Jason Abbruzzese

Musk said on X that the deal valued xAI, his artificial intelligence company, at $80 billion.

Marko Elez resigned after The Wall Street Journal reported he had posted racist messages to X that included “normalize Indian hate.”

Nobody expected the Dallas Mavericks' superstar to be traded, particularly for what by NBA standards is a relatively small return.

The shooter from the Trump rally is dead, Butler County’s district attorney says. One spectator is also dead and another is in “serious condition,” the DA says. NBC News’ Tom Winter reports on what is known about the shooter.

As Joe Biden faces increasing pressure after his poor debate performance last week, all eyes are on polls and donors — which could hint at possible cracks in the president’s plan for reelection. Meet the Press moderator Kristen Welker joins TODAY.

Concerns are growing among Democrats after President Joe Biden’s performance at his first debate of 2024 against Donald Trump. Meanwhile, the former president is under fire for unleashing a torrent of false and misleading claims. NBC’s Hallie Jackson reports for TODAY.

Former President Donald Trump’s social media company got off to a quick start in its stock market debut Tuesday. Shares of Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent company of Truth Social, shot up more than 50% in its first minutes of trading. The quick move triggered a trading halt of five minutes, which exchanges use to put a check on volatile stock moves. Shares cooled slightly after trading resumed. The stock was up about 40% on the day as of an hour into trading. Trump appeared to celebra…

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Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, assistant managing editor of tech and science Jason Abbruzzese explains how the TikTok vote in the House Wednesday is part of a broader effort to crack down on social media companies after years of inaction. Plus, chief political analyst Chuck Todd takes a look at th…

Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk said Wednesday that he is not donating to either Joe Biden or Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. The New York Times reported on Tuesday evening that Musk had recently met with Trump, noting that the Trump campaign is looking to raise money to close a funding gap with the Biden campaign. NBC News has not confirmed that meeting. In September, Musk met with Biden Administration officials. Musk has in recent months regularly circulated far-right conspiracy theor…

The CEO of Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, will step down after the company pleaded guilty Tuesday to violations of the Bank Secrecy Act, an anti-money laundering law, among other charges. The company will pay more than $4.3 billion to settle the charges, the largest penalty in the history of the Treasury Department. In prepared remarks, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Binance was guilty of “consistent and egregious violations of U.S. anti-money laundering and sanction…

Apple said it plans to adopt a messaging standard next year that will allow for a smoother texting experience between iPhones and Android devices. The company had been resisting the Rich Communication Services (RCS) standard for more than a year, with Alphabet’s Google and others pushing for the iPhone maker to adopt the technology. Apple said the new technology would work alongside iMessage and offer better interoperability than SMS or MMS. RCS, considered an industry standard for messaging, al…

Before early October, Motaz Azaiza’s Instagram account documented life in Gaza to about 25,000 followers with a mix of daily life and the ongoing hostilities between Israel and Hamas. That began to change in the days after Hamas’ terrorist attack on Israel and the retaliation on Gaza. Since then, more than 12.5 million people have begun following Azaiza’s feed, which has become a daily chronicle of Israeli strikes. Many other journalists, digital creators and people active on social media based…

Despite the initial success, it’s far from a sure thing that Threads will ever become bigger or more embedded in news and culture than Twitter.

Crown served in leadership roles at a variety of companies and institutions, including on the boards of JPMorgan and General Dynamics.

David Pakman has become one of the internet’s top progressive commentators, though you won’t find him in many of the same places as other lefty personalities.

Elon Musk tweeted that Yaccarino “will focus primarily on business operations, while I focus on product design & new technology.”

The rocket — the most powerful ever developed — is set to play a key role in NASA’s Artemis program, which plans to put humans on the moon in 2025.

The crypto industry’s collapse is ongoing and has been playing out for almost exactly a year, but bitcoin has shown some ability to shake off those troubles.

Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin, two of the co-founders of the Center for Humane Technology, spoke with Lester Holt about their concerns around the emergence of new forms of AI.