Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio shakes hands with former President Donald Trump during a rally in Delaware, Ohio in 2023. Vance has ties to tech billionaires who are endorsing his vice presidential nomination. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption
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Elon Musk says he will fight charges of violating Europe's Digital Services Act. Musk during a visit at the Vivatech technology startups and innovation fair in Paris, on June 16, 2023 and (R) the new Twitter logo rebranded as X, pictured on a screen in Paris on July 24, 2023. Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Tesla CEO Elon Musk leaves the Tesla Gigafactory for electric cars after a visit in Gruenheide near Berlin on March 13, 2024. Ebrahim Noroozi/AP hide caption
As of Wednesday, X users are no longer able to see which posts others have liked, with few exceptions. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
With his son in one arm, Tesla CEO Elon Musk waves while visiting the Tesla Gigafactory in Germany in March. Ebrahim Noroozi/AP hide caption
Tesla dropped its prices on cars by about $2,000 in the United States. Ebrahim Noroozi/AP hide caption
Elon Musk appears at an event in London, on Nov. 2, 2023. A Brazilian Supreme Court justice included Musk as a target in an ongoing investigation over the dissemination of fake news and opened a separate investigation late April 7, into the executive for alleged obstruction. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP hide caption
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In this Oct. 3, 2019 file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg gestures to students before she speaks at Amherst College in Amherst, Mass., on Oct. 3, 2019. Ginsburg is being remembered during ceremonies at the Supreme Court on Friday, March 17, 2023. Jessica Hill/AP hide caption
The SpaceX Starship spacecraft lifts off from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on Thursday. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
The third test flight of Starship is set to launch Thursday March 14 at around 8AM. Brandon Bell/Getty Images hide caption
The Tesla Inc. Gigafactory in Grünheide, Germany, on Tuesday. The company halted production at its factory outside of Berlin and sent workers home after suspected arson at a nearby high-voltage pylon caused power failures throughout the region. Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Former senior executives of Twitter filed suit against Elon Musk and X Corp. on Monday, March 4, saying they are entitled to more than $128 million total in unpaid severance payments. Darko Vojinovic/AP hide caption
Elon Musk departs the Phillip Burton Federal Building and United States Court House in San Francisco, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023. Benjamin Fanjoy/AP hide caption
Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks at a conference in Paris on June 16, 2023. Musk's record compensation package as Tesla CEO was recently rejected by a court as excessive, in a decision that pivoted in part on how much sway Musk has over his company. Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk waves as he arrives at the annual political festival Atreju, organized by the Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy political party, in Rome, Dec. 16, 2023. Alessandra Tarantino/AP hide caption
Elon Musk, who owns X, Tesla and SpaceX, speaks at the Vivatech fair, June 16, 2023, in Paris. Michel Euler/AP hide caption
Elon Musk, who owns X, formerly known as Twitter, is facing an advertiser backlash on the platform, which is reliant on advertising revenue. Michel Euler/AP hide caption
Tesla's Cybertruck, pictured here during its design reveal in Hawthorne, Calif., in 2019, is finally rolling out of factories a full two years after the initial delivery target. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
An "X" sign rests atop the company headquarters in downtown San Francisco, on July 28, 2023. Noah Berger/AP hide caption
SpaceX's mega rocket Starship launches for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, on Saturday. Eric Gay/AP hide caption
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IBM, Disney and Lionsgate are among the companies that've stopped advertising on X after a report said its ads were appearing alongside material praising Adolf Hitler and Nazis. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP hide caption
Israeli army armoured vehicles, 2023. Elon Musk, 2023. Tupac Shakur, 1993. YURI CORTEZ/AFP via Getty Images, Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images,Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption