures are intertwined. Today, we officially take the step to combine the data, models, compute, distribution and talent," Musk wrote in a post on X.